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

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

= scored penalty ending the shoot-out
= missed penalty ending the shoot-out

= 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	Loser		Winning team		Losing team		Year	Round	Date & Venue
№	Winner	Loser			Takers	Takers		Year	Round	Date & Venue
.	data-sort-value=""	1–1	1–2	5–5	Gao Hong		Andersson Videkull Pohjanen Sundhage	Leidinge	1995, Sweden	Quarter-finals	Helsingborg (Olympia)	^[1]
.	data-sort-value=""	0–0	1–2	6–6	Maravilha	Pretinha Cidinha Kátia Maicon Nenê ----		Nordby	1999, United States	Third place play-off	Pasadena (Rose Bowl)	^[2]
.	data-sort-value=""	0–0	0–1	5–5	Scurry	Overbeck Fawcett Lilly Hamm		Gao Hong	1999, United States	Final	Pasadena (Rose Bowl)	^[3]
.	data-sort-value=""	1–1	1–2	5–5	Deville		K. Smith Carney Stoney Rafferty	Bardsley	2011, Germany	Quarter-finals	Leverkusen (BayArena)	^[4]
.	data-sort-value=""	2–2	0–1	5–4	Solo	Lloyd Wambach Rapinoe		Andréia		Quarter-finals	Dresden (Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion)	^[5]
.	data-sort-value=""	2–2	1–3	4–4	Kaihori	Miyama Nagasato Sakaguchi		Solo		Final	Frankfurt (Waldstadion)	^[6]
.	data-sort-value=""	1–1	0–1	5–5	Angerer		Thiney Abily Nécib Renard	Bouhaddi	2015, Canada	Quarter-finals	Montreal (Olympic Stadium)	^[7]
.	data-sort-value=""	1–1	0–2	4–3	Hjelmseth	Reiten Mjelde		Williams	2019, France	Round of 16	Nice (Allianz Riviera)	^[8]
.	data-sort-value=""	0–0	2–3	7–7	Mušović	Rolfö Rubensson Björn Blomqvist Bennison ----Eriksson		Naeher	2023, Australia / New Zealand	Round of 16	Melbourne (Melbourne Rectangular Stadium)	^[9]
.	data-sort-value=""	0–0	1–2	5–4	Earps	England Daly Greenwood		Nnadozie		Round of 16	Brisbane (Lang Park)	^[10]
.	data-sort-value=""	0–0	3–4	10–10	Arnold	Foord Catley Kerr Fowler Arnold ----Gorry Yallop Carpenter Hunt		Durand		Quarter-finals	Brisbane (Lang Park)	^[11]

Notes

Statistics

Shoot-out records

Most shoot-outs in a tournament

Fewest shoot-outs in a tournament

0 - 1991, 2003, 2007

Most played shoot-out

1 - 11 matches

Most penalties in a shoot-out

20 - vs (2023)

Fewest penalties in a shoot-out

7 - vs (2019)

Fewest scores in a shoot-out

4 - vs (2011†)

Most misses in a shoot-out

7 - vs (2023)

Most consecutive misses in a shoot-out

4 – vs (2023)

Most scored in a shoot-out

13 - vs (2023)

Most consecutive scored in a shoot-out

9 – vs (2015)

Team records

Most played

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

Most played in one tournament

2 - (2011) 1/1

Most won

2 - (1999†, 2011)

Most lost

2 - (2011†, 2023)
2 - (2015, 2023)

Most consecutive wins

2 - (1999†, 2011)

Most consecutive losses

2 - (2011†, 2023)
2 - (2015, 2023)

Most won without ever losing

1 - (2015)
1 - (2011†)

Most lost without ever winning

1 - (2023)

Most knockout matches played, never playing a shoot-out

7 - (2015, 2019×4, 2023×2)

Won shoot-out and eventually won the cup

(1999†)
(2011†)

Won the cup without having to play any shoot-outs

(1991, 2015, 2019)
(1995)
(2003, 2007)
(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

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!!!!!!
4	2	2	50%	1999†, 2011	2011†, 2023	15	21	71%
3	1	2	33%	2011	2015, 2023	14	20	70%
2	1	1	50%	1995	1999†	8	10	80%
2	1	1	50%	1999	2011	8	10	80%
2	1	1	50%	2019	1999	8	10	80%
2	1	1	50%	2023	2011	7	10	70%
2	1	1	50%	2023	1995	8	12	67%
2	1	1	50%	2023	2019	8	13	61%
1	1	0	100%	2015	-	5	5	100%
1	1	0	100%	2011†	-	3	4	75%
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	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 and References

Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995 ™ - Matches - Sweden-China. https://web.archive.org/web/20150702172101/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=4659/match=21921/index.html#nosticky . dead . July 2, 2015 . FIFA.com . 1995-06-13 . 2019-07-10.
Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 ™ - Matches - Brazil-Norway. https://web.archive.org/web/20150615235121/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=4652/match=22182/index.html#nosticky . dead . June 15, 2015 . FIFA.com . 1999-07-10 . 2019-07-10.
Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 ™ - Matches - USA-China. https://web.archive.org/web/20150614034247/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=4653/match=22183/index.html#nosticky. dead. June 14, 2015. FIFA.com . 1999-07-10 . 2019-07-10.
Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 ™ - Matches - England-France. https://web.archive.org/web/20110712025247/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=255995/match=300144433/index.html#nosticky . dead . July 12, 2011 . FIFA.com . 2011-07-09 . 2019-07-10.
Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 ™ - Matches - Brazil-USA. https://web.archive.org/web/20110711153802/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=255995/match=300144440/index.html#nosticky . dead . July 11, 2011 . FIFA.com . 2011-07-10 . 2019-07-10.
Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 ™ - Matches - Japan-USA. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716211155/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=255989/match=300144437/index.html#nosticky . dead . July 16, 2011 . FIFA.com . 2011-07-17 . 2019-07-10.
Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™ - Matches - Germany-France. https://web.archive.org/web/20150622044657/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=268018/match=300269498/index.html#nosticky . dead . June 22, 2015 . FIFA.com . 2015-06-26 . 2019-07-10.
Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 ™ - Matches - Norway-Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20190607155702/https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/match/300438247/#match-liveblog . dead . June 7, 2019 . FIFA.com . 2019-06-22 . 2019-07-10.
Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 ™ - Matches - Sweden - USA . FIFA.com . 2023-08-06 . 2023-08-06.
Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 ™ - Matches - England - Nigeria. FIFA.com . 2023-08-07 . 2023-08-07 .
Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 ™ - Matches - Australia - France . FIFA.com . 2023-08-12 . 2023-08-12.