United States dominate FIFA Women’s World Cup winners list

The FIFA Women’s World Cup is a quadrennial football tournament in which the senior women’s national teams governed by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) compete in.

Since the inception of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 1991, the marquee football competition has been held one year after the men’s FIFA World Cup. 

The United States won the first edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup held in China. Since then, four nations including the US have won the eight editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments.

While the United States are the most successful team in the tournament’s history with four titles, Germany are the second-most decorated team having won it twice. Norway and Japan have clinched the coveted title once each.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup has been hosted by six nations so far. China and the United States staged the competition twice, while Sweden, Germany, Canada and France have hosted it once each.

The 2023 edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup will be hosted by Australia and New Zealand, making it the first time that the tournament will be staged in more than one country. 

The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 is also the first edition to be hosted in the Southern Hemisphere and the first senior World Cup to be staged across multiple confederations, as Australia is in the Asian Confederation, while New Zealand is in the Oceania Confederation.

Furthermore, FIFA has expanded the quadrennial women’s event from the previous 24 teams to 32 nations for the 2023 edition.  

The FIFA Women’s World Cup will replicate the same format used for the men’s event from 1998 to 2022. Get FIFA Women’s World Cup winners list.

FIFA Women’s World Cup winners list

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