Friendlies Women is a women’s cup competition listed in the Xtra-Stats database. This page brings together fixtures, live scores, results, standings, and player and team statistics for the competition, helping visitors follow its recorded seasons from 2020 to 2025 and review available match and performance data in one dedicated place.
Upcoming matches, Friendlies Women
Friendly International Women
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- Friendly International WomenNo H2HEngland U17 W
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- Friendly International WomenNo H2HEngland U17 W
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- Friendly International Women
Liechtenstein W
No H2HGibraltar W -
- Friendly International Women
Jordan W
No H2HArmenia W
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- Friendly International WomenAndorra WNo H2HFaroe Islands W
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- Friendly International Women
Germany W
No H2HAustralia W
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- Friendly International Women
Peru W
No H2HPhilippines W
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- Friendly International WomenJamaica W
Mexico W
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- Friendly International Women
Canada W
No H2HDenmark W
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- Friendly International Women
Indonesia W
No H2HArmenia W
Latest played matches, Friendlies Women
Friendly International Women
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Friendly International Women
Austria U17 W
2 - 0Poland U17 W
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Friendly International Women
Austria U17 W
3 - 2Poland U17 W
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Friendly International Women
China W
3 - 0Vietnam W
Friendlies Women Standings
Friendlies Women Statistics
Top scorers 2026
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Top assists 2026
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
Friendlies Women teams participation since 2020
History
| Team | Nb participations |
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| Canada W | 6 |
| USA W | 6 |
| England W | 6 |
| Brazil W | 6 |
| Costa Rica W | 6 |
| Ecuador W | 6 |
| Switzerland W | 6 |
| Netherlands W | 6 |
| Belarus W | 6 |
| Turkey W | 6 |
| Montenegro W | 6 |
| Malta W | 6 |
| Croatia W | 6 |
| Wales W | 6 |
| Slovenia W | 6 |
| Argentina W | 6 |
| Chile W | 6 |
| South Africa W | 6 |
| Republic of Ireland | 6 |
| Austria W | 6 |
| Morocco W | 6 |
| Zambia W | 6 |
| New Zealand W | 5 |
| Germany W | 5 |
| Japan W | 5 |
| Australia W | 5 |
| Norway W | 5 |
| France W | 5 |
| South Korea W | 5 |
| Mexico W | 5 |
| Nigeria W | 5 |
| Thailand W | 5 |
| Spain W | 5 |
| Colombia W | 5 |
| Hungary W | 5 |
| Czech Republic W | 5 |
| Romania W | 5 |
| Iceland W | 5 |
| Italy W | 5 |
| Poland W | 5 |
| Faroe Islands W | 5 |
| Estonia W | 5 |
| Kosovo W | 5 |
| Luxembourg W | 5 |
| Lithuania W | 5 |
Friendlies Women top scorer teams
Friendlies Women About
Friendlies Women is a global women’s national-team cup competition, also recorded as International Friendlies Women, bringing together representative sides for international matches outside the principal confederation and world tournaments. Unlike a conventional league or a single fixed knockout bracket, it covers a flexible programme of fixtures and invitational mini-competitions designed to give national teams meaningful preparation and competitive exposure.
Identity and purpose
Friendlies Women occupies an important development role in the women’s international game. National associations use these matches to assess players, test tactical systems, build team chemistry and prepare squads for qualifying campaigns and major tournaments. A fixture may give an established player another international cap, provide a debut opportunity for a newcomer or help a coach evaluate combinations that would be difficult to test in a high-stakes competitive match.
The competition is global in scope. Participation is centred on FIFA-affiliated national associations, with teams from the six confederations able to arrange matches or take part in invitational events. The category is therefore best understood as an international football ecosystem rather than a domestic competition with clubs, promotion and relegation. No single world title is attached to an ordinary friendly, but the matches can carry considerable sporting and developmental value.
Origins and recorded coverage
The available competition record lists the first event date as 18 January 2023, while recorded season coverage runs from 2020 through 2025, with six seasons represented. No separate formation year or governing country is recorded. These dates describe the scope of the available competition record rather than establishing a single tournament founded in one year: international friendlies can be arranged as individual fixtures, recurring series or parts of larger invitational events.
The name International Friendlies Women is also used for the same recorded category. Both descriptions refer to women’s international friendlies involving national representative teams, rather than to a club-based women’s cup.
Access and governance
Entry is not normally determined by a season-long qualifying table. Matches are arranged by mutual agreement between national associations, or through an invitation to a recognised international series or tournament. Players representing a country must satisfy the applicable nationality and eligibility requirements, while clubs may be required to release selected players when fixtures fall within an official FIFA international window.
The participating associations organise the individual matches, with FIFA regulations, the Laws of the Game and the relevant confederation frameworks providing the wider structure. Disciplinary measures, player eligibility and the international status of a match are consequently governed within the established international football system rather than by a permanent Friendlies Women league office.
Format and progression
The most common format is a standalone match between two national teams, played at one team’s venue, at a neutral ground or as part of a home-and-away agreement. A drawn score normally remains the final result in this format; there is no requirement to produce an overall winner merely because the fixture is listed within a cup-style competition category.
Some fixtures form part of an invitational mini-tournament. These events may use a small round-robin group stage, in which a win earns three points, a draw one point and a defeat none, followed by a final, a third-place match or another classification fixture. The exact progression depends on the regulations of the particular event. Rankings and invitations can be influenced by the strength and standing of the participating teams, although Friendlies Women has no universal season-long seeding system.
Match rules and tie-breaks
Matches follow the IFAB Laws of the Game and normally consist of two 45-minute halves, plus added time. International friendlies may have substitution arrangements that provide coaches with greater scope to assess their squads; the permitted number is determined by the regulations for the match or event, with six substitutions commonly identified in the supplied competition material.
A draw is accepted in an ordinary single fixture. Where an invitational tournament requires a winner in a final or classification match, the regulations may provide for extra time and, if the scores remain level, a penalty shootout. These procedures should not be assumed for every match in the category, because friendly formats are agreed individually.
Calendar and sporting importance
Friendlies Women matches are commonly scheduled around the FIFA Women’s International Match Calendar. International windows, typically positioned in February or March, April, June or July, September, October and November, allow national teams to assemble while reducing clashes with domestic club competitions. The precise dates and release obligations vary by calendar cycle and fixture status.
Results can also have consequences beyond the final whistle. When a match is recognised in the relevant international ranking system, its result and the strength of the opponent can influence a national team’s ranking position and future tournament seeding. More broadly, these fixtures help coaches refine squads, establish partnerships and identify players before qualifying matches and major finals. That combination of preparation, prestige and ranking relevance explains why Friendlies Women remains a significant part of the international women’s football calendar despite the absence of a single championship trophy.