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'''Kateryna Volodymyrivna Monzul''' ({{lang-uk|Катерина Володимирівна Монзуль}}; born 5 July 1981) is a [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] [[Association football|football]] [[Referee (association football)|referee]].
'''Kateryna Volodymyrivna Monzul''' ({{langx|uk|Катерина Володимирівна Монзуль}}; born 5 July 1981) is a Ukrainian [[Association football|football]] [[Referee (association football)|referee]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Monzul is {{height|cm=167}} tall, speaks fluent [[English (language)|English]], and has a degree in [[architecture]] and [[town planning]] from [[Kharkiv National Academy of Urban Economy]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sobesednik.ru/sport/pervaya-devushka-arbitr-obstavila-muzhchin|title=Первая девушка-арбитр обставила мужчин|last1=Murzina|first1=Elena|date=23 January 2012|access-date=18 April 2015|publisher=Sobesednik|language=ru}}</ref> She took charge of her first international match in September 2005, [[Finland women's national football team|Finland]] versus [[Poland women's national football team|Poland]] in the [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup]] qualifiers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kateryna MONZUL|url=https://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/organisation/referees/referee=206270/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817130246/http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/organisation/referees/referee=206270/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 August 2014|publisher=[[FIFA]]|access-date=17 April 2015}}</ref> She first refereed in a final tournament at [[UEFA Women's Euro 2009]], while at the 2011 World Cup she served as a fourth official.
Monzul is {{height|cm=167}} tall, speaks fluent [[English language|English]], and has a degree in [[architecture]] and [[town planning]] from [[Kharkiv National Academy of Urban Economy]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sobesednik.ru/sport/pervaya-devushka-arbitr-obstavila-muzhchin|title=Первая девушка-арбитр обставила мужчин|last1=Murzina|first1=Elena|date=23 January 2012|access-date=18 April 2015|publisher=Sobesednik|language=ru}}</ref> She took charge of her first international match in September 2005, [[Finland women's national football team|Finland]] versus [[Poland women's national football team|Poland]] in the [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup]] qualifiers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kateryna MONZUL|url=https://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/organisation/referees/referee=206270/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817130246/http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/organisation/referees/referee=206270/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 August 2014|publisher=[[FIFA]]|access-date=17 April 2015}}</ref> She first refereed in a final tournament at [[UEFA Women's Euro 2009]], while at the 2011 World Cup she served as a fourth official.


The [[2013 UEFA Women's Euro]]'s [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]] versus [[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]] semifinal marked her first performance in a major nations tournament's final stages. The following year she refereed the [[2014 UEFA Women's Champions League Final]]. In 2014, she was voted second in the [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics]] (IFFHS) World's Best Woman Referee poll behind [[Bibiana Steinhaus]].<ref>{{cite web|title=THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN REFEREE 2014|url=http://www.iffhs.de/the-worlds-best-woman-referee-2014/|publisher=[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics]]|access-date=18 April 2015|date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
The [[2013 UEFA Women's Euro]]'s [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]] versus [[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]] semi-final marked her first performance in a major nations tournament's final stages. The following year she refereed the [[2014 UEFA Women's Champions League final]]. In 2014, she was voted second in the [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics]] (IFFHS) World's Best Woman Referee poll behind [[Bibiana Steinhaus]].<ref>{{cite web|title=THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN REFEREE 2014|url=http://www.iffhs.de/the-worlds-best-woman-referee-2014/|publisher=[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics]]|access-date=18 April 2015|date=6 January 2015}}</ref>


Monzul refereed the opening match of the [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup]], marking her debut in the competition as main referee, in which she awarded a controversial [[Overtime (sports)|injury time]] [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty kick]] to host nation [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada]] who scored to beat [[China women's national football team|China]] 1–0.<ref>{{cite news|title=Women's World Cup 2015: Controversial penalty gives Canada win|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33038725|access-date=7 June 2015|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=7 June 2015}}</ref> She also refereed [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final|the final]] on 5 July 2015 between the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] and [[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]. In 2015, she was named as the [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]] World's Best Woman Referee.<ref>{{cite news|title=THE WORLD’s BEST WOMAN REFEREE 2015|url=http://iffhs.de/worlds-best-woman-referee-2015/|access-date=9 January 2016|publisher=[[IFFHS]] Official Website|date=7 January 2016}}</ref>
Monzul refereed the opening match of the [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup]], marking her debut in the competition as main referee, in which she awarded a controversial [[Overtime (sports)|injury time]] [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty kick]] to host nation [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada]] who scored to beat [[China women's national football team|China]] 1–0.<ref>{{cite news|title=Women's World Cup 2015: Controversial penalty gives Canada win|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33038725|access-date=7 June 2015|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=7 June 2015}}</ref> She also refereed [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup final|the final]] on 5 July 2015 between the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] and [[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]. In 2015, she was named as the [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]] World's Best Woman Referee.<ref>{{cite news|title=THE WORLD’s BEST WOMAN REFEREE 2015|url=http://iffhs.de/worlds-best-woman-referee-2015/|access-date=9 January 2016|publisher=[[IFFHS]] Official Website|date=7 January 2016}}</ref>


On 3 April 2016, Monzul started working in the [[Ukrainian Premier League]], in a match between [[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]] and [[FC Volyn Lutsk|Volyn Lutsk]]. In doing so, she became the first female referee in the elite men's Ukrainian football division.<ref>{{cite news|title=Вперше в історії матч футбольного чемпіонату України судитиме жінка ("The first time a woman will referee a match of Ukrainian Premier League")|url=http://prosport.tsn.ua/sport/vpershe-v-istoriyi-match-futbolnogo-chempionatu-ukrayini-suditime-zhinka-620573.html|access-date=4 August 2016|publisher=[[Televiziyna Sluzhba Novyn|TSN]].ua|date=29 March 2016}}</ref>
On 3 April 2016, Monzul started working in the [[Ukrainian Premier League]], in a match between [[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]] and [[FC Volyn Lutsk|Volyn Lutsk]]. In doing so, she became the first female referee in the elite men's Ukrainian football division.<ref>{{cite news|title=Вперше в історії матч футбольного чемпіонату України судитиме жінка ("The first time a woman will referee a match of Ukrainian Premier League")|url=http://prosport.tsn.ua/sport/vpershe-v-istoriyi-match-futbolnogo-chempionatu-ukrayini-suditime-zhinka-620573.html|access-date=4 August 2016|publisher=[[Televiziyna Sluzhba Novyn|TSN]].ua|date=29 March 2016}}</ref>


In June 2017, Monzul was appointed to be an official at the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2017]] in the [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/protecting-the-game/refereeing/news/newsid=2481289.html?redirectFromOrg=true|title=Women's EURO referees - the tournament's 17th team|date=22 June 2017|website=UEFA.com|access-date=26 June 2019}}</ref>
In June 2017, Monzul was appointed to be an official at the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2017]] in the [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/protecting-the-game/refereeing/news/newsid=2481289.html?redirectFromOrg=true|title=Women's EURO referees - the tournament's 17th team|date=22 June 2017|website=UEFA.com|access-date=26 June 2019}}</ref>
[[File:Kateryna Monzul 20180407.jpg|thumb|240px|Kateryna Monzul during her warm-up before Germany vs Czech Republic (2018)]]
On 3 December 2018, it was announced that Monzul had been appointed to be a referee for the [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup]] in [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/match-officials-appointed-for-fifa-women-s-world-cup-france-2019tm|title=FIFA Women's World Cup 2019™ - News - Match officials appointed for FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref> After the conclusion of the round of 16, FIFA announced that Monzul was selected as one of 11 referees who would be assigned to matches during the final 8 matches of the tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2828b48446f280f9/original/b7h9pras9shxrwulsfux-pdf.pdf|title=Refereeing - Media briefing|date=26 June 2019|website=FIFA.com|access-date=26 June 2019}}</ref>


In November 2020, she officiated the [[UEFA Nations League]] match between [[San Marino national football team|San Marino]] and [[Gibraltar national football team|Gibraltar]] as part of the first all-female refereeing team to take charge of a senior men's international.<ref>[https://www.chronicle.gi/all-female-referee-team-to-officiate-gibraltar-match-against-san-marino/ All Female Referee Team to Officiate Gibraltar Match Against San Marino] Gibraltar Chronicle. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.</ref> In December 2020, Monzul, [[Maryna Striletska]] and [[Oleksandra Ardasheva]] became the first all-women's officiating team in a men's [[UEFA]] match when they took charge of a [[UEFA Europa League]] match between [[K.A.A. Gent]] and [[FC Slovan Liberec]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danieleproch/2022/09/29/ferrieri-caputi-makes-history-as-first-female-referee-in-italys-serie-a/?sh=304197a6592d| title=Ferrieri Caputi Makes History As First Female Referee In Italy's Serie A| publisher=[[Forbes.com]]| date=29 September 2022| accessdate=20 April 2023}}</ref>
On 3 December 2018, it was announced that Monzul had been appointed to be a referee for the [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup]] in [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/match-officials-appointed-for-fifa-women-s-world-cup-france-2019tm|title=FIFA Women's World Cup 2019™ - News - Match officials appointed for FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ - FIFA.com|last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref> After the conclusion of the round of 16, FIFA announced that Monzul was selected as one of 11 referees who would be assigned to matches during the final 8 matches of the tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2828b48446f280f9/original/b7h9pras9shxrwulsfux-pdf.pdf|title=Refereeing - Media briefing|date=26 June 2019|website=FIFA.com|access-date=26 June 2019}}</ref>


In February 2022 Monzul fled her home country of Ukraine after the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Kharkiv bunker to Wembley Stadium: Ukrainian Kateryna Monzul to referee Euro 2022 final |url=https://news.sky.com/story/from-kharkiv-bunker-to-wembley-stadium-ukrainian-kateryna-monzul-to-referee-euro-2022-final-12662650 |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>
In November 2020, she officiated the [[UEFA Nations League]] match between [[San Marino national football team|San Marino]] and [[Gibraltar national football team|Gibraltar]] as part of the first all-female refereeing team to take charge of a senior men's international.<ref>[https://www.chronicle.gi/all-female-referee-team-to-officiate-gibraltar-match-against-san-marino/ All Female Referee Team to Officiate Gibraltar Match Against San Marino] Gibraltar Chronicle. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.</ref>


On 31 July 2022 she refereed the [[Women's Euro Winners Cup|women’s euro]] final at [[Wembley Stadium]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-07-30 |title=Watch Euro 2022 final: England 0-0 Germany |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/58890160 |access-date=2022-07-31}}</ref>
On 31 July 2022, she refereed the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final|Women's Euro final]] at [[Wembley Stadium]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-07-30 |title=Watch Euro 2022 final: England 0-0 Germany |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/58890160 |access-date=2022-07-31}}</ref> The match was won by [[England women's national football team|England]], defeating [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]] 2-1 after extra time.

On 9 January 2023, FIFA appointed her to the officiating pool for the [[2023 FIFA Women's World Cup]] in Australia and New Zealand.<ref name="fifa-2023">{{Cite press release |date=9 January 2023 |title=Match officials appointed for FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ |publisher=[[FIFA]] |url=https://www.fifa.com/technical/refereeing/news/match-officials-appointed-for-fifa-womens-world-cup-australia-and-new |access-date=9 January 2023}}</ref>


==International competition record==
==International competition record==
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| {{flagicon|NED}} '''[[UEFA Women's Euro 2017|2017 UEFA Euro]]''' || '''[[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]]''' 1–0 '''[[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]]''' <br> [[Romania women's national football team|Romania]] 1–1 '''[[Portugal women's national football team|Portugal]]''' <small>([[extra time (association football)|aet]])</small> <br> {{0}} || '''[[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]]''' 1–0 [[Belgium women's national football team|Belgium]] <br> '''[[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]''' 2–1 [[Italy women's national football team|Italy]] <br> '''[[England women's national football team|England]]''' 2–1 [[Portugal women's national football team|Portugal]] || colspan=2| || '''[[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]]''' 0–0 [[Austria women's national football team|Austria]] (3–0 [[penalty shootout|p]] [[extra time (association football)|aet]]) <br> {{0}} <br> {{0}} ||
| {{flagicon|NED}} '''[[UEFA Women's Euro 2017|2017 UEFA Euro]]''' || '''[[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]]''' 1–0 '''[[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]]''' <br> [[Romania women's national football team|Romania]] 1–1 '''[[Portugal women's national football team|Portugal]]''' <small>([[extra time (association football)|aet]])</small> <br> {{0}} || '''[[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]]''' 1–0 [[Belgium women's national football team|Belgium]] <br> '''[[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]''' 2–1 [[Italy women's national football team|Italy]] <br> '''[[England women's national football team|England]]''' 2–1 [[Portugal women's national football team|Portugal]] || colspan=2| || '''[[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]]''' 0–0 [[Austria women's national football team|Austria]] (3–0 [[penalty shootout|p]] [[extra time (association football)|aet]]) <br> {{0}} <br> {{0}} ||
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup|2019 FIFA World Cup]]''' || [[Republic of Ireland women's national football team|Republic of Ireland]] 0–2 '''[[Norway women's national football team|Norway]]''' <br> '''[[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]''' 4–0 [[Czech Republic women's national football team|Czech Republic]] <br> '''[[Spain women's national football team|Spain]]''' 4–0 [[Austria women's national football team|Austria]] <br> '''[[Netherlands women's national football team|Netherlands]]''' 2–0 [[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]] || '''[[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]''' 1–0 '''[[Spain women's national football team|Spain]]''' <br> '''[[Cameroon women's national football team|Cameroon]]''' 2–1 [[New Zealand women's national football team|New Zealand]] <br> {{0}} <br> {{0}} || || [[France women's national football team|France]] 1–2 '''[[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]''' <br> {{0}} <br> {{0}} <br> {{0}} || colspan=2 |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup|2019 FIFA World Cup]]''' || [[Republic of Ireland women's national football team|Republic of Ireland]] 0–2 '''[[Norway women's national football team|Norway]]''' <br> '''[[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]''' 4–0 [[Czech Republic women's national football team|Czech Republic]] <br> '''[[Spain women's national football team|Spain]]''' 4–0 [[Austria women's national football team|Austria]] <br> '''[[Netherlands women's national football team|Netherlands]]''' 2–0 [[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]] <br> [[Panama women's national football team|Panama]] 1–1 '''[[Argentina women's national football team|Argentina]]''' || '''[[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]''' 1–0 '''[[Spain women's national football team|Spain]]''' <br> '''[[Cameroon women's national football team|Cameroon]]''' 2–1 [[New Zealand women's national football team|New Zealand]] <br> {{0}} <br> {{0}} || || [[France women's national football team|France]] 1–2 '''[[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]''' <br> {{0}} <br> {{0}} <br> {{0}} || colspan=2 |
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[UEFA Women's Euro 2022|2022 UEFA Euro]]''' || '''[[Finland women's national football team|Finland]]''' 1–0 '''[[Portugal women's national football team|Portugal]]''' <br> {{0}} || '''[[Spain women's national football team|Spain]]''' 4–1 [[Finland women's national football team|Finland]] <br> '''[[Austria women's national football team|Austria]]''' 1–0 [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]] || || '''[[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]]''' 1–0 [[Belgium women's national football team|Belgium]] <br> {{0}} || || '''[[England women's national football team|England]]''' 2–1 [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]] <small>([[extra time (association football)|aet]])</small> <br> {{0}}
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|{{flagicon|AUS}}{{flagicon|NZL}} '''[[2023 FIFA Women's World Cup|2023 FIFA World Cup]]''' ||
'''[[England women's national football team|England]]''' 1–0 [[Austria women's national football team|Austria]] <br>
[[Wales women's national football team|Wales]] 0–0 [[Slovenia women's national football team|Slovenia]] <br>
'''[[Portugal women's national football team|Portugal]]''' 2–1 [[Belgium women's national football team|Belgium]] <br>
[[Senegal women's national football team|Senegal]] 0–4 '''[[Haiti women's national football team|Haiti]]''' <br>
[[Paraguay women's national football team|Paraguay]] 0–1 '''[[Panama women's national football team|Panama]]'''
||'''[[Netherlands women's national football team|Netherlands]]''' 1–0 [[Portugal women's national football team|Portugal]] <br>
[[Panama women's national football team|Panama]] 0–1 '''[[Jamaica women's national football team|Jamaica]]'''
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Latest revision as of 08:29, 26 October 2024

Kateryna Monzul
Катерина Монзуль
Full name Kateryna Volodymyrivna Monzul
Born (1981-07-05) 5 July 1981 (age 43)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Domestic
Years League Role
2011– Ukrainian First League Referee
2016– Ukrainian Premier League Referee
International
Years League Role
2004– FIFA listed Referee

Kateryna Volodymyrivna Monzul (Ukrainian: Катерина Володимирівна Монзуль; born 5 July 1981) is a Ukrainian football referee.

Biography

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Monzul is 167 cm (5 ft 5+12 in) tall, speaks fluent English, and has a degree in architecture and town planning from Kharkiv National Academy of Urban Economy.[1] She took charge of her first international match in September 2005, Finland versus Poland in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers.[2] She first refereed in a final tournament at UEFA Women's Euro 2009, while at the 2011 World Cup she served as a fourth official.

The 2013 UEFA Women's Euro's Norway versus Denmark semi-final marked her first performance in a major nations tournament's final stages. The following year she refereed the 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League final. In 2014, she was voted second in the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) World's Best Woman Referee poll behind Bibiana Steinhaus.[3]

Monzul refereed the opening match of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, marking her debut in the competition as main referee, in which she awarded a controversial injury time penalty kick to host nation Canada who scored to beat China 1–0.[4] She also refereed the final on 5 July 2015 between the United States and Japan. In 2015, she was named as the IFFHS World's Best Woman Referee.[5]

On 3 April 2016, Monzul started working in the Ukrainian Premier League, in a match between Chornomorets Odesa and Volyn Lutsk. In doing so, she became the first female referee in the elite men's Ukrainian football division.[6]

In June 2017, Monzul was appointed to be an official at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.[7]

Kateryna Monzul during her warm-up before Germany vs Czech Republic (2018)

On 3 December 2018, it was announced that Monzul had been appointed to be a referee for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.[8] After the conclusion of the round of 16, FIFA announced that Monzul was selected as one of 11 referees who would be assigned to matches during the final 8 matches of the tournament.[9]

In November 2020, she officiated the UEFA Nations League match between San Marino and Gibraltar as part of the first all-female refereeing team to take charge of a senior men's international.[10] In December 2020, Monzul, Maryna Striletska and Oleksandra Ardasheva became the first all-women's officiating team in a men's UEFA match when they took charge of a UEFA Europa League match between K.A.A. Gent and FC Slovan Liberec.[11]

In February 2022 Monzul fled her home country of Ukraine after the Russian invasion.[12]

On 31 July 2022, she refereed the Women's Euro final at Wembley Stadium.[13] The match was won by England, defeating Germany 2-1 after extra time.

On 9 January 2023, FIFA appointed her to the officiating pool for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.[14]

International competition record

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  • Teams in bold progressed past the stage
Women's national teams
Competition Qualifiers Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
China 2007 FIFA World Cup Finland 3–1 Poland
Belarus 1–2 Iceland
Finland 2009 UEFA Euro Serbia 0–8 France
Austria 0–4 Norway
Italy 3–0 Hungary
Germany 5–1 France
Sweden 1–1 England
Germany 2011 FIFA World Cup Israel 1–2 Switzerland
Finland 4–1 Portugal
France 0–0 Italy
Italy 1–0 Switzerland
Sweden 2013 UEFA Euro Belgium 0–1 Norway
Spain 2–2 Germany
Czech Republic 0–2 Denmark
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0–2 Poland
Spain 3–2 England
Denmark 1–1 Finland

Norway 1–1 Denmark (4–2 p aet)


Canada 2015 FIFA World Cup Sweden 2–0 Poland
Spain 2–0 Italy
Netherlands 1–1 Belgium
Switzerland 3–0 Iceland
Austria 3–1 Finland
Germany 2–0 Republic of Ireland
Scotland 1–2 Netherlands
Canada 1–0 China PR
United States 1–0 Nigeria




Japan 1–0 Australia





United States 5–2 Japan





Netherlands 2017 UEFA Euro Sweden 1–0 Denmark
Romania 1–1 Portugal (aet)
Denmark 1–0 Belgium
Germany 2–1 Italy
England 2–1 Portugal
Denmark 0–0 Austria (3–0 p aet)

France 2019 FIFA World Cup Republic of Ireland 0–2 Norway
Germany 4–0 Czech Republic
Spain 4–0 Austria
Netherlands 2–0 Denmark
Panama 1–1 Argentina
Germany 1–0 Spain
Cameroon 2–1 New Zealand

France 1–2 United States


England 2022 UEFA Euro Finland 1–0 Portugal
Spain 4–1 Finland
Austria 1–0 Norway
Sweden 1–0 Belgium
England 2–1 Germany (aet)
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 FIFA World Cup

England 1–0 Austria
Wales 0–0 Slovenia
Portugal 2–1 Belgium
Senegal 0–4 Haiti
Paraguay 0–1 Panama

Netherlands 1–0 Portugal

Panama 0–1 Jamaica

Honours

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References

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Preceded by 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
Ukraine Kateryna Monzul
Succeeded by
Preceded by 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final
Ukraine Kateryna Monzul
Succeeded by