2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

The **2011 FIFA Women's World Cup** was the sixth FIFA Women's World Cup tournament. The tournament was on June 26 to July 17. The champions were Japan, beating United States 2(3)-2(1) with penalty shots. Because of Japan's victory, Japan became the first Asian team to win any FIFA World Cup.

The final was played in the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. The defending champions, Germany, lost to Japan during the quarter-finals.

## Qualified Teams

**AFC (3):**
- Australia
- Japan (_Champions_)
- North Korea

**CAF (2):**
- Equatorial Guinea
- Nigeria

**CONCACAF (3):**
- Canada
- Mexico
- United States

- Brazil
- Columbia

**OFC (1):**
- New Zealand

**UEFA (5):**
- England
- France
- Germany (_Hosts_)
- Norway
- Sweden

### Group A

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### Group B

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### Group C

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## Awards

|Golden Ball|Silver Ball|Bronze Ball||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|Homare Sawa|align=center|Abby Wambach|align=center|Hope Solo|

### Top goalscorer (Golden Boot)

|Golden Boot|Silver Boot|Bronze Boot||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|Homare Sawa|align=center|Marta|align=center|Abby Wambach|

### Other awards

|Best Goalkeeper|Best Young Player|FIFA Fair Play Trophy||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|Hope Solo|align=center|Caitlin Foord|align=center|Japan|

### All-Star Team

|Goalkeepers|Defenders|Midfielders|Forwards|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left valign=top|Ayumi Kaihori Hope Solo|align=left valign=top|Elise Kellond-Knight Érika Alex Scott Sonia Bompastor Laura Georges Saskia Bartusiak|align=left valign=top|Jill Scott Genoveva Añonma Louisa Necib Aya Miyama Shinobu Ohno Homare Sawa Kerstin Garefrekes Caroline Seger Shannon Boxx Lauren Cheney|align=left valign=top|Marta Lotta Schelin Abby Wambach|

## Other websites

- RSSSF

## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: FIFA Women's World Cup
- **year**: 2011
- **country**: Germany
- **dates**: 26 June – 17 July
- **confederations**: 6
- **num teams**: 16
- **venues**: 9
- **cities**: 9
- **count**: 1
- **matches**: 32
- **goals**: 86
- **attendance**: 845751
- **top scorer**: Homare Sawa
<small>(5 goals)</small>
- **player**: Homare Sawa
- **prevseason**: 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2007
- **nextseason**: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2015