page_title: England at the FIFA Women's World Cup
section_title: 2011 World Cup
hierarchical_section_title: England at the FIFA Women's World Cup / 2011 World Cup
caption_attribution_description: Japan vs England 2011
context_page_description: England have participated five times at the FIFA Women's World Cup: in 1995, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. They have reached the quarter-finals three times and the semi-finals twice.
context_section_description: For the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany qualifying, England earned seven wins and a draw playing against Spain, Austria, Turkey and Malta for the playoffs of the group winners. In the playoffs, England defeated Switzerland 2–0 and 3–2 to earn a place in the World Cup.
  In Germany, England was put into a group with Japan, New Zealand and Mexico. In the first game against Mexico, England tied 1:1. England defeated New Zealand 2-1 and Japan 2–0 to take England's first ever group victory at a World Cup. In the quarter-finals England played France. England took the lead in the 59th minute after a scoreless first half, but France equalized two minutes before the end of regular time. In the ensuing overtime, neither team scored, leading to a penalty shoot-out. Although the first French shooter failed and the first three English women were successful, all other French women scored and the last two English women, Claire Rafferty and captain Faye White, did not. England were the only team to have defeated the eventual champion Japan.
caption: Scene from the game against Japan
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