What is Women's association football?
[[File:FIFA Women&#039;s World Cup 2019 Final - Alex Morgan and Stefanie van der Gragt.jpg|[[Alex Morgan]] and [[Stefanie van der Gragt]] battle for the ball during the [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final|2019 Women's World Cup Final]] in [[Lyon]], [[France]]|thumb|250px|alt=]] '''Women's association football''', usually known as '''women's football''' or '''women's soccer''', is a [[team sport]]. It is the same thing as [[association football]] but is played by [[woman|women]] only. It is played at the [[women's professional sports|professional level]] in many countries throughout the world. 176 national teams participate internationally.<ref name=fifa_wr>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/women/index.html|title=The FIFA Women's World Ranking|publisher=FIFA|access-date=2020-03-14|archive-date=2014-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029092528/http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/women/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=fifa_mr>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/index.html|title=The FIFA World Ranking|publisher=FIFA|access-date=2020-03-14|archive-date=2012-09-05|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6ARXJvgjB?url=http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] was the [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup]] held in China. Since then, women's football has increased in popularity a lot. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Women's football| ]] {{sports-stub}}