Women's World Cup Firsts
Interesting firsts of the FIFA Women's World Cup. See also more firsts from the men's World Cup.
- The FIRST Women's World Cup was held in 1991 in China, sixty-one years after the men's first World Cup.
- The FIRST World Cup (either men and women) for an Asian team to win was Japan in 2011.
- The FIRST woman to appear in seven football world cups was Brazilian player Formiga (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019).
- The FIRST time every competing team had played in a previous final tournament was in 2007
- The FIRST Women's World Cup to be played on artificial turf was Canada in 2015
- The FIRST woman to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final was Carli Lloyd of the USA in 2015.
- The FIRST co-confederation-hosted FIFA World Cup was in 2023 - Australia is part of the Asian football confederation and New Zealand a member of the Oceanic branch.
- The FIRST tournament to feature the expanded format of 32 teams (from the previous 24) was in 2023.
- The FIRST FIFA Women's World Cup to be held in the Asia-Pacific region will be 2023 when Australia and New Zealand co-host.
- The FIRST first-ever Arab country to qualify for the Women's World Cup was Morocco in 2023.
- The FIRST host nation to be knocked out at the Women's World Cup group stages was New Zealand (co-host) in 2023.
- The FIRST time the defending champions failed to progress to the quarter-finals was the United States in 2023. The USA had made at least the semi-finals in all previous tournaments.
- The FIRST goalie to take a penalty was US player Alyssa Naeher. She scored her penalty during the shootout in their defeat by Sweden.
Related Pages
- Men's World Cup Trivia
- Women's World Cup History
- Winners of the Men's Football World Cup
- Women's World Cup Info
- More Sports Trivia
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