2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	26 June – 17 July
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	86 (2.69 per match)
Attendance	845,751 (26,430 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Homare Sawa; (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Homare Sawa
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The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was the sixth FIFA Women's World Cup tournament. The tournament was on June 26 to July 17. The champions were Japan, beating United States 2(3)-2(1) with penalty shots. Because of Japan's victory, Japan became the first Asian team to win any FIFA World Cup.

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The final was played in the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. The defending champions, Germany, lost to Japan during the quarter-finals.

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	7	3	+4	9
France	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6
Nigeria	3	1	2	1	2	−1	3
Canada	3	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Japan	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Mexico	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4	2
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9
United States	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
North Korea	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1
Colombia	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9
Australia	3	2	1	5	4	+1	6
Norway	3	1	2	2	5	−3	3
Equatorial Guinea	3	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

9 July

Germany	0
		13 July
Japan (aet)	1
		Japan	3
10 July
		Sweden	1
Sweden	3
				17 July
Australia	1
				Japan (pen)	2 (3)
9 July
				United States	2 (1)
England	1 (3)
		13 July
France (pen)	1 (4)
		France	1
10 July
		United States	3
Brazil	2 (3)

United States (pen)	2 (5)

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Qualified Teams

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout Stage

Awards

Top goalscorer (Golden Boot)

Other awards

All-Star Team

Other websites

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