2007 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
Tournament details | |
Host country | ![]() |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() |
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Runners-up ![]() |
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Third place ![]() |
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Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 111 (3.47 per match) |
Attendance | 1,156,955 (36,155 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
The FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 was an international association football competition for women held in China from September 10 2007 – September 30 2007.[1] Originally, China was to host the 2003 Women's World Cup, but the outbreak of SARS in that country forced that event to be moved to the United States. FIFA immediately granted the 2007 event to China, which means that no new host nation was chosen competitively until the voting was held for the 2011 Women's World Cup.
The tournament opened with a record-breaking match in Shanghai, as Germany beat Argentina 11–0 to register the biggest win and the highest scoring match in Women's World Cup history. The tournament ended with Germany defeating Brazil 2–0 in the final, having never surrendered a goal in the entire tournament. The Germans became the first national team in FIFA Women's World Cup history to obtain two consecutive titles.
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The venues selected to host the competition are:[2]
City | Venues | Capacity |
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Tianjin | Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium | 60,000 |
Wuhan | Wuhan Stadium | 55,000 |
Hangzhou | Yellow Dragon Stadium | 51,000 |
Chengdu | Chengdu Sports Center | 40,000 |
Shanghai | Hongkou Stadium | 34,000 (upgrade in progress) |
Numerous TV stations across the world provide coverage of the tournament. One notable example is the Chinese-language channel CCTV-5 which is available as a free internet feed through TVUnetworks.
For the first time in FIFA Women's World Cup history, all teams will get monetary bonuses according to the round they reach (all in USD):[3]
UEFA is using the FIFA Women's World Cup as its qualifying tournament for the 2008 Olympic women's tournament. The best three performing UEFA teams will qualify for the Olympics. Originally it was thought that, should England make the top three European teams, they would compete under the United Kingdom banner. However, on 6 September 2007, FIFA issued a press release indicating that England are ineligible to participate in the 2008 Olympics as England does not have its own Olympic Committee.[4] For the determination of the ranking only first through fourth place, quarterfinal elimination or group phase elimination count. If there is a need to make a distinction between teams eliminated in the quarterfinal or between teams eliminated in the group phase these teams will meet in a play-off match. In no case will the points or goals (difference) count for teams eliminated before the semi-final.
Germany and Norway qualified for the Olympics at the World Cup, whereas Denmark and Sweden had to enter a play-off for the third Olympics spot. Sweden won both legs of the playoffs with a total of 7-3 agg. to qualify for the Olympics.
The group draw took place on 22 April 2007 in Wuhan after the completion of the qualifying rounds.
FIFA automatically seeded the host and defending champions, slotting China and Germany into Group D and Group A, respectively. [3] The FIFA Women's World Ranking for March 2007 was used to determine the teams to occupy the other seeded positions, B1 and C1.[5] United States were ranked first, Germany second and Norway third[6], so the United States and Norway were also seeded.
Also, no two teams from the same confederation could draw each other, except for those from UEFA, where a maximum of two teams from UEFA could be drawn into the same group. Group B quickly became dubbed the group of death [7] since three of the top five teams in the world were drawn in this group — the USA (1st), Sweden (3rd) and Korea DPR (5th), according to the June 2007 FIFA Women's World Rankings, the last to be released before the tournament. The same four teams were drawn together in Group A in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup[7], on that occasion the USA and Sweden progressed to the knockout stages.
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | −17 |
All times are local (UTC+8)
2007-09-10 20:00 |
Germany ![]() |
11 – 0 | ![]() |
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 28,098 Referee: Tammy Ogston ![]() |
Behringer ![]() ![]() Garefrekes ![]() Prinz ![]() ![]() ![]() Lingor ![]() ![]() Smisek ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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2007-09-11 20:00 |
England ![]() |
2 – 2 | ![]() |
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 27,146 Referee: Kari Seitz ![]() |
K. Smith ![]() ![]() |
(Report) | Miyama ![]() ![]() |
2007-09-14 17:00 |
Argentina ![]() |
0 – 1 | ![]() |
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 27,730 Referee: Dagmar Damkova ![]() |
(Report) | Nagasato ![]() |
2007-09-14 20:00 |
Germany ![]() |
0 – 0 | ![]() |
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 27,730 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist ![]() |
(Report) |
2007-09-17[8] 20:00 |
Argentina ![]() |
1 – 6 | ![]() |
Chengdu Sports Center Attendance: 30,730 Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James ![]() |
Perez ![]() ![]() ![]() González ![]() |
(Report) | González ![]() J. Scott ![]() Williams ![]() K. Smith ![]() ![]() Exley ![]() |
2007-09-17[8] 20:00 |
Japan ![]() |
0 – 2 | ![]() |
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou Attendance: 39,817 Referee: Adriana Correa ![]() |
(Report) | Prinz ![]() Lingor ![]() |
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 |
All times are local (UTC+8)
2007-09-11 17:00 |
United States ![]() |
2 – 2 | ![]() |
Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu Attendance: 35,100 Referee: Nicole Petignat ![]() |
Wambach ![]() O'Reilly ![]() |
(Report) | Kil Son-Hui ![]() Kim Yong-Ae ![]() |
2007-09-11 20:00 |
Sweden ![]() |
1 – 1 | ![]() |
Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu Attendance: 21,740 Referee: Niu Huijun ![]() |
Svensson ![]() |
(Report) | Uwak ![]() |
2007-09-14 17:00 |
United States ![]() |
2 – 0 | ![]() |
Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu Attendance: 35,600 Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál ![]() |
Wambach ![]() ![]() |
(Report) |
2007-09-14 20:00 |
Korea DPR ![]() |
2 – 0 | ![]() |
Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu Attendance: 35,600 Referee: Tammy Ogston ![]() |
Kim Kyong-Hwa ![]() Ri Kum-Suk ![]() |
(Report) |
2007-09-18 20:00 |
Korea DPR ![]() |
1 – 2 | ![]() |
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium Attendance: 33,196 Referee: Christine Beck ![]() |
Ri Un Suk ![]() |
(Report) | Schelin ![]() ![]() |
2007-09-18 20:00 |
Nigeria ![]() |
0 – 1 | ![]() |
Hongkou Stadium Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Mayumi Oiwa ![]() |
(Report) | Chalupny ![]() |
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 |
All times are local (UTC+8)
2007-09-12 17:00 |
Australia ![]() |
4 – 1 | ![]() |
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou Attendance: 25,952 Referee: Adriana Correa ![]() |
Walsh ![]() De Vanna ![]() ![]() Garriock ![]() |
(Report) | Amankwa ![]() |
2007-09-12 20:00 |
Norway ![]() |
2 – 1 | ![]() |
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou Attendance: 30,752 Referee: Christine Beck ![]() |
R. Gulbrandsen ![]() Horpestad ![]() |
(Report) | Chapman ![]() |
2007-09-15 17:00 |
Canada ![]() |
4 – 0 | ![]() |
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou Attendance: 33,835 Referee: Nicole Petignat ![]() |
Sinclair ![]() ![]() Schmidt ![]() Franko ![]() |
(Report) |
2007-09-15 20:00 |
Norway ![]() |
1 – 1 | ![]() |
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou Attendance: 33,835 Referee: Niu Huijun ![]() |
R. Gulbrandsen ![]() |
(Report) | De Vanna ![]() |
2007-09-20[9] 17:00 |
Norway ![]() |
7 – 2 | ![]() |
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou Attendance: 43,817 Referee: Jennifer Bennet ![]() |
Storløkken ![]() R. Gulbrandsen ![]() ![]() ![]() Horpestad ![]() Herlovsen ![]() Klaveness ![]() |
(Report) | Bayor ![]() Okoe ![]() |
2007-09-20[10] 17:00 |
Australia ![]() |
2 – 2 | ![]() |
Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu Attendance: 29,300 Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál ![]() |
McCallum ![]() Salisbury ![]() |
(Report) | Tancredi ![]() Sinclair ![]() |
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 |
All times are local (UTC+8)
2007-09-12 17:00 |
Brazil ![]() |
5 – 0 | ![]() |
Wuhan Stadium Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng ![]() |
Daniela ![]() Cristiane ![]() Marta ![]() ![]() Renata Costa ![]() |
(Report) |
2007-09-12 20:00 |
China PR ![]() |
3 – 2 | ![]() |
Wuhan Stadium Attendance: 50,800 Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James ![]() |
Li Jie ![]() Bi Yan ![]() Song Xiaoli ![]() |
(Report) | Nielsen ![]() Paaske ![]() |
2007-09-15 17:00 |
Denmark ![]() |
2 – 0 | ![]() |
Wuhan Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Mayumi Oiwa ![]() |
Pedersen ![]() Paaske ![]() |
(Report) |
2007-09-15 20:00 |
China PR ![]() |
0 – 4 | ![]() |
Wuhan Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Jennifer Bennett ![]() |
(Report) | Marta ![]() ![]() Cristiane ![]() ![]() |
2007-09-20[11] 20:00 |
China PR ![]() |
2 – 0 | ![]() |
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium Attendance: 56,208 Referee: Dagmar Damková ![]() |
Li Jie ![]() Xie Caixia ![]() |
(Report) |
2007-09-20[12] 20:00 |
Brazil ![]() |
1 – 0 | ![]() |
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou Attendance: 43,817 Referee: Kari Seitz ![]() |
Pretinha ![]() |
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September 22 — Wuhan | ||||||||||
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September 26 — Tianjin | ||||||||||
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September 23 — Wuhan | ||||||||||
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September 30 — Shanghai | ||||||||||
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September 22 — Tianjin | ||||||||||
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September 27 — Hangzhou | ||||||||||
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0 | Third place | ||||||||
September 23 — Tianjin | ||||||||||
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September 30 — Shanghai | ||||||||||
2007-09-22 17:00 |
Germany ![]() |
3 – 0 | ![]() |
Wuhan Stadium Attendance: 37,200 Referee: Tammy Ogston ![]() |
Garefrekes ![]() Lingor ![]() Krahn ![]() |
(Report) |
2007-09-22 20:00 |
United States ![]() |
3 – 0 | ![]() |
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium Attendance: 29,586 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist ![]() |
Wambach ![]() Boxx ![]() Lilly ![]() |
(Report) |
2007-09-23 17:00 |
Norway ![]() |
1 – 0 | ![]() |
Wuhan Stadium Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál ![]() |
Herlovsen ![]() |
(Report) |
2007-09-23 20:00 |
Brazil ![]() |
3 – 2 | ![]() |
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium Attendance: 35,061 Referee: Christine Beck ![]() |
Formiga ![]() Marta ![]() Cristiane ![]() |
(Report) | De Vanna ![]() Colthorpe ![]() |
(All times UTC+8)
2007-09-26 20:00 |
Germany ![]() |
3 – 0 | ![]() |
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium Attendance: 53,819 Referee: Dagmar Damková ![]() |
Rønning ![]() Stegemann ![]() Müller ![]() |
(Report) |
2007-09-27 20:00 |
United States ![]() |
0 – 4 | ![]() |
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou Attendance: 47,818 Referee: Nicole Petignat ![]() |
Boxx ![]() ![]() ![]() |
(Report) | Osborne ![]() Marta ![]() ![]() Cristiane ![]() |
2007-09-30 17:00 |
Norway ![]() |
1 – 4 | ![]() |
Hongkou Stadium Attendance: 32,068 Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál ![]() |
R. Gulbrandsen ![]() |
(Report) | Wambach ![]() ![]() Chalupny ![]() O'Reilly ![]() |
2007-09-30 20:00 |
Germany ![]() |
2 – 0 | ![]() |
Hongkou Stadium Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Tammy Ogston ![]() |
Prinz ![]() Laudehr ![]() |
(Report) |
2007 Women's World Cup |
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