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The FIFA Women's World Ranking is a ranking system for women's national teams in association football (commonly known as football or soccer) published by the international governing body FIFA. As of August 2024, the United States is ranked #1. The rankings were introduced in 2003, [2] with the first rankings published on 16 July of that year.
As 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. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored. [2] As of 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
Based on their match results over the previous four-year period, the FIFA Women's World Rankings, published monthly by FIFA, compare the relative strengths of the national teams. Some national teams that are members of a confederation but not FIFA members compete in confederation-level and subregional tournaments. These teams, however, are not ...
The United States women's national soccer team is ending a roller-coaster year in a familiar spot. The USWNT finished the year at No. 1 in the FIFA world rankings, a spot they've held for all but ...
Christine Sinclair of Canada is the all-time leading goalscorer for women's national teams This page lists the top all-time goalscorer for each women's national football team . This list is not an all-time top international goalscorers list , as several countries have two or more players with more goals than another country's top scorer.
The final three spots at the FIFA Women's World Cup were decided through a ten-team play-off tournament. The tournament was used as a test event for New Zealand to host prior to the Women's World Cup. In the play-off draw, four teams were seeded into groups based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings, with a maximum of one seeded team per ...
Christie Pearce became the oldest player to ever play in a Women's World Cup match, at the age of 40 years. [17] In March 2015, FIFA awarded France the right to host the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup over South Korea. [18] In the 2019 edition, which was held in France, the United States won the tournament for the fourth time.
The winner of each group qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup. Four teams were seeded into groups based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings. In Groups A and B, two unseeded teams faced each other in a semi-final. The winner of the semi-final advanced to the play-off final, playing against the seeded team for a spot in the Women's World Cup.