To date the United States and Germany have been the only two teams to lead the women's rankings. They have also held the top two spots in all but six releases, when Germany was ranked third: Norway was in second position in the first two rankings until Germany overtook them by winning the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, Brazil was ranked second in March and June 2009 until Germany won 2009 Euro and rejoined the top two, England reached the second ranking in March 2018, and Sweden passed Germany in August 2021 after the Tokyo Olympics.