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FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 facts, statistics
Spain beat England 1-0 in the FIFA Women’s World Cup final in Sydney on Sunday to win their first title. Following are some facts and statistics from the ninth edition of the tournament, which was co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand:
Number of matches: 64
Number of teams: 32
Venues: 10, in nine host cities
Goals scored: 164, highest at any edition of the World Cup
Penalties taken: 27, excluding shootouts
Top scorer: Hinata Miyazawa of Japan (five goals)
Fastest goal: after 68 seconds, scored by Panama’s Marta Cox against France in the group stage
Highest scoring team: Spain (18 goals)
Biggest win: Netherlands 7-0 Vietnam in the group stage
Youngest player: Casey Phair of South Korea, at 16 years and 26 days, the youngest ever in the history of the tournament
Winning team’s prize money: $4.29 million
Total prize money: $110 million
Highest match attendance: 75,784 for four games at full capacity at Stadium Australia in Sydney
Total attendance: 1,978,274
Average attendance: 30,911 (more than 9,000 above the average for the 2019 edition in France, which had 24 teams participating)
