List of FIFA Women's World Cup penalty shoot-outs

This is a list of all penalty shoot-outs that have occurred in the Finals tournament of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Twice, in 1999 and 2011, the World Cup title has been decided by a penalty shoot-out. Of the 11 shoot-outs that have taken place in the competition, three reached the sudden death stage after still being tied at the end of "best of five kicks". Of these, two of the most recent (at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup) were the longest shoot-outs in either women's or men's World Cup history.

Penalty shoot-outs

Key

= scored penalty = missed penalty

golden background = scored penalty ending the shoot-out red background = missed penalty ending the shoot-out

grey background = first penalty in the shoot-out horizontal line within a list of takers = beginning of the sudden death stage

Penalty shoot-outs in the FIFA Women's World Cup

№	Year	Round	Winner	F	Loser	Penalties			Winning team		Losing team		Date	Venue	R
						S	M	T	GK	Takers	Takers	GK
1.	1995, Sweden	Quarter-finals	China	1–1	Sweden	4–3	1–2	5–5	Gao Hong	Sun Wen Xie Huilin Chen Yufeng Shui Qingxia Liu Ailing	Andersson Videkull Pohjanen Sundhage Nessvold	Leidinge	13 June 1995	Helsingborg (Olympia)	[1]
2.	1999, United States	Third place play-off	Brazil	0–0[a]	Norway	5–4	1–2	6–6	Maravilha	Pretinha Cidinha Kátia Maicon Nenê Formiga	Riise Pettersen Jørgensen Sandaune Gulbrandsen Aarønes	Nordby	10 July 1999	Pasadena (Rose Bowl)	[3]
3.		Final	United States	0–0	China	5–4	0–1	5–5	Scurry	Overbeck Fawcett Lilly Hamm Chastain	Xie Huilin Qiu Haiyan Liu Ying Zhang Ouying Sun Wen	Gao Hong			[4]
4.	2011, Germany	Quarter-finals	France	1–1	England	4–3	1–2	5–5	Deville	Abily Bussaglia Thiney Bompastor Le Sommer	K. Smith Carney Stoney Rafferty White	Bardsley	9 July 2011	Leverkusen (BayArena)	[5]
5.			United States	2–2	Brazil	5–3	0–1	5–4	Solo	Boxx Lloyd Wambach Rapinoe Krieger	Cristiane Marta Daiane Francielle	Andréia	10 July 2011	Dresden (Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion)	[6]
6.		Final	Japan	2–2	United States	3–1	1–3	4–4	Kaihori	Miyama Nagasato Sakaguchi Kumagai	Boxx Lloyd Heath Wambach	Solo	17 July 2011	Frankfurt (Waldstadion)	[7]
7.	2015, Canada	Quarter-finals	Germany	1–1	France	5–4	0–1	5–5	Angerer	Behringer Laudehr Peter Marozsán Šašić	Thiney Abily Nécib Renard Lavogez	Bouhaddi	26 June 2015	Montreal (Olympic Stadium)	[8]
8.	2019, France	Round of 16	Norway	1–1	Australia	4–1	0–2	4–3	Hjelmseth	C. Hansen Reiten Mjelde Engen	Kerr Gielnik Catley	Williams	22 June 2019	Nice (Allianz Riviera)	[9]
9.	2023, Australia / New Zealand	Round of 16	Sweden	0–0	United States	5–4	2–3	7–7	Mušović	Rolfö Rubensson Björn Blomqvist Bennison Eriksson Hurtig	Sullivan Horan Mewis Rapinoe S. Smith Naeher O'Hara	Naeher	6 August 2023	Melbourne (Melbourne Rectangular Stadium)	[10]
10.			England	0–0	Nigeria	4–2	1–2	5–4	Earps	Stanway England Daly Greenwood Kelly	Oparanozie Alozie Ajibade Ucheibe	Nnadozie	7 August 2023	Brisbane (Lang Park)	[11]
11.		Quarter-finals	Australia	0–0	France	7–6	3–4	10–10	Arnold	Foord Catley Kerr Fowler Arnold Gorry Yallop Carpenter Hunt Vine	Bacha Diani Renard Le Sommer Périsset Geyoro Karchaoui Lakrar Dali Bècho	Durand	12 August 2023	Brisbane (Lang Park)	[12]

Notes

1. No extra time was played before proceeding to a penalty shoot-out.^[2]

Statistics

Key † = shoot-out in the Women's World Cup final Bold = won championship that year Shoot-out records Most shoot-outs in a tournament 3 - 2011, 2023 Fewest shoot-outs in a tournament 0 - 1991, 2003, 2007 Most played shoot-out 1 - 11 matches Most penalties in a shoot-out 20 -  Australia vs  France (2023) Fewest penalties in a shoot-out 7 -  Norway vs  Australia (2019) Fewest scores in a shoot-out 4 -  Japan vs  United States (2011†) Most misses in a shoot-out 7 -  Australia vs  France (2023) Most consecutive misses in a shoot-out 4 –  Sweden vs  United States (2023) Most scored in a shoot-out 13 -  Australia vs  France (2023) Most consecutive scored in a shoot-out 9 –  Germany vs  France (2015)

Team records Most played 4 -  United States (1999, 2011(x2), 2023) Most played in one tournament 2 -  United States (2011) 1/1 Most won 2 -  United States (1999†, 2011) Most lost 2 -  United States (2011†, 2023) 2 -  France (2015, 2023) Most consecutive wins 2 -  United States (1999†, 2011) Most consecutive losses 2 -  United States (2011†, 2023) 2 -  France (2015, 2023) Most won without ever losing 1 -  Germany (2015) 1 -  Japan (2011†) Most lost without ever winning 1 -  Nigeria (2023) Most knockout matches played, never playing a shoot-out 7 -  Netherlands (2015, 2019×4, 2023×2) Won shoot-out and eventually won the cup  United States (1999†)  Japan (2011†) Won the cup without having to play any shoot-outs  United States (1991, 2015, 2019)  Norway (1995)  Germany (2003, 2007)  Spain (2023)

Taker records Most participations in shoot-outs 2 – Sun Wen (1995, 1999†) 2 – Xie Huilin (1995, 1999†) 2 – Shannon Boxx (2011 (×2)†) 2 – Carli Lloyd (2011 (×2)†) 2 – Abby Wambach (2011 (×2)†) 2 – Camille Abily (2011, 2015) 2 – Gaëtane Thiney (2011, 2015) 2 – Megan Rapinoe (2011†, 2023) 2 – Eugénie Le Sommer (2011, 2023) 2 – Wendie Renard (2015, 2023) 2 – Steph Catley (2019, 2023) 2 – Sam Kerr (2019, 2023) Most penalties scored 2 – Sun Wen (1995, 1999†) 2 – Xie Huilin (1995, 1999†) 2 – Abby Wambach (2011 (×2)†) 2 – Gaëtane Thiney (2011, 2015) 2 – Eugénie Le Sommer (2011, 2023) 2 – Wendie Renard (2015, 2023) Most penalties scored in one tournament 2 – Abby Wambach (2011†) Goalkeeper records Most participations in shoot-outs 2 – Gao Hong (1995, 1999†) 2 – Hope Solo (2011 (×2)) Most penalties taken against 10 – Gao Hong 10 – Mackenzie Arnold 10 – Solène Durand Most penalties scored against 8 – Gao Hong Most penalties missed against[a] 4 – Mackenzie Arnold Most penalties missed against in one shoot-out 4 – Mackenzie Arnold

By team

Penalty shoot-out statistics by team

Team	Played	Win	Loss	% Win	Win Year	Loss Year	S	A	S %
United States	4	2	2	50%	1999†, 2011	2011†, 2023	15	21	71%
France	3	1	2	33%	2011	2015, 2023	14	20	70%
China	2	1	1	50%	1995	1999†	8	10	80%
Brazil	2	1	1	50%	1999	2011	8	10	80%
Norway	2	1	1	50%	2019	1999	8	10	80%
England	2	1	1	50%	2023	2011	7	10	70%
Sweden	2	1	1	50%	2023	1995	8	12	67%
Australia	2	1	1	50%	2023	2019	8	13	61%
Germany	1	1	0	100%	2015	-	5	5	100%
Japan	1	1	0	100%	2011†	-	3	4	75%
Nigeria	1	0	1	0%	-	2023	2	4	50%

By tournament

Penalty shoot-outs by tournaments

Year	Teams	Knock-out matches	Matches with extra time	Penalty shoot-outs	Percentage of extra time matches	Percentage of matches with penalties	Penalties scored	Penalty attempts	Penalty score rate
1991	12	8	2	0	25.0%	0.0%	-	-	-
1995	12	8	1	1	12.5%	12.5%	7	10	70.0%
1999	16	8	2[b]	2	25%	25%	18	22	81.8%
2003	16	8	1	0	12.5%	0.0%	-	-	-
2007	16	8	0	0	0.0%	0.0%	-	-	-
2011	16	8	4	3	50%	37.5%	19	27	70.0%
2015	24	16	2	1	12.5%	6.2%	9	10	90.0%
2019	24	16	3	1	18.8%	6.2%	5	7	71.4%
2023	32	16	4	3	25.0%	18.8%	28	43	65.1%
Total		96	19	11	19.8%	11.5%	86	119	72.2%

See also

• List of FIFA World Cup penalty shoot-outs

Notes

1. Includes saves, shots onto the bar, and shots wide.
2. No extra time was played in Third place play-off before proceeding to a penalty shoot-out.^[13]