– Spain is the fifth country to win the Women’s World Cup after USA, Germany, Norway and Japan.
– After Germany, Spain is the second country to win both men’s and women’s outright world titles.
– Spain became the first country to win the Under-20 and Under-17 women’s titles at the same time. Japan is another to achieve this, but not all three at the same time (outright champions in 2011, U20s in 2018 and U17s in 2014).
– Salma Paralulolo is the first player to win the complete Under-20 (in 2022) and Under-17 (in 2018) World Cup.
– Spain became the second team to lose a match during the tournament and win the title (lost 4-0 to Japan). In 2011, Japan defeated England 2-0 in the group stage to win the title.
– In the final, Spain kept a clean sheet for the first time in the direct knockout stage.
– Jenny Hermoso is the second player to miss a penalty during the finals (excluding shootouts). Brazilian Marta’s first against Germany in 2007 when his shot was saved by Nadine Angerer.
– During the World Cup, 27 penalties were called, 20 of which were converted, more than in any other final. The previous record was 26 in the France 2019 edition (18 converted and eight lost).
– Hinata Miyazawa (5 goals) is the second Japanese player to win the Golden Boot for top scorer after Homere Sawa, who scored five goals in 2011.
– Spain’s Aidana Bonmetti is the third European player to win the Ballon d’Or after Brigitte Prins (Germany, 2003) and Hege Reiss (Norway, 1995).
– 164 goals have been scored, taking the tally to 1,081 in the competition’s history. The previous record was 146 in Canada 2015 and France 2019.
– The stretches between 16-30 minutes, 28, and 61-75, 27, are the phases of matches where the most goals are scored.
– Public attendance at stadiums in Australia and New Zealand was 1,978,274 spectators, an average of 30,911.
– Spain have won the most matches, six, to one defeat, compared to five defeats for England and Sweden. Ireland, Argentina, South Korea, Haiti, Costa Rica, Panama and Vietnam went out without a win. France, USA and Nigeria went out undefeated.
– Spain are the top scorers at the World Cup with 18 goals, three more than Japan. Sweden is third with 14 runs. Vietnam and Haiti were the only ones not to score.
– USA conceded just one goal in their four games, losing in the Round of 16, as did Jamaica, who were eliminated in the same round. Both Portugal and New Zealand, who were knocked out in the group stage, also found the back of the net once. On the opposite side, Vietnam surrendered twelve.
– Spain, the most, is a team that has shot 134 times, 48 of them on target, leading the table. Likewise, it commands the list of completed passes with 4,426 and 3,723, ahead of England in both cases (3,783-3,194).
– Australia have kept clean sheets in four matches.
– Had a total of eight own goals. Morocco scored the most goals, scoring twice against Germany.
– Only Brazil’s Arie Borges, Norway’s Sophie Roman Haag and France’s Caditiado Tiani have scored a hat-trick during the tournament.
– Japan’s Mina Tanaka, England’s Lauren James and France’s Caditiado Tiani lead the assists table with three.
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