Germany at the FIFA World Cup Germany at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Germany and West Germany's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the "World Cup Finals"). The qualification phase, which currently takes place over the three years going to the Finals, is used to determine
2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup beat Nigeria 1–0 after extra time in the final. Germany won its third title while Nigeria lost their second final. As in 2010, the rights to host the 2014 U-20 Women's World Cup were automatically awarded to the host of the following year's Women's World Cup. Two countries, Canada and Zimbabwe, initially bid to stage the events. However, on 1 March 2011, two days before the official voting was to take place, Zimbabwe withdrew, leaving Canada as the only bidder. FIFA officially awarded the tournaments to Canada on March 3, 2011. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Executive