2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final

The **2011 FIFA Women's World Cup final** was a football match held on 17 July 2011, at Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany, to decide the winner of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Japan played against the United States and won 3-1 in a penalty shoot-out after a 2-2 draw in extra time. This made Japan the first team from Asia and outside Europe and South America to win a senior World Cup, either men's or women's. Japan's win was surprising and significant, as the country was recovering from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that killed over 15,000 people. This final was also the last major sports event broadcast in Japan before the country switched to digital TV on 24 July 2011.

## Match

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|GK|**21**|Ayumi Kaihori|||||
|RB|**2**|Yukari Kinga|||||
|CB|**3**|Azusa Iwashimizu|||||
|CB|**4**|Saki Kumagai|||||
|LB|**15**|Aya Sameshima|||||
|RM|**11**|Shinobu Ohno|||||
|CM|**6**|Mizuho Sakaguchi|||||
|CM|**10**|Homare Sawa (c)|||||
|LM|**8**|Aya Miyama|||||
|CF|**7**|Kozue Ando|||||
|CF|**9**|Nahomi Kawasumi|||||
|colspan="3"|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**18**|Karina Maruyama|||||
|FW|**17**|Yūki Nagasato|||||
|FW|**20**|Mana Iwabuchi|||||
|colspan="3"|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan="3"|Norio Sasaki|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**1**|Hope Solo|||||
|RB|**11**|Ali Krieger|||||
|CB|**19**|Rachel Buehler|||||
|CB|**3**|Christie Rampone (c)|||||
|LB|**6**|Amy LePeilbet|||||
|RM|**9**|Heather O'Reilly|||||
|CM|**10**|Carli Lloyd|||||
|CM|**7**|Shannon Boxx|||||
|LM|**15**|Megan Rapinoe|||||
|SS|**12**|Lauren Cheney|||||
|CF|**20**|Abby Wambach|||||
|colspan="3"|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**13**|Alex Morgan|||||
|MF|**17**|Tobin Heath|||||
|colspan="3"|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan="3"|Pia Sundhage|}|||||

### Statistics

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|Goals scored|2|2||||
|Total shots|14|27||||
|Shots on target|6|5||||
|Ball possession|52%|48%||||
|Corner kicks|4|8||||
|Fouls committed|11|10||||
|Offsides|2|3||||
|Yellow cards|1|0||||
|Red cards|1|0||||

## Infobox (football match)

- **title**: 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup final
- **image**: Penalty vainqueur de Saki Kumagai en 2011.jpg
- **image size**: 250
- **caption**: Saki Kumagai scored the winning penalty
- **team1**: Japan women's national football team, Japan
- **team1score**: 2
- **team2**: United States women's national soccer team, United States
- **team2score**: 2
- **details**: After Overtime (sports)#Association football, extra time
Japan won 3–1 on Penalty shoot-out (association football), penalties
- **stadium**: Waldstadion (Frankfurt), Waldstadion
- **city**: Frankfurt
- **woman player1**: Ayumi Kaihori (Japan)
- **referee**: Bibiana Steinhaus (German Football Association, Germany)
- **attendance**: 48,817
- **weather**: Partly cloudy

77% humidity
- **previous**: 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, 2007
- **next**: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, 2015