2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
2007年女子世界杯足球赛

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Tournament details
Host country China
Dates 10 – 30 September (21 days)
Teams 16
Final positions
Champions  Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up  Brazil
Third place  United States
Fourth place  Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 111 (3.47 per match)
Attendance 1,156,955 (36,155 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Marta (7 goals)
Best player Brazil Marta
Best goalkeeper Germany Nadine Angerer

The FIFA Women's World Cup 2007, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, 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.

Teams

Qualifying countries
Africa (CAF)
Asia (AFC)
North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)
Europe (UEFA)
Oceania (OFC)
South America (CONMEBOL)

Venues

The venues selected to host the competition are:[2]

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup (China)
Tianjin Wuhan Hangzhou Chengdu Shanghai
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium Wuhan Stadium Yellow Dragon Stadium Chengdu Sports Center Hongkou Stadium
Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 55,000 Capacity: 51,000 Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 33,000

Squads

For a list of all players that participated in the final tournament, see 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup squads.

Referees

For a list of the international referees that officiated at the 2007 tournament, see 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup officials.

Coverage

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.

Monetary rewards

For the first time in FIFA Women's World Cup history, all teams received monetary bonuses according to the round they reached (all in USD):[3]

Other rewards

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.

Draw

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.

First round

All times are local (UTC+8).

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 3210130+137
 England 312083+55
 Japan 311134−14
 Argentina 3003118−170

10 September 2007
20:00
Germany  11–0  Argentina
Behringer  12', 24'
Garefrekes  17'
Prinz  29', 45+1', 59'
Lingor  51', 90+1'
Smisek  57', 70', 79'
Report
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 28,098
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

11 September 2007
20:00
England  2–2  Japan
K. Smith  81', 83' Report Miyama  55', 90+5'
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 27,146
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

14 September 2007
17:00
Argentina  0–1  Japan
Report Nagasato  90+1'
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 27,730
Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)

14 September 2007
20:00
Germany  0–0  England
Report
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 27,730
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

17 September 2007[8]
20:00
Argentina  1–6  England
González  60' Report González  9' (o.g.)
J. Scott  10'
Williams  50' (pen.)
K. Smith  64', 77'
Exley  90' (pen.)
Chengdu Sports Center
Attendance: 30,730
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

17 September 2007[8]
20:00
Japan  0–2  Germany
Report Prinz  21'
Lingor  87' (pen.)
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 39,817
Referee: Adriana Correa (Colombia)

Group B

The four teams were also paired in the same group in 2003.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 321052+37
 North Korea 311154+14
 Sweden 311134−14
 Nigeria 301214−31

11 September 2007
17:00
United States  2–2  North Korea
Wambach  50'
O'Reilly  69'
Report Kil Son-Hui  58'
Kim Yong-Ae  60'
Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
Attendance: 35,100
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

11 September 2007
20:00
Sweden  1–1  Nigeria
Svensson  50' Report Uwak  82'
Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
Attendance: 21,740
Referee: Niu Huijun (China)

14 September 2007
17:00
United States  2–0  Sweden
Wambach  34' (pen.), 58' Report
Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
Attendance: 35,600
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

14 September 2007
20:00
North Korea  2–0  Nigeria
Kim Kyong-Hwa  17'
Ri Kum-Suk  21'
Report
Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
Attendance: 35,600
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

18 September 2007
20:00
North Korea  1–2  Sweden
Ri Un Suk  22' Report Schelin  4', 54'
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium
Attendance: 33,196
Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

18 September 2007
20:00
Nigeria  0–1  United States
Report Chalupny  1'
Hongkou Stadium
Attendance: 26,100
Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 3210104+67
 Australia 312074+35
 Canada 311174+34
 Ghana 3003315−120

12 September 2007
17:00
Australia  4–1  Ghana
Walsh  15'
De Vanna  57', 81'
Garriock  69'
Report Amankwa  70'
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 25,952
Referee: Adriana Correa (Colombia)

12 September 2007
20:00
Norway  2–1  Canada
R. Gulbrandsen  52'
Horpestad  81'
Report Chapman  33'

15 September 2007
17:00
Canada  4–0  Ghana
Sinclair  16', 62'
Schmidt  55'
Franko  77'
Report

15 September 2007
20:00
Norway  1–1  Australia
R. Gulbrandsen  5' Report De Vanna  83'
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 33,835
Referee: Niu Huijun (China)

20 September 2007[9]
17:00
Norway  7–2  Ghana
Storløkken  4'
R. Gulbrandsen  39', 59', 62'
Horpestad  45' (pen.)
Herlovsen  56'
Klaveness  69'
Report Bayor  73'
Okoe  80' (pen.)
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 43,817
Referee: Jennifer Bennet (United States)

20 September 2007[10]
17:00
Australia  2–2  Canada
McCallum  53'
Salisbury  90+2'
Report Tancredi  1'
Sinclair  85'
Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
Attendance: 29,300
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3300100+109
 China PR 320156−16
 Denmark 31024403
 New Zealand 300309−90

12 September 2007
17:00
Brazil  5–0  New Zealand
Daniela  10'
Cristiane  54'
Marta  74', 90+3'
Renata Costa  86'
Report
Wuhan Stadium
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

12 September 2007
20:00
China PR  3–2  Denmark
Li Jie  31'
Bi Yan  50'
Song Xiaoli  88'
Report Nielsen  51'
Paaske  87'
Wuhan Stadium
Attendance: 50,800
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

15 September 2007
17:00
Denmark  2–0  New Zealand
Pedersen  61'
Paaske  66'
Report
Wuhan Stadium
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)

15 September 2007
20:00
China PR  0–4  Brazil
Report Marta  42', 70'
Cristiane  47', 48'
Wuhan Stadium
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Jennifer Bennett (United States)

20 September 2007[11]
20:00
China PR  2–0  New Zealand
Li Jie  57'
Xie Caixia  79'
Report
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium
Attendance: 56,208
Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)

20 September 2007[12]
20:00
Brazil  1–0  Denmark
Pretinha  90+1' Report
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 43,817
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
September 22 — Wuhan        
   Germany   3
September 26 — Tianjin
   North Korea   0  
   Germany   3
September 23 — Wuhan
       Norway   0  
   Norway   1
September 30 — Shanghai
   China PR   0  
   Germany   2
September 22 — Tianjin    
     Brazil   0
   United States   3
September 27 — Hangzhou
   England   0  
   United States   0 Third place
September 23 — Tianjin
       Brazil   4   September 30 — Shanghai
   Brazil   3
   Norway   1
   Australia   2  
   United States   4
 

All times are local (UTC+8).

Quarterfinals

22 September 2007
17:00
Germany  3–0  North Korea
Garefrekes  44'
Lingor  67'
Krahn  72'
Report
Wuhan Stadium
Attendance: 37,200
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

22 September 2007
20:00
United States  3–0  England
Wambach  48'
Boxx  57'
Lilly  60'
Report
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium
Attendance: 29,586
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

23 September 2007
17:00
Norway  1–0  China PR
Herlovsen  32' Report
Wuhan Stadium
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

23 September 2007
20:00
Brazil  3–2  Australia
Formiga  4'
Marta  23' (pen.)
Cristiane  75'
Report De Vanna  36'
Colthorpe  68'
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium
Attendance: 35,061
Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

Semifinals

(All times UTC+8)

26 September 2007
20:00
Germany  3–0  Norway
Rønning  42' (o.g.)
Stegemann  72'
Müller  75'
Report
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium
Attendance: 53,819
Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)

27 September 2007
20:00
United States  0–4  Brazil
Report Osborne  20' (o.g.)
Marta  27', 79'
Cristiane  56'

Third place match

30 September 2007
17:00
Norway  1–4  United States
R. Gulbrandsen  63' Report Wambach  30', 46'
Chalupny  58'
O'Reilly  59'
Hongkou Stadium
Attendance: 32,068
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

Final

30 September 2007
20:00
Germany  2–0  Brazil
Prinz  52'
Laudehr  86'
Report
Hongkou Stadium
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

Awards

Golden Shoe Winner Golden Ball Winner FIFA Fair Play Trophy Best Goalkeeper
Brazil Marta Brazil Marta  Norway Germany Nadine Angerer

All-Star Team

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Germany Nadine Angerer
Norway Bente Nordby

Germany Ariane Hingst
China Li Jie
Norway Ane Stangeland Horpestad
Germany Kerstin Stegemann

Brazil Daniela
Brazil Formiga
England Kelly Smith
Germany Renate Lingor
Norway Ingvild Stensland
United States Kristine Lilly

Australia Lisa De Vanna
Brazil Marta
Brazil Cristiane
Germany Birgit Prinz

Goal scorers

Marta of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 111 goals were scored by 64 different players, with three of them credited as own goals.

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Tournament ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Germany 6510210+2116
2  Brazil 6501174+1315
3  United States 6411127+513
4  Norway 63121211+110
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  China PR 420257–26
6  Australia 412197+25
7  England 412186+25
8  North Korea 411257–24
Eliminated at the group stage
9  Canada 311174+34
10  Japan 311134–14
10  Sweden 311134–14
12  Denmark 31024403
13  Nigeria 301214–31
14  New Zealand 300309–90
15  Ghana 3003315–120
16  Argentina 3003118–170

References and notes

  1. Emblem for World Cup 2007 Launched, from china.org.cn, retrieved 7 July 2006
  2. Soccer: China Set up LOC for Women's World Cup, from Xinhua News Agency, retrieved 25 September 2006
  3. 3.0 3.1 FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 on target. Retrieved on October 18, 2006.
  4. "Three European teams will book their spot to Beijing 2008". FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007. FIFA. 2007-09-06. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
  5. FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 on target. Retrieved on September 16, 2007.
  6. FIFA Women's World Ranking March 2007 Retrieved on September 16, 2007.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Hays, Graham (2007-04-23). "U.S. women face Group of Death scenario again". ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Moved from 18 September Match schedule amended
  9. Moved from 19 September in Shanghai due to Typhoon Wipha, Match schedule amended due to typhoon Wipha
  10. Moved from 19 September in Hangzhou due to Typhoon Wipha, Australia-Canada and China-New Zealand moved to 20 Sept
  11. Moved from 19 September due to Typhoon Wipha Australia-Canada and China-New Zealand moved to 20 Sept
  12. Moved from 19 September due to Typhoon Wipha Match schedule amended due to typhoon Wipha

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