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| 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 | Homare Sawa |
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The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was the sixth FIFA Women's World Cup competition, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It was held from 26 June to 17 July 2011 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in October 2007. Japan won the final against the United States on a penalty shoot-out following a 2–2 tie after extra time and became the first Asian team to win a FIFA World Cup.[1]
The matches were played in nine stadiums in nine host cities around the country, with the final played at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt. Sixteen teams were selected for participation via a worldwide qualification tournament that began in 2009. In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round-robin groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These eight teams advanced to the knockout stage, where two rounds of play decided which teams would participate in the final.
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Six nations, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Peru and Switzerland, initially declared their interest in hosting the 2011 Women's World Cup. The German Football Association announced its hopes to host the tournament on 26 January 2006, following a pledge from German Chancellor Angela Merkel to fully support a potential bid.[2] All six nations officially announced their interest by a 1 March 2007 deadline and acknowledged their intention of bidding by 3 May 2007 to FIFA.
The final bidding dossiers had to be handed over before 1 August 2007. Switzerland withdrew on 29 May 2007, stating that Europe is heavily focused on France and Germany, and a third European bid appeared futile. On 27 August 2007, France also withdrew, reportedly in exchange for Germany's support for their bid to host the men's UEFA Euro 2016.[3] Later Australia (12 October 2007) and Peru (17 October 2007) voluntarily dropped out of the race as well, leaving only Canada and Germany as the remaining candidates. On 30 October 2007, the FIFA Executive Committee voted to assign the tournament to Germany.[4] Canada was eventually awarded the 2015 Women's World Cup four years later.[5]
After the German Football Association (DFB) expressed its intention to bid for the Women's World Cup, 23 German cities applied to host World Cup games. Twelve cities were chosen for the official bidding dossier handed over to FIFA in August 2007.[6] On 30 September 2008, the DFB executive committee decided to use nine stadiums for the tournament; the original candidates Essen, Magdeburg and Bielefeld were not chosen as World Cup venues.[7]
The official opening game was held between Germany and Canada at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, the venue of the 2006 men's World Cup Final; it was the only match played in Berlin. However, it was not the first match of the tournament—it was preceded by a match at Rhein-Neckar-Arena in Sinsheim pitting France and Nigeria. The final of the tournament took place at the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, the venue of the 2005 men's Confederations Cup final. Borussia-Park in Mönchengladbach and Frankfurt's Commerzbank-Arena hosted the semi-finals. The third place play-off was held at Rhein-Neckar-Arena.[7]
Since 2007, five of the stadiums were either newly built (Augsburg, Dresden and Sinsheim) or remodeled (Bochum and Leverkusen).[8][9][10][11][12] Six stadiums will be home grounds for German First Bundesliga clubs in the upcoming 2011–12 season, while the other three will be home to Second Bundesliga clubs in the same season. Compared to the 2006 men's World Cup, several smaller venues were chosen; six stadiums have a capacity of 20,000 to 30,000 seats. All cities will stage a total of four matches, with the exceptions of Berlin and Mönchengladbach; the latter will host three games.[13] The total capacity of the nine venues is roughly 330,000. Overall, approximately one million tickets will be available.[14]
Several of the stadiums are officially referred to simply as "FIFA World Cup Stadium", because FIFA prohibits sponsorship of stadiums unless the stadium sponsors are also official tournament sponsors. With no standing-room terraces allowed, all stadiums have a lower total capacity compared to German Bundesliga games. Capacity data is given according to FIFA:[15]
| Berlin | Frankfurt | Mönchengladbach | Sinsheim |
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| Olympic Stadium | Commerzbank-Arena | Borussia-Park | Rhein-Neckar-Arena |
| Capacity: 73,680 | Capacity: 48,837 | Capacity: 45,860 | Capacity: 30,150 |
| Leverkusen |
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| BayArena | Volkswagen-Arena | ||
| Capacity: 29,708 | Capacity: 26,062 | ||
| Dresden | Augsburg | ||
| Glücksgas Stadium | Impuls Arena | ||
| Capacity: 25,582 | Capacity: 24,661 | ||
| Bochum | |||
| Ruhrstadion | |||
| Capacity: 20,556 | |||
FIFA had considered the prospect of increasing the number of teams from 16 to 24, to reflect the growing global popularity of women's football and the Women's World Cup. However, on 14 March 2008, the FIFA Executive Committee decided to keep the number of participants at 16, concerned that more teams would dilute the quality of play.[16] The idea of having 20 teams taking part, which had been discussed briefly, was ruled impossible to implement in terms of fixture planning and logistics.[17] During the 2007 Women's World Cup, FIFA president Sepp Blatter had campaigned for the idea to increase the number of teams, although this proposal was not unquestioned. In particular the 11–0 victory of Germany over Argentina in the opening game of the 2007 tournament had caused a debate over whether there were 24 national teams on a comparable level.[18]
In October 2008, the FIFA Executive Committee announced a change to the allocation of the qualifying berths for its continental confederations. Asia was granted 3 automatic berths instead of 2.5 for the finals (although in 2007 the host nation was an additional qualifier from Asia). Europe’s allocation was reduced from 5 to 4.5 (although it effectively increased to 5.5 because of the automatic qualification of the host nation). The North/Central American and Caribbean confederation (CONCACAF) retained their 2.5 qualifiers, Africa and South America 2 each, and Oceania 1. The 16th qualifying spot was determined through a play-off between the third-placed team in CONCACAF and the winner of repechage play-offs in Europe.[19]
FIFA also ruled that each confederation has to ensure that at least one third of its member associations enter their women's national teams for World Cup qualification, otherwise FIFA would re-examine the current slot allocation. In Africa and the Middle East a considerable percentage of teams had withdrawn from World Cup qualification in the past.[19]
For European teams, the 2011 Women's World Cup will also be used as a qualification tournament for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Besides Team Great Britain, Europe will have two additional qualifiers for the Summer Olympics. Only the following stages will count in the determination of rank: World Champion, Runner-up, third place, fourth place, quarterfinals, group stage. In the case that no clear distinction can be made with respect to the two qualifiers, play-offs will determine the qualifying countries.[20] With Germany losing their quarter-final, France, which had already reached the semi-finals, secured qualification to the Olympics. Sweden followed as UEFA's second team with its win against Australia.[21][22]
Qualification for the tournament took place between April 2009 and November 2010. As the host nation, Germany were granted automatic qualification, while the remaining national teams qualified through their continental confederations. Most confederations used their continental championship tournaments – the AFC Women's Asian Cup, CAF Women's Championship, OFC Women's Championship, Sudamericano Femenino and CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup – to determine qualification. The exception to this was UEFA, which used its own qualifying tournament.[23] One qualification spot was determined by a play-off between a UEFA and CONCACAF team.
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† - qualified via a play-off against Italy
Colombia and Equatorial Guinea made their debuts in the FIFA Women's World Cup. Brazil, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, Sweden and the United States maintained their streak of qualifying for all six tournaments so far, while China failed to qualify for the first time ever. This is Mexico's first appearance since 1999 and France's first appearance since 2003.
The tournament is supervised by the "Women's World Cup 2011 Organising Committee Germany".[24] President of the Organising Committee (OC) is former German international Steffi Jones; she started her work on 1 January 2008. German president Christian Wulff was named the patron of the tournament.[25]
The Organising Committee is chaired by Jones and supervised by the board of the German Football Federation (DFB). On 25 January 2009, Jones opened the committee offices and named her OC team. It is led by managing director Uli Wolter, who headed the Leipzig branch during the 2006 men's World Cup. Aside from Wolter, four department heads were named. Heike Ulrich is responsible for the tournament organisation, former German international Doris Fitschen heads the marketing department, Winfried Naß leads the department "Cites and Stadiums", and Jens Grittner, who served as the press officer for the 2006 Organising Committee, heads the communications department.[26]
Intended to advertise the tournament primarily in Germany, the Organising Committee named four national Women’s World Cup ambassadors: former German internationals Britta Carlson, Renate Lingor, and Sandra Minnert, as well as shooting Paralympics gold medallist Manuela Schmermund.[27] In October 2009, former U.S. international Mia Hamm was presented as the World Cup’s international ambassador.[28] Each host city except for Berlin also named two city ambassadors. They include footballers Matthias Sammer, Karl-Heinz Riedle and Rainer Bonhof, fencer Britta Heidemann or biathlete Magdalena Neuner.[29]
The official World Cup emblem, called Arena Deutschland, was presented by Steffi Jones and Franz Beckenbauer in the break between the women's and the men's game of the German Cup final on 19 April 2008. It shows a stylized stadium with stripes in the national colours of Germany, black, red and gold, and a pictogram of the Women's World Cup trophy in the upper right corner. It was designed by the Stuttgart advertising agency WVP.[30]
The tournament mascot, cat "Karla Kick", was presented during the opening game of the 2010 Under-20 Women's World Cup on 13 July 2010. The mascot was developed by the Frankfurt agency GMR Marketing. According to Jones, the mascot represents "important attributes of women's football: passion, fun and dynamics".[31]
Approximately one million tickets are available in total, with 900,000 on general sale.[32] 350,000 tickets were offered at discount prices, mainly intended for families, clubs and schools, one of the key target groups of the Organising Committee. As of 22 June 2011, 700,000 tickets have been sold.[33]
The World Cup tickets were offered in several sales phases. During the first sales period from 29 October 2009 to 31 August 2010, only so-called city series tickets were offered. Each city series includes tickets for all games of that particular host city. The prices ranged from €30 to €415. In the second sales period from 17 February to 31 August 2010, so-called 20Eleven tickets were sold to groups of at least 11 people, offered at a 20 percent discount and directed primarily at schools and clubs. Single tickets for all matches were first sold starting 15 September 2010. The prices of individual tickets range from €10 to €200. On 18 March 2011, 100 days before the opening game, the last sales phase started, with all remaining tickets being sold in the order in which orders are received.[34]
Unlike tickets at the 2006 men's World Cup in Germany, the tickets for the Women's World Cup will not be personalised. The same city series ticket can be used by different people for different games.[35]
Commemorative Women's World Cup stamps
The tournament's budget has been set at €51 million.[35] The German Football Association plans to cover these costs in almost equal parts from ticket sales and from sponsors, primarily from six so-called National Supporters.[36] In order for the tournament to break even, the DFB has said about 80% of the tickets need to be sold, which would translate to an average attendance of 25,000. The DFB estimates to earn roughly €27 million through the general ticket sale.[35]
From 2008 to 2010, the six National Supporters were presented: the tele-communications company Deutsche Telekom, the bank Commerzbank, the insurer Allianz, the retailer Rewe, the national mail company Deutsche Post and the national railway company Deutsche Bahn. Aside from Deutsche Bahn, the sponsors are identical with those of the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup.[37]
The television coverage of the tournament was unprecedented. For the first time, all matches were televised in high definition, with in-goal cameras and two steadicams being used for all matches. For selected matches, the broadcast production comprised up to 18 cameras, including a spidercam and a helicopter camera.[38]
In Germany the public broadcasters ARD and ZDF showed all 32 tournament games live. Across Europe, all games were available on Eurosport in 34 countries and territories. ESPN and ESPN2 aired all matches live in the United States and ESPN3 (and their Xbox Live component) offered live online simulcasts.[39] The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Rogers Sportsnet in Canada, as well as U.S. Spanish-language network Univision, also broadcasted matches in North America. In the United Kingdom, the games of the English national team were shown live by BBC Red Button and the BBC Sport website.[40] The final was shown live on BBC Three. SBS held the broadcasting rights for Australia, while Al Jazeera broadcasted matches in the Middle East and North Africa.[38]
The tournament was the first women's event to be the subject of a Panini sticker album, available only in Germany.[41]
The final match between Japan and the United States broke the record for most tweets per second on Twitter – 7,196.[42]
FIFA's Referees' Committee selected 16 referees to officiate at the World Cup: three from the AFC, one from the CAF, two from CONMEBOL, three from CONCACAF, one from the OFC and six from UEFA. In addition 32 assistant referees and three fourth officials were selected. The oldest referee is 42-year-old Swede Jenny Palmquist, while the youngest referee is 29-year-old Finau Vulvuli of Fiji.[43][44]
As with the 2007 tournament, each team's squad for the 2011 Women's World Cup consists of 21 players, two less than men's World Cup squads. Each participating national association had to confirm their final 21-player squad no later than 10 working days before the start of the tournament. Replacement of seriously injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team in question's first World Cup game.[45]
On 25 June 2011 the A sample of Yineth Varón, goalkeeper of Colombia, tested positive to an as yet unknown substance. She has been provisionally suspended by the FIFA until the B sample result is known.[46] On 25 August 2011, it was confirmed that she had received a two-year ban.[47]
On 7 July 2011, FIFA announced that two players from North Korea, Song Jong-Sun and Jong Pok-Sim, were provisionally suspended prior to their team’s match against Colombia after failing doping tests during the tournament.[48] On 16 July, FIFA announced that three additional players from North Korea tested positive following target testing of the whole team.[49] On 25 August 2011, the Korean team was fined US$ 400,000 which is equal to the prize it received by finishing 13th in the 2011 tournament, and was excluded from participation at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[47]
The Organising Committee approved the procedure for the final draw on 28 November 2010. Four teams – Germany, Japan, United States, Brazil – were seeded based on their FIFA Women's World Rankings and previous achievements. No two teams from the same confederation were to be drawn in the same group, with the exception of Group A, which would include two European teams.[50]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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| Germany (A1) Japan (B1) United States (C1) Brazil (D1) |
Australia North Korea Canada Mexico |
Nigeria Equatorial Guinea New Zealand Colombia |
England France Sweden Norway |
The group draw was staged in Frankfurt, Germany, on 29 November 2010 at the Congress Centrum. The ceremony was presented by Organising Comitee president Steffi Jones, assisted by FIFA Head of Women's Competitions Tatjana Haenni. The balls were drawn by former German international Günter Netzer and Slovak model and women's footall ambassador Adriana Karembeu.[51]
The first round, or group stage, sees the sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams. Each group is a round-robin of six games, where each team plays one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams are awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second in each group qualifies for the quarter-finals.[45]
The match schedule for the tournament was released on 20 March 2009, with the hosts placed in position A1. Unlike previous Women's World Cup final tournaments, there will be no double-headers, but matches on the same day will be held in different venues. According to the Organising Committee, this "signals the increased quality and status of the women's finals".[13]
Teams are ranked on the following criteria:[45]
| Key to colours in group tables | |
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| Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals | |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
| 26 June 2011 15:00 |
Nigeria | 0 – 1 | France | Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim Attendance: 25,475 Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)[52] |
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| Report | Delie 56' |
| 26 June 2011 18:00 |
Germany | 2 – 1 | Canada | Olympic Stadium, Berlin Attendance: 73,680 Referee: Jacqui Melksham (Australia)[52] |
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| Garefrekes 10' Okoyino da Mbabi 42' |
Report | Sinclair 82' |
| 30 June 2011 18:00 |
Canada | 0 – 4 | France | Ruhrstadion, Bochum Attendance: 16,591 Referee: Etsuko Fukano (Japan)[53] |
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| Report | Thiney 24', 60' Abily 66' Thomis 83' |
| 30 June 2011 20:45 |
Germany | 1 – 0 | Nigeria | Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance: 48,817 Referee: Cha Sung Mi (Korea Republic)[53] |
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| Laudehr 54' | Report |
| 5 July 2011 20:45 |
France | 2 – 4 | Germany | Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach Attendance: 45,867 Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)[54] |
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| Delie 56' Georges 72' |
Report | Garefrekes 25' Grings 32', 68' (pen.) Okoyino da Mbabi 88' |
| 5 July 2011 20:45 |
Canada | 0 – 1 | Nigeria | Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden Attendance: 13,638 Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)[54] |
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| Report | Nkwocha 84' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
| 27 June 2011 15:00 |
Japan | 2 – 1 | New Zealand | Ruhrstadion, Bochum Attendance: 12,538 Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)[52] |
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| Nagasato 6' Miyama 68' |
Report | Hearn 12' |
| 27 June 2011 18:00 |
Mexico | 1 – 1 | England | Volkswagen-Arena, Wolfsburg Attendance: 18,702 Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)[52] |
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| Ocampo 33' | Report | Williams 21' |
| 1 July 2011 15:00 |
Japan | 4 – 0 | Mexico | BayArena, Leverkusen Attendance: 22,291 Referee: Christina W. Pedersen (Norway)[53] |
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| Sawa 13', 39', 80' Ohno 15' |
Report |
| 1 July 2011 18:15 |
New Zealand | 1 – 2 | England | Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden Attendance: 19,110 Referee: Therese Neguel (Cameroon)[53] |
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| Gregorius 18' | Report | J. Scott 63' Clarke 81' |
| 5 July 2011 18:15 |
England | 2 – 0 | Japan | Impuls Arena, Augsburg Attendance: 20,777 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)[54] |
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| E. White 15' Yankey 66' |
Report |
| 5 July 2011 18:15 |
New Zealand | 2 – 2 | Mexico | Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim Attendance: 20,451 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)[54] |
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| Smith 90' Wilkinson 90+4' |
Report | Mayor 2' Domínguez 29' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
| 28 June 2011 15:00 |
Colombia | 0 – 1 | Sweden | BayArena, Leverkusen Attendance: 21,106 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)[52] |
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| Report | Landström 57' |
| 28 June 2011 18:15 |
United States | 2 – 0 | North Korea | Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden Attendance: 21,859 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)[52] |
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| Cheney 54' Buehler 76' |
Report |
| 2 July 2011 14:00 |
North Korea | 0 – 1 | Sweden | Impuls Arena, Augsburg Attendance: 23,768 Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)[53] |
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| Report | Dahlkvist 64' |
| 2 July 2011 18:00 |
United States | 3 – 0 | Colombia | Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim Attendance: 25,475 Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)[53] |
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| O'Reilly 12' Rapinoe 50' Lloyd 57' |
Report |
| 6 July 2011 20:45 |
Sweden | 2 – 1 | United States | Volkswagen-Arena, Wolfsburg Attendance: 23,468 Referee: Etsuko Fukano (Japan)[54] |
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| Dahlkvist 16' (pen.) Fischer 35' |
Report | Wambach 67' |
| 6 July 2011 20:45 |
North Korea | 0 – 0 | Colombia | Ruhrstadion, Bochum Attendance: 7,805 Referee: Christina W. Pedersen (Norway)[54] |
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| Report |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
| 29 June 2011 15:00 |
Norway | 1 – 0 | Equatorial Guinea | Impuls Arena, Augsburg Attendance: 12,928 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)[52] |
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| Haavi 84' | Report |
| 29 June 2011 18:15 |
Brazil | 1 – 0 | Australia | Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach Attendance: 27,258 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)[52] |
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| Rosana 54' | Report |
| 3 July 2011 14:00 |
Australia | 3 – 2 | Equatorial Guinea | Ruhrstadion, Bochum Attendance: 15,640 Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)[53] |
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| Khamis 8' van Egmond 48' De Vanna 51' |
Report | Añonma 21', 83' |
| 3 July 2011 18:15 |
Brazil | 3 – 0 | Norway | Volkswagen-Arena, Wolfsburg Attendance: 26,067 Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)[53] |
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| Marta 22', 48' Rosana 46' |
Report |
| 6 July 2011 18:00 |
Equatorial Guinea | 0 – 3 | Brazil | Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance: 35,859 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)[54] |
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| Report | Érika 49' Cristiane 54', 90+3' (pen.) |
| 6 July 2011 18:00 |
Australia | 2 – 1 | Norway | BayArena, Leverkusen Attendance: 18,474 Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)[54] |
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| Simon 57', 87' | Report | Thorsnes 56' |
The knockout stage comprises the eight teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. There are three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds are the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final. There is also a play-off to decide third and fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes is followed by thirty minutes of extra time; if scores are still level, there is a penalty shootout to determine who progresses to the next round.[45]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 9 July — Wolfsburg | ||||||||||
| Germany | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 July — Frankfurt | ||||||||||
| Japan (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||
| 10 July — Augsburg | ||||||||||
| Sweden | 1 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 3 | |||||||||
| 17 July — Frankfurt | ||||||||||
| Australia | 1 | |||||||||
| Japan (pen.) | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| 9 July — Leverkusen | ||||||||||
| United States | 2 (1) | |||||||||
| England | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 13 July — Mönchengladbach | ||||||||||
| France (pen.) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| France | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| 10 July — Dresden | ||||||||||
| United States | 3 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 2 (3) | Sweden | 2 | |||||||
| United States (pen.) | 2 (5) | France | 1 | |||||||
| 16 July — Sinsheim | ||||||||||
| 9 July 2011 18:00 |
England | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | France | BayArena, Leverkusen Attendance: 26,395 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)[55] |
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| J. Scott 59' | Report | Bussaglia 88' | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| Smith Carney Stoney Rafferty White |
3 – 4 | Abily Bussaglia Thiney Bompastor Le Sommer |
| 9 July 2011 20:45 |
Germany | 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Japan | Volkswagen-Arena, Wolfsburg Attendance: 26,067 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)[55] |
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| Report | Maruyama 108' |
| 10 July 2011 13:00 |
Sweden | 3 – 1 | Australia | Impuls Arena, Augsburg Attendance: 24,605 Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)[55] |
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| Sjögran 10' Dahlkvist 16' Schelin 52' |
Report | Perry 40' |
| 10 July 2011 17:30 |
Brazil | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | United States | Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden Attendance: 25,598 Referee: Jacqui Melksham (Australia)[55] |
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| Marta 68' (pen.), 92' | Report | Daiane 2' (o.g.) Wambach 120+2' |
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| Cristiane Marta Daiane Francielle |
3 – 5 | Boxx Lloyd Wambach Rapinoe Krieger |
| 13 July 2011 18:00 |
France | 1 – 3 | United States | Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach Attendance: 25,676 Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)[56] |
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| Bompastor 55' | Report | Cheney 9' Wambach 79' Morgan 82' |
| 13 July 2011 20:45 |
Japan | 3 – 1 | Sweden | Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance: 45,434 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)[56] |
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| Kawasumi 19', 64' Sawa 60' |
Report | Öqvist 10' |
| 16 July 2011 17:30 |
Sweden | 2 – 1 | France | Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim Attendance: 25,515 Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)[57] |
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| Schelin 29' Hammarström 82' |
Report | Thomis 56' |
| 17 July 2011 20:45 |
Japan | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | United States | Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance: 48,817 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)[58] |
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| Miyama 81' Sawa 117' |
Report | Morgan 69' Wambach 104' |
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| Miyama Nagasato Sakaguchi Kumagai |
3 – 1 | Boxx Lloyd Heath Wambach |
| 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Winners |
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The following awards were handed out at the end of the tournament.[59][60]
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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| Homare Sawa | Abby Wambach | Hope Solo |
| Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
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| Homare Sawa | Marta | Abby Wambach |
| Best Goalkeeper | Best Young Player | FIFA Fair Play Trophy |
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| Hope Solo | Caitlin Foord | Japan |
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Elise Kellond-Knight |
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