List of FIFA Women's World Cup penalty shoot-outs

This is a list of all penalty shoot-outs that have occurred in the Finals tournament of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Twice, in 1999 and 2011, the World Cup title has been decided by a penalty shoot-out. Of the 11 shoot-outs that have taken place in the competition, three reached the sudden death stage after still being tied at the end of "best of five kicks". Of these, two of the most recent (at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup) were the longest shoot-outs in either women's or men's World Cup history.

Penalty shoot-outs

 * Key


 * ✅ = scored penalty
 * ❌ = missed penalty


 * golden background = scored penalty ending the shoot-out
 * red background = missed penalty ending the shoot-out


 * grey background = first penalty in the shoot-out
 * horizontal line within a list of takers = beginning of the sudden death stage

Notes

Statistics

 * Key
 * † = shoot-out in the Women's World Cup final
 * Bold = won championship that year

Shoot-out records

 * Most shoot-outs in a tournament
 * 3 - 2011, 2023


 * Fewest shoot-outs in a tournament
 * 0 - 1991, 2003, 2007


 * Most played shoot-out
 * 1 - 11 matches


 * Most penalties in a shoot-out
 * 20 -  vs  (2023)


 * Fewest penalties in a shoot-out
 * 7 - vs  (2019)


 * Fewest scores in a shoot-out
 * 4 - vs  (2011†)


 * Most misses in a shoot-out
 * 7 - vs  (2023)


 * Most consecutive misses in a shoot-out
 * 4 – vs  (2023)


 * Most scored in a shoot-out
 * 13 - vs  (2023)


 * Most consecutive scored in a shoot-out
 * 9 – 🇩🇪 germany vs 🇫🇷 france (2015)

Team records

 * Most played
 * 4 - (1999, 2011(x2), 2023)


 * Most played in one tournament
 * 2 - (2011)  1/1


 * Most won
 * 2 - (1999†, 2011)


 * Most lost
 * 2 - (2011†, 2023)
 * 2 - (2015, 2023)


 * Most consecutive wins
 * 2 - (1999†, 2011)


 * Most consecutive losses
 * 2 - (2011†, 2023)
 * 2 - (2015, 2023)


 * Most won without ever losing
 * 1 - (2015)
 * 1 - (2011†)


 * Most lost without ever winning
 * 1 - (2023)


 * Most knockout matches played, never playing a shoot-out
 * 7 - (2015, 2019×4, 2023×2)


 * Won shoot-out and eventually won the cup
 * (1999†)
 * (2011†)


 * Won the cup without having to play any shoot-outs
 * (1991, 2015, 2019)
 * (1995)
 * (2003, 2007)
 * (2023)

Taker records

 * Most participations in shoot-outs
 * 2 – 🇨🇳 Sun Wen (1995, 1999†)
 * 2 – 🇨🇳 Xie Huilin (1995, 1999†)
 * 2 – 🇺🇸 Shannon Boxx (2011 (×2)†)
 * 2 – 🇺🇸 Carli Lloyd (2011 (×2)†)
 * 2 – 🇺🇸 Abby Wambach (2011 (×2)†)
 * 2 – 🇫🇷 Camille Abily (2011, 2015)
 * 2 – 🇫🇷 Gaëtane Thiney (2011, 2015)
 * 2 – 🇺🇸 Megan Rapinoe (2011†, 2023)
 * 2 – 🇫🇷 Eugénie Le Sommer (2011, 2023)
 * 2 – 🇫🇷 Wendie Renard (2015, 2023)
 * 2 – 🇦🇺 Steph Catley (2019, 2023)
 * 2 – 🇦🇺 Sam Kerr (2019, 2023)


 * Most penalties scored
 * 2 – 🇨🇳 Sun Wen (1995, 1999†)
 * 2 – 🇨🇳 Xie Huilin (1995, 1999†)
 * 2 – 🇺🇸 Abby Wambach (2011 (×2)†)
 * 2 – 🇫🇷 Gaëtane Thiney (2011, 2015)
 * 2 – 🇫🇷 Eugénie Le Sommer (2011, 2023)
 * 2 – 🇫🇷 Wendie Renard (2015, 2023)


 * Most penalties scored in one tournament
 * 2 – 🇺🇸 Abby Wambach (2011†)

Goalkeeper records

 * Most participations in shoot-outs
 * 2 – 🇨🇳 Gao Hong (1995, 1999†)
 * 2 – 🇺🇸 Hope Solo (2011 (×2))


 * Most penalties taken against
 * 10 – 🇨🇳 Gao Hong
 * 10 – 🇦🇺 Mackenzie Arnold
 * 10 – 🇫🇷 Solène Durand


 * Most penalties scored against
 * 8 – 🇨🇳 Gao Hong


 * Most penalties missed against
 * 4 – 🇦🇺 Mackenzie Arnold


 * Most penalties missed against in one shoot-out
 * 4 – 🇦🇺 Mackenzie Arnold