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Germany women's national football team
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The Germany womens national football team represents Germany in international womens association football and is governed by the German Football Association. The German national team is one of the most successful in womens football and they are two-time world champions, having won the 2003 and 2007 tournaments. They are also the nation to have won both the mens and womens tournament. The team has won eight of the eleven UEFA European Championships, again, being the only nation to win both the mens and womens European tournament. Germany has won Olympic gold in 2016, after three consecutive bronze medals at the Womens Olympic Football Tournament, finishing third in 2000,2004 and 2008, Birgit Prinz holds the record for most appearances and is the teams all-time leading goalscorer. Prinz has also set records, she has received the FIFA World Player of the Year award three times and is the joint second overall top goalscorer at the Womens World Cup. Womens football was long met with skepticism in Germany, and official matches were banned by the DFB until 1970, however, the womens national team has grown in popularity since winning the World Cup in 2003, as it was chosen as Germanys Sports Team of the Year. The current head coach is Steffi Jones, replacing Silvia Neid who was in charge from 2005 until 2016, as of December 2016, Germany is ranked No.2 in the FIFA Womens World Rankings. In 1955, the DFB decided to forbid womens football in all its clubs in West Germany, in its explanation, the DFB cited that this combative sport is fundamentally foreign to the nature of women and that body and soul would inevitably suffer damage. Further, the display of the body violates etiquette and decency, in spite of this ban, more than 150 unofficial international matches were played in the 1950s and 1960s. On 30 October 1970, the ban on football was lifted at the DFB annual convention. Other football associations had formed official womens national teams in the 1970s. In 1981, DFB official Horst R. Schmidt was invited to send a team to the womens football world championship. Schmidt accepted the invitation but hid the fact that West Germany had no national team at the time. To avoid humiliation, the DFB sent the German club champions Bergisch Gladbach 09, seeing a need, the DFB established the womens national team in 1982. DFB president Hermann Neuberger appointed Gero Bisanz, an instructor at the Cologne Sports College, in September 1982, Bisanz organised two scouting training courses from which he selected a squad of 16 players. The teams first international took place on 10 November 1982 in Koblenz. Following the tradition of the team, Switzerland was chosen as West Germanys first opponent
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Sweden women's national football team
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Sweden womens national football team officially represents Sweden in womens association football. Sweden won the European Competition for Womens Football in 1984, a success the team has not managed to repeat, the team has participated in six Olympic Games, seven World Cups, as well as nine European Championships. Sweden won the medal at the 2011 FIFA Womens World Cup. The 2003 World Cup-final was the second most watched event in Sweden that year, lotta Schelin is the top goalscorer in the history of Sweden with 85 goals. Schelin surpassed Hanna Ljungbergs 72-goal record against Germany on 29 October 2014, the player with the most caps is Therese Sjögran, with 214. Sundhages contract goes into effect in December 2012, after winning the two qualifying matches against Denmark for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the Swedish Olympic Committee approved of record increases in investments for the womens team. The new budget granted over a million SEK for the team and 150,000 SEK per player for developing physical fitness, the new grants are almost a 100% increase of the 2005 and 2006 season funds. The developments and conditions of the Sweden womens national team can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013. *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks, **Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil, the following is a list of matches in 2016 The following is a list of matches in 2017 Squad for the 2017 Algarve Cup. Caps and goals as of 24 January 2017
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United States women's national soccer team
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The United States womens national soccer team represents the United States in international soccer competitions at the senior level. It is governed by United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF, the team is the most successful in international womens soccer, winning three Womens World Cup titles, four Olympic womens gold medals, seven CONCACAF Gold Cup wins, and ten Algarve Cups. It medaled in every single World Cup and Olympic tournament in soccer history from 1991 to 2015, before being knocked out in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Olympics. The team is currently ranked No,1, moving back into the position on July 10,2015, due to its victory in the 2015 World Cup. The team played its first match at the Mundialito tournament on August 18,1985, coached by Mike Ryan, the U. S. teams first major victory came at the 1991 World Championship. The U. S. cruised to lopsided victories in the quarterfinals and semifinals, michelle Akers was the teams leading scorer with 10 goals, including the teams both goals in the final, and Carin Jennings won the Golden Ball as the tournaments best player. Julie Foudy, Kristine Lilly, and the 1999 team started a revolution towards womens sports in America. Arguably their most influential and memorable victory came in the 1999 World Cup when they defeated China 5–4 in a penalty following a 0–0 draw after extended time. With this win they emerged onto the stage and brought significant media attention to womens soccer. On July 10,1999, over 90,000 people filled the Rose Bowl to watch the United States play China in the Final. After a back and forth game, the score was tied 0–0 at full-time, with Briana Scurrys save of Chinas third kick, the score was 4–4 with only Brandi Chastain left to shoot. She scored and won the game for the United States and this win influenced girls to want to play soccer on a team. In the 2003 FIFA Womens World Cup, the U. S. defeated Norway 1–0 in the quarterfinals, the team then defeated Canada 3–1 to claim third place. Abby Wambach was the top scorer with three goals, Joy Fawcett and Shannon Boxx made the tournaments all-star team. At the 2007 FIFA Womens World Cup, the U. S. defeated England 3–0 in the quarterfinals, the U. S. recovered to defeat Norway to take third place. Abby Wambach was the leading scorer with 6 goals. In the quarterfinal of the 2011 Womens World Cup in Germany, Abby Wambachs goal in the 122nd minute to tie the game 2–2 has been voted the greatest goal in U. S. soccer history and the greatest goal in Womens World Cup history. The U. S. then beat France 3–1 in the semifinal, Hope Solo was named the tournaments best goalkeeper, and Abby Wambach won the silver ball as the tournaments second best player
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Canada women's national soccer team
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The Canada womens national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions at the senior womens level. The team is overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and competes in the Confederation of North, the team reached international prominence at the 2003 FIFA Womens World Cup, losing in the third place match to the United States. Canada qualified for its first Olympic womens soccer tournament in 2008, Canada also hosted the 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup, where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by England. Canada set the tournament and team record for attendance in the process, the Canada womens team played its first international in 1986, a 2–0 away loss to the United States. The teams first major tournament was the 1995 FIFA Womens World Cup in Sweden, canadas best finish in any major global tournament was its third-place finish at both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. Captain Christine Sinclair has been called the backbone of the Canadian national team and she was named Canada Soccers female player of the year every year from 2004 to 2014, and has been nominated for FIFAs Womens World Player of the Year. Despite speculation otherwise, she confirmed in 2016 that she plans to compete in the 2019 Womens World Cup and the 2020 Olympics. She also added prior to the 2016 Olympics that The young players coming into this Olympic squad have brought an energy and passion to our team, the following players have been named to the squad for friendlies against Sweden and Germany on 6 and 9 April 2017, respectively. Head coach, John Herdman Caps and goals are current as of April 6,2017 after match against Sweden, the following players were named to a squad in the last twelve months
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Germany
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Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe. It includes 16 constituent states, covers an area of 357,021 square kilometres, with about 82 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union. After the United States, it is the second most popular destination in the world. Germanys capital and largest metropolis is Berlin, while its largest conurbation is the Ruhr, other major cities include Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Leipzig. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity, a region named Germania was documented before 100 AD. During the Migration Period the Germanic tribes expanded southward, beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation, in 1871, Germany became a nation state when most of the German states unified into the Prussian-dominated German Empire. After World War I and the German Revolution of 1918–1919, the Empire was replaced by the parliamentary Weimar Republic, the establishment of the national socialist dictatorship in 1933 led to World War II and the Holocaust. After a period of Allied occupation, two German states were founded, the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic, in 1990, the country was reunified. In the 21st century, Germany is a power and has the worlds fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP. As a global leader in industrial and technological sectors, it is both the worlds third-largest exporter and importer of goods. Germany is a country with a very high standard of living sustained by a skilled. It upholds a social security and universal health system, environmental protection. Germany was a member of the European Economic Community in 1957. It is part of the Schengen Area, and became a co-founder of the Eurozone in 1999, Germany is a member of the United Nations, NATO, the G8, the G20, and the OECD. The national military expenditure is the 9th highest in the world, the English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. This in turn descends from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz popular, derived from *þeudō, descended from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂- people, the discovery of the Mauer 1 mandible shows that ancient humans were present in Germany at least 600,000 years ago. The oldest complete hunting weapons found anywhere in the world were discovered in a mine in Schöningen where three 380, 000-year-old wooden javelins were unearthed
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Birgit Prinz
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Birgit Prinz is a retired German female professional association football player. FFC Frankfurt and on the German national team, Prinz remains one of the games most prolific strikers and is the second FIFA Womens World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals. She was named FIFA World Player of the Year in 2003,2004 and 2005, on 12 August 2011, she announced the end of her active career. She currently works as a sport psychologist for the male and female teams of 1, Prinz began her career at SV Dörnigheim FC. She made her Bundesliga debut for FSV Frankfurt, where she played from 1993 to 1998, during that time Prinz won two Bundesliga titles and two German Cups. In 1997 and 1998 she was the Bundesliga top scorer, in 1998, she moved to local rivals 1. FFC Frankfurt, where she has had her biggest success at club level, in 13 seasons at the club, Prinz won six Bundesliga and eight German Cup titles. She also won the Bundesliga top-scorer award twice more in 2001 and 2007, Prinz won the UEFA Womens Cup three times with Frankfurt, in the 2001–02, 2005–06 and 2007–08 seasons. She also reached the final in 2004, but lost to the Swedish side Umeå IK, for two seasons, Prinz joined Carolina Courage in the professional womens league WUSA in the United States. During her short stint in America she claimed the 2002 WUSA Championship. After the 2003 World Cup, Prinz declined an offer from AC Perugia to play in Italys mens Serie A, fearing her transfer would be used as a publicity stunt and she would end up on the bench. In her time at FFC Frankfurt, Prinz won many personal awards and she was named the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2003,2004 and 2005. For four consecutive years from 2007 to 2010 she came second, behind Brazils Marta, at the age of 16, Prinz made her debut for Germanys national team in July 1994 against Canada. She came on after 72 minutes and scored the game-winner in the 89th minute, one year later, she won her first major title at the 1995 European Championship, scoring in the final. In the same year, she was names to Germanys squad for the 1995 FIFA Womens World Cup and she remains the youngest player ever to appear in a World Cup Final. For the next decade, Prinz had one of the most successful careers in womens football. She won four more UEFA European Championships in 1997,2001,2005 and 2009, at the Summer Olympics she won bronze three times with the German team, in 2000,2004 and 2008. At the 2003 FIFA Womens World Cup, Prinz helped Germany win its first World Cup title in the womens game and she was honoured as the tournaments best player and top-scorer
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1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
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The 1999 FIFA Womens World Cup, the third edition of the FIFA Womens World Cup, was held in the United States and won by the host team. The final between the U. S. and China, held on July 10 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, U. S. President Bill Clinton was among those in attendance. The final was scoreless after extra time and won by the U. S. in a penalty shootout and this remains the only Womens World Cup tournament in which the host nation has won. An official music video of the number Lets Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez was filmed live at the 1999 FIFA Womens World Cup,16 teams participated in the final tournament. The teams were, For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, a No extra time was played. The following awards were given for the tournament, Sissi of Brazil, in total,123 goals were scored by 74 different players, with three of them credited as own goals
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2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
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Originally, China was to host the 2003 Womens World Cup, but the outbreak of SARS in that country forced that event to be moved to the United States. FIFA immediately granted the 2007 event to China, which means no new host nation was chosen competitively until the voting was held for the 2011 Womens World Cup. The tournament opened with a match in Shanghai, as Germany beat Argentina 11–0 to register the biggest win. The tournament ended with Germany defeating Brazil 2–0 in the final, the Germans became the first national team in FIFA Womens World Cup history to obtain two consecutive titles. The venues selected to host the competition are, Numerous TV stations across the world provide coverage of the tournament, one notable example is the Chinese-language channel CCTV-5 which is available as a free internet feed through TVUnetworks. The best three performing UEFA teams will qualify for the Olympics, originally it was thought that, should England make the top three European teams, they would compete under the United Kingdom banner. However, on 6 September 2007, FIFA issued a press release indicating that England are ineligible to participate in the 2008 Olympics as England does not have its own Olympic Committee. For the determination of the only first through fourth place. If there is a need to make a distinction between teams eliminated in the quarterfinal or between teams eliminated in the group phase these teams meet in a play-off match. In no case will the points or goals count for teams eliminated before the semi-final, Germany and Norway qualified for the Olympics at the World Cup, whereas Denmark and Sweden had to enter a play-off for the third Olympics spot. Sweden won both legs of the playoffs with a total of 7−3 agg. to qualify for the Olympics, the group draw took place on 22 April 2007 in Wuhan after the completion of the qualifying rounds. FIFA automatically seeded the host and defending champions, slotting China and Germany into Group D and Group A, the FIFA Womens World Ranking for March 2007 was used to determine the teams to occupy the other seeded positions, B1 and C1. United States were ranked first, Germany second and Norway third, so the United States and Norway were also seeded. Also, no two teams from the confederation could draw each other, except for those from UEFA. The same four teams were drawn together in Group A in the 2003 FIFA Womens World Cup, on occasion the USA. Also in 2015 The United States and Sweden would meet in the group of death again and this time it was with Nigeria and Australia as group mates. The four teams were paired in the same group in 2003. The following awards were given for the tournament, Marta of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals, in total,111 goals were scored by 64 different players, with three of them credited as own goals. com FIFA Technical Report
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FIFA Women's World Cup
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The competition has been held every four years since 1991, when the inaugural tournament, then called the Womens World Championship, was held in China. Under the tournaments current format, national teams vie for 23 slots in a qualification phase. The tournament proper, alternatively called the World Cup Finals, is contested at venues within the host nation over a period of one month. The seven FIFA Womens World Cup tournaments have been won by four different national teams, including the United States, the current champion is the United States, after winning their third title in the 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup. Twelve national teams took part in the competition – four from UEFA, the tournament saw European champion Norway defeat Sweden 1–0 in the final to win the tournament, while Brazil clinched third place by beating the hosts in a penalty shootout. The competition was deemed a success and on 30 June FIFA approved the establishment of an official World Cup, again, twelve teams competed, this time culminating in the United States beating Norway in the final 2-1. In the 1999 edition, one of the most famous moments of the tournament was American defender Brandi Chastains victory celebration after scoring the Cup-winning penalty kick against China. She took off her jersey and waved it over her head, showing her muscular torso, the 1999 final in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California had an attendance of 90,185, a world record for a womens sporting event. The 1999 and 2003 Womens World Cups were both held in the United States, in 2003 China was supposed to host it, but the tournament was moved because of SARS. As compensation, China retained its automatic qualification to the 2003 tournament as host nation, germany hosted the 2011 FIFA Womens World Cup, as decided by vote in October 2007. In March 2011, FIFA awarded Canada the right to host the 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup, the 2015 edition saw the field expand from 16 to 24 teams. Christie Rampone is the oldest player to play in a Womens World Cup match. In March 2015, FIFA awarded France the right to host the 2019 FIFA Womens World Cup over South Korea, the final tournament has featured between twelve and twenty-four national teams competing over about one month in the host nation. There are two stages, the stage followed by the knockout stage. In the group stage, teams are drawn into groups of four teams each, each group plays a round-robin tournament, in which each team is scheduled for three matches against other teams in the same group. The last round of matches of group is scheduled at the same time to preserve fairness among all four teams. In the 2015 24-team format, the two teams finishing first and second in group and the four best teams among those ranked third qualify for the round of 16. Points are used to rank the teams within a group, since 1994, three points have been awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss
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FIFA World Cup
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The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champion is Germany, which won its title at the 2014 tournament in Brazil. 32 teams, including the qualifying host nation, compete in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about a month. The 20 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different national teams, Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The worlds first international match was a challenge match played in Glasgow in 1872 between Scotland and England, which ended in a 0–0 draw. The first international tournament, the edition of the British Home Championship. After FIFA was founded in 1904, it tried to arrange an international football tournament between nations outside the Olympic framework in Switzerland in 1906 and these were very early days for international football, and the official history of FIFA describes the competition as having been a failure. At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, football became an official competition, planned by The Football Association, Englands football governing body, the event was for amateur players only and was regarded suspiciously as a show rather than a competition. Great Britain won the gold medals and they repeated the feat in 1912 in Stockholm. With the Olympic event continuing to be contested only between teams, Sir Thomas Lipton organised the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy tournament in Turin in 1909. The Lipton tournament was a championship between clubs from different nations, each one of which represented an entire nation. Lipton invited West Auckland, a side from County Durham. West Auckland won the tournament and returned in 1911 to successfully defend their title, in 1914, FIFA agreed to recognise the Olympic tournament as a world football championship for amateurs, and took responsibility for managing the event. This paved the way for the worlds first intercontinental football competition, at the 1920 Summer Olympics, contested by Egypt and 13 European teams, Uruguay won the next two Olympic football tournaments in 1924 and 1928. Those were also the first two world championships, as 1924 was the start of FIFAs professional era. On 28 May 1928, the FIFA Congress in Amsterdam decided to stage a championship itself. With Uruguay now two-time official football world champions and to celebrate their centenary of independence in 1930, indeed, no European country pledged to send a team until two months before the start of the competition. Rimet eventually persuaded teams from Belgium, France, Romania, in total,13 nations took part, seven from South America, four from Europe and two from North America
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