FIFA Women's World Cup Trivia

1. In the first match in the round of 16 there were six goals scored. Were they all kicked by members of the Spanish team?

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Knockout Stage

Answer: Yes, Spain scored five plus an own goal for Switzerland (5-1)

Spain got off to a flying start with a goal to Bonmati after only five minutes. However, her own teammate, Cogina scored an own goal in the 11th minute to even the scores. It was a momentary setback with Spain scoring three more goals in the half, including Codina redeeming herself by scoring the fourth right on half time. Spain's Hermoso added one more in the second half eliminating the Swiss 5-1.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Group Stage

Answer: USA

The defending champions, USA, had won four of the first eight tournaments (1991, 1999, 2015, 2019), Germany two (2003, 2007), plus Norway (1995) and Japan (2011) once apiece. In July 2019, the FIFA President approved an expansion of the Women's World Cup from 24 to 32 teams, starting with the 2023 edition (it was expanded from 16 to 24 teams in 2011). The tournament's prize money was also doubled.

From Quiz 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Answer: Canada

The six cities that hosted tournament matches were Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, and Moncton. Canada had a strong performance at the tournament making it all the way to the quarterfinals before losing to England.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Knockout Stage

Answer: Japan 3-1

Norway's Engen opened the scoring in the 15h minute - unfortunately, it was an own goal. Her teammate Reiten was able to undo the damage by equalising 1-1, the half time score. However the Japanese girls dominated possession 61%-39% overall and hit 16 shots to eight, grinding down their Nordic opponents and they scored twice in the second half, winning 3-1.

From Quiz 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Answer: Hawk-eye

The Hawk-eye system was developed by Dr Paul Hawkins from the United Kingdom. In 2006 the Hawk-eye system started to be utilized in tennis tournaments as players whereby players would be allowed to challenge calls made by referees. FIFA adopted the Hawk-eye technology later than other sports as the governing body wanted the developers of Hawk-eye to ensure there'd be a 100% success rate.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Knockout Stage

Answer: Netherlands 2 South Africa 0

The South Africans, ranked 54th in the world, surprised most pundits when they qualified second in their group losing only to Sweden in the Group Stage and finishing higher than both Italy and Argentina. Nevertheless, they were on the back foot early in this match when the Dutch scored in the ninth minute. The South Africans, however, did not flinch and while they suffered from a lack of possession (30%-70%), they matched the Dutch shot for shot (13-14) and had more shots on target (7-6). The lack of ball cost them though: The Dutch scored again in the 68th minute and then hung on to win 2-0.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Knockout Stage

Answer: USA were eliminated

Because the USA qualified second in their group, this caused an early meeting of two of the favourites to win the Cup. The Americans were the defending champions and dominated possession to have 22 shots at goal (with 11 on target to the Swedes' one). The Swedes repelled everything thrown at them. After 120 minutes there were still no goals on board so it went to a penalty shoot-out, with again, the Swedes matching the Americans shot for shot. The USA cracked first, and with the penalty score at 4-4 with the Swedes needing to score next to win, they took the shot. The American goalkeeper saved the ball but the Swedes thought it had crossed the line. The video referee confirmed that it had - by millimetres. The Cup favourites and defending titleholders had been eliminated, and Sweden marched on.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Group Stage

Answer: New Zealand

Switzerland won its first match 2-0 against the Philippines, then drew their next two matches with Norway (0-0) and New Zealand (0-0). New Zealand had upset Norway 1-0 in their first game but the Philippines surprised New Zealand 1-0 in their second game, giving the points at this stage as: Switzerland, 4, Philippines 3, New Zealand 3 and Norway 1. This meant that Norway had to win against the Philippines to quality and have a better goal difference than New Zealand (0). They did this emphatically, beating the Asian team 6-0 giving them a GD of +6. Both New Zealand and Norway ended up on four points, with only Norway qualifying.

From Quiz 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Answer: Germany

In addition to Germany, Group B consisted of Norway, Thailand, and Ivory Coast. Norway actually tied with Germany in points, in the Group Stage as both teams had seven points but Germany had a huge advantage in goal difference so they won the tiebreaker.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Knockout Stage

Answer: England 0 Nigeria 0. England advanced on penalties 4-2

The Nigerians were brave. Very brave. England was expected to cruise to a win in this match but even with a slight majority of the possession, they could not score a goal. The Nigerians did not take an overly defensive role either taking 20 shots to England's 12. It came down to a penalty shoot-out where England held their nerve and won 4-2. England were through to the quarter-finals by the skin of their teeth.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Group Stage

Answer: Australia and Nigeria

In other matches, Canada beat Ireland 2-1 as did Australia 1-0. Ireland managed to draw with Nigeria meaning the points at the start of the very last match in the group were: Nigeria 5, Canada 4, Australia 3 and Ireland 0. Australia (ranked 10th world wide) had to win but Canada (ranked 7) only needed to draw. Everyone expected a fight from Australia but no-one expected a 4-0 emphatic win. This saw Australia top the table with six points; Nigeria also progressed with five points but Canada on four points, along with Ireland on one point, were eliminated.

From Quiz 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Answer: Spain

As a member of Group E Spain scored only one point due to its tie with Costa Rica. The other teams that did not advance past the Group Stage were New Zealand, Thailand, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Nigeria, Costa Rica, and Mexico.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Knockout Stage

Answer: Australia 2 Denmark 0

In an evenly matched game, both teams attacked vigorously. The Danes enjoyed a slight advantage in possession which resulted in more shots at goals than their opponents (13-10) but the Aussie defence stayed intact. However, Foorrd was able to slip one past the Danish keeper in the 29th minute and Raso scored another in the 70th minute for the Australians to advance to the quarter finals.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Group Stage

Answer: Netherlands

USA won their first match comfortably against Vietnam but could only manage draws against the Netherlands (1-1 ) and Portugal (0-0). The Netherlands beat Portugal 1-0 in their opening match and Portugal trounced Vietnam 2-0 in their second match. In their last match, The Netherlands thrashed Vietnam 7-0 earning six points and first place in Group E. In their three competition matches, Vietnam was one of two sides that did not score a goal (the other was Haiti).

From Quiz 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Answer: Brazil

Brazil and Japan were the only teams to win all three of their Group matches. Australia had a much more eventful Group Stage than Brazil as the team won one game, lost one game, and had a draw in the other. Australia beat Brazil 1-0 but ended up losing in the quarterfinals to Japan.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Knockout Stage

Answer: 1 (Colombia 1 Jamaica 0)

In this very evenly fought match, there were plenty of shots at goal, if a little astray, but by halftime there were no goals on the score sheet. However, Colombian Usme, soon in the second half, slipped one past the Jamaican keeper. The Colombians held on and were the only American team to reach the quarter-finals.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Group Stage

Answer: Denmark

England beat Haiti, 1-0, Denmark 1-0 and China 6-1 to earn Group E first place. Denmark won its other two matches over China (1-0) and Haiti (2-0) to earn six points and second place in qualifying for the next round. China defeated Haiti 1-0 to take third place in the remaining match. The other team to finsh with three wins from three was Japan in Group C.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Knockout Stage

Answer: France 4 Morocco 0

Morocco had qualified second in their group above second favourite Germany and the highly ranked Republic of Korea. However, France utterly dominated this match with three-quarters of the possession and 15 shots to one. Goals were scored regularly - in the 15th, 20th, 23rd and 70th minutes, guaranteeing a place for the French in the quarter-finals.

From Quiz 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Answer: Celia Sasic

Sasic was born in Bonn, West Germany in 1988 and she started playing professionally in 2004. She won the German Footballer of the Year Award in 2012 and was the top goal scorer in the Bundesliga for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons. At the 2015 World Cup Sasic scored a hat trick against Ivory Coast in Germany's opening game.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Knockout Stage

Answer: Spain 2 Netherlands 1

A close match was expected in this match of 6th vs 9th in the world rankings. Spain, slight favourites, enjoyed more possession and sprayed the Dutch goal with frequent shots (28). The Dutch also managed ten shots but it was not until the 82nd minute that the first goal was scored, by Spain and even then, it was by a penalty. That looked like being the final score until van der Gragt equalised in stoppage time sending the game into extra time. However Ayingono on an attacking raid in the 111th minute beat the Dutch 'keeper and Spain won 2-1.

From Quiz 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Answer: Laura Bassett

The first two goals of the semifinal match between Japan and England were scored on penalty kicks and the game looked as if it was going into extra time. Bassett's own goal actually hit the crossbar and barely bounced past the goal line past England's goalie. The England team would go on to beat Germany in the third place match 1-0 after Fara Williams scored on a penalty kick in extra time.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Knockout Stage

Answer: Sweden 2 Japan 1

The #3 vs #11 ranked teams saw an evenly fought quarter-final. Both sides peppered the goals with shots (15 for the Swedes, 11 for the Japanese) with Sweden ahead at half-time 1-0. Angeldal added a penalty early in the second half but Hayashi pulled one back in the 87th minute giving the Japanese some hope. However, the Swedes held on, 2-1, booking a semi-final berth against Spain.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Group Stage

Answer: They didn't. Morocco took second spot. Germany came third

After their emphatic win over Morocco, Germany's next opponent, Colombia (who'd won their first match against the Republic of Korea 2-0), was expected to yield as well, but Colombia scored early in the second half and Germany required an 88th-minute penalty to equalise; but then Colombia scored again in stoppage time. Meanwhile, Morocco quietly beat the 17th-ranked South Korea 1-0. This meant that all Germany had to do in their third match was draw with bottom-placed South Korea as long as Morocco, ranked 74th, did not defeat top-placed Colombia (ranked 25th). Both matches were played simultaneously. The Koreans were able to hold Germany to a 1-1 draw, but Morocco was able to defeat Colombia 1-0. Colombia and Morocco were through on 6 points (Colombia first placed with a better goal difference) and the two higher-ranked sides Germany (4pts) and South Korea (1 pt) were eliminated.

From Quiz 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Answer: Carli Lloyd

In addition to her hat trick in the final game, Carli Lloyd was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player at the tournament. Hope Solo of the United States won the Golden Glove as the best goalie of the tournament. The win for the United States was the country's third World Cup title after they had won in 1991 and 1999.

From Quiz 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Knockout Stage

Answer: 20

After an utterly ruthless display against Morocco in the previous round, France were expected to win but the Australians had the advantage of home soil. Possession was even and while there were plenty of shots (France's 21 to Australia's 15), neither side cracked and after extra time, 120 minutes, there were no goals on the board. The penalty shootout was even more tense. There were misses as well as great goals but neither side could get ahead. At 6-6, France could have won it with one last goal. Arnold, the Aussie keeper saved but was ruled to have left the line before the kick. On the retaking of the penalty, she saved again. Then the French keeper Durand saved the next Aussie kick from Hunt. France lined up the 19th kick, but Becho hit the woodwork. Both sides were running out of experienced kickers when Aussie Vine, in her first World Cup, stepped up. She converted and Australia won on penalties 7-6. It was the highest scoring penalty shoot in World Cup history, men's or women's. Secondly, no Australian side, men's or women's had made it to a World Cup semi-final before.

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