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The U.S. Has Four Cup Wins, One Second-Place, Three Third-Place

Women?s soccer madness will rock the world Down Under from July 20 to August 20 and just like the men?s cup in Qatar last fall, this tournament will for the first time feature teams from 32 countries.

Other firsts: two host countries, Australia and New Zealand, and a women?s tournament in the Southern Hemisphere. The men?s cup in 2026 will have three hosts: Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Just like the men?s, the women?s cup will have 32 teams (up from 24 in the last World Cup in 2019) spread across eight groups of four teams. The four teams in each group play each of the other three teams once and the two with the best record (or tie-breaking stats) move on.

Of the eight previous World Cups, the United States has won four, Germany two, Japan one, and Norway one.

Continue reading?to learn more about:?

• Past Women?s World Cup winners?
• Stats by country in the Census Bureau's International Database
• Women?s World Cup soccer fun facts

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