FIFA Women's World Cup 2011
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The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was the sixth FIFA Women's World Cup
competition, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It was held from 26 June to 17 July 2011 in Germany
, which won the right to host the event in October 2007. Japan
won the final
against the United States
on a penalty shoot-out following a 2–2 tie after extra time and became the first Asian
team to win a FIFA World Cup.
The matches were played in nine stadiums in nine host cities around the country, with the final played at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt
. Sixteen teams were selected for participation via a worldwide qualification tournament
that began in 2009. In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round-robin
groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These eight teams advanced to the knockout stage
, where two rounds of play decided which teams would participate in the final.
Six nations, Australia
, Canada
, France
, Germany
, Peru
and Switzerland
, initially declared their interest in hosting the 2011 Women's World Cup. The German Football Association
announced its hopes to host the tournament on 26 January 2006, following a pledge from German Chancellor Angela Merkel
to fully support a potential bid. All six nations officially announced their interest by a 1 March 2007 deadline and acknowledged their intention of bidding by 3 May 2007 to FIFA
.
The final bidding dossiers had to be handed over before 1 August 2007. Switzerland withdrew on 29 May 2007, stating that Europe is heavily focused on France and Germany, and a third European bid appeared futile. On 27 August 2007, France also withdrew, reportedly in exchange for Germany's support for their bid to host the men's UEFA Euro 2016
. Later Australia (12 October 2007) and Peru (17 October 2007) voluntarily dropped out of the race as well, leaving only Canada and Germany as the remaining candidates. On 30 October 2007, the FIFA Executive Committee
voted to assign the tournament to Germany. Canada was eventually awarded the 2015 Women's World Cup
four years later.
, Magdeburg
and Bielefeld
were not chosen as World Cup venues.
The official opening game was held between Germany and Canada at the Olympic Stadium
in Berlin
, the venue of the 2006 men's World Cup Final
; it was the only match played in Berlin. However, it was not the first match of the tournament—it was preceded by a match at Rhein-Neckar-Arena
in Sinsheim
pitting France and Nigeria. The final of the tournament took place at the Commerzbank-Arena
in Frankfurt
, the venue of the 2005 men's Confederations Cup
final. Borussia-Park
in Mönchengladbach
and Frankfurt's Commerzbank-Arena hosted the semi-finals. The third place play-off was held at Rhein-Neckar-Arena.
Since 2007, five of the stadiums were either newly built (Augsburg
, Dresden
and Sinsheim) or remodeled (Bochum
and Leverkusen
). Six stadiums will be home grounds for German First Bundesliga
clubs in the upcoming 2011–12 season
, while the other three will be home to Second Bundesliga
clubs in the same season
. Compared to the 2006 men's World Cup, several smaller venues were chosen; six stadiums have a capacity of 20,000 to 30,000 seats. All cities will stage a total of four matches, with the exceptions of Berlin and Mönchengladbach; the latter will host three games. The total capacity of the nine venues is roughly 330,000. Overall, approximately one million tickets will be available.
Several of the stadiums are officially referred to simply as "FIFA World Cup Stadium", because FIFA prohibits sponsorship of stadiums unless the stadium sponsors are also official tournament sponsors. With no standing-room terraces allowed, all stadiums have a lower total capacity compared to German Bundesliga games. Capacity data is given according to FIFA:
decided to keep the number of participants at 16, concerned that more teams would dilute the quality of play. The idea of having 20 teams taking part, which had been discussed briefly, was ruled impossible to implement in terms of fixture planning and logistics. During the 2007 Women's World Cup, FIFA president Sepp Blatter
had campaigned for the idea to increase the number of teams, although this proposal was not unquestioned. In particular the 11–0 victory of over in the opening game of the 2007 tournament had caused a debate over whether there were 24 national teams on a comparable level.
between the third-placed team in CONCACAF and the winner of repechage play-offs in Europe.
FIFA also ruled that each confederation has to ensure that at least one third of its member associations enter their women's national teams for World Cup qualification, otherwise FIFA would re-examine the current slot allocation. In Africa and the Middle East a considerable percentage of teams had withdrawn from World Cup qualification in the past.
For European teams, the 2011 Women's World Cup will also be used as a qualification tournament for the 2012 Summer Olympics
. Besides Team Great Britain
, Europe will have two additional qualifiers for the Summer Olympics. Only the following stages will count in the determination of rank: World Champion, Runner-up, third place, fourth place, quarterfinals, group stage. In the case that no clear distinction can be made with respect to the two qualifiers, play-offs will determine the qualifying countries. With Germany losing their quarter-final, France, which had already reached the semi-finals, secured qualification to the Olympics. Sweden followed as UEFA's second team with its win against Australia.
, CAF Women's Championship
, OFC Women's Championship
, Sudamericano Femenino
and CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
– to determine qualification. The exception to this was UEFA, which used its own qualifying tournament
. One qualification spot was determined by a play-off
between a UEFA and CONCACAF team.
AFC (3)
CAF (2)
CONCACAF (3)†
CONMEBOL (2)
OFC (1)
UEFA (5) (hosts)
† - qualified via a play-off against Italy
Colombia and Equatorial Guinea made their debuts in the FIFA Women's World Cup. Brazil, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, Sweden and the United States maintained their streak of qualifying for all six tournaments so far, while failed to qualify for the first time ever. This is Mexico's first appearance since 1999 and France's first appearance since 2003.
The tournament is supervised by the "Women's World Cup 2011 Organising Committee Germany". President of the Organising Committee (OC) is former German international Steffi Jones
; she started her work on 1 January 2008. German president Christian Wulff
was named the patron of the tournament.
The Organising Committee is chaired by Jones and supervised by the board of the German Football Federation (DFB). On 25 January 2009, Jones opened the committee offices and named her OC team. It is led by managing director Uli Wolter, who headed the Leipzig branch during the 2006 men's World Cup
. Aside from Wolter, four department heads were named. Heike Ulrich is responsible for the tournament organisation, former German international Doris Fitschen heads the marketing department, Winfried Naß leads the department "Cites and Stadiums", and Jens Grittner, who served as the press officer for the 2006 Organising Committee, heads the communications department.
Intended to advertise the tournament primarily in Germany, the Organising Committee named four national Women’s World Cup ambassadors: former German internationals Britta Carlson
, Renate Lingor
, and Sandra Minnert
, as well as shooting Paralympics gold medallist Manuela Schmermund. In October 2009, former U.S. international Mia Hamm
was presented as the World Cup’s international ambassador. Each host city except for Berlin also named two city ambassadors. They include footballers Matthias Sammer
, Karl-Heinz Riedle and Rainer Bonhof
, fencer Britta Heidemann
or biathlete Magdalena Neuner
.
in the break between the women's and the men's game of the German Cup
final on 19 April 2008. It shows a stylized stadium with stripes in the national colours of Germany, black, red and gold, and a pictogram of the Women's World Cup trophy in the upper right corner. It was designed by the Stuttgart
advertising agency WVP.
The tournament mascot
, cat "Karla Kick", was presented during the opening game of the 2010 Under-20 Women's World Cup
on 13 July 2010. The mascot was developed by the Frankfurt agency GMR Marketing. According to Jones, the mascot represents "important attributes of women's football: passion, fun and dynamics".
s are available in total, with 900,000 on general sale. 350,000 tickets were offered at discount prices, mainly intended for families, clubs and schools, one of the key target groups of the Organising Committee. As of 22 June 2011, 700,000 tickets have been sold.
The World Cup tickets were offered in several sales phases. During the first sales period from 29 October 2009 to 31 August 2010, only so-called city series tickets were offered. Each city series includes tickets for all games of that particular host city. The prices ranged from €
30 to €415. In the second sales period from 17 February to 31 August 2010, so-called 20Eleven tickets were sold to groups of at least 11 people, offered at a 20 percent discount and directed primarily at schools and clubs. Single tickets for all matches were first sold starting 15 September 2010. The prices of individual tickets range from €10 to €200. On 18 March 2011, 100 days before the opening game, the last sales phase started, with all remaining tickets being sold in the order in which orders are received.
Unlike tickets at the 2006 men's World Cup in Germany, the tickets for the Women's World Cup will not be personalised
. The same city series ticket can be used by different people for different games.
, the DFB has said about 80% of the tickets need to be sold, which would translate to an average attendance of 25,000. The DFB estimates to earn roughly €27 million through the general ticket sale.
From 2008 to 2010, the six National Supporters were presented: the tele-communications company Deutsche Telekom
, the bank Commerzbank
, the insurer Allianz
, the retailer Rewe
, the national mail company Deutsche Post
and the national railway company Deutsche Bahn
. Aside from Deutsche Bahn, the sponsors are identical with those of the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup.
, with in-goal cameras and two steadicam
s being used for all matches. For selected matches, the broadcast production comprised up to 18 cameras, including a spidercam
and a helicopter camera.
In Germany the public broadcasters ARD
and ZDF
showed all 32 tournament games live. Across Europe, all games were available on Eurosport
in 34 countries and territories. ESPN
and ESPN2
aired all matches live in the United States and ESPN3 (and their Xbox Live
component) offered live online simulcasts. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
and Rogers Sportsnet
in Canada, as well as U.S. Spanish-language network Univision
, also broadcasted matches in North America. In the United Kingdom, the games of the English national team were shown live by BBC Red Button and the BBC Sport website. The final was shown live on BBC Three
. SBS
held the broadcasting rights for Australia, while Al Jazeera
broadcasted matches in the Middle East and North Africa.
The tournament was the first women's event to be the subject of a Panini
sticker album, available only in Germany.
The final match between Japan and the United States broke the record for most tweets per second on Twitter
– 7,196.
, one from the CAF
, two from CONMEBOL
, three from CONCACAF
, one from the OFC
and six from UEFA
. In addition 32 assistant referees and three fourth officials were selected. The oldest referee is 42-year-old Swede
Jenny Palmquist, while the youngest referee is 29-year-old Finau Vulvuli of Fiji
.
, each team's squad for the 2011 Women's World Cup consists of 21 players, two less than men's World Cup squads. Each participating national association had to confirm their final 21-player squad
no later than 10 working days before the start of the tournament. Replacement of seriously injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team in question's first World Cup game.
until the B sample result is known. On 25 August 2011, it was confirmed that she had received a two-year ban.
On 7 July 2011, FIFA announced that two players from , Song Jong-Sun
and Jong Pok-Sim, were provisionally suspended prior to their team’s match against Colombia after failing doping tests during the tournament. On 16 July, FIFA announced that three additional players from North Korea tested positive following target testing of the whole team. On 25 August 2011, the Korean team was fined 400,000 which is equal to the prize it received by finishing 13th in the 2011 tournament, and was excluded from participation at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
.
and previous achievements. No two teams from the same confederation were to be drawn in the same group, with the exception of Group A, which would include two European teams.
Pot 1: The groups of the four seeded teams were predetermined before the draw.
Pot 2: Australia and Korea DPR could not be drawn against fellow AFC qualifier Japan in Group B. Similarly, Canada and Mexico could not be drawn against the other CONCACAF qualifier (the United States) in Group C.
Pot 3: To avoid two CONMEBOL teams being drawn into Group D, if Colombia were not the first team drawn from Pot 3 then the side drawn would be placed directly into Group D.
Pot 4: Group A would be the group with two European teams.
The group draw was staged in Frankfurt
, Germany, on 29 November 2010 at the Congress Centrum. The ceremony was presented by Organising Comitee president Steffi Jones
, assisted by FIFA Head of Women's Competitions Tatjana Haenni. The balls were drawn by former German international Günter Netzer
and Slovak model and women's footall ambassador Adriana Karembeu.
of six games, where each team plays one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams are awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second in each group qualifies for the quarter-finals.
The match schedule for the tournament was released on 20 March 2009, with the hosts placed in position A1. Unlike previous Women's World Cup final tournaments, there will be no double-headers, but matches on the same day will be held in different venues. According to the Organising Committee, this "signals the increased quality and status of the women's finals".
Tie-breaking criteria
Teams are ranked on the following criteria:
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comprises the eight teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. There are three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds are the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final. There is also a play-off to decide third and fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes is followed by thirty minutes of extra time; if scores are still level, there is a penalty shootout to determine who progresses to the next round.
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4 goals Marta Abby Wambach
3 goals Lisa Dahlkvist
2 goals
Kyah Simon
Cristiane Rosana
Jill Scott
Genoveva Añonma
Marie-Laure Delie
Gaëtane Thiney
Élodie Thomis
Kerstin Garefrekes
Inka Grings
Célia Okoyino da Mbabi
Nahomi Kawasumi
Aya Miyama
Lotta Schelin
Lauren Cheney
Alex Morgan
1 goal
Lisa De Vanna
Leena Khamis
Ellyse Perry
Emily van Egmond
Érika
Christine Sinclair
Jessica Clarke
Ellen White
Fara Williams
Rachel Yankey
Camille Abily
Sonia Bompastor
Élise Bussaglia
Laura Georges
Simone Laudehr
Karina Maruyama
Yūki Nagasato
Shinobu Ohno
Maribel Domínguez
Stephany Mayor
Mónica Ocampo
Sarah Gregorius
Amber Hearn
Rebecca Smith
Hannah Wilkinson
Perpetua Nkwocha
Emilie Haavi
Elise Thorsnes
Nilla Fischer
Marie Hammarström
Jessica Landström
Josefine Öqvist
Therese Sjögran
Rachel Buehler
Carli Lloyd
Heather O'Reilly
Megan Rapinoe
Own goal Daiane (playing against United States)
FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the...
competition, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It was held from 26 June to 17 July 2011 in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, which won the right to host the event in October 2007. Japan
Japan women's national football team
The Japan women's national football team, or Nadeshiko Japan , is a selection of the best female players in Japan and is run by the Japan Football Association . Japan defeated the U.S...
won the final
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final
The final of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was played between and the . The match took place in Commerzbank-Arena, in Frankfurt, Germany, on 17 July 2011...
against the United States
United States women's national soccer team
The United States women's national soccer team represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world...
on a penalty shoot-out following a 2–2 tie after extra time and became the first Asian
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
team to win a FIFA World Cup.
The matches were played in nine stadiums in nine host cities around the country, with the final played at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
. Sixteen teams were selected for participation via a worldwide qualification tournament
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Qualification for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup determines which 15 teams join , the hosts of the 2011 tournament, to play for the Women's World Cup. Europe has 5.5 qualifying berths , Asia 3 berths, North and Central America 2.5 berths, Africa 2 berths, South America 2 berths and Oceania 1 berth...
that began in 2009. In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round-robin
Round-robin
The term round-robin was originally used to describe a document signed by multiple parties in a circle to make it more difficult to determine the order in which it was signed, thus preventing a ringleader from being identified...
groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These eight teams advanced to the knockout stage
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of the top two teams of each of the four groups. It began on July 9 and ended with the Final on July 17 2011.-Qualified teams:-Bracket:-England vs. France:-Germany vs. Japan:...
, where two rounds of play decided which teams would participate in the final.
Host selection
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
and Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, initially declared their interest in hosting the 2011 Women's World Cup. The German Football Association
German Football Association
The German Football Association is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga, and the men's and women's national teams. The DFB is based in Frankfurt and is...
announced its hopes to host the tournament on 26 January 2006, following a pledge from German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a...
to fully support a potential bid. All six nations officially announced their interest by a 1 March 2007 deadline and acknowledged their intention of bidding by 3 May 2007 to FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
.
The final bidding dossiers had to be handed over before 1 August 2007. Switzerland withdrew on 29 May 2007, stating that Europe is heavily focused on France and Germany, and a third European bid appeared futile. On 27 August 2007, France also withdrew, reportedly in exchange for Germany's support for their bid to host the men's UEFA Euro 2016
UEFA Euro 2016
The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2016, will be the 15th European Championship for national football teams sanctioned by UEFA. It will be held in the summer of 2016. The host nation was announced to be France on 28 May 2010...
. Later Australia (12 October 2007) and Peru (17 October 2007) voluntarily dropped out of the race as well, leaving only Canada and Germany as the remaining candidates. On 30 October 2007, the FIFA Executive Committee
FIFA Executive Committee
FIFA Executive Committee is an institution of FIFA . It is the main decision-making body of the organization in the intervals of Congress...
voted to assign the tournament to Germany. Canada was eventually awarded the 2015 Women's World Cup
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football world championship tournament...
four years later.
Venues
After the German Football Association (DFB) expressed its intention to bid for the Women's World Cup, 23 German cities applied to host World Cup games. Twelve cities were chosen for the official bidding dossier handed over to FIFA in August 2007. On 30 September 2008, the DFB executive committee decided to use nine stadiums for the tournament; the original candidates EssenEssen
- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
, Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
and Bielefeld
Bielefeld
Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
were not chosen as World Cup venues.
The official opening game was held between Germany and Canada at the Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium (Berlin)
The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...
in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, the venue of the 2006 men's World Cup Final
2006 FIFA World Cup Final
The 2006 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that took place on 9 July 2006 at the Olympiastadion, Berlin to determine the winner of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Italy beat France on penalties after the match finished 1–1 after extra time...
; it was the only match played in Berlin. However, it was not the first match of the tournament—it was preceded by a match at Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Rhein-Neckar-Arena
The Rhein-Neckar Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of 1899 Hoffenheim. The stadium has a capacity of 30,150 people...
in Sinsheim
Sinsheim
Sinsheim is a town in southwestern Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg about 22 kilometers southeast of Heidelberg and about 28 kilometers northwest of Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar. It consists of a city center and 11 suburbs with a total population of 35,605...
pitting France and Nigeria. The final of the tournament took place at the Commerzbank-Arena
Commerzbank-Arena
The Commerzbank-Arena is a sports stadium in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. Commonly known by its original name, Waldstadion , the stadium opened in 1925. The stadium has been upgraded several times since then; the most recent remodelling was its redevelopment as a football-only stadium in preparation...
in Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
, the venue of the 2005 men's Confederations Cup
2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
-Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semi-finals:-----Third place playoff:-Final:-Awards:-Goal scorers:5 goals Adriano4 goals Luciano Figueroa John Aloisi Michael Ballack...
final. Borussia-Park
Borussia-Park
Borussia-Park in Mönchengladbach is the home stadium of German football Bundesliga team Borussia Mönchengladbach...
in Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....
and Frankfurt's Commerzbank-Arena hosted the semi-finals. The third place play-off was held at Rhein-Neckar-Arena.
Since 2007, five of the stadiums were either newly built (Augsburg
Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
, Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
and Sinsheim) or remodeled (Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...
and Leverkusen
Leverkusen
Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the South, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne and to the North is the state capital Düsseldorf....
). Six stadiums will be home grounds for German First Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
clubs in the upcoming 2011–12 season
2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga is the 49th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on 5 August 2011 with the season opening match involving defending champions Borussia Dortmund and will end with the last games on 5 May 2012...
, while the other three will be home to Second Bundesliga
2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
clubs in the same season
2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga is the 38th season of the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its football league system. The season commenced on 15 July 2011, three weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga season, and will end with the last games on 6 May 2012...
. Compared to the 2006 men's World Cup, several smaller venues were chosen; six stadiums have a capacity of 20,000 to 30,000 seats. All cities will stage a total of four matches, with the exceptions of Berlin and Mönchengladbach; the latter will host three games. The total capacity of the nine venues is roughly 330,000. Overall, approximately one million tickets will be available.
Several of the stadiums are officially referred to simply as "FIFA World Cup Stadium", because FIFA prohibits sponsorship of stadiums unless the stadium sponsors are also official tournament sponsors. With no standing-room terraces allowed, all stadiums have a lower total capacity compared to German Bundesliga games. Capacity data is given according to FIFA:
| Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... | |Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010... | | Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.... | | Sinsheim Sinsheim Sinsheim is a town in southwestern Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg about 22 kilometers southeast of Heidelberg and about 28 kilometers northwest of Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar. It consists of a city center and 11 suburbs with a total population of 35,605... |
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| Olympic Stadium Olympic Stadium (Berlin) The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March... |
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Number of participating teams
FIFA had considered the prospect of increasing the number of teams from 16 to 24, to reflect the growing global popularity of women's football and the Women's World Cup. However, on 14 March 2008, the FIFA Executive CommitteeFIFA Executive Committee
FIFA Executive Committee is an institution of FIFA . It is the main decision-making body of the organization in the intervals of Congress...
decided to keep the number of participants at 16, concerned that more teams would dilute the quality of play. The idea of having 20 teams taking part, which had been discussed briefly, was ruled impossible to implement in terms of fixture planning and logistics. During the 2007 Women's World Cup, FIFA president Sepp Blatter
Sepp Blatter
Joseph S. Blatter , commonly known as Sepp Blatter, is a Swiss football administrator, who serves as the 8th and current President of FIFA . He was elected on 8 June 1998, succeeding João Havelange. He was re-elected as President in 2002, 2007, and 2011...
had campaigned for the idea to increase the number of teams, although this proposal was not unquestioned. In particular the 11–0 victory of over in the opening game of the 2007 tournament had caused a debate over whether there were 24 national teams on a comparable level.
Confederation allocation
In October 2008, the FIFA Executive Committee announced a change to the allocation of the qualifying berths for its continental confederations. Asia was granted 3 automatic berths instead of 2.5 for the finals (although in 2007 the host nation was an additional qualifier from Asia). Europe’s allocation was reduced from 5 to 4.5 (although it effectively increased to 5.5 because of the automatic qualification of the host nation). The North/Central American and Caribbean confederation (CONCACAF) retained their 2.5 qualifiers, Africa and South America 2 each, and Oceania 1. The 16th qualifying spot was determined through a play-off2011 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA-CONCACAF play-off)
In the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification process, one spot was allocated to the winner of a two-legged play-off between the winner of the UEFA repechage play-offs and the winner of the third-place qualification match in the 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup.The order of play for these matches...
between the third-placed team in CONCACAF and the winner of repechage play-offs in Europe.
FIFA also ruled that each confederation has to ensure that at least one third of its member associations enter their women's national teams for World Cup qualification, otherwise FIFA would re-examine the current slot allocation. In Africa and the Middle East a considerable percentage of teams had withdrawn from World Cup qualification in the past.
For European teams, the 2011 Women's World Cup will also be used as a qualification tournament for the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...
. Besides Team Great Britain
Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic football team
The Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic football team represents Great Britain and Northern Ireland in international football competitions in the Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players...
, Europe will have two additional qualifiers for the Summer Olympics. Only the following stages will count in the determination of rank: World Champion, Runner-up, third place, fourth place, quarterfinals, group stage. In the case that no clear distinction can be made with respect to the two qualifiers, play-offs will determine the qualifying countries. With Germany losing their quarter-final, France, which had already reached the semi-finals, secured qualification to the Olympics. Sweden followed as UEFA's second team with its win against Australia.
Qualified teams
Qualification for the tournament took place between April 2009 and November 2010. As the host nation, Germany were granted automatic qualification, while the remaining national teams qualified through their continental confederations. Most confederations used their continental championship tournaments – the AFC Women's Asian Cup2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
-Semi finals:-----Third place playoff:-Final:- Awards :-Goalscorers:3 goals Yoo Young-A Kozue Ando Homare Sawa Jo Yun-Mi2 goals Zhang Rui Mami Yamaguchi Samantha Kerr...
, CAF Women's Championship
2010 African Women's Football Championship
The 2010 Women's African Football Championship was held in South Africa from 31 October to 14 November 2010. Seven national teams joined the host nation following a series of knock-out home and away ties...
, OFC Women's Championship
2010 OFC Women's Championship
The 2010 OFC Women's Championship of association football took place in Auckland, New Zealand between 29 September and 8 October...
, Sudamericano Femenino
2010 Sudamericano Femenino
The 2010 South American Women's Football Championship was the sixth edition of the South American Women's Football Championship, and acted as a qualifier for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics...
and CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
---------Group B:---------Knockout Map:-Semifinals:-----Third place play-off:-Final:-External links:* *...
– to determine qualification. The exception to this was UEFA, which used its own qualifying tournament
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
In the UEFA qualification for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, 41 entrants were drawn into eight groups, from which the group winners advanced to a play-off round...
. One qualification spot was determined by a play-off
2011 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA-CONCACAF play-off)
In the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification process, one spot was allocated to the winner of a two-legged play-off between the winner of the UEFA repechage play-offs and the winner of the third-place qualification match in the 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup.The order of play for these matches...
between a UEFA and CONCACAF team.
AFC (3)
CAF (2)
CONCACAF (3)†
CONMEBOL (2)
OFC (1)
UEFA (5) (hosts)
Colombia and Equatorial Guinea made their debuts in the FIFA Women's World Cup. Brazil, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, Sweden and the United States maintained their streak of qualifying for all six tournaments so far, while failed to qualify for the first time ever. This is Mexico's first appearance since 1999 and France's first appearance since 2003.
Local organizing committee
Steffi Jones
Stephanie Ann "Steffi" Jones is a retired German football defender. She now works as a football administrator, and was in charge of organizing the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.- Biography :...
; she started her work on 1 January 2008. German president Christian Wulff
Christian Wulff
Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulff is the President of Germany and a politician of the Christian Democratic Union. He was elected President on 2010 and publicly swore the oath of office on . A lawyer by profession, he served as Premier of the state of Lower Saxony from 2003 to 2010.-Early life and...
was named the patron of the tournament.
The Organising Committee is chaired by Jones and supervised by the board of the German Football Federation (DFB). On 25 January 2009, Jones opened the committee offices and named her OC team. It is led by managing director Uli Wolter, who headed the Leipzig branch during the 2006 men's World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
. Aside from Wolter, four department heads were named. Heike Ulrich is responsible for the tournament organisation, former German international Doris Fitschen heads the marketing department, Winfried Naß leads the department "Cites and Stadiums", and Jens Grittner, who served as the press officer for the 2006 Organising Committee, heads the communications department.
Intended to advertise the tournament primarily in Germany, the Organising Committee named four national Women’s World Cup ambassadors: former German internationals Britta Carlson
Britta Carlson
Britta Carlson is a German football midfielder who currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg. She has also been capped for the German national team.-External links:*...
, Renate Lingor
Renate Lingor
Renate Lingor is a retired female German international football player.-Club career:Lingor began her career in 1981 with SV Blankenloch at the age of six, in 1983 she joined the youth team of Karlsruher SC. Aged 14 she signed with SC Klinge Seckach where she started her professional career in...
, and Sandra Minnert
Sandra Minnert
Sandra Minnert is a former German football defender. She played for SC 07 Bad Neuenahr and the German national team.-Coaching career:...
, as well as shooting Paralympics gold medallist Manuela Schmermund. In October 2009, former U.S. international Mia Hamm
Mia Hamm
Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm is a retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female,...
was presented as the World Cup’s international ambassador. Each host city except for Berlin also named two city ambassadors. They include footballers Matthias Sammer
Matthias Sammer
Matthias Sammer is a retired German football player and coach who is now working as technical director of the DFB . He played as a midfielder, and later in his career as a sweeper....
, Karl-Heinz Riedle and Rainer Bonhof
Rainer Bonhof
Rainer Bonhof is a former German footballer. He was a defensive midfielder or wing-back.-Playing career:...
, fencer Britta Heidemann
Britta Heidemann
Britta Heidemann is a German épée fencer. Heidemann had her biggest success on 13 August during the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, when she defeated Ana Maria Brânză to win the gold medal, just minutes after fellow countryman Benjamin Kleibrink won the men's individual foil competition...
or biathlete Magdalena Neuner
Magdalena Neuner
Magdalena "Lena" Neuner is a German professional biathlete. She is the most successful woman of all time at Biathlon World Championships and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. At the age of 21, she became the youngest Overall World Cup winner in the history of the International Biathlon Union...
.
Emblem and mascot
The official World Cup emblem, called Arena Deutschland, was presented by Steffi Jones and Franz BeckenbauerFranz Beckenbauer
Franz Anton Beckenbauer is a German football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed Der Kaiser because of his elegant style, his leadership, his first name "Franz" , and his dominance on the football pitch...
in the break between the women's and the men's game of the German Cup
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
final on 19 April 2008. It shows a stylized stadium with stripes in the national colours of Germany, black, red and gold, and a pictogram of the Women's World Cup trophy in the upper right corner. It was designed by the Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
advertising agency WVP.
The tournament mascot
Mascot
The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...
, cat "Karla Kick", was presented during the opening game of the 2010 Under-20 Women's World Cup
2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in Germany from July 13 to August 1. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, were taking part in the final competition, in which Germany had a guaranteed place as the host nation....
on 13 July 2010. The mascot was developed by the Frankfurt agency GMR Marketing. According to Jones, the mascot represents "important attributes of women's football: passion, fun and dynamics".
Tickets
Approximately one million ticketTicket (admission)
A ticket is a voucher that indicates that one has paid for admission to an event or establishment such as a theatre, movie theater, amusement park, zoo, museum, concert, or other attraction, or permission to travel on a vehicle such as an airliner, train, bus, or boat, typically because one has...
s are available in total, with 900,000 on general sale. 350,000 tickets were offered at discount prices, mainly intended for families, clubs and schools, one of the key target groups of the Organising Committee. As of 22 June 2011, 700,000 tickets have been sold.
The World Cup tickets were offered in several sales phases. During the first sales period from 29 October 2009 to 31 August 2010, only so-called city series tickets were offered. Each city series includes tickets for all games of that particular host city. The prices ranged from €
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
30 to €415. In the second sales period from 17 February to 31 August 2010, so-called 20Eleven tickets were sold to groups of at least 11 people, offered at a 20 percent discount and directed primarily at schools and clubs. Single tickets for all matches were first sold starting 15 September 2010. The prices of individual tickets range from €10 to €200. On 18 March 2011, 100 days before the opening game, the last sales phase started, with all remaining tickets being sold in the order in which orders are received.
Unlike tickets at the 2006 men's World Cup in Germany, the tickets for the Women's World Cup will not be personalised
Personalization
Personalization involves using technology to accommodate the differences between individuals. Once confined mainly to the Web, it is increasingly becoming a factor in education, health care Personalization involves using technology to accommodate the differences between individuals. Once confined...
. The same city series ticket can be used by different people for different games.
Budget and sponsors
The tournament's budget has been set at €51 million. The German Football Association plans to cover these costs in almost equal parts from ticket sales and from sponsors, primarily from six so-called National Supporters. In order for the tournament to break evenBreak-even (economics)
In economics & business, specifically cost accounting, the break-even point is the point at which cost or expenses and revenue are equal: there is no net loss or gain, and one has "broken even"...
, the DFB has said about 80% of the tickets need to be sold, which would translate to an average attendance of 25,000. The DFB estimates to earn roughly €27 million through the general ticket sale.
From 2008 to 2010, the six National Supporters were presented: the tele-communications company Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom AG is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Europe....
, the bank Commerzbank
Commerzbank
Commerzbank AG is the second-largest bank in Germany, after Deutsche Bank, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.-Activities:Commerzbank is mainly active in commercial bank, retail banking and mortgaging. It suffered reversals in investment banking in early 2000s and scaled back its Securities unit...
, the insurer Allianz
Allianz
SE is a global financial services company headquartered in Munich, Germany. Its core business and focus is insurance. As of 2010, it was the world's 12th-largest financial services group and 23rd-largest company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine.Its Allianz Global Investors...
, the retailer Rewe
Rewe
Rewe is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon in England. It lies on the river Culm, north of the city of Exeter and south of the town of Tiverton. Rewe is a linear village, with most of its buildings lying along the A396 road about north of the larger village of Stoke Canon...
, the national mail company Deutsche Post
Deutsche Post
Deutsche Post AG, operating under the trade name Deutsche Post DHL, is the world's largest logistics group. With its headquarters in Bonn, the corporation has 467,088 employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide and generated revenue of € 51.48 billion in 2010...
and the national railway company Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
. Aside from Deutsche Bahn, the sponsors are identical with those of the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup.
Media coverage
The television coverage of the tournament was unprecedented. For the first time, all matches were televised in high definitionHigh-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
, with in-goal cameras and two steadicam
Steadicam
A Steadicam is a stabilizing mount for a motion picture camera that mechanically isolates it from the operator's movement, allowing a smooth shot even when moving quickly over an uneven surface...
s being used for all matches. For selected matches, the broadcast production comprised up to 18 cameras, including a spidercam
Spidercam
The Spidercam is a system which enables film and television cameras to move both vertically and horizontally over a predetermined area, typically the playing field of a sporting event such as a cricket pitch, football field or a tennis court...
and a helicopter camera.
In Germany the public broadcasters ARD
ARD (broadcaster)
ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
and ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
showed all 32 tournament games live. Across Europe, all games were available on Eurosport
Eurosport
Eurosport is a pan-European television sport network operated by French broadcaster TF1 Group. The network of channels are available in 59 countries, in 20 different languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events...
in 34 countries and territories. ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
and ESPN2
ESPN2
ESPN2 is an American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,...
aired all matches live in the United States and ESPN3 (and their Xbox Live
Xbox Live
Xbox Live is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft Corporation. It is currently the only online gaming service on consoles that charges users a fee to play multiplayer gaming. It was first made available to the Xbox system in 2002...
component) offered live online simulcasts. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
and Rogers Sportsnet
Rogers Sportsnet
Sportsnet was launched on October 9, 1998 as CTV Sportsnet. The name was chosen to match the regional "Fox Sports Net" operations across the United States...
in Canada, as well as U.S. Spanish-language network Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
, also broadcasted matches in North America. In the United Kingdom, the games of the English national team were shown live by BBC Red Button and the BBC Sport website. The final was shown live on BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
. SBS
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...
held the broadcasting rights for Australia, while Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera is an independent broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar through the Qatar Media Corporation and headquartered in Doha, Qatar...
broadcasted matches in the Middle East and North Africa.
The tournament was the first women's event to be the subject of a Panini
Panini Group
Panini Group is a company headquartered in Modena, Italy, named after the Panini brothers who founded it in 1961. The company produces books, comics, magazines, stickers, trading cards and other items through its collectibles and publishing subsidiaries. Panini distributes its own products, and...
sticker album, available only in Germany.
The final match between Japan and the United States broke the record for most tweets per second on Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
– 7,196.
Match officials
FIFA's Referees' Committee selected 16 referees to officiate at the World Cup: three from the AFCAsian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
, one from the CAF
Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...
, two from CONMEBOL
CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...
, three from CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
, one from the OFC
Oceania Football Confederation
The Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international association football, consisting of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and island nations such as Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific Island countries...
and six from UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
. In addition 32 assistant referees and three fourth officials were selected. The oldest referee is 42-year-old Swede
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
Jenny Palmquist, while the youngest referee is 29-year-old Finau Vulvuli of Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
.
Squads
As with the 2007 tournament2007 FIFA Women's World Cup squads
This article lists all the confirmed national football squads for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup held in China between 10 September and 30 September 2007...
, each team's squad for the 2011 Women's World Cup consists of 21 players, two less than men's World Cup squads. Each participating national association had to confirm their final 21-player squad
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squads
The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup is an international football tournament being held in Germany from 26 June until 17 July 2011. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 21 players; only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the...
no later than 10 working days before the start of the tournament. Replacement of seriously injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team in question's first World Cup game.
Doping cases
On 25 June 2011 the A sample of Yineth Varón, goalkeeper of , tested positive to an as yet unknown substance. She has been provisionally suspended by the FIFAFIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
until the B sample result is known. On 25 August 2011, it was confirmed that she had received a two-year ban.
On 7 July 2011, FIFA announced that two players from , Song Jong-Sun
Song Jong-Sun
Song Jong-Sun is a D.P.R Korean Female football player who plays for Amrokgang S.G. of her native country women's football league....
and Jong Pok-Sim, were provisionally suspended prior to their team’s match against Colombia after failing doping tests during the tournament. On 16 July, FIFA announced that three additional players from North Korea tested positive following target testing of the whole team. On 25 August 2011, the Korean team was fined 400,000 which is equal to the prize it received by finishing 13th in the 2011 tournament, and was excluded from participation at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football world championship tournament...
.
Final draw
The Organising Committee approved the procedure for the final draw on 28 November 2010. Four teams – Germany, Japan, United States, Brazil – were seeded based on their FIFA Women's World RankingsFIFA Women's World Rankings
The FIFA Women's World Rankings for football were introduced in 2003, with the first rankings published in March of that year, as a follow-on to the existing FIFA World Rankings for men...
and previous achievements. No two teams from the same confederation were to be drawn in the same group, with the exception of Group A, which would include two European teams.
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Pot 1: The groups of the four seeded teams were predetermined before the draw.
Pot 2: Australia and Korea DPR could not be drawn against fellow AFC qualifier Japan in Group B. Similarly, Canada and Mexico could not be drawn against the other CONCACAF qualifier (the United States) in Group C.
Pot 3: To avoid two CONMEBOL teams being drawn into Group D, if Colombia were not the first team drawn from Pot 3 then the side drawn would be placed directly into Group D.
Pot 4: Group A would be the group with two European teams.
The group draw was staged in Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
, Germany, on 29 November 2010 at the Congress Centrum. The ceremony was presented by Organising Comitee president Steffi Jones
Steffi Jones
Stephanie Ann "Steffi" Jones is a retired German football defender. She now works as a football administrator, and was in charge of organizing the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.- Biography :...
, assisted by FIFA Head of Women's Competitions Tatjana Haenni. The balls were drawn by former German international Günter Netzer
Günter Netzer
Günter Theodor Netzer is a former German football player and team general manager currently working in the media business. As a player, he was considered to be one of the greatest passers in the game's history...
and Slovak model and women's footall ambassador Adriana Karembeu.
Group stage
The first round, or group stage, sees the sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams. Each group is a round-robinRound-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
of six games, where each team plays one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams are awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second in each group qualifies for the quarter-finals.
The match schedule for the tournament was released on 20 March 2009, with the hosts placed in position A1. Unlike previous Women's World Cup final tournaments, there will be no double-headers, but matches on the same day will be held in different venues. According to the Organising Committee, this "signals the increased quality and status of the women's finals".
Tie-breaking criteria
Teams are ranked on the following criteria:
- 1. Greater number of points in all group matches
- 2. Goal difference in all group matches
- 3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- 4. Greatest number of points in matches between teams
- 5. Goal difference in matches between teams
- 6. Greatest number of goals scored in matches between teams
- 7. Fair play criteria based on red and yellow cards received
- 8. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee
- All times are in the CESTCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer Time is one of the names of the Daylight saving time offset using the UTC offset of UTC+02:00, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in most European countries. During the winter, Central European Time is used...
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(UTC+2).
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| Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals | |
Group A
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
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Group B
| Team | ||||||||
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
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Group C
| Team | ||||||||
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |
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Group D
| Team | ||||||||
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
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Knockout stage
The knockout stageSingle-elimination tournament
A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...
comprises the eight teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. There are three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds are the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final. There is also a play-off to decide third and fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes is followed by thirty minutes of extra time; if scores are still level, there is a penalty shootout to determine who progresses to the next round.
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Final
Best player (Golden Ball)
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
 Homare SawaHomare Sawa is a female football player from Japan. She currently plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa in the Nadeshiko League Division 1.- Career :Long considered Japan's finest female footballer, she made her debut in Japan's highest domestic league at age 12. On December 6, 1993, at age 15, she made her Japanese... |
 Abby WambachAbby Wambach Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambach is an American professional soccer player, coach and Olympic gold medalist. A four-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, she has been a regular on the U.S. women's national team since 2003... |
Hope Solo Hope Solo Hope Amelia Solo is an American association football goalkeeper. She became a free agent after Women's Professional Soccer terminated the magicJack franchise for which she played in the 2011 season. Solo is the current starting goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer... |
Top goalscorer (Golden Boot)
| Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
|---|---|---|
| Homare Sawa Homare Sawa is a female football player from Japan. She currently plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa in the Nadeshiko League Division 1.- Career :Long considered Japan's finest female footballer, she made her debut in Japan's highest domestic league at age 12. On December 6, 1993, at age 15, she made her Japanese... |
 Marta |
Abby Wambach Abby Wambach Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambach is an American professional soccer player, coach and Olympic gold medalist. A four-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, she has been a regular on the U.S. women's national team since 2003... |
Other awards
| Best Goalkeeper | Best Young Player | FIFA Fair Play Trophy |
|---|---|---|
| Hope Solo Hope Solo Hope Amelia Solo is an American association football goalkeeper. She became a free agent after Women's Professional Soccer terminated the magicJack franchise for which she played in the 2011 season. Solo is the current starting goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer... |
 Caitlin FoordCaitlin Foord Caitlin Foord is an Australian football player, who currently plays for the Sydney FC in the Australian W-League.-Club career:... |
Japan Japan women's national football team The Japan women's national football team, or Nadeshiko Japan , is a selection of the best female players in Japan and is run by the Japan Football Association . Japan defeated the U.S... |
All-Star Team
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayumi Kaihori Ayumi Kaihori is a Japanese international footballer. A goalkeeper, she currently plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa.. She was also the starting goalkeeper for Japan in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, tallying 5 wins and 1 loss... Hope SoloHope Solo Hope Amelia Solo is an American association football goalkeeper. She became a free agent after Women's Professional Soccer terminated the magicJack franchise for which she played in the 2011 season. Solo is the current starting goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer... |
Elise Kellond-Knight Elise Kellond-Knight Elise Kellond-Knight is an Australian football player, who currently plays for Fortuna Hjørring in the Danish Elitedivisionen and the Australian national team.... ÉrikaErika Erika may refer to* Érika Cristiano dos Santos, a female football/ soccer player* Erika , an oil tanker* Erika , a German march* Erika Sawajiri, a Japanese actress and singer who uses the stage name ERIKA as a singer...  Alex Scott Sonia BompastorSonia Bompastor Sonia Bompastor is a French football player who currently plays for French club Lyon of the Division 1 Féminine. She primarily plays in the midfield position, preferably on the left side. Bompastor can also play in the left back position... Laura GeorgesLaura Georges Laura Stéphanie Georges is a French football player who plays for French club Olympique Lyonnais of the Division 1 Féminine. She serves as the first-choice captain of her club and plays primarily as a central defender, but can also be utilized as a defensive midfielder...  Saskia BartusiakSaskia Bartusiak Saskia Bartusiak is a German footballer. She plays in a centre back position for 1. FFC Frankfurt and the German national team.- Club :... |
Jill Scott Jill Scott (footballer) Jill Louise Scott is an English female footballer. She is a central midfielder, currently playing for Everton and England women...  Genoveva AñonmaGenoveva Añonma Genoveva Añonma is an Equatoguinean footballer who plays as a midfielder. She played in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, scoring Equatorial Guinea's only 2 goals in the tournament. She was included in the All-Star Team, becoming the first African player to earn this distinction.Añonma played in... Louisa NecibLouisa Necib Louisa Nécib is a French football player who plays for French club Olympique Lyonnais of the Division 1 Féminine. She plays as a central attacking midfielder and is described as a "gifted playmaker" who "possesses superb technique". Nécib is also known for her "elegant possession, sublime passing... Aya MiyamaAya Miyama is a Japanese football midfielder who currently plays for Okayama Yunogō Belle of the L. League. She is also a member of the Japan's national team that won the 2011 Women's World Cup.-Early career:... Shinobu OhnoShinobu Ohno is a Japanese football player who plays as a forward. Her club team, as of 2011, is INAC Kobe Leonessa.After playing in the U-19 and U-20 teams for a short period, Ohno joined the senior Japanese national team in 2003. Her first major tournament was the 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup, where Japan... Homare SawaHomare Sawa is a female football player from Japan. She currently plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa in the Nadeshiko League Division 1.- Career :Long considered Japan's finest female footballer, she made her debut in Japan's highest domestic league at age 12. On December 6, 1993, at age 15, she made her Japanese... Kerstin GarefrekesKerstin Garefrekes Kerstin Garefrekes is a German footballer. She plays as a midfielder or striker for 1. FFC Frankfurt and the German national team.-Club:...  Caroline SegerCaroline Seger Sara Caroline Seger , is a Swedish football player from Helsingborg. She plays for the Swedish Women's National Team. From 2005 to 2009, she played for Linköpings FC. In 2011, she signed with LdB FC Malmö from 2011 onwards. She also signed a 2-year contract with Tyresö FF for the 2012 season... Shannon BoxxShannon Boxx Shannon Boxx is an American soccer midfielder currently playing for magicJack of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team.... Lauren CheneyLauren Cheney Lauren Nicole Cheney is an American soccer player and member of the United States women's national soccer team. She is currently a forward for Women's Professional Soccer's Boston Breakers.-Career:... |
Marta Lotta Schelin Lotta Schelin Charlotta Eva Schelin , usually referred to as Lotta Schelin, is a Swedish football player who currently plays for Olympique Lyonnais of the Division 1 Féminine... Abby WambachAbby Wambach Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambach is an American professional soccer player, coach and Olympic gold medalist. A four-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, she has been a regular on the U.S. women's national team since 2003... |
Goalscorers
5 goals Homare SawaHomare Sawa
is a female football player from Japan. She currently plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa in the Nadeshiko League Division 1.- Career :Long considered Japan's finest female footballer, she made her debut in Japan's highest domestic league at age 12. On December 6, 1993, at age 15, she made her Japanese...
4 goals Marta Abby Wambach
Abby Wambach
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3 goals Lisa Dahlkvist
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2 goals
Kyah Simon
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Cristiane Rosana
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Jill Scott
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Genoveva Añonma
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Marie-Laure Delie
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Gaëtane Thiney
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Élodie Thomis
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Kerstin Garefrekes
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Inka Grings
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Célia Okoyino da Mbabi
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Nahomi Kawasumi
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Aya Miyama
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Lotta Schelin
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Lauren Cheney
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Alex Morgan
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1 goal
Lisa De Vanna
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Leena Khamis
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Ellyse Perry
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Érika
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Christine Sinclair
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Camille Abily
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Élise Bussaglia
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Own goal Daiane (playing against United States)
See also
- FIFA Women's World CupFIFA Women's World CupThe FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the...
- FIFA Women's World RankingsFIFA Women's World RankingsThe FIFA Women's World Rankings for football were introduced in 2003, with the first rankings published in March of that year, as a follow-on to the existing FIFA World Rankings for men...
- FIFA World CupFIFA World CupThe FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...