Women's World Cup Trivia
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60 free Women's World Cup trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
The FIFA Women's World Cup has only been running since 1991, but it has already produced some of the most memorable moments in football: Brandi Chastain's sports-bra celebration in front of 90,185 people at the Rose Bowl, Carli Lloyd's hat-trick from the halfway line, Marta's record 17 goals, and Spain lifting the trophy in Sydney in 2023. This quiz walks through every edition, from the 80-minute matches of the M&M's Cup in China to the 32-team tournament in Australia and New Zealand, plus the trophy, the records and the expanded 48-team future in 2031 and 2035. Expect easy questions on the hosts and champions, medium ones on the Golden Ball and Golden Boot winners, and hard ones on referees, attendances and the tournament that was moved because of SARS. Every answer has been checked against the official tournament histories and the source is shown after each question, so you can trust the score you share with your soccer group chat.
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Q 01The first FIFA Women's World Cup was held in 1991 in which country?
China
China earned the job because its Guangdong province had staged FIFA's 1988 trial tournament, and the 1991 event was officially titled a World Championship, not yet a World Cup.
Q 02The first Women's World Cup in 1991 carried which candy brand's name in its official title?
M&M's
M&M's got its name in because its maker, Mars, sponsored the event, which was officially the 1st FIFA World Championship for Women's Football for the M&M's Cup.
Q 03Which rule was used only at the first Women's World Cup, in 1991?
80-minute matches
80-minute matches were meant to protect the players, who objected and asked for the standard 90; FIFA brought it in for the next tournament in 1995.
Q 04Which US forward went in goal at the 1995 Women's World Cup after the goalkeeper was sent off?
Mia Hamm
Mia Hamm took the gloves late in a group match because the US had already used all three substitutes, and she saw out a 2–0 win.
Q 05Which US forward's ten goals won the Golden Boot at the 1991 Women's World Cup?
Michelle Akers
Michelle Akers scored five in one quarter-final and then both American goals in the final, the winner coming two minutes from time.
Q 06Which African nation played at all of the first nine Women's World Cups, from 1991 to 2023?
Nigeria
Nigeria came closest to a semi-final in 1999, fighting back from 3–0 down in their quarter-final before losing to a golden goal in extra time.
Q 07Whose header in the 122nd minute against Brazil kept the US alive in the 2011 Women's World Cup quarter-final?
Abby Wambach
Abby Wambach headed the equaliser with the US a goal and a player down, and the Americans went on to win the penalty shootout.
Q 08Which nation won the 1995 Women's World Cup, four years after losing the first final?
Norway
Norway beat Germany 2–0 in the final after knocking out the United States, the team that had beaten them in 1991, in the semi-finals.
Q 09The 1995 Women's World Cup doubled as the qualifying tournament for which other event?
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics took its women's field from the World Cup, but quarter-finalists England were ineligible as a non-Olympic nation, so their place went to a team knocked out in the group stage.
Q 10The 1999 Women's World Cup final drew a crowd of 90,185 to which stadium?
Rose Bowl
The Rose Bowl crowd was then the largest ever for a women's sporting event, yet it saw no goals in 120 minutes before the hosts won on penalties.
Q 11Who scored the winning penalty in the 1999 Women's World Cup final and celebrated by whipping off her jersey?
Brandi Chastain
Brandi Chastain had scored an own goal against Germany in the quarter-final, then equalised in the same match, which the US won 3–2.
Q 12Which US goalkeeper saved Liu Ying's kick in the 1999 Women's World Cup final shootout?
Briana Scurry
Briana Scurry later admitted she had stepped off her line early to narrow the angle, telling a reporter: "Everybody does it."
Q 13Which Chinese forward won the Golden Ball and shared the Golden Boot at the 1999 Women's World Cup?
Sun Wen
Sun Wen scored seven goals and converted her kick in the final shootout, yet still finished on the losing side.
Q 21Which German striker scored 14 Women's World Cup goals and won back-to-back titles in 2003 and 2007?
Birgit Prinz
Birgit Prinz turned down an offer in 2003 to join the Italian men's club Perugia, fearing she would be a publicity stunt left on the bench.
Q 22By what nickname is Japan's team, winners of the 2011 Women's World Cup, known?
Nadeshiko Japan
Nadeshiko Japan twice came from behind against the United States before winning on penalties, four months after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Q 23Which Japanese captain took both the Golden Ball and Golden Boot at the 2011 Women's World Cup?
Homare Sawa
Homare Sawa flicked in a 117th-minute equaliser in the final against the United States, and Japan then won the shootout.
Q 14The 2003 Women's World Cup was moved from its original host to the USA because of what?
A SARS outbreak
A SARS outbreak made FIFA move the tournament in May 2003, only four months before kick-off, and the original host was handed the 2007 edition instead.
Q 15Which team did Germany beat with a golden goal in the 2003 Women's World Cup final?
Sweden
Sweden led at half-time, but substitute Nia Künzer headed the winner in the 98th minute, a year before football scrapped the golden goal.
Q 16The 2003 Women's World Cup final was played at which stadium, newly opened for the LA Galaxy?
Home Depot Center
Home Depot Center had opened only four months earlier and held about 27,000; the late change of host country had left organisers booking smaller grounds.
Q 17Germany opened the 2007 Women's World Cup by beating which South American team 11–0?
Argentina
Argentina's goalkeeper Vanina Correa was dropped after that match and later quit football, yet she came back at the 2019 World Cup and saved an England penalty.
Q 18Germany's 2007 Women's World Cup winners managed which feat, unmatched by any champion through 2023?
Conceding no goals
Conceding no goals in six matches, Germany kept the record intact when goalkeeper Nadine Angerer saved a penalty in the 2–0 final.
Q 19Which Brazilian won both the Golden Ball and Golden Boot at the 2007 Women's World Cup?
Marta
Marta scored seven goals but had a penalty saved in the final, which Brazil lost 2–0 to Germany.
Q 20Which German striker's record of 16 World Cup goals did a woman beat at the 2019 Women's World Cup?
Miroslav Klose
Miroslav Klose was caught by a penalty against Australia and passed five days later by another against Italy, both from the same forward.
Q 24Which German city hosted the 2011 Women's World Cup final?
Frankfurt
Frankfurt's final drew 48,817, but hosts and holders Germany were not in it, having lost their quarter-final to Japan in extra time.
Q 25The 2015 Women's World Cup was the first World Cup for men or women played entirely on what?
Artificial turf
Artificial turf drew a discrimination claim from dozens of players, who argued men would never be asked to play a World Cup on it, but they dropped the case in January 2015.
Q 26Which country hosted the 2015 Women's World Cup, the first with 24 teams?
Canada
Canada won the hosting rights unopposed after Zimbabwe, whose team had never qualified for the tournament, withdrew the only rival bid.
Q 27Which US midfielder scored a hat-trick in the first 16 minutes of the 2015 Women's World Cup final?
Carli Lloyd
Carli Lloyd struck her third from the halfway line, a goal later shortlisted for the Puskás Award, as the US led 4–0 after 16 minutes.
Q 28Before the 2015 Women's World Cup final, who was the last player to score a hat-trick in any World Cup final?
Geoff Hurst
Geoff Hurst did it for England at Wembley in 1966, and Kylian Mbappé matched it in the 2022 men's final, which his team still lost.
Q 29Which system provided goal-line technology when it debuted at the 2015 Women's World Cup?
Hawk-Eye
Hawk-Eye owed its chance to a refereeing blunder: FIFA's president resisted goal-line technology until England's Frank Lampard was denied a clear goal at the men's 2010 World Cup, then reopened the debate.
Q 30Which player appeared at a record seven Women's World Cups, the last in 2019 at age 41?
Formiga
Formiga had retired from her national team in 2016, but the coach talked her into a comeback two years later.