This article lists all international competitions in
women's football (soccer)
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. The competitions included are for national teams as well as club sides. Competitions past and present are included. Some competitions may not be directly run by the governing body for the region.
For domestic competitions see the article ''
Women's football around the world
The following article gives a list of women's association football confederations, sub-confederations and associations around the world.
For international competitions see the article '' International competitions in women's football''.
By cont ...
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The inaugural
FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior list of women's national association football teams, women's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Footb ...
tournament was held in November 1991
after the experimental
FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament in 1988 inspired in three classic Women's competitions in the 70's and 80's:
FIEFF Women's World Cup organized by FIEFF the 1st World Women's Football Governing Body and the invitational tournaments such as
Women's World Invitational Tournament and
International Ladies Football Festival.
Women's Competitions
See also
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List of association football competitions
This is a list of the association football competitions past and present for international teams and for club football, in individual countries and internationally. Confirmed future competitions are also included.
The competitions are groupe ...
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List of women's association football clubs
This is a partial list of women's association football club teams from all over the world sorted by the confederation, association and league they reside in.
Some clubs do not play in the league of the country in which they are located, but in a ...
References
{{International women's club football
External links
FIFA official websiteGlobal Sports Archive - results from various countries, etc.The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
Women
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