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.
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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] Canada was eventually awarded the 2015 Women's World Cup four years later.[4]
Upon the selection, Germany became the third country to host both men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the men's twice in 1974 and 2006.
Venues
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.[5] 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.[6]
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.[6]
Since 2007, five of the stadiums were either newly built (Augsburg, Dresden and Sinsheim) or remodelled (Bochum and Leverkusen).[7][8][9][10][11] Six stadiums would be home grounds for German First Bundesliga clubs in the upcoming 2011–12 season, while the other three would 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 would stage a total of four matches, with the exceptions of Berlin and Mönchengladbach; the latter would host three games.[12] The total capacity of the nine venues is roughly 330,000. Overall, approximately one million tickets would be available.[13]
Several of the stadiums were officially referred to simply as "FIFA Women's World Cup Stadium" because FIFA prohibited sponsorship of stadiums unless the stadium sponsors were also official tournament sponsors. With no standing-room terraces allowed, all stadiums had a lower total capacity compared to German Bundesliga games. Capacity data is given according to FIFA:[14]
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.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17]
Confederation allocation
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.[18]
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.[18]
For European teams, the 2011 Women's World Cup was also used as a qualification tournament for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Besides Team Great Britain, Europe had two additional qualifiers for the Summer Olympics. 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.[19][20]
Qualified teams
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.[21] One qualification spot was determined by a play-off between a UEFA and CONCACAF team.
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 PR 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".[22] 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.[23]
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 "Cities and Stadiums", and Jens Grittner, who served as the press officer for the 2006 Organising Committee, heads the communications department.[24]
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.[25] In October 2009, former U.S. international Mia Hamm was presented as the World Cup's international ambassador.[26] 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.[27]
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 stylised 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.[28]
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".[29]
Tickets
Approximately one million tickets were available in total, with 900,000 on general sale.[30] 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.[31]
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.[32]
Unlike tickets at the 2006 men's World Cup in Germany, the tickets for the Women's World Cup were not personalised. The same city series ticket can be used by different people for different games.[33]
Budget and sponsors
The tournament's budget has been set at €51 million.[33] 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.[34] 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.[33]
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.[35]
Media coverage
The television coverage of the tournament was unprecedented. For the first time, all matches were produced 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.[36]
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. In the United States, ESPN and ESPN2 served as the official English-language broadcaster,[37] while Univision carried coverage in Spanish. In Canada, CBC Television and Sportsnet broadcast the tournament; the event was the first in a sub-licensing partnership for FIFA tournaments between the two networks.[38] In the United Kingdom, the games of the England national team were shown live by BBC Red Button and the BBC Sport website.[39] The final was shown live on BBC Three. SBS held the broadcasting rights for Australia, while Al Jazeera broadcast matches in the Middle East and North Africa.[36]
The tournament was the first women's event to be the subject of a Panini sticker album, available only in Germany.[40]
The final match between Japan and the United States broke the record for most tweets per second on Twitter – 7,196.[41]
Match officials
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 was 42-year-old Swede Jenny Palmquist, while the youngest referee was 29-year-old Finau Vulvuli of Fiji.[42][43][44]
As with the 2007 tournament, each team's squad for the 2011 Women's World Cup consisted 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]
Doping cases
On 25 June 2011 the A sample of Yineth Varón, goalkeeper of Colombia, tested positive to an as yet unknown substance. She was provisionally suspended by the FIFA until the B sample result was 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 (Hong Myong-Hui, Ho Un-Byol and Ri Un-Hyang) 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]
Final draw
The Organising Committee approved the procedure for the final draw on 28 November 2010. Four teams from different geographic regions – Germany, Japan, United States, Brazil – were seeded based on their FIFA Women's World Rankings. 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]
The groups of the four seeded teams were predetermined before the draw.
Pot 2
Australia and Korea DPR could not be drawn against fellow AFC qualifier Japan in Group B. Similarly, Canada and Mexico could not be drawn against the other CONCACAF qualifier (the United States) in Group C.
Pot 3
To avoid two CONMEBOL teams being drawn into Group D, if Colombia were not the first team drawn from Pot 3 then the side drawn would be placed directly into Group D.
Pot 4
Group A would be the group with two European teams.
The group draw was staged in Frankfurt, Germany, on 29 November 2010 at the Congress Centrum. The ceremony was presented by Organising Committee 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 football ambassador Adriana Karembeu.[51]
Group stage
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 were no double-headers, but matches on the same day were held in different venues. According to the Organising Committee, this "signals the increased quality and status of the women's finals".[12]
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]
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[84][85] The Golden Ball (best overall player), Golden Boot (top scorer) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper) awards were sponsored by Adidas, while the Best Young Player award was sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company. FIFA.com shortlisted ten goals for users to vote on as the Goal of the Tournament,[86] which was sponsored by Sony.[87]
There were 86 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match. Homare Sawa of Japan won the Golden Boot award for scoring five goals.
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
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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 draw after extra time and became the first Asian team to win a senior FIFA World Cup 2011 FIFA Women s World CupFIFA Frauen Weltmeisterschaft Deutschland 2011Tournament detailsHost countryGermanyDates26 June 17 JulyTeams16 from 6 confederations Venue s 9 in 9 host cities Final positionsChampions Japan 1st title Runners up United StatesThird place SwedenFourth place FranceTournament statisticsMatches played32Goals scored86 2 69 per match Attendance845 711 26 428 per match Top scorer s Homare Sawa 5 goals Best player s Homare SawaBest young playerCaitlin FoordBest goalkeeperHope SoloFair play award Japan 20072015 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 Contents 1 Host selection 2 Venues 3 Teams and qualification 3 1 Number of participating teams 3 2 Confederation allocation 3 3 Qualified teams 4 Organization 4 1 Local organising committee 4 2 Emblem and mascot 4 3 Tickets 4 4 Budget and sponsors 4 5 Media coverage 5 Match officials 6 Squads 6 1 Doping cases 7 Final draw 8 Group stage 8 1 Group A 8 2 Group B 8 3 Group C 8 4 Group D 9 Knockout stage 9 1 Bracket 9 2 Quarter finals 9 3 Semi finals 9 4 Third place play off 9 5 Final 10 Awards 10 1 All Star Team 11 Statistics 11 1 Goalscorers 11 2 Assists 11 3 Tournament ranking 12 See also 13 References 14 External linksHost selection Edit Six original candidates 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 1 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 2 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 3 Canada was eventually awarded the 2015 Women s World Cup four years later 4 Upon the selection Germany became the third country to host both men s and women s World Cup having hosted the men s twice in 1974 and 2006 Venues EditAfter 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 5 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 6 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 Monchengladbach and Frankfurt s Commerzbank Arena hosted the semi finals The third place play off was held at Rhein Neckar Arena 6 Since 2007 five of the stadiums were either newly built Augsburg Dresden and Sinsheim or remodelled Bochum and Leverkusen 7 8 9 10 11 Six stadiums would be home grounds for German First Bundesliga clubs in the upcoming 2011 12 season while the other three would 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 would stage a total of four matches with the exceptions of Berlin and Monchengladbach the latter would host three games 12 The total capacity of the nine venues is roughly 330 000 Overall approximately one million tickets would be available 13 Several of the stadiums were officially referred to simply as FIFA Women s World Cup Stadium because FIFA prohibited sponsorship of stadiums unless the stadium sponsors were also official tournament sponsors With no standing room terraces allowed all stadiums had a lower total capacity compared to German Bundesliga games Capacity data is given according to FIFA 14 Berlin Frankfurt Bochum Monchengladbach SinsheimOlympic Stadium Commerzbank Arena FIFA Women s World Cup Stadium Frankfurt Main Ruhrstadion FIFA Women s World Cup Stadium Bochum Borussia Park Rhein Neckar ArenaCapacity 73 680 Capacity 48 837 Capacity 20 556 Capacity 45 860 Capacity 30 150 Leverkusen Augsburg Berlin Bochum Dresden Frankfurt Leverkusen Monchengladbach Sinsheim Wolfsburg2011 FIFA Women s World Cup Germany WolfsburgBayArena FIFA Women s World Cup Stadium Leverkusen Volkswagen Arena Arena im Allerpark Capacity 29 708 Capacity 26 062 Dresden AugsburgGlucksgas Stadium Rudolf Harbig Stadion Impuls Arena FIFA Women s World Cup Stadium Augsburg Capacity 25 582 Capacity 24 661 Teams and qualification EditMain article 2011 FIFA Women s World Cup qualification Number of participating teams Edit 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 15 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 16 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 17 Confederation allocation Edit 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 18 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 18 For European teams the 2011 Women s World Cup was also used as a qualification tournament for the 2012 Summer Olympics Besides Team Great Britain Europe had two additional qualifiers for the Summer Olympics 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 19 20 Qualified teams Edit 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 21 One qualification spot was determined by a play off between a UEFA and CONCACAF team Qualified Failed to qualify Did not enter Not a FIFA member AFC 3 Australia Japan North KoreaCAF 2 Equatorial Guinea NigeriaCONCACAF 3 Canada Mexico United States CONMEBOL 2 Brazil ColombiaOFC 1 New ZealandUEFA 5 England France Germany Host Nation Norway Sweden qualified via a play off against ItalyColombia 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 PR failed to qualify for the first time ever This is Mexico s first appearance since 1999 and France s first appearance since 2003 Organization EditLocal organising committee Edit President of Organising Committee Steffi Jones The tournament is supervised by the Women s World Cup 2011 Organising Committee Germany 22 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 23 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 Cities and Stadiums and Jens Grittner who served as the press officer for the 2006 Organising Committee heads the communications department 24 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 25 In October 2009 former U S international Mia Hamm was presented as the World Cup s international ambassador 26 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 27 Emblem and mascot Edit Mascot Karla Kick 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 stylised 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 28 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 29 Tickets Edit Approximately one million tickets were available in total with 900 000 on general sale 30 350 000 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 31 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 32 Unlike tickets at the 2006 men s World Cup in Germany the tickets for the Women s World Cup were not personalised The same city series ticket can be used by different people for different games 33 Budget and sponsors Edit The tournament s budget has been set at 51 million 33 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 34 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 33 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 35 Media coverage Edit The television coverage of the tournament was unprecedented For the first time all matches were produced 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 36 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 In the United States ESPN and ESPN2 served as the official English language broadcaster 37 while Univision carried coverage in Spanish In Canada CBC Television and Sportsnet broadcast the tournament the event was the first in a sub licensing partnership for FIFA tournaments between the two networks 38 In the United Kingdom the games of the England national team were shown live by BBC Red Button and the BBC Sport website 39 The final was shown live on BBC Three SBS held the broadcasting rights for Australia while Al Jazeera broadcast matches in the Middle East and North Africa 36 The tournament was the first women s event to be the subject of a Panini sticker album available only in Germany 40 The final match between Japan and the United States broke the record for most tweets per second on Twitter 7 196 41 Match officials EditFIFA 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 was 42 year old Swede Jenny Palmquist while the youngest referee was 29 year old Finau Vulvuli of Fiji 42 43 44 Referees Confederation RefereeAFC Cha Sung mi South Korea Etsuko Fukano Japan Jacqui Melksham Australia CAF Therese Neguel Cameroon CONCACAF Quetzalli Alvarado Mexico Carol Anne Chenard Canada Kari Seitz United States CONMEBOL Estela Alvarez Argentina Silvia Reyes Peru OFC Finau Vulivuli Fiji UEFA Dagmar Damkova Czech Republic Gyongyi Gaal Hungary Kirsi Heikkinen Finland Jenny Palmqvist Sweden Christina Pedersen Norway Bibiana Steinhaus Germany Fourth officials Confederation RefereeUEFA Thalia Mitsi Greece Kateryna Monzul Ukraine Esther Staubli Switzerland Assistant referees Confederation Assistant refereeAFC Allyson Flynn Australia Sarah Ho Australia Kim Kyoung min South Korea Zhang Lingling China PR Saori Takahashi Japan Widiya Habibah Shamsuri Malaysia CAF Tempa Ndah Benin Lidwine Rakotozafinoro Madagascar CONCACAF Emperatriz Ayala El Salvador Mayte Chavez Mexico Marlene Duffy United States Cindy Mohammed Trinidad and Tobago Rita Munoz Mexico Veronica Perez United States CONMEBOL Mariana Corbo Uruguay Yoli Garcia Venezuela Marlene Leyton Peru Maria Rocco Argentina OFC Jacqueline Stephenson New Zealand Lata Tuifutuna Tonga UEFA Cristina Cini Italy Anu Jokela Finland Helen Caro Sweden Anna Nystrom Sweden Tonja Paavola Finland Yolanda Parga Rodriguez Spain Katrin Rafalski Germany Lada Rojc Croatia Hege Lanes Steinlund Norway Maria Luisa Villa Gutierrez Spain Natalie Walker England Marina Wozniak Germany Squads EditMain article 2011 FIFA Women s World Cup squads As with the 2007 tournament each team s squad for the 2011 Women s World Cup consisted 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 Doping cases Edit On 25 June 2011 the A sample of Yineth Varon goalkeeper of Colombia tested positive to an as yet unknown substance She was provisionally suspended by the FIFA until the B sample result was 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 Hong Myong Hui Ho Un Byol and Ri Un Hyang 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 Final draw EditThe Organising Committee approved the procedure for the final draw on 28 November 2010 Four teams from different geographic regions Germany Japan United States Brazil were seeded based on their FIFA Women s World Rankings 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 Germany A1 Japan B1 United States C1 Brazil D1 Australia North Korea Canada Mexico Nigeria Equatorial Guinea New Zealand Colombia England France Sweden NorwayCommentsPot 1 The groups of the four seeded teams were predetermined before the draw Pot 2 Australia and Korea DPR could not be drawn against fellow AFC qualifier Japan in Group B Similarly Canada and Mexico could not be drawn against the other CONCACAF qualifier the United States in Group C Pot 3 To avoid two CONMEBOL teams being drawn into Group D if Colombia were not the first team drawn from Pot 3 then the side drawn would be placed directly into Group D Pot 4 Group A would be the group with two European teams The group draw was staged in Frankfurt Germany on 29 November 2010 at the Congress Centrum The ceremony was presented by Organising Committee president Steffi Jones assisted by FIFA Head of Women s Competitions Tatjana Haenni The balls were drawn by former German international Gunter Netzer and Slovak model and women s football ambassador Adriana Karembeu 51 Group stage EditThe 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 were no double headers but matches on the same day were held in different venues According to the Organising Committee this signals the increased quality and status of the women s finals 12 Qualified countries results All times are in the CEST time zone UTC 2 Tie breaking criteria for group playThe ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows 45 Points obtained in all group matches three points for a win one for a draw none for a defeat Goal difference in all group matches Number of goals scored in all group matches Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question Fair play criteria based on yellow and red cards received Drawing of lots Group A Edit Main article 2011 FIFA Women s World Cup Group A Opening ceremony Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Germany H 3 3 0 0 7 3 4 9 Advance to knockout stage2 France 3 2 0 1 7 4 3 63 Nigeria 3 1 0 2 1 2 1 34 Canada 3 0 0 3 1 7 6 0Source FIFA H Host 26 June 2011 2011 06 26 15 00Nigeria 0 1 FranceReport Delie 56 Rhein Neckar Arena SinsheimAttendance 25 475 52 Referee Kari Seitz United States 26 June 2011 2011 06 26 18 00Germany 2 1 CanadaGarefrekes 10 Okoyino da Mbabi 42 Report Sinclair 82 Olympiastadion BerlinAttendance 73 680 53 Referee Jacqui Melksham Australia 30 June 2011 2011 06 30 18 00Canada 0 4 FranceReport Thiney 24 60 Abily 66 Thomis 83 Ruhrstadion BochumAttendance 16 591 54 Referee Etsuko Fukano Japan 30 June 2011 2011 06 30 20 45Germany 1 0 NigeriaLaudehr 54 ReportWaldstadion FrankfurtAttendance 48 817 55 Referee Cha Sung mi South Korea 5 July 2011 2011 07 05 20 45France 2 4 GermanyDelie 56 Georges 72 Report Garefrekes 25 Grings 32 68 pen Okoyino da Mbabi 89 Borussia Park MonchengladbachAttendance 45 867 56 Referee Kirsi Heikkinen Finland 5 July 2011 2011 07 05 20 45Canada 0 1 NigeriaReport Nkwocha 73 Rudolf Harbig Stadion DresdenAttendance 13 638 57 Referee Finau Vulivuli Fiji Group B Edit Main article 2011 FIFA Women s World Cup Group B Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 England 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 7 Advance to knockout stage2 Japan 3 2 0 1 6 3 3 63 Mexico 3 0 2 1 3 7 4 24 New Zealand 3 0 1 2 4 6 2 1Source FIFA 27 June 2011 2011 06 27 15 00Japan 2 1 New ZealandNagasato 6 Miyama 68 Report Hearn 12 Ruhrstadion BochumAttendance 12 538 58 Referee Kirsi Heikkinen Finland 27 June 2011 2011 06 27 18 00Mexico 1 1 EnglandOcampo 33 Report Williams 21 Volkswagen Arena WolfsburgAttendance 18 702 59 Referee Silvia Reyes Peru 1 July 2011 2011 07 01 15 00Japan 4 0 MexicoSawa 13 39 80 Ohno 15 ReportBayArena LeverkusenAttendance 22 291 60 Referee Christina Pedersen Norway 1 July 2011 2011 07 01 18 15New Zealand 1 2 EnglandGregorius 18 Report J Scott 63 Clarke 81 Rudolf Harbig Stadion DresdenAttendance 19 110 61 Referee Therese Neguel Cameroon 5 July 2011 2011 07 05 18 15England 2 0 JapanE White 15 Yankey 66 ReportImpuls Arena AugsburgAttendance 20 777 62 Referee Carol Anne Chenard Canada 5 July 2011 2011 07 05 18 15New Zealand 2 2 MexicoSmith 90 Wilkinson 90 4 Report Mayor 2 Dominguez 29 Rhein Neckar Arena SinsheimAttendance 20 451 63 Referee Jenny Palmqvist Sweden Group C Edit Main article 2011 FIFA Women s World Cup Group C Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Sweden 3 3 0 0 4 1 3 9 Advance to knockout stage2 United States 3 2 0 1 6 2 4 63 North Korea 3 0 1 2 0 3 3 14 Colombia 3 0 1 2 0 4 4 1Source FIFA 28 June 2011 2011 06 28 15 00Colombia 0 1 SwedenReport Landstrom 57 BayArena LeverkusenAttendance 21 106 64 Referee Carol Anne Chenard Canada 28 June 2011 2011 06 28 18 15United States 2 0 North KoreaCheney 54 Buehler 76 ReportRudolf Harbig Stadion DresdenAttendance 21 859 65 Referee Bibiana Steinhaus Germany 2 July 2011 2011 07 02 14 00North Korea 0 1 SwedenReport Dahlkvist 64 Impuls Arena AugsburgAttendance 23 768 66 Referee Estela Alvarez Argentina 2 July 2011 2011 07 02 18 00United States 3 0 ColombiaO Reilly 12 Rapinoe 50 Lloyd 57 ReportRhein Neckar Arena SinsheimAttendance 25 475 67 Referee Dagmar Damkova Czech Republic 6 July 2011 2011 07 06 20 45Sweden 2 1 United StatesDahlkvist 16 pen LePeilbet 35 o g Report Wambach 67 Volkswagen Arena WolfsburgAttendance 23 468 68 Referee Etsuko Fukano Japan 6 July 2011 2011 07 06 20 45North Korea 0 0 ColombiaReportRuhrstadion BochumAttendance 7 805 69 Referee Christina Pedersen Norway Group D Edit Main article 2011 FIFA Women s World Cup Group D Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Brazil 3 3 0 0 7 0 7 9 Advance to knockout stage2 Australia 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 63 Norway 3 1 0 2 2 5 3 34 Equatorial Guinea 3 0 0 3 2 7 5 0Source FIFA 29 June 2011 2011 06 29 15 00Norway 1 0 Equatorial GuineaHaavi 84 ReportImpuls Arena AugsburgAttendance 12 928 70 Referee Quetzalli Alvarado Mexico 29 June 2011 2011 06 29 18 15Brazil 1 0 AustraliaRosana 54 ReportBorussia Park MonchengladbachAttendance 27 258 71 Referee Jenny Palmqvist Sweden 3 July 2011 2011 07 03 14 00Australia 3 2 Equatorial GuineaKhamis 8 Van Egmond 48 De Vanna 51 Report Anonman 21 83 Ruhrstadion BochumAttendance 15 640 72 Referee Gyongyi Gaal Hungary 3 July 2011 2011 07 03 18 15Brazil 3 0 NorwayMarta 22 48 Rosana 46 ReportVolkswagen Arena WolfsburgAttendance 26 067 73 Referee Kari Seitz United States 6 July 2011 2011 07 06 18 00Equatorial Guinea 0 3 BrazilReport Erika 49 Cristiane 54 90 3 pen Waldstadion FrankfurtAttendance 35 859 74 Referee Bibiana Steinhaus Germany 6 July 2011 2011 07 06 18 00Australia 2 1 NorwaySimon 57 87 Report Thorsnes 56 BayArena LeverkusenAttendance 18 474 75 Referee Estela Alvarez Argentina Knockout stage EditMain article 2011 FIFA Women s World Cup knockout stage 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 Bracket Edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 9 July Wolfsburg Germany0 13 July Frankfurt Japan a e t 1 Japan3 10 July Augsburg Sweden1 Sweden3 17 July Frankfurt Australia1 Japan p 2 3 9 July Leverkusen United States2 1 England1 3 13 July Monchengladbach France p 1 4 France1 10 July Dresden United States3Third place play off Brazil2 3 16 July Sinsheim United States p 2 5 Sweden2 France1 Quarter finals Edit 9 July 2011 2011 07 09 18 00England 1 1 a e t FranceJ Scott 59 Report Bussaglia 88 PenaltiesSmith Carney Stoney Rafferty F White 3 4 Abily Bussaglia Thiney Bompastor Le SommerBayArena LeverkusenAttendance 26 395 76 Referee Jenny Palmqvist Sweden 9 July 2011 2011 07 09 20 45Germany 0 1 a e t JapanReport Maruyama 108 Volkswagen Arena WolfsburgAttendance 26 067 77 Referee Quetzalli Alvarado Mexico 10 July 2011 2011 07 10 13 00Sweden 3 1 AustraliaSjogran 11 Dahlkvist 16 Schelin 52 Report Perry 40 Impuls Arena AugsburgAttendance 24 605 78 Referee Silvia Reyes Peru 10 July 2011 2011 07 10 17 30Brazil 2 2 a e t United StatesMarta 68 pen 92 Report Daiane 2 o g Wambach 120 2 PenaltiesCristiane Marta Daiane Francielle 3 5 Boxx Lloyd Wambach Rapinoe KriegerRudolf Harbig Stadion DresdenAttendance 25 598 79 Referee Jacqui Melksham Australia Semi finals Edit 13 July 2011 2011 07 13 18 00France 1 3 United StatesBompastor 55 Report Cheney 9 Wambach 79 Morgan 82 Borussia Park MonchengladbachAttendance 25 676 80 Referee Kirsi Heikkinen Finland 13 July 2011 2011 07 13 20 45Japan 3 1 SwedenKawasumi 19 64 Sawa 60 Report Oqvist 10 Waldstadion FrankfurtAttendance 45 434 81 Referee Carol Anne Chenard Canada Third place play off Edit 16 July 2011 2011 07 16 17 30Sweden 2 1 FranceSchelin 29 M Hammarstrom 82 Report Thomis 56 Rhein Neckar Arena SinsheimAttendance 25 475 82 Referee Kari Seitz United States Final Edit Main article 2011 FIFA Women s World Cup Final 17 July 2011 2011 07 17 20 45Japan 2 2 a e t United StatesMiyama 81 Sawa 117 Report Morgan 69 Wambach 104 PenaltiesMiyama Nagasato Sakaguchi Kumagai 3 1 Boxx Lloyd Heath WambachWaldstadion FrankfurtAttendance 48 817 83 Referee Bibiana Steinhaus Germany Awards EditSee also FIFA Women s World Cup awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament 84 85 The Golden Ball best overall player Golden Boot top scorer and Golden Glove best goalkeeper awards were sponsored by Adidas while the Best Young Player award was sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company FIFA com shortlisted ten goals for users to vote on as the Goal of the Tournament 86 which was sponsored by Sony 87 Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball Homare Sawa Abby Wambach Hope SoloGolden Boot Silver Boot Bronze Boot Homare Sawa Marta Abby Wambach5 goals 1 assist 4 goals 2 assists 4 goals 1 assistGolden Glove Hope SoloBest Young Player Caitlin FoordGoal of the Tournament Abby Wambach 120 2 for 2 2 in Quarter finals vs Brazil 10 July FIFA Fair Play Award JapanAll Star Team Edit Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ayumi Kaihori Hope Solo Elise Kellond Knight Erika Alex Scott Sonia Bompastor Laura Georges Saskia Bartusiak Jill Scott Genoveva Anonma Louisa Necib Aya Miyama Shinobu Ohno Homare Sawa Kerstin Garefrekes Caroline Seger Shannon Boxx Lauren Cheney Marta Lotta Schelin Abby WambachStatistics EditGoalscorers Edit There were 86 goals scored in 32 matches for an average of 2 69 goals per match Homare Sawa of Japan won the Golden Boot award for scoring five goals 5 goals Homare Sawa 4 goals Marta Abby Wambach 3 goals Lisa Dahlkvist 2 goals Kyah Simon Cristiane Rosana Jill Scott Genoveva Anonman Marie Laure Delie Gaetane Thiney Elodie Thomis Kerstin Garefrekes Inka Grings Celia Okoyino da Mbabi Nahomi Kawasumi Aya Miyama Lotta Schelin Lauren Cheney Alex Morgan 1 goal Lisa De Vanna Leena Khamis Ellyse Perry Emily van Egmond Erika Christine Sinclair Jessica Clarke Ellen White Fara Williams Rachel Yankey Camille Abily Sonia Bompastor Elise Bussaglia Laura Georges Simone Laudehr Karina Maruyama Yuki Nagasato Shinobu Ohno Maribel Dominguez Stephany Mayor Monica Ocampo Sarah Gregorius Amber Hearn Rebecca Smith Hannah Wilkinson Perpetua Nkwocha Emilie Haavi Elise Thorsnes Marie Hammarstrom Jessica Landstrom Josefine Oqvist Therese Sjogran Rachel Buehler Carli Lloyd Heather O Reilly Megan Rapinoe 1 own goal Daiane against United States Amy LePeilbet against Sweden Source FIFA 88 Assists Edit Aya Miyama of Japan won the assists table with four assists 4 assists Aya Miyama 3 assists Lauren Cheney Megan Rapinoe 2 assists Collette McCallum Marta Karen Carney Sandrine Soubeyrand Babett Peter Lotta Schelin Therese Sjogran 1 assist Kim Carroll Lisa De Vanna Leena Khamis Cristiane Erika Maurine Alex Scott Jill Scott Rachel Unitt Rachel Yankey Camille Abily Eugenie Le Sommer Louisa Necib Gaetane Thiney Kerstin Garefrekes Inka Grings Simone Laudehr Yukari Kinga Yuki Nagasato Shinobu Ohno Homare Sawa Maribel Dominguez Dinora Garza Veronica Perez Amber Hearn Ria Percival Ali Riley Kirsty Yallop Leni Larsen Kaurin Ingvild Stensland Sara Larsson Stephanie Cox Carli Lloyd Alex Morgan Heather O Reilly Abby WambachSource FIFA Technical ReportTournament ranking Edit Per statistical convention in football matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses while matches decided by penalty shoot outs are counted as draws Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result1 B Japan 6 4 1 1 12 6 6 13 Champions2 C United States 6 3 2 1 13 7 6 11 Runners up3 C Sweden 6 5 0 1 10 6 4 15 Third place4 A France 6 2 1 3 10 10 0 7 Fourth place5 D Brazil 4 3 1 0 9 2 7 10 Eliminated inquarter finals6 A Germany H 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 97 B England 4 2 2 0 6 3 3 88 D Australia 4 2 0 2 6 7 1 69 A Nigeria 3 1 0 2 1 2 1 3 Eliminated ingroup stage10 D Norway 3 1 0 2 2 5 3 311 B Mexico 3 0 td, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
