2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

July 2019 October 2020 FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 FIFA Frauen-Weltmeisterschaft Deutschland 2011 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.svg 175 Germany 26 June – 17 July 16 6 9 9 JPN 1 USA SWE FRA 1974 32 86 JPN Homare Sawa (5 goals) JPN Homare Sawa USA Hope Solo AUS Caitlin Foord JPN 2007 2015 The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was the sixth FIFA Women's World Cup competition, the world championship for women's national 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 draw after extra time and became the first Asian team to win a senior 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. The hosts and defending champions Germany were eliminated by Japan in the quarter-finals with a 1-0 result in extra time. Host selection thumb|right|180px|Six original candidates 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.Rede von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel https://web.archive.org/web/20110526192059/http://wm2006.deutschland.de/DE/Content/WMAktuell/Reden/2005/rede-von-bundeskanzlerin-merkel-bundestag-dfb-leipzig.html 26 May 2011 . Deutschland.de. 9 December 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2008. de 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.Juchem, Markus. WM 2011: Frankreichs Rückzug offenbar beschlossene Sache https://web.archive.org/web/20170701055140/http://www.womensoccer.de/2007/08/23/wm-2011-frankreich-rueckzug-offenbar-beschlossene-sache/ 1 July 2017 . Womensoccer.de. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2008. de 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.Germany to stage 2011 showpiece https://web.archive.org/web/20100308070023/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/news/newsid%3D625447.html 8 March 2010 . FIFA.com. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2008. Canada was eventually awarded the 2015 Women's World Cup four years later.Canada gets 2015 Women's World Cup of soccer. CBCSports.ca. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011. Upon the selection, Germany became the third country to host both men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the men's twice in 1974 and 2006. 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.DFB benennt zwölf Städte und Stadien für Frauen-WM 2011. DFB.de. 11 May 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2008. de On 30 September 2008, the DFB executive committee decided to use nine stadiums for the tournament; the original candidates Essen, Magdeburg and Bielefeld were not chosen as World Cup venues.Nine Host Cities announced. FIFA.com. 30 September 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2008. 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 remodelled (Bochum and Leverkusen).Augsburg Stadium https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium=5021757/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110628232026/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium=5021757/index.html dead 28 June 2011Dresdem Stadium https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium=5001653/index.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110712204353/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium%3D5001653/index.html 12 July 2011 Sinsheim Stadium https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium=5021571/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110216120705/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium=5021571/index.html dead 16 February 2011Bochum Stadium https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium=340/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110628210535/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium=340/index.html dead 28 June 2011Leverkusen Stadium https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium=5000055/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110214202823/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium=5000055/index.html dead 14 February 2011 Six stadiums would be home grounds for German First Bundesliga clubs in the upcoming 2011–12 season, while the other three would 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 would stage a total of four matches, with the exceptions of Berlin and Mönchengladbach; the latter would host three games. The total capacity of the nine venues is roughly 330,000. Overall, approximately one million tickets would be available.Frauen-WM voraussichtlich vom 26. Juni bis 17. Juli https://web.archive.org/web/20110608045458/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500014&no_cache=1&tx_dfbnews_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=14063&cHash=c04eee2ef1 8 June 2011 . DFB.de. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2008. de Several of the stadiums were officially referred to simply as "FIFA Women's World Cup Stadium" because FIFA prohibited sponsorship of stadiums unless the stadium sponsors were also official tournament sponsors. With no standing-room terraces allowed, all stadiums had a lower total capacity compared to German Bundesliga games. Capacity data is given according to FIFA:FIFA. Stadiums. FIFA.com. Retrieved 14 June 2011. Berlin Frankfurt Bochum Mönchengladbach Sinsheim Olympic Stadium Commerzbank-Arena(FIFA Women's World Cup Stadium Frankfurt/Main) Ruhrstadion(FIFA Women's World Cup Stadium Bochum) Borussia-Park Rhein-Neckar-Arena Capacity: 73,680 Capacity: 48,837 Capacity: 20,556 Capacity: 45,860 Capacity: 30,150 150px 150px 150px 150px 150px Leverkusen Germany center 300 Germany 48.355318 10.875996 Augsburg left Germany 52.511274 13.242632 Berlin left Germany 51.482987 7.211397 Bochum right Germany 51.040998 13.748278 Dresden left Germany 50.069206 8.644234 Frankfurt bottom Germany 51.037708 7.002651 Leverkusen bottom Germany 51.174530 6.385407 Mönchengladbach right Germany 49.272168 8.840847 Sinsheim bottom Germany 52.421923 10.784980 Wolfsburg left Wolfsburg BayArena(FIFA Women's World Cup Stadium Leverkusen) Volkswagen-Arena(Arena im Allerpark) Capacity: 29,708 Capacity: 26,062 150px 150px Dresden Augsburg Glücksgas Stadium(Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion) Impuls Arena(FIFA Women's World Cup Stadium Augsburg) Capacity: 25,582 Capacity: 24,661 150px 150px Teams and qualification 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 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 Committee decided to keep the number of participants at 16, concerned that more teams would dilute the quality of play.Associated Press. FIFA keeps 16 teams for 2011 Women's World Cup. ESPN.com. 13 March 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008. 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.Sixteen teams at Germany 2011. FIFA.com. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2008. 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 Germany over Argentina in the opening game of the 2007 tournament had caused a debate over whether there were 24 national teams on a comparable level.AFP. FIFA chief dismayed at 11–0 scoreline in women's World Cup opener. Google News. 11 September 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2008. 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-off between the third-placed team in CONCACAF and the winner of repechage play-offs in Europe.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/95/40/01/circularno.1168-fifawomensworldcup2011.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120127074049/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/95/40/01/circularno.1168-fifawomensworldcup2011.pdf dead 27 January 2012 FIFA.com FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 FIFA FIFA 14 June 2011 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 was also used as a qualification tournament for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Besides Team Great Britain, Europe had two additional qualifiers for the Summer Olympics. 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.Double joy for France, dream over for England http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/item/175683-double-joy-for-france-dream-over-for-england-in-womens-world-cup sports.ndtv.com 10 July 2011 10 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120324012952/http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/item/175683-double-joy-for-france-dream-over-for-england-in-womens-world-cup 24 March 2012 dead Sweden sweep past Australia to seal semi-final berth https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/news/01f3-0e123f6f9201-59e893df770b-1000--sweden-sweep-past-australia-to-seal-semi-final-berth/ UEFA 10 July 2011 10 July 2011 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 Cup, 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.Qualifiers. FIFA.com. Retrieved 7 December 2009. One qualification spot was determined by a play-off between a UEFA and CONCACAF team. The qualified teams, listed by region, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the FIFA Women's World Ranking before the tournament were:FIFA Women's Ranking - 18 March 2011 https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/women?dateId=ranking_20110318 FIFA 18 June 2023 3 AFC (3) AUS (11) JPN (4) PRK (8) CAF (2) EQG (61) (debut) NGA (27) CONCACAF (3) CAN (6) MEX (22) USA† (1) CONMEBOL (2) BRA (3) COL (31) (debut) OFC (1) NZL (24) UEFA (5) ENG (10) FRA 1974 (7) GER (2) (hosts) NOR (9) SWE (5) centre|thumb|upright=1.5| #0000ff Qualified #fba522 Failed to qualifyblack Did not enter #9b9b9b Not a FIFA member † – 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 China PR failed to qualify for the first time ever. This is Mexico's first appearance since 1999 and France's first appearance since 2003. As of 2027, this is the last time that Equatorial Guinea qualified for the tournament while tournament stalwarts North Korea—who were banned from the 2015 tournament and was inactive from 2019 to 2023 had their last appearance until 2027, as well as the last time the Netherlands, Spain, South Korea, and China (only time) failed to qualify. Organization Local organising committee thumb|upright|President of Organising Committee, Steffi Jones The tournament is supervised by the "Women's World Cup 2011 Organising Committee Germany".Organisation Chart. FIFA.com. 21 February 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2008. 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.Bundespräsident Wulff übernimmt Schirmherrschaft. DFB.de. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2011. de 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 "Cities and Stadiums", and Jens Grittner, who served as the press officer for the 2006 Organising Committee, heads the communications department.FIFA Frauen-WM 2011 – Organisationskomitee. DFB.de. Retrieved 14 June 2011. de 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.The FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 ambassadors. FIFA.com. Retrieved 14 June 2011. In October 2009, former U.S. international Mia Hamm was presented as the World Cup's international ambassador.International Ambassadors. FIFA.com. Retrieved 14 June 2011. 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.FIFA. Frequently Asked Questions. FIFA.com. Retrieved 14 June 2011. Emblem and mascot thumb|upright|Mascot "Karla Kick" The official World Cup emblem, called Arena Deutschland, was presented by Steffi Jones and Franz Beckenbauer in the break between the women's and the men's game of the German Cup final on 19 April 2008. It shows a stylised 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.Germany 2011 emblem unveiled. FIFA.com. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2008. 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".Eine Katze als neues Maskottchen der FIFA Frauen-WM 2011. DFB.de. Retrieved 14 June 2011. de Tickets Approximately one million tickets were available in total, with 900,000 on general sale.https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/newsid=1441231/index.html Tickets available for sought-after matches 25 May 2011 FIFA 14 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110712193353/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/newsid%3D1441231/index.html 12 July 2011 dead 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.WM-Splitter: Weitere Ticket-Schallmauer durchbrochen. DFB.de. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011. de 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.https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/ticketing/salesphases.html FIFA.com FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 FIFA FIFA 14 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110712191741/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/ticketing/salesphases.html 12 July 2011 dead Unlike tickets at the 2006 men's World Cup in Germany, the tickets for the Women's World Cup were not personalised. The same city series ticket can be used by different people for different games.WM 2011: So funktioniert der Ticketverkauf. DFB.de. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2011. de Budget and sponsors right horizontal Commemorative Women's World Cup stamps 155 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.Steffi Jones: "Wir liegen wirklich voll auf Kurs". DFB.de. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008. de In order for the tournament to break 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, 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.Juchem, Markus. Frauenfußball-WM 2011: Deutsche Bahn wird letzter Nationaler Förderer https://web.archive.org/web/20160306215804/http://www.womensoccer.de/2010/03/03/frauenfussball-wm-2011-deutsche-bahn-wird-letzter-nationaler-foerderer/ 6 March 2016 . Womensoccer.de. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2011. de Media coverage The television coverage of the tournament was unprecedented. For the first time, all matches were produced in high definition, with in-goal cameras and two steadicams being used for all matches. For selected matches, the broadcast production comprised up to 18 cameras, including a spidercam and a helicopter camera.https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=1376651/index.html FIFA.com Unprecedented TV coverage of FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 14 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110712193359/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/media/newsid%3D1376651/index.html 12 July 2011 dead 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. In the United States, ESPN and ESPN2 served as the official English-language broadcaster,2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Schedule on ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20110613153928/http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2011/03/23/2011-fifa-women%E2%80%99s-world-cup-schedule-on-espn/ 13 June 2011 . ESPNMediaZone. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011. while Univision carried coverage in Spanish. In Canada, CBC Television and Sportsnet broadcast the tournament; the event was the first in a sub-licensing partnership for FIFA tournaments between the two networks.CBC, Sportsnet deal broadens FIFA coverage http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/cbc-sportsnet-deal-broadens-fifa-coverage-1.1129086 CBC Sports 29 December 2014 In the United Kingdom, the games of the England national team were shown live by BBC Red Button and the BBC Sport website.BBC follows England in 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. BBC Online. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011. The final was shown live on BBC Three. SBS held the broadcasting rights for Australia, while Al Jazeera broadcast 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.Pidd Helen Panini's football stickers for women's World Cup prove to be a sellout https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jun/16/panini-womens-world-cup-stickers 16 June 2011 The Guardian 16 June 2011 The final match between Japan and the United States broke the record for most tweets per second on Twitter – 7,196.Tweets-per-second mark set during final https://www.espn.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/6779582/women-world-cup-final-breaks-twitter-record 30 July 2011 ESPN 18 July 2011 Associated Press London The Women's World Cup final between Japan and the United States set the record for tweets per second, eclipsing the wedding of Prince William and Kate and the death of Osama bin Laden. Match officials FIFA's Referees' Committee selected 16 referees to officiate at the World Cup: three from the AFC, 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 was 42-year-old Swede Jenny Palmquist, while the youngest referee was 29-year-old Finau Vulvuli of Fiji.http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/42/03/73/listofrefereesv2.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150702175318/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/42/03/73/listofrefereesv2.pdf dead 2 July 2015 List of referees and assistant referees 20 April 2011 FIFA 6 July 2015https://www.dfb.de/fileadmin/user_upload/2011/04/20110414172633301.pdf List of Officials 18 April 2011 FIFA 14 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110512032815/https://www.dfb.de/fileadmin/user_upload/2011/04/20110414172633301.pdf 12 May 2011 dead https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=1420384/index.html Officials confirmed for Germany 2011 18 April 2011 FIFA 14 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110712193407/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/media/newsid%3D1420384/index.html 12 July 2011 dead + Referees Confederation Referee AFC Cha Sung-mi (South Korea) Etsuko Fukano (Japan) Jacqui Melksham (Australia) CAF Thérèse Neguel (Cameroon) CONCACAF Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico) Carol Anne Chenard (Canada) Kari Seitz (United States) CONMEBOL Estela Álvarez (Argentina) Silvia Reyes (Peru) OFC Finau Vulivuli (Fiji) UEFA Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic) Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary) Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland) Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden) Christina Pedersen (Norway) Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany) + Fourth officials Confederation Referee UEFA Thalia Mitsi (Greece) Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine) Esther Staubli (Switzerland) + Assistant referees Confederation Assistant referee AFC Allyson Flynn (Australia) Sarah Ho (Australia) Kim Kyoung-min (South Korea) Zhang Lingling (China PR) Saori Takahashi (Japan) Widiya Habibah Shamsuri (Malaysia) CAF Tempa Ndah (Benin) Lidwine Rakotozafinoro (Madagascar) CONCACAF Emperatriz Ayala (El Salvador) Mayte Chávez (Mexico) Marlene Duffy (United States) Cindy Mohammed (Trinidad and Tobago) Rita Muñoz (Mexico) Veronica Perez (United States) CONMEBOL Mariana Corbo (Uruguay) Yoli García (Venezuela) Marlene Leyton (Peru) María Rocco (Argentina) OFC Jacqueline Stephenson (New Zealand) Lata Tuifutuna (Tonga) UEFA Cristina Cini (Italy) Anu Jokela (Finland) Helen Caro (Sweden) Anna Nyström (Sweden) Tonja Paavola (Finland) Yolanda Parga Rodríguez (Spain) Katrin Rafalski (Germany) Lada Rojc (Croatia) Hege Lanes Steinlund (Norway) María Luisa Villa Gutiérrez (Spain) Natalie Walker (England) Marina Wozniak (Germany) Squads 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squads As with the 2007 tournament, each team's squad for the 2011 Women's World Cup consisted 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.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/09/06/10/regulations-fifawomen’sworldcupgermany2011™%5fen.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20111122155441/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/09/06/10/regulations-fifawomen%E2%80%99sworldcupgermany2011%E2%84%A2%5fen.pdf dead 22 November 2011 FIFA Regulations – FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 FIFA 19 May 2011 Doping cases On 25 June 2011 the A sample of Yineth Varón, goalkeeper of Colombia, tested positive to an as yet unknown substance. She was provisionally suspended by the FIFA until the B sample result was known.https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=1463338/index.html Colombian player Yineth Varon provisionally suspended following anti-doping test 28 June 2011 FIFA 28 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110712193412/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/media/newsid%3D1463338/index.html 12 July 2011 dead On 25 August 2011, it was confirmed that she had received a two-year ban.https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/germany2011/news/newsid=1498727/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131203021041/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/germany2011/news/newsid=1498727/ dead 3 December 2013 FIFA Disciplinary Committee decisions for Germany 2011 25 August 2011 FIFA 12 June 2013 On 7 July 2011, FIFA announced that two players from North Korea, 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.https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=1470844/index.html Two players from Korea DPR provisionally suspended following anti-doping tests 7 July 2011 FIFA 7 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110712193417/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/media/newsid%3D1470844/index.html 12 July 2011 dead On 16 July, FIFA announced that three additional players (Hong Myong-Hui, Ho Un-Byol and Ri Un-Hyang) from North Korea tested positive following target testing of the whole team.https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=1475877/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110720030140/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=1475877/index.html dead 20 July 2011 Adverse analytical findings recorded for three additional players from Korea DPR 16 July 2011 FIFA 16 July 2011 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. Final draw The Organising Committee approved the procedure for the final draw on 28 November 2010. Four teams from different geographic regions – Germany, Japan, United States, Brazil – were seeded based on their FIFA Women's World Rankings. 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.Germany 2011: Draw procedure FIFA.com. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2013. Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4GER (A1)JPN (B1)USA (C1)BRA (D1)AUSPRKCANMEXNGAEQGNZLCOLENGFRA 1974SWENOR CommentsPot 1: The groups of the four seeded teams were predetermined before the draw. Pot 2: Australia and Korea DPR cannot be drawn against fellow AFC qualifier Japan in Group B. Similarly, Canada and Mexico cannot 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 Committee 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 football ambassador Adriana Karembeu.https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/newsid=1342267/index.html FIFA.com Germany 2011 takes shape FIFA FIFA 14 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110712193426/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/newsid%3D1342267/index.html 12 July 2011 dead Group A was the group of death of this FIFA World Cup with three top 10-ranked teams: Germany (2), Canada (6) and France (7).Molinaro John F. 29 November 2010 Did Canadian women draw Group of Death? https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/did-canadian-women-draw-group-of-death-1.908249 cbc.ca Group stage The first round, or group stage, sees the sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams. Each group is a round-robin 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 were no double-headers, but matches on the same day were held in different venues. According to the Organising Committee, this "signals the increased quality and status of the women's finals".FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 match schedule published. FIFA.com. 20 March 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2011. thumb|upright=2.1|Qualified countries' results All times are in the CEST time zone (UTC+2). Tiebreakers Tie-breaking criteria for group playThe ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows: Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat); Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; Fair play criteria based on yellow and red cards received; Drawing of lots. Group A 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A thumb|Opening ceremony. Group A no_hide_class_rules A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 Group B 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B Group B no_hide_class_rules B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 Group C 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C Group C no_hide_class_rules C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 Group D 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D Group D no_hide_class_rules D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 Knockout stage 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage The knockout stage comprised the eight teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. There were three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were 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 was followed by thirty minutes of extra time; if scores were still level, there would be a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round. Bracket Bracket Quarter-finals QF1 QF2 QF3 QF4 Semi-finals SF1 SF2 Third place play-off TPP Final 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup final Final Awards FIFA Women's World Cup awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.Double delight for Sawa https://web.archive.org/web/20110722140456/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/newsid%3D1476704/index.html 22 July 2011Hyundai driving support for young talent https://web.archive.org/web/20110718115105/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/media/newsid%3D1475411/index.html 18 July 2011 The Golden Ball (best overall player), Golden Boot (top scorer) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper) awards were sponsored by Adidas, while the Best Young Player award was sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company. FIFA.com shortlisted ten goals for users to vote on as the Goal of the Tournament,http://www.fifa.com:80/womensworldcup/goalofthetournament/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110721005734/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/goalofthetournament/index.html dead 21 July 2011 Goal of the Tournament FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 17 July 2019 which was sponsored by Sony.http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/goalofthetournament/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110722050347/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/goalofthetournament/index.html dead 22 July 2011 Goal of the Tournament FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 17 July 2019 Golden BallSilver BallBronze BallJPN Homare SawaUSA Abby WambachUSA Hope SoloGolden BootSilver BootBronze BootJPN Homare SawaBRA MartaUSA Abby Wambach5 goals, 1 assist4 goals, 2 assists4 goals, 1 assistGolden GloveUSA Hope SoloBest Young PlayerAUS Caitlin FoordGoal of the TournamentUSA Abby Wambach120+2 for 2–2 in Quarter-finals vs Brazil (10 July)FIFA Fair Play AwardJPN All-Star Team Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders ForwardsJPN Ayumi Kaihori USA Hope SoloAUS Elise Kellond-Knight BRA Érika ENG Alex Scott FRA 1974 Sonia Bompastor FRA 1974 Laura Georges GER Saskia Bartusiak ENG Jill Scott EQG Genoveva Añonma FRA 1974 Louisa Nécib JPN Aya Miyama JPN Shinobu Ohno JPN Homare Sawa GER Kerstin Garefrekes SWE Caroline Seger USA Shannon Boxx USA Lauren CheneyBRA Marta SWE Lotta Schelin USA Abby Wambach Statistics Goalscorers 86 32 Homare Sawa of Japan won the Golden Boot award for scoring five goals. FIFAadidas Golden Boot (Top Scorer) https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/statistics/players/topgoals.html FIFA 27 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110712191704/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/statistics/players/topgoals.html 12 July 2011 dead JPN Homare Sawa BRA Marta USA Abby Wambach SWE Lisa Dahlkvist AUS Kyah Simon BRA Cristiane BRA Rosana ENG Jill Scott EQG Genoveva Añonman FRA 1974 Marie-Laure Delie FRA 1974 Gaëtane Thiney FRA 1974 Élodie Thomis GER Kerstin Garefrekes GER Inka Grings GER Célia Okoyino da Mbabi JPN Nahomi Kawasumi JPN Aya Miyama SWE Lotta Schelin USA Lauren Cheney USA Alex Morgan AUS Lisa De Vanna AUS Leena Khamis AUS Ellyse Perry AUS Emily van Egmond BRA Érika CAN Christine Sinclair ENG Jessica Clarke ENG Ellen White ENG Fara Williams ENG Rachel Yankey FRA 1974 Camille Abily FRA 1974 Sonia Bompastor FRA 1974 Élise Bussaglia FRA 1974 Laura Georges GER Simone Laudehr JPN Karina Maruyama JPN Yūki Nagasato JPN Shinobu Ohno MEX Maribel Domínguez MEX Stephany Mayor MEX Mónica Ocampo NZL Sarah Gregorius NZL Amber Hearn NZL Rebecca Smith NZL Hannah Wilkinson NGA Perpetua Nkwocha NOR Emilie Haavi NOR Elise Thorsnes SWE Marie Hammarström SWE Jessica Landström SWE Josefine Öqvist SWE Therese Sjögran USA Rachel Buehler USA Carli Lloyd USA Heather O'Reilly USA Megan Rapinoe BRA Daiane (against United States) USA Amy LePeilbet (against Sweden) Assists yes Aya Miyama of Japan won the assists table with four assists. FIFA Technical Report JPN Aya Miyama USA Lauren Cheney USA Megan Rapinoe AUS Collette McCallum BRA Marta ENG Karen Carney FRA 1974 Sandrine Soubeyrand GER Babett Peter SWE Lotta Schelin SWE Therese Sjögran AUS Kim Carroll AUS Lisa De Vanna AUS Leena Khamis BRA Cristiane BRA Érika BRA Maurine ENG Alex Scott ENG Jill Scott ENG Rachel Unitt ENG Rachel Yankey FRA 1974 Camille Abily FRA 1974 Eugénie Le Sommer FRA 1974 Louisa Nécib FRA 1974 Gaëtane Thiney GER Kerstin Garefrekes GER Inka Grings GER Simone Laudehr JPN Yukari Kinga JPN Yūki Nagasato JPN Shinobu Ohno JPN Homare Sawa MEX Maribel Domínguez MEX Dinora Garza MEX Verónica Pérez NZL Amber Hearn NZL Ria Percival NZL Ali Riley NZL Kirsty Yallop NOR Leni Larsen Kaurin NOR Ingvild Stensland SWE Sara Larsson USA Stephanie Cox USA Carli Lloyd USA Alex Morgan USA Heather O'Reilly USA Abby Wambach Tournament ranking Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. main WDL complete FIFA Technical Reporthttps://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/43e9c055b875533b/original/pcahcegynzgqmcyv4mdu-pdf.pdf FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 – Technical Report: Overall ranking FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 89 1 July 2019 H JPN USA SWE FRA BRA GER ENG AUS NGA NOR MEX NZL PRK COL EQG CAN 2 0 2 6 7 3 1 0 9 2 0 0 3 1 7 0 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 6 3 0 0 3 2 7 2 1 3 10 10 3 0 1 7 4 4 1 1 12 6 0 2 1 3 7 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 2 2 5 5 0 1 10 6 3 2 1 13 7 AUS BRA CAN COL ENG EQG FRA 1974 GER JPN MEX NZL NGA PRK NOR SWE USA T D D A C B D A A B B B A C D C C Final result #FFD700 Champions #C0C0C0 Runners-up #CD7F32 Third place Fourth place Eliminated inquarter-finals Eliminated ingroup stage yes yes 1st 2nd 3rd 4th QF QF QF QF GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS Marketing Sponsorships FIFA partnersNational Supporters Adidas Coca-Cola Emirates Hyundai–Kia Sony Visa Allianz Commerzbank Deutsche Bahn Deutsche PostDeutsche Post announced as fifth National Supporter http://www.dfb.de/news/detail/deutsche-post-announced-as-fifth-national-supporter-18814/ 2024-04-10 DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. de Deutsche Telekom REWEREWE named as National Supporter of Women's World Cup 2011 http://www.dfb.de/news/detail/rewe-named-as-national-supporter-of-womens-world-cup-2011-18711/ 2024-04-10 DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. de Controversy Player gender check In June 2023, Nilla Fischer revealed in her book, I Didn't Even Say Half Of It, that the Swedish team were told to show their genitalia to prove that they were women during the 2011 competition. This came after protests from Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana relating to allegations that the Equatorial Guinea squad included men. Fischer described the process, which was conducted by a female physiotherapist on behalf of the doctor, as humiliating but did not have a choice in order to not jeopardise the opportunity to play at a World Cup. FIFA said it had taken note of recent comments made by Nilla Fischer around her experiences and gender verification testing conducted by the Swedish national team at the World Cup.Ingle Sean 2023-06-12 Sweden players had to show their genitalia at 2011 Women's World Cup, says Nilla Fischer en-GB The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/12/sweden-players-had-to-show-their-genitalia-at-2011-womens-world-cup-says-nilla-fischer 2023-06-14 0261-30772023-06-13 Nilla Fischer: "We had to show our genitalia to be allowed to play in the FIFA Women's World Cup" https://en.as.com/soccer/nilla-fischer-we-had-to-show-our-genitalia-to-be-allowed-to-play-in-the-fifa-womens-world-cup-n/ 2023-06-14 Diario AS en-us See also 2006 FIFA World Cup FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA Women's World Rankings FIFA World Cup Germany in 2011 References External links FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011, FIFA.com Organising Committee Germany de FIFA Technical Report FIFA Physical Analysis 2011 World Cup Category:2010–11 in German women's football Category:Women's international association football competitions hosted by Germany Category:Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification Category:June 2011 sports events in Germany Category:July 2011 sports events in Germany Category:Sweden at the 2012 women's Olympic football tournament Category:France at the 2012 women's Olympic football tournament