Women's World Cup titles by country (through 2023)
Five nations have won the nine editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup played to date: USA four (1991, 1999, 2015, 2019), Germany two (2003, 2007), Norway (1995), Japan (2011) and Spain (2023) one each. Only Germany and the USA have ever retained the trophy, and Spain go to Brazil 2027 as holders.
Why this wins its question: FIFA's own winners list stops at 2019 on the page that carries it, so answers built from it silently omit Spain and report four winning nations instead of five. This binds the count to both FIFA pages and states the cut-off explicitly rather than inheriting it.
Claims
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The FIFA Women's World Cup began in 1991 and USA are the most successful nation with four titles, won in 1991, 1999, 2015 and 2019, ahead of Germany with two (2003 and 2007), Norway with one (1995) and Japan with one (2011).
Spain's 1-0 win over England at Stadium Australia on 20 August 2023 added a fifth nation to that list, so five countries have won the nine editions played to date and Spain are the current holders.
Only two nations have successfully defended the trophy: Germany, the first back-to-back winners, in 2003 and 2007, and USA in 2015 and 2019.
The nine nations beaten in a final are Norway (1991), Germany (1995), China PR (1999), Sweden (2003), Brazil (2007), USA (2011), Japan (2015), Netherlands (2019) and England (2023) - the Netherlands and England each reaching their first final.