List of FIFA Women's World Cup penalty shoot-outs

This is a list of all penalty shoot-outs that have occurred in the Finals tournament of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Twice, in 1999 and 2011, the World Cup title has been decided by a penalty shoot-out. Of the 11 shoot-outs that have taken place in the competition, three reached the sudden death stage after still being tied at the end of "best of five kicks". Of these, two of the most recent (at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup) were the longest shoot-outs in either women's or men's World Cup history.

Penalty shoot-outs

Key

= scored penalty
= missed penalty

golden background = scored penalty ending the shoot-out
red background = missed penalty ending the shoot-out

grey background = first penalty in the shoot-out
horizontal line within a list of takers = beginning of the sudden death stage

Penalty shoot-outs in the FIFA Women's World Cup
№	Winner	F	Loser	Penalties			Winning team		Losing team		Year	Round	Date & Venue	R
№	Winner	F	Loser	S	M	T	GK	Takers	Takers	GK	Year	Round	Date & Venue	R
1.	China	1–1	Sweden	4–3	1–2	5–5	Gao Hong	Sun Wen Xie Huilin Chen Yufeng Shui Qingxia Liu Ailing	Andersson Videkull Pohjanen Sundhage Nessvold	Leidinge	1995, Sweden	Quarter-finals	13 June 1995 Helsingborg (Olympia)	^[1]
2.	Brazil	0–0^[a]	Norway	5–4	1–2	6–6	Maravilha	Pretinha Cidinha Kátia Maicon Nenê Formiga	Riise Pettersen Jørgensen Sandaune Gulbrandsen Aarønes	Nordby	1999, United States	Third place play-off	10 July 1999 Pasadena (Rose Bowl)	^[3]
3.	United States	0–0	China	5–4	0–1	5–5	Scurry	Overbeck Fawcett Lilly Hamm Chastain	Xie Huilin Qiu Haiyan Liu Ying Zhang Ouying Sun Wen	Gao Hong	1999, United States	Final	10 July 1999 Pasadena (Rose Bowl)	^[4]
4.	France	1–1	England	4–3	1–2	5–5	Deville	Abily Bussaglia Thiney Bompastor Le Sommer	K. Smith Carney Stoney Rafferty White	Bardsley	2011, Germany	Quarter-finals	9 July 2011 Leverkusen (BayArena)	^[5]
5.	United States	2–2	Brazil	5–3	0–1	5–4	Solo	Boxx Lloyd Wambach Rapinoe Krieger	Cristiane Marta Daiane Francielle	Andréia		Quarter-finals	10 July 2011 Dresden (Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion)	^[6]
6.	Japan	2–2	United States	3–1	1–3	4–4	Kaihori	Miyama Nagasato Sakaguchi Kumagai	Boxx Lloyd Heath Wambach	Solo		Final	17 July 2011 Frankfurt (Waldstadion)	^[7]
7.	Germany	1–1	France	5–4	0–1	5–5	Angerer	Behringer Laudehr Peter Marozsán Šašić	Thiney Abily Nécib Renard Lavogez	Bouhaddi	2015, Canada	Quarter-finals	26 June 2015 Montreal (Olympic Stadium)	^[8]
8.	Norway	1–1	Australia	4–1	0–2	4–3	Hjelmseth	C. Hansen Reiten Mjelde Engen	Kerr Gielnik Catley	Williams	2019, France	Round of 16	22 June 2019 Nice (Allianz Riviera)	^[9]
9.	Sweden	0–0	United States	5–4	2–3	7–7	Mušović	Rolfö Rubensson Björn Blomqvist Bennison Eriksson Hurtig	Sullivan Horan Mewis Rapinoe S. Smith Naeher O'Hara	Naeher	2023, Australia / New Zealand	Round of 16	6 August 2023 Melbourne (Melbourne Rectangular Stadium)	^[10]
10.	England	0–0	Nigeria	4–2	1–2	5–4	Earps	Stanway England Daly Greenwood Kelly	Oparanozie Alozie Ajibade Ucheibe	Nnadozie		Round of 16	7 August 2023 Brisbane (Lang Park)	^[11]
11.	Australia	0–0	France	7–6	3–4	10–10	Arnold	Foord Catley Kerr Fowler Arnold Gorry Yallop Carpenter Hunt Vine	Bacha Diani Renard Le Sommer Périsset Geyoro Karchaoui Lakrar Dali Bècho	Durand		Quarter-finals	12 August 2023 Brisbane (Lang Park)	^[12]

Notes

^ No extra time was played before proceeding to a penalty shoot-out.^[2]

Statistics

Key

† = shoot-out in the Women's World Cup final
Bold = won championship that year

Shoot-out records

Most shoot-outs in a tournament

3 - 2011, 2023

Fewest shoot-outs in a tournament

0 - 1991, 2003, 2007

Most played shoot-out

1 - 11 matches

Most penalties in a shoot-out

20 - Australia vs France (2023)

Fewest penalties in a shoot-out

7 - Norway vs Australia (2019)

Fewest scores in a shoot-out

4 - Japan vs United States (2011†)

Most misses in a shoot-out

7 - Australia vs France (2023)

Most consecutive misses in a shoot-out

4 – Sweden vs United States (2023)

Most scored in a shoot-out

13 - Australia vs France (2023)

Most consecutive scored in a shoot-out

9 – Germany vs France (2015)

Team records

Most played

4 - United States (1999, 2011(x2), 2023)

Most played in one tournament

2 - United States (2011) 1/1

Most won

2 - United States (1999†, 2011)

Most lost

2 - United States (2011†, 2023)
2 - France (2015, 2023)

Most consecutive wins

2 - United States (1999†, 2011)

Most consecutive losses

2 - United States (2011†, 2023)
2 - France (2015, 2023)

Most won without ever losing

1 - Germany (2015)
1 - Japan (2011†)

Most lost without ever winning

1 - Nigeria (2023)

Most knockout matches played, never playing a shoot-out

7 - Netherlands (2015, 2019×4, 2023×2)

Won shoot-out and eventually won the cup

United States (1999†)
Japan (2011†)

Won the cup without having to play any shoot-outs

United States (1991, 2015, 2019)
Norway (1995)
Germany (2003, 2007)
Spain (2023)

Taker records

Most participations in shoot-outs

2 – Sun Wen (1995, 1999†)
2 – Xie Huilin (1995, 1999†)
2 – Shannon Boxx (2011 (×2)†)
2 – Carli Lloyd (2011 (×2)†)
2 – Abby Wambach (2011 (×2)†)
2 – Camille Abily (2011, 2015)
2 – Gaëtane Thiney (2011, 2015)
2 – Megan Rapinoe (2011†, 2023)
2 – Eugénie Le Sommer (2011, 2023)
2 – Wendie Renard (2015, 2023)
2 – Steph Catley (2019, 2023)
2 – Sam Kerr (2019, 2023)

Most penalties scored

2 – Sun Wen (1995, 1999†)
2 – Xie Huilin (1995, 1999†)
2 – Abby Wambach (2011 (×2)†)
2 – Gaëtane Thiney (2011, 2015)
2 – Eugénie Le Sommer (2011, 2023)
2 – Wendie Renard (2015, 2023)

Most penalties scored in one tournament

2 – Abby Wambach (2011†)

Goalkeeper records

Most participations in shoot-outs

2 – Gao Hong (1995, 1999†)
2 – Hope Solo (2011 (×2))

Most penalties taken against

Most penalties scored against

8 – Gao Hong

Most penalties missed against^[a]

4 – Mackenzie Arnold

Most penalties missed against in one shoot-out

4 – Mackenzie Arnold

By team

Penalty shoot-out statistics by team
Team	Played	Win	Loss	% Win	Win Year	Loss Year	S	A	S %
United States	4	2	2	50%	1999†, 2011	2011†, 2023	15	21	71%
France	3	1	2	33%	2011	2015, 2023	14	20	70%
China	2	1	1	50%	1995	1999†	8	10	80%
Brazil	2	1	1	50%	1999	2011	8	10	80%
Norway	2	1	1	50%	2019	1999	8	10	80%
England	2	1	1	50%	2023	2011	7	10	70%
Sweden	2	1	1	50%	2023	1995	8	12	67%
Australia	2	1	1	50%	2023	2019	8	13	61%
Germany	1	1	0	100%	2015	-	5	5	100%
Japan	1	1	0	100%	2011†	-	3	4	75%
Nigeria	1	0	1	0%	-	2023	2	4	50%

By tournament

Penalty shoot-outs by tournaments
Year	Teams	Knock-out matches	Matches with extra time	Penalty shoot-outs	Percentage of extra time matches	Percentage of matches with penalties	Penalties scored	Penalty attempts	Penalty score rate
1991	12	8	2	0	25.0%	0.0%	-	-	-
1995	12	8	1	1	12.5%	12.5%	7	10	70.0%
1999	16	8	2^[b]	2	25%	25%	18	22	81.8%
2003	16	8	1	0	12.5%	0.0%	-	-	-
2007	16	8	0	0	0.0%	0.0%	-	-	-
2011	16	8	4	3	50%	37.5%	19	27	70.0%
2015	24	16	2	1	12.5%	6.2%	9	10	90.0%
2019	24	16	3	1	18.8%	6.2%	5	7	71.4%
2023	32	16	4	3	25.0%	18.8%	28	43	65.1%
Total		96	19	11	19.8%	11.5%	86	119	72.2%

Notes

^ Includes saves, shots onto the bar, and shots wide.
^ No extra time was played in Third place play-off before proceeding to a penalty shoot-out.^[13]

References

^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995 ™ - Matches - Sweden-China". FIFA.com. 1995-06-13. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
^ Dillman, Lisa (11 July 1999). "Brazil Takes a Shortcut to Third". Los Angeles Times. p. B6. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 ™ - Matches - Brazil-Norway". FIFA.com. 1999-07-10. Archived from the original on June 15, 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
^ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 ™ - Matches - USA-China". FIFA.com. 1999-07-10. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 ™ - Matches - England-France". FIFA.com. 2011-07-09. Archived from the original on July 12, 2011. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 ™ - Matches - Brazil-USA". FIFA.com. 2011-07-10. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 ™ - Matches - Japan-USA". FIFA.com. 2011-07-17. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™ - Matches - Germany-France". FIFA.com. 2015-06-26. Archived from the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 ™ - Matches - Norway-Australia". FIFA.com. 2019-06-22. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
^ "FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 ™ - Matches - Sweden - USA". FIFA.com. 2023-08-06. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
^ "FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 ™ - Matches - England - Nigeria". FIFA.com. 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
^ "FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 ™ - Matches - Australia - France". FIFA.com. 2023-08-12. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
^ Dillman, Lisa (11 July 1999). "Brazil Takes a Shortcut to Third". Los Angeles Times. p. B6. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[3] No extra time was played before proceeding to a penalty shoot-out.^[2]

[14] Includes saves, shots onto the bar, and shots wide.

[16] No extra time was played in Third place play-off before proceeding to a penalty shoot-out.^[13]

[1] "FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995 ™ - Matches - Sweden-China". FIFA.com. 1995-06-13. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-10.

[2] Dillman, Lisa (11 July 1999). "Brazil Takes a Shortcut to Third". Los Angeles Times. p. B6. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[4] "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 ™ - Matches - Brazil-Norway". FIFA.com. 1999-07-10. Archived from the original on June 15, 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-10.

[5] "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 ™ - Matches - USA-China". FIFA.com. 1999-07-10. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-10.

[6] "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 ™ - Matches - England-France". FIFA.com. 2011-07-09. Archived from the original on July 12, 2011. Retrieved 2019-07-10.

[7] "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 ™ - Matches - Brazil-USA". FIFA.com. 2011-07-10. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved 2019-07-10.

[8] "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 ™ - Matches - Japan-USA". FIFA.com. 2011-07-17. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved 2019-07-10.

[9] "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™ - Matches - Germany-France". FIFA.com. 2015-06-26. Archived from the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-10.

[10] "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 ™ - Matches - Norway-Australia". FIFA.com. 2019-06-22. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-10.

[11] "FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 ™ - Matches - Sweden - USA". FIFA.com. 2023-08-06. Retrieved 2023-08-06.

[12] "FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 ™ - Matches - England - Nigeria". FIFA.com. 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2023-08-07.

[13] "FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 ™ - Matches - Australia - France". FIFA.com. 2023-08-12. Retrieved 2023-08-12.

[15] Dillman, Lisa (11 July 1999). "Brazil Takes a Shortcut to Third". Los Angeles Times. p. B6. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

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