The 1971 Women’s World Cup (Spanish: 1971 Campeonato de Fútbol Femenil) was an association football tournament for women’s national teams organised by the Federation of Independent European Female Football (FIEFF) in Mexico in August–September 1971.[1] Held in Mexico City and Guadalajara, it is the second known tournament to be named as a women’s football World Cup after the 1970 edition in Italy and the first time in the same place after the men’s 1970 FIFA World Cup tournament in the previous year.[2] It was held twenty years before the first official FIFA women’s world cup.[3]
The tournament featured six national teams from Latin America and Europe, including hosts Mexico which qualified automatically.[4] Denmark were the tournament champions, defending its title by winning the final 3–0 against Mexico, in front of a 110,000 crowd.
