1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	19 June – 10 July
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	China PR
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	123 (3.84 per match)
Attendance	1,194,215 (37,319 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sissi Sun Wen (7 goals)
Best player	Sun Wen

The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in the United States and won by the host team.^[1][2] The final between the U.S. and China, held on July 10 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, was the most-attended women's sports event in history with an official attendance of 90,185.^[3] The final was scoreless after extra time and won by the U.S. in a penalty shootout.^[4][5]

Venues

• Chicago, Illinois – Soldier Field
• East Rutherford, New Jersey – Giants Stadium
• Foxborough, Massachusetts – Foxboro Stadium
• Palo Alto, California – Stanford Stadium
• Pasadena, California – Rose Bowl
• Portland, Oregon – Civic Stadium
• San Jose, California – Spartan Stadium
• Landover, Maryland – Jack Kent Cooke Stadium

Teams

16 teams participated in the final tournament. The teams were:

Africa (CAF)  Nigeria  Ghana Asia (AFC)  North Korea  China PR  Japan South America (CONMEBOL)  Brazil Oceania (OFC)  Australia

Europe (UEFA)  Denmark  Germany  Russia  Norway  Sweden  Italy North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)  Canada  Mexico  United States (host nation – automatically qualified)

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squads.

Match officials

Africa Cofie Comfort Bola Elizabeth Abidoye Omoleye Adeyemi Adeola Fatou Gaye Asia Lu Lijuan Zuo Xiudi Hisae Yoshizawa Im Eun Ju Ri Song Ok North, Central America and Caribbean Sonia Denoncourt Maria Rodríguez Virginia Tovar Jackeline Blanquice Boni Bishop Kari Seitz Sandra Hunt

South America Ana Bia Batista Cleidy Mary Ribeiro Maria Edilene Siqueira Martha Liliana Pardo Ana Isabel Pérez Marisela de Fuentes Europe Gitte Nielsen Katriina Elovirta Petteri Kari Ghislaine Labbe Elke Günthner Corrie Kruithof Ann Wenche Kleven Nicole Petignat Susanne Borg Oceania Tammy Ogston

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	5	8	−3	6
North Korea	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
Denmark	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7
Germany	3	1	2	0	10	4	+6	5
Italy	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Mexico	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9
Russia	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6
Canada	3	0	1	2	3	12	−9	1
Japan	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China PR	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
Sweden	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Australia	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1
Ghana	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

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Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 July – Landover
	United States	3
					4 July – Palo Alto
	Germany	2
					United States	2
	1 July – Landover
					Brazil	0
	Brazil	4
									10 July – Pasadena
	Nigeria	3
									United States	0 (5)
	30 June – San Jose
									China PR	0 (4)
	Norway	3
					4 July – Foxboro
	Sweden	1
					Norway	0			Third place
	30 June – San Jose
					China PR	5			10 July – Pasadena
	China PR	2
									Brazil	0 (5)
	Russia	0
									Norway	0 (4)

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

^A No extra time was played.^[6]

Final

Awards

Golden Shoe Winner	Golden Ball Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Sissi Sun Wen	Sun Wen	China PR

All-Star Team

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Gao Hong Briana Scurry	Wang Liping Wen Lirong Doris Fitschen Brandi Chastain Carla Overbeck	Sissi Liu Ailing Zhao Lihong Bettina Wiegmann Michelle Akers	Jin Yan Sun Wen Ann Kristin Aarønes Mia Hamm

Goal scorers

Sissi of Brazil and Sun Wen of China won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 123 goals were scored by 74 different players, with three of them credited as own goals.

7 goals

• Sissi
• Sun Wen

4 goals

• Ann-Kristin Aarønes

3 goals

Pretinha Jin Yan Liu Ailing

Bettina Wiegmann Inka Grings Nkiru Okosieme

Hege Riise Marianne Pettersen Tiffeny Milbrett

2 goals

Julie Murray Cidinha Kátia Charmaine Hooper Zhang Ouying Patrizia Panico

Jo Song Ok Mercy Akide Elena Fomina Olga Letyushova Hanna Ljungberg Victoria Svensson

Cindy Parlow Kristine Lilly Mia Hamm Michelle Akers Tisha Venturini

1 goal

Cheryl Salisbury Maicon Nenê Silvana Burtini Fan Yunjie Liu Ying Pu Wei Zhao Lihong Janni Johansen Ariane Hingst Steffi Jones Renate Lingor Birgit Prinz Sandra Smisek

Nana Gyamfua Nami Otake Jin Pyol Hui Kim Kum Sil Maribel Domínguez Steffi Jones Nkechi Egbe Prisca Emeafu Rita Nwadike Brit Sandaune Dagny Mellgren Linda Medalen Solveig Gulbrandsen Unni Lehn

Paola Zanni Galina Komarova Irina Grigorieva Larissa Savina Natalia Barbachina Natalia Karasseva Olga Karasseva Jane Törnqvist Kristin Bengtsson Malin Moström Brandi Chastain Joy Fawcett Julie Foudy Shannon MacMillan

Own goals

• Hiromi Isozaki (for Norway)
• Ifeanyichukwu Chiejine (for United States)
• Brandi Chastain (for Germany)

Tournament ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States	6	5	1	0	18	3	+15	16
2	China PR	6	5	1	0	19	2	+17	16
3	Brazil	6	3	2	1	16	9	+7	11
4	Norway	6	4	1	1	16	8	+8	13
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Russia	4	2	0	2	10	5	+5	6
6	Sweden	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	6
7	Nigeria	4	2	0	2	8	12	–4	6
8	Germany	4	1	2	1	12	7	+5	5
Eliminated at the group stage
9	Italy	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
10	North Korea	3	1	0	2	4	6	–2	3
11	Australia	3	0	1	2	3	7	–4	1
12	Canada	3	0	1	2	3	12	–9	1
13	Ghana	3	0	1	2	1	10	–9	1
13	Japan	3	0	1	2	1	10	–9	1
15	Denmark	3	0	0	3	1	8	–7	0
16	Mexico	3	0	0	3	1	15	–14	0

References

External links

• FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)

FIFA Women's World Cup Tournaments China 1991 Sweden 1995 United States 1999 United States 2003 China 2007 Germany 2011 Canada 2015 France 2019 2023 Qualification 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Finals 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Squads 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Team appearances Player appearances Goalscorers Records

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