1979 Women's Nordic Football Championship

1979 Women's Nordic Football Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Norway
Dates	5 July – 8 July 1979
Teams	4
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	19 (3.17 per match)
Attendance	5,497 (916 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lone Smidt Nielsen (3 goals)

1979 Women's Nordic Football Championship was the sixth edition of the Women's Nordic Football Championship tournament. It was held from 5 July to 8 July in Oslo, Fredrikstad and Setskog in Norway.

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
Denmark	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	4
Finland	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	3
Norway	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Results

Finland  v  Norway

5 July 1979

Finland	1–0	Norway
Leskinen  ?'	Report

Lisleby Stadion, Fredrikstad Attendance: 621 Referee: Bjørge Johansen, Norway

Denmark  v  Sweden

5 July 1979 18:30

Denmark	1–4	Sweden
Hindkjær  ?'	Report	Söderström  2'  51' Jansson  21' Sundhage  61'

Lisleby Stadion, Fredrikstad Attendance: 700 Referee: Gunnar Larsen, Norway

Norway  v  Sweden

6 July 1979

Norway	0–1	Sweden
	Report	Sundhage  ?'

Setskog stadion, Setskog Attendance: 1,262 Referee: Arild Sigvaldsen, Norway

Denmark  v  Finland

6 July 1979 17:30

Denmark	4–0	Finland
Mortensen  ?' Ehmsen  ?' Smidt Nielsen  ?'  ?'	Report

Setskog stadion, Setskog Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ivar Frederiksen, Norway

Denmark  v  Norway

8 July 1979 13:00

Denmark	4–2	Norway
Niemann  10' Smidt Nielsen  14' Sværen  33' (o.g.) Mortensen  68'	Report	Kristiansen  5' (pen.) Nyborg  31'

Bislett Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 957 Referee: Jan Erik Olsen, Norway

Finland  v  Sweden

8 July 1979

Finland	1–1	Sweden
Kaasinen  33'	Report	Sintorn  55'

Bislett Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 957 Referee: Rolf Nyhus, Norway

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Lone Smidt Nielsen

2 goals

• Vibeke Mortensen
• Pia Sundhage
• Birgitta Söderström

1 goal

• Britta Ehmsen
• Inge Hindkjær
• Ann Jansson
• Ulla Kaasinen
• Astrid Kristiansen
• Irmeli Leskinen
• Susanne Niemann
• Gunn Lisbeth Nyborg
• Görel Sintorn

Own goal

• Elin Sværen

Sources

• Nordic Championships (Women) 1979 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Lautela, Yrjö & Wallén, Göran: Rakas jalkapallo — Sata vuotta suomalaista jalkapalloa, p. 418–419. Football Association of Finland / Teos Publishing 2007. ISBN 978-951-851-068-3.