Women's World Cup soccer is gradually gaining ground in the sport arena around the globe. Recently, the U.S. Women's soccer team won the 7th 2015 Women's World Cup championship beating Japan by 5-2 in Vancouver, Canada. It was the team's third time victory as the most successful one in the FIFA Women's World Cup. The U.S. men's soccer team has never won the FIFA World Cup soccer title so far!
The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Women's World Cup was founded in 1991. Canada was the host to the latest event. Twenty-four teams participated in the 7th 2015 FIFA Women's Soccer World Cup from June 6 to July 5, 2015.
The Golden Ball was awarded to Carli Lloyd of the USA, Silver Ball to Amandine Henry of France, Bronze Ball to AyaMiyma of Japan, Golden Boot to Celia Sasic of Germany, Silver Boot to Carli Lloyd of the USA, Bronze Boot to AnjaMittag of Germany, Golden Glove to Hope Solo of the USA, Young Player Award to Kadeisha Buchanan of Canada and FIFA Fair Play Trophy to France.
The FIFA generates billions of dollars in revenue. In the 2014 Men's World Cup soccer, each team was awarded $1.5 million just for participating and $8 million for losing the first round; and the U.S. men's soccer team earned this amount for losing in the first round and Germany, the winning team, earned $35 million. In the 7th 2015 Women's World Cup soccer, the U.S. Women's team earned $2.0 million for winning.
In the Canada Court, dozens of top players filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against FIFA for organising this year Women's World Cup on artificial turf because of the risks of injury and high temperature. The FIFA has said that even if it loses the battle, it will not change the field surface issue. The case was dropped and FIFA agreed that the 2019 Women's World Cup would kick off on grass.
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the 8th FIFA Women's World Cup which is scheduled to take place in France.
The Bangladesh Women's National Soccer team has yet to enter the realm of world soccer but it has signs of promise. It is a member of Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It needs to qualify in the AFC Women's Asian Cup Football in order to get a chance in the FIFA Women's World Cup. In the 2010 South Asian Federation Games, it finished with a bronze medal.
In the 2010 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship, Bangladesh Women's Soccer Team lost to Nepal 0-3 in the semi-finals.
The first big international win for Bangladesh Women's Soccer Team was the 9-0 victory against Bhutan and the first miserable international defeat of the country occurred when it was defeated by Thailand 0-9.
Currently, Bangladesh Women's Soccer Team's FIFA ranking is 119 among 138 countries.
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Eying the Women\\\'s World Cup Soccer
Iftu Ahmed | Published: July 11, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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