2019 Women’s World Cup: How many World Cups have the USWNT won?
The USWNT are the only women’s team to have featured at every World Cup, but how many times have the United States won the coveted trophy?
The biggest competition in women’s football will kick off this June with the United States earmarked as favorites to lift the trophy come the end of 52 matches. The States are the most successful team in the competition’s history having lifted the title three times, one more than Germany and two more than Japan and Norway, the only other teams who have won the World Cup. The United States won the inaugural World Cup in 1991 in China, beating Norway in the final. Following a third place finish in 1995, the United States won their second world title on home soil against China with Brandi Chastain scoring the winning penalty.
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The United States would have to wait a further 16 years for their next World Cup win, losing a heartbreaking 2011 final to Japan before regaining the world crown against the same opponents four years ago in Canada. Carli Lloyd scored the first hat-trick in Women’s World Cup final history and the fastest in the competition’s history, leading America to a 5-2 win over Japan and a third world crown.
The United States head to France this summer seeking a historic fourth World Cup and are in with a chance of becoming just the second team in the history of the competition to retain the trophy. Germany were the last side to do so, winning the competition in 2003 and 2007. It won’t be easy given the stiff competition that the Americans will face on their way, however, it is well within the capabilities of Jill Ellis’s squad to make history on July 7 in Lyon.
Should they do so, it will cement the United States Women’s team as one of the best teams of all time.