FIFA Women's World Cup awards

At the end of each FIFA Women's World Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game.[1]

Awards

There are currently five post-tournament awards from the technical study group:

  • the Golden Ball for the best overall player of the tournament (first awarded in 1991);
  • the Golden Boot (formerly known as the Golden Shoe) for the top goalscorer of the tournament (first awarded in 1991);
  • the Golden Glove (formerly known as the Best Goalkeeper) for the best goalkeeper of the tournament (first awarded in 2003);
  • the FIFA Young Player Award for the best player of the tournament under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year (first awarded in 2011);
  • the FIFA Fair Play Award for the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament (first awarded in 1991).

There is currently one award given during the tournament:

  • the Player of the Match award for outstanding performance by a player during each match of the tournament (first awarded in 2003).

There is currently one award voted on by fans after the conclusion of the tournament:

  • the Goal of the Tournament for the fans' best goal scored during the tournament (first awarded in 2007).

The following five awards are no longer given:

  • the All-Star Squad for the best squad of players of the tournament (chosen by the technical study group, awarded from 1999 to 2015);
  • the Most Entertaining Team for the team that entertained the fans the most during the tournament (voted on by fans after the conclusion of the tournament, awarded in 2003 and 2007);
  • the FANtasy All-Star Team for the fans' best eleven-player line-up of the tournament (voted on by fans after the conclusion of the tournament, awarded in 2003);
  • the Dream Team for the fans' best manager and eleven-player line-up of the tournament (voted on by fans after the conclusion of the tournament, awarded in 2015);
  • the Players Who Dared to Shine for ten key players of the tournament who "dared to shine" (chosen by the technical study group, awarded in 2019).

Golden Ball

The Golden Ball award is presented to the best player at each FIFA World Cup final, with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner voted for by representatives of the media. Those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.[2]

World Cup Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
1991 China Carin Jennings Michelle Akers Linda Medalen
1995 Sweden Hege Riise Gro Espeseth Ann Kristin Aarønes
1999 United States Sun Wen Sissi Michelle Akers
2003 United States Birgit Prinz Victoria Svensson Maren Meinert
2007 China Marta Birgit Prinz Cristiane
2011 Germany Homare Sawa Abby Wambach Hope Solo
2015 Canada Carli Lloyd Amandine Henry Aya Miyama
2019 France Megan Rapinoe Lucy Bronze Rose Lavelle

Golden Boot

The Golden Boot Award goes to the top goalscorer of the FIFA World Cup. It was introduced as the Golden Shoe at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup and renamed to Golden Boot in 2011.[3]

If more than one player finishes the tournament with the same number of goals, the tie goes to the player who has contributed the most assists (with the FIFA Technical Study Group deciding whether an assist is to be counted as such). If there is still a tie, the award goes to the player who has played the least amount of time (most goals per minute).[3]

Silver and Bronze Boots are awarded to the second- and third-placed players.[3]

World Cup Golden Boot Goals Silver Boot Goals Bronze Boot Goals
1991 China Michelle Akers 10 Heidi Mohr 7 Linda Medalen
Carin Jennings		 6
1995 Sweden Ann Kristin Aarønes 6 Hege Riise 5 Shi Guihong 3
1999 United States Sun Wen
Sissi		 7 Ann Kristin Aarønes 4
2003 United States Birgit Prinz 7 Maren Meinert 4 Kátia 4
2007 China Marta 7 Abby Wambach 6 Ragnhild Gulbrandsen 6
2011 Germany Homare Sawa 5 Marta 4 Abby Wambach 4
2015 Canada Célia Šašić 6 Carli Lloyd 6 Anja Mittag 5
2019 France Megan Rapinoe 6 Alex Morgan 6 Ellen White 6

Golden Glove

Since 2011, the Golden Glove Award recognizes the best goalkeeper of the tournament. In 2003 and 2007, a Best Goalkeeper award was given, and in 1999 two goalkeepers were named to an All-Star Team. The FIFA Technical Study Group recognises the top goalkeeper of the tournament based on the player's performance throughout the final competition.[4] Although goalkeepers have this specific award for their position, they are eligible for the Golden Ball as well.

World Cup BG / Golden Glove Award
1999 United States Gao Hong
Briana Scurry
2003 United States Silke Rottenberg
2007 China Nadine Angerer
2011 Germany Hope Solo
2015 Canada Hope Solo
2019 France Sari van Veenendaal

FIFA Young Player Award

The FIFA Young Player Award is given to the best player in the tournament who is at most 21 years old. For the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup this meant that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January 1998. The FIFA Technical Study Group recognises the Best Young Player of the tournament based on the player's performances throughout the final competition.

World Cup Best Young Player Award Age
2011 Germany Caitlin Foord 16
2015 Canada Kadeisha Buchanan 19
2019 France Giulia Gwinn 20

FIFA Fair Play Award

The FIFA Fair Play Trophy is given to the team with the best record of fair play during the World Cup final tournament. Only teams that qualified for the second round are considered. The winners of this award earn the FIFA Fair Play Trophy, a diploma, a fair play medal for each player and official, and $50,000 worth of football equipment to be used for youth development.

World Cup FIFA Fair Play Trophy Winners
1991 China  Germany
1995 Sweden  Sweden
1999 United States  China PR
2003 United States  China PR
2007 China  Norway
2011 Germany  Japan
2015 Canada  France
2019 France  France

Player of the Match

The player of the match award picks the outstanding player in every match of the tournament since 2003.[5][6][7][8][9] While the awards from 2003 to 2015 were chosen by the technical study group,[10][6][11][8] from 2019 the winner has been chosen through an online poll on FIFA's website.[12]

Leading player of the match winners by tournament
World Cup Player Awards
2003 United States Birgit Prinz
Bettina Wiegmann
Dagny Mellgren
Victoria Svensson		 2
2007 China Daniela
Marta
Kelly Smith
Nadine Angerer
Birgit Prinz
Ane Stangeland Horpestad		 2
2011 Germany Aya Miyama
Homare Sawa
Lotta Schelin
Abby Wambach		 2
2015 Canada Carli Lloyd 4
2019 France Megan Rapinoe 3
Leading player of the match winners all-time
Rank Player Awards World Cup(s) with awards
1 Marta 5 2003, 2007, 2011, 2019
Aya Miyama 5 2011, 2015
Carli Lloyd 5 2011, 2015
4 Birgit Prinz 4 2003, 2007
Megan Rapinoe 4 2015, 2019
6 Daniela 3 2003, 2007
Amandine Henry 3 2015, 2019
Nadine Angerer 3 2007, 2015
Homare Sawa 3 2007, 2011
Lieke Martens 3 2015, 2019
Lotta Schelin 3 2007, 2011
Abby Wambach 3 2007, 2011
Player of the match award winners by country
Rank Country Awards
1  United States 23
2  Germany 22
3  Brazil 16
 Japan 16
 Sweden 16
6  England 14
7  Norway 12
8  Australia 11
 France 11
10  Canada 8
11  China PR 7
 Netherlands 7
13  Nigeria 5
14  Cameroon 3
 Italy 3
 Mexico 3
 North Korea 3
18  Argentina 2
 Chile 2
 Colombia 2
 Costa Rica 2
 Ghana 2
 New Zealand 2
 Russia 2
25  Denmark 1
 Spain 1
 South Korea 1
 Scotland 1
  Switzerland 1
 Thailand 1
Player of the match award winners in the final
Final Player
2003 United States Bettina Wiegmann
2007 China Nadine Angerer
2011 Germany Ayumi Kaihori
2015 Canada Carli Lloyd
2019 France Megan Rapinoe

All-Star Squad
World Cup Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
1999 United States

Gao Hong
Briana Scurry

Wang Liping
Wen Lirong
Doris Fitschen
Brandi Chastain
Carla Overbeck

Sissi
Liu Ailing
Zhao Lihong
Bettina Wiegmann
Michelle Akers

Jin Yan
Sun Wen
Ann Kristin Aarønes
Mia Hamm

2003 United States

Silke Rottenberg

Wang Liping
Sandra Minnert
Joy Fawcett

Bettina Wiegmann
Malin Moström
Shannon Boxx

Charmaine Hooper
Maren Meinert
Birgit Prinz
Victoria Svensson

2007 China

Nadine Angerer
Bente Nordby

Ariane Hingst
Li Jie
Ane Stangeland Horpestad
Kerstin Stegemann

Daniela
Formiga
Kelly Smith
Renate Lingor
Ingvild Stensland
Kristine Lilly

Lisa De Vanna
Marta
Cristiane
Birgit Prinz

2011 Germany

Hope Solo
Ayumi Kaihori

Elise Kellond-Knight
Erika
Alex Scott
Sonia Bompastor
Laura Georges
Saskia Bartusiak

Jill Scott
Genoveva Añonma
Louisa Necib
Aya Miyama
Shinobu Ohno
Homare Sawa
Kerstin Garefrekes
Caroline Seger
Shannon Boxx
Lauren Cheney

Marta
Lotta Schelin
Abby Wambach

2015 Canada

Karen Bardsley
Nadine Angerer
Hope Solo

Kadeisha Buchanan
Lucy Bronze
Steph Houghton
Wendie Renard
Saori Ariyoshi
Julie Johnston
Meghan Klingenberg

Elise Kellond-Knight
Amandine Henry
Eugénie Le Sommer
Aya Miyama
Mizuho Sakaguchi
Rumi Utsugi
Carli Lloyd
Megan Rapinoe

Lisa De Vanna
Élodie Thomis
Anja Mittag
Célia Šašić
Ramona Bachmann

Other all-star selections

FANtasy All-Star Team

The "FANtasy All-Star Team", which was sponsored by MasterCard, featured eleven players decided by a poll on FIFA.com.[13][14]

World Cup Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
2003 United States Briana Scurry Juliana
Charmaine Hooper
Sharolta Nonen
Sandra Minnert		 Bettina Wiegmann
Julie Foudy
Kristine Lilly		 Maren Meinert
Birgit Prinz
Mia Hamm

Dream Team
World Cup Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards Manager
2015 Canada

Hope Solo

Kadeisha Buchanan
Wendie Renard
Julie Johnston
Ali Krieger

Aya Miyama
Carli Lloyd
Megan Rapinoe

Anja Mittag
Célia Šašić
Alex Morgan

Silvia Neid

Players Who Dared to Shine

The FIFA Technical Study Group announced a list of ten key players of the tournament who "dared to shine".[9]

World Cup Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
2019 France Sari van Veenendaal Lucy Bronze
Crystal Dunn		 Jill Scott
Julie Ertz
Rose Lavelle		 Ellen White
Vivianne Miedema
Sofia Jakobsson
Megan Rapinoe

Goal of the Tournament
World Cup Player Scored against Score Minute Result Round Details
2007 China Marta[15]  United States 4–0 79' 4–0 Semi-finals Marta's second goal in the match, a solo effort
2011 Germany Abby Wambach[16]  Brazil 2–2 120+2' 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		 Quarter-finals Headed equaliser in stoppage time of the second half of extra time, sending the match to a penalty shoot-out
2015 Canada Carli Lloyd[17]  Japan 4–0 16' 5–2 Final Lloyd's third goal in the final, scored from the midfield line
2019 France Cristiane[18]  Australia 2–0 38' 2–3 Group C Brazil's second goal in their second group stage match, scored via a header

All-time best goal

In 2003, FIFA.com held a poll for the greatest goal in Women's World Cup history (from 1991 to 1999). The 1991 goal from Michelle Akers-Stahl won the poll.[19]

Date Player Scored against Score Minute Result Round Details
24 November 1991 Michelle Akers-Stahl  Chinese Taipei 2–0 29' 7–0 Quarter-finals Akers-Stahl's second of five goals in the match, a free kick

The similar "15 for 2015" poll was held from 11 May to 5 June 2015, encompassing the best goals from 1991 to 2011.[20][21] Abby Wambach, who won the Goal of the Tournament in 2011, was chosen.[22]

Date Player Scored against Score Minute Result Round Details
10 July 2011 Abby Wambach  Brazil 2–2 120+2' 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		 Quarter-finals Headed equaliser in stoppage time of the second half of extra time, sending the match to a penalty shoot-out

Most Entertaining Team
World Cup Most Entertaining Team Award
2003 United States  Germany
2007 China  Brazil

See also

References
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