WOMEN'S WORLD CUP

After several unofficial tournaments, the first official Women's World Cup took place in 1991. The tournament has been played every four years since, and is currently contested by sixteen teams. This page gives an overview of past and future tournaments, with links from each year to individual tournament pages for more detailed information. For more detailed statistics please see the Women's World Cup Statistics page.

Year	Hosts	Winners	Runners-Up	Third Place
1991	China P.R.	U.S.A.	Norway	Sweden
1995	Sweden	Norway	Germany	U.S.A.
1999	U.S.A.	U.S.A.	China P.R.	Brazil
2003	U.S.A.	Germany	Sweden	U.S.A.
2007	China P.R.	Germany	Brazil	U.S.A.
2011	Germany	n/a	n/a	n/a