The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champions are France, who won their second title at the 2018 tournament in Russia.
The Cameroon national women's football team, also known as the Indomitable Lionesses, is the national team of Cameroon and is controlled by the Cameroon Football Association. They finished second in the 1991, 2004, 2014, and 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations, participated in the 2012 Olympic Games and have competed in their first ever FIFA Women's World Cup in 2015.
Isabel Kerschowski is a German football striker. She currently plays for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and for the German national team.
The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international association football|soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the first time and by a North American country for the third time. Matches were played in six cities across Canada in five time zones. The tournament began on 6 June 2015, and finished with the final on 5 July 2015 with a United States victory over Japan.
Yūki Nagasato, known from 2012 to 2016 as Yūki Ōgimi, is a Japanese footballer who plays as a striker for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Chicago Red Stars. She is the first female footballer to play for the first-team of a Japanese men's club.
Cameroon competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics.
Aya Sameshima is a Japanese footballer. Primarily a left back, she currently plays for Omiya Ardija Ventus in the WE League and has over 100 caps for the Japan national team.
Ajara Nchout Njoya is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Cameroon women's national team.
Augustine Silvia Ejangue Siliki is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Pomigliano and the Cameroon women's national team. She previously played for Energiya Voronezh and WFC Rossiyanka of the Russian Top League, Arna-Bjørnar of the Norwegian Toppserien and also Danish Elitedivisionen club Fortuna Hjørring. She is a member of the Cameroonian national team, who she represented at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2015 and 2019 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup.
Gabrielle Aboudi Onguéné is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Championship and the Cameroon national team. She previously played for Rossiyanka.
Ysis Amariele Sonkeng is a Cameroonian women's football player, who plays for the Cameroon women's national football team and Louves Minproff de Yaoundé. She plays as a defender and played in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was known for scoring an own goal against New Zealand.
Madeleine Michèle Ngono Mani Epse Ongueme, known as Madeleine Ngono Mani, is a Cameroonian football striker currently playing for Albi Croix in the French second tier. She is a member of the Cameroonian national team, with which she has played the 2012 Summer Olympics, the African Women's Championship, and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Raissa Feudjio Tchuanyo is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Liga F club UD Granadilla Tenerife and the Cameroon women's national team. She has previously played for Trabzon İdmanocağı in the Turkish Women's First Football League and for Merilappi United and Åland United in the Finnish Naisten Liiga. She represented Cameroon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Christine Patiance Manie is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a defender for French club Yzeure and the Cameroon women's national football team. At the 2014 African Women's Championship, Manie scored an extra-time winner in the semi-final against the Ivory Coast, which brought Cameroon to their first-ever FIFA Women's World Cup.
The 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the fourth edition of the CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's national teams from Africa qualify for the Olympic football tournament.
Francine Estelle Zouga Edoa is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FF Chenois in the Swiss Nationalliga B. She joined the Swiss club from French Division 1 Féminine side Montpellier HSC in February 2015. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she represented Cameroon.
Annette Flore Ngo Ndom is a Cameroonian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Slovak Women's First League club FK Union Nové Zámky.
Henriette Michèle Akaba Edoa, shortly Henriette Akaba, or Michèle Akaba, is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Primera División club FC Levante Las Planas and the Cameroon women's national team. She has played in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Beşiktaş J.K. with jersey number 18 and in the Division 1 Féminine for ASJ Soyaux.
Ariane "Bébéy" Beyene is a Cameroonian footballer who played for the Cameroon women's national football team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At club level she has played for Louves Minproff and Yaoundé (CMR).
Françoise Joséphine Bella is a Cameroonian football midfielder who played for the Cameroon women's national football team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. On club level she played for Rivers Angels and Bayelsa Queens in Nigeria.
