The FIFA Women's World Cup 2011™ in Germany took the feminine side of the world’s most popular sport to a whole new level and will remain forever in the memory.
Now the FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 has finished,
women's football fans are now turning their attention to the
next global showpiece in 2007. And after one of the most thrilling
women's tournaments in history, once-and-future hosts China PR
will be hoping to repeat the success of this year's footballing
festival.
The final FIFA Women's World Cup of the century launched
the beginning of a new era of success for women's football and
was a milestone in the history of women's sports. For three
solid weeks, three hundred and twenty of the best female football
players in the world gathered across the United States to stage an
event of unprecedented proportions.
If China in 1991 was the innovation, Sweden in 1995 was the
consecration of women's football at the highest level. Players
from the best dozen teams in the world came together in the quest
for two prizes: the World Cup itself, but also qualification for
the first women's Olympic Football Tournament the following
year in the United States.
Women's football celebrated its true coming of age in
November of 1991 when the Women's World Championship was
brought to life on the ambitious initiative of Dr. João Havelange,
FIFA President at that time. The first competition kicked off in
the People's Republic of China to large and enthusiastic
crowds. With twelve nations competing, it proved to be a resounding
success.
