FIFA Women's World Cup: US claimed a historic third title with three goals coming from Carli Lloyd

The US claimed a historic third title in the FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada earlier this week, swamping defending champions Japan 5-2, with three of the goals coming from the talismanic Carli Lloyd.

The American women’s domination in a game where their male counterparts lag by a fair distance gives us a chance to rewind to Canada 2015 as well as to delve into the state of Indian women’s football (hint: it's way way better than that of Indian men’s football).

CANADA 2015

The Women’s World Cup set a new total attendance record for a FIFA competition other than the FIFA World Cup with a total attendance of 1,353,506 USA vs Japan beat the previous record set in 2011 for the highest scoring final in FIFA Women’s World Cup history.

Carli Lloyd (US) scored the first ever hattrick in a Women’s World Cup Final

USA surpassed Germany as the top scoring team in Women’s World Cup history with 112 goals

DIGITAL STATS

20 million unique visitors to FIFA.com’s Women’s World Cup section, consuming 225 million pages and spending 7.8 billion seconds

178% increase in daily visitors to FIFA.com, FIFA Women’s World Cup section compared to 2011

81% increase in Twitter followers for @ FIFAWWC, to 2,22,000

37% increase in followers for FIFA on Instagram to 1.37 million

The US women’s team collected $2 million from FIFA, an amount that pales in comparison to the $8 million in prize money awarded to men’s teams who lose in the first round. Every men’s team was awarded $1.5 million just for participating

The first module of the FIFA Female Leadership Development programme kicked off in Vancouver on July 4, just prior to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 Final. The programme is part of FIFA’s commitment to its key development principles for women’s football, seeking to develop more female leaders and role models in the game

INDIA WOMEN’S FOOTBALL

FIFA RANKING: 55

FIFA/AFC* RANKING: 11

The 2014 SAFF Women’s Championship organised by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) was contested by the eight SAFF members. India are the reigning champions “The Potential of Indian Football Lies in the Grassroots” Bala Devi, captain of the Indian women’s football team, feels working at the grassroots should be a priority. The Manipur state football association is doing a lot to promote the game among girls and many of them have found a place in the national team.

(SOURCE: fifa.com)