The first Women’s World Cup tournament, named the ‘Women’s World Cup Championship’ was held in 1991, sixty –one years after the men’s first FIFA World Cup tournament in 1930.

The current format has sixteen teams competing every four years for the winners trophy.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup, 2011 will be the sixth instance of the women’s competition, and the quadrennial international women’s football world championship tournament.

It has been scheduled to take place between 26 June and 17 July 2011, and will be held in Germany, which won the right to host the event in 2007.

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