FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is a football tournament for women's national teams from countries that are part of FIFA. It happens every four years, one year after the men's World Cup. The first one was in China in 1991. Teams compete for 31 spots through qualifications, and the host country gets the 32nd spot. The tournament, called the World Cup Finals, takes place in the host country over about a month. Five different countries have won the nine Women's World Cup tournaments. The United States won four times, Germany twice, and Japan, Norway, and Spain once each.
| Founded | 1991 |
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| Region | International |
| Number of teams | 32 |
| Related competitions | FIFA World Cup |
| Current champions | 22x20px Spain (1st title) (2023) |
| Most successful team(s) | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (4 titles) |
| Television broadcasters | List of broadcasters |
| Website | Official website |
| 225px Spain, the current champions | |
| Tournaments | |
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Eight countries have hosted the Women's World Cup, including China and the United States twice. Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, and Sweden have each hosted it once.
In 2023, Australia and New Zealand co-hosted the tournament, marking the first time it was in the Southern Hemisphere, the first Women's World Cup hosted by two countries, and the first FIFA competition to span two confederations.
Champions and top four finish
| Team | Title(s) | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Top 4 total |
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| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 4 (1991, 1999*, 2015, 2019) | 1 (2011) | 3 (1995, 2003*, 2007) | 8 | |
| 22x20px Germany | 2 (2003, 2007) | 1 (1995) | 2 (1991, 2015) | 5 | |
| 22x20px Norway | 1 (1995) | 1 (1991) | 2 (1999, 2007) | 4 | |
| 22x20px Japan | 1 (2011) | 1 (2015) | 2 | ||
| 22x20px Spain | 1 (2023) | 1 | |||
| 22x20px Sweden | 1 (2003) | 4 (1991, 2011, 2019, 2023) | 5 | ||
| 22x20px England | 1 (2023) | 1 (2015) | 1 (2019) | 3 | |
| 22x20px Brazil | 1 (2007) | 1 (1999) | 2 | ||
| 22x20px China PR | 1 (1999) | 1 (1995) | 2 | ||
 Netherlands
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1 (2019) | 1 | |||
| File:Flag of Canada.svg Canada | 1 (2003) | 1 | |||
| [[Image:{{{flag alias-1974}}}|22x20px|border ]] France | 1 (2011) | 1 | |||
| 22x20px Australia | 1 (2023*) | 1 |
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- * host nation
FIFA Women's World Cup Media
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Map of countries' best results