FIFA Women's World Cup awards

There are currently five post-tournament awards from the technical study group:

• the Golden Ball for the best overall player of the tournament (first awarded in 1991);
• the Golden Boot (formerly known as the Golden Shoe) for the top goalscorer of the tournament (first awarded in 1991);
• the Golden Glove (formerly known as the Best Goalkeeper) for the best goalkeeper of the tournament (first awarded in 2003);
• the FIFA Young Player Award for the best player of the tournament under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year (first awarded in 2011);
• the FIFA Fair Play Award for the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament (first awarded in 1991).

There is currently one award given during the tournament:

• the Player of the Match award for outstanding performance by a player during each match of the tournament (first awarded in 2003).

There is currently one award voted on by fans after the conclusion of the tournament:

• the Goal of the Tournament for the fans' best goal scored during the tournament (first awarded in 2007).

The following five awards are no longer given:

• the All-Star Squad for the best squad of players of the tournament (chosen by the technical study group, awarded from 1999 to 2015);
• the Most Entertaining Team for the team that entertained the fans the most during the tournament (voted on by fans after the conclusion of the tournament, awarded in 2003 and 2007);
• the FANtasy All-Star Team for the fans' best eleven-player line-up of the tournament (voted on by fans after the conclusion of the tournament, awarded in 2003);
• the Dream Team for the fans' best manager and eleven-player line-up of the tournament (voted on by fans after the conclusion of the tournament, awarded in 2015);
• the Players Who Dared to Shine for ten key players of the tournament who "dared to shine" (chosen by the technical study group, awarded in 2019).

The Golden Ball award is presented to the best player at each FIFA World Cup final, with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner voted for by representatives of the media. Those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.[2]

World Cup	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
1991 China	Carin Jennings	Michelle Akers	Linda Medalen
1995 Sweden	Hege Riise	Gro Espeseth	Ann Kristin Aarønes
1999 United States	Sun Wen	Sissi	Michelle Akers
2003 United States	Birgit Prinz	Victoria Svensson	Maren Meinert
2007 China	Marta	Birgit Prinz	Cristiane
2011 Germany	Homare Sawa	Abby Wambach	Hope Solo
2015 Canada	Carli Lloyd	Amandine Henry	Aya Miyama
2019 France	Megan Rapinoe	Lucy Bronze	Rose Lavelle

The Golden Boot Award goes to the top goalscorer of the FIFA World Cup. It was introduced as the Golden Shoe at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup and renamed to Golden Boot in 2011.[3]

If more than one player finishes the tournament with the same number of goals, the tie goes to the player who has contributed the most assists (with the FIFA Technical Study Group deciding whether an assist is to be counted as such). If there is still a tie, the award goes to the player who has played the least amount of time (most goals per minute).[3]

Silver and Bronze Boots are awarded to the second- and third-placed players.[3]

World Cup	Golden Boot	Goals	Silver Boot	Goals	Bronze Boot	Goals
1991 China	Michelle Akers	10	Heidi Mohr	7	Linda Medalen Carin Jennings	6
1995 Sweden	Ann Kristin Aarønes	6	Hege Riise	5	Shi Guihong	3
1999 United States	Sun Wen Sissi	7			Ann Kristin Aarønes	4
2003 United States	Birgit Prinz	7	Maren Meinert	4	Kátia	4
2007 China	Marta	7	Abby Wambach	6	Ragnhild Gulbrandsen	6
2011 Germany	Homare Sawa	5	Marta	4	Abby Wambach	4
2015 Canada	Célia Šašić	6	Carli Lloyd	6	Anja Mittag	5
2019 France	Megan Rapinoe	6	Alex Morgan	6	Ellen White	6

Since 2011, the Golden Glove Award recognizes the best goalkeeper of the tournament. In 2003 and 2007, a Best Goalkeeper award was given, and in 1999 two goalkeepers were named to an All-Star Team. The FIFA Technical Study Group recognises the top goalkeeper of the tournament based on the player's performance throughout the final competition.[4] Although goalkeepers have this specific award for their position, they are eligible for the Golden Ball as well.

World Cup	BG / Golden Glove Award
1999 United States	Gao Hong Briana Scurry
2003 United States	Silke Rottenberg
2007 China	Nadine Angerer
2011 Germany	Hope Solo
2015 Canada	Hope Solo
2019 France	Sari van Veenendaal

The FIFA Young Player Award is given to the best player in the tournament who is at most 21 years old. For the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup this meant that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January 1998. The FIFA Technical Study Group recognises the Best Young Player of the tournament based on the player's performances throughout the final competition.

World Cup	Best Young Player Award	Age
2011 Germany	Caitlin Foord	16
2015 Canada	Kadeisha Buchanan	19
2019 France	Giulia Gwinn	20

The FIFA Fair Play Trophy is given to the team with the best record of fair play during the World Cup final tournament. Only teams that qualified for the second round are considered. The winners of this award earn the FIFA Fair Play Trophy, a diploma, a fair play medal for each player and official, and $50,000 worth of football equipment to be used for youth development.

World Cup	FIFA Fair Play Trophy Winners
1991 China	Germany
1995 Sweden	Sweden
1999 United States	China PR
2003 United States	China PR
2007 China	Norway
2011 Germany	Japan
2015 Canada	France
2019 France	France

The player of the match award picks the outstanding player in every match of the tournament since 2003. While the awards from 2003 to 2015 were chosen by the technical study group,[5][6][7][8] from 2019 the winner has been chosen through an online poll on FIFA's website.[9]

POTM award winners in the final

World Cup Final	Player
2003 United States	Bettina Wiegmann
2007 China	Nadine Angerer
2011 Germany	Ayumi Kaihori
2015 Canada	Carli Lloyd
2019 France	Megan Rapinoe

• List of sports awards honoring women
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• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
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