The history of the FIFA Women’s World Cup is rather short. The tournament started in 1991, which could be considered quite recent when factoring in that the men’s version dates all the way back to 1930.
But there’s something else about the WWC that’s short: the list of contenders for the championship trophy.
Since the start of the women’s tournament, only four countries have regularly appeared in the World Cup final to vie for a title: the United States, Germany, Norway and Japan. The U.S. and Germany have combined for five of the seven championships, withe the Americans winning three.