1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Final

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Final

Event	1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
Germany Norway 0 2
Date	18 June 1995
Venue	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm
Referee	Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)
Attendance	17,158

The 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Final was a football match that took place at Råsunda Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden on 18 June 1995.^[1] It pitted Germany and Norway to determine the winner of the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. Norway won 2–0 with goals from Hege Riise and Marianne Pettersen.^[2]

Background

The match was contested by 1991 finalists Norway, who had defeated previous winners the United States, and Germany, who had defeated China PR in the semi-final.^[3]

Route to the final

Germany		Round	Norway
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Japan	1–0	Match 1	Nigeria	8–0
Sweden	2–3	Match 2	England	2–0
Brazil	6–1	Match 3	Canada	7–0
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD  Germany 6 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5  Sweden 6 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2  Japan 3 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2  Brazil 3 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5		Final standings	Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD  Norway 9 3 3 0 0 17 0 +17  England 6 3 2 0 1 6 6 0  Canada 1 3 0 1 2 5 13 −8  Nigeria 1 3 0 1 2 5 14 −9
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
England	3–0	Quarter-finals	Denmark	3–1
China PR	1–0	Semi-finals	United States	1–0

Match

Details

Germany  v  Norway

18 June 1995 18:00 CEST

Germany	0–2	Norway
	Report	Riise  37' Pettersen  40'

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm Attendance: 17,158 Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Germany

Norway

GK 1 Manuela Goller DF 2 Anouschka Bernhard   2' DF 3 Birgitt Austermühl DF 4 Dagmar Pohlmann  75' DF 5 Ursula Lohn MF 6 Maren Meinert  86' MF 7 Martina Voss MF 8 Bettina Wiegmann MF 9 Heidi Mohr FW 10 Silvia Neid (c) FW 16 Birgit Prinz  42' Substitutes: MF 18 Pia Wunderlich  75' MF 19 Sandra Smisek  86' FW 11 Patricia Brocker  42' Manager: Gero Bisanz

GK 1 Bente Nordby DF 2 Tina Svensson DF 3 Gro Espeseth (c) DF 4 Anne Andersen  22' DF 5 Nina Andersen MF 6 Hege Riise MF 7 Tone Haugen FW 10 Linda Medalen  58' FW 11 Ann Aarønes  70' DF 13 Merete Myklebust FW 16 Marianne Pettersen Manager: Even Pellerud

References

External links

• 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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