This is a list of all teams, players and managers who have won the FIFA Women's World Cup tournament since its inception in 1991.
The nine Women's World Cup tournaments have been won by five different nations. The United States has won the most titles with four. Spain is the current champion, winning the title in 2023. Back-to-back tournaments have been won on two occasions, first by Germany (2003, 2007) and most recently by USA (2015, 2019).
Titles | Team | Year(s) |
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4 | United States | 1991, 1999, 2015, 2019 |
2 | Germany | 2003, 2007 |
1 | Japan | 2011 |
Norway | 1995 | |
Spain | 2023 |
Participating teams have to register squads for the World Cup, which consisted of 18 players in 1991, 20 players from 1995, up to 21 in 2007, and 23 from 2015 onwards.
A total of 157 players have been in the winning team in the Women's World Cup. 32 players have won the tournament twice.
There have been a total of 8 managers win the Women's World Cup. Jill Ellis is the only manager to win two Women's World Cups. Ellis (Portsmouth, England), along with Anson Dorrance (Bombay, India) are the only managers not born in the country they won the Women's World Cup, however both hold United States nationality.
Silvia Neid was assistant manager to Tina Theune for Germany's 2003 tournament win before lifting the 2007 trophy as manager.
T | Manager | Team | Year(s) |
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2 | Jill Ellis | United States | 2015, 2019 |
1 | Anson Dorrance | United States | 1991 |
Even Pellerud | Norway | 1995 | |
Tony DiCicco | United States | 1999 | |
Tina Theune-Meyer | Germany | 2003 | |
Silvia Neid | Germany | 2007 | |
Norio Sasaki | Japan | 2011 | |
Jorge Vilda | Spain | 2023 |
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