// FOOTBALL / WOMEN'S WORLD CUP / 2011
2011
FIFA Women's World Cup
GERMANY
16 TEAMSCOMPLETE
CHAMPIONS
JPN
JAPAN
FINAL
2–2 (3–1 pens)
RUNNERS-UP
USA
UNITED STATES
THE STORY
Japan's win came four months after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
TOP SCORER / STANDOUT
Homare Sawa (5)