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
Venue(s)	8
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] U.S. President Bill Clinton was among those in attendance. The final was scoreless after extra time and won by the U.S. in a penalty shootout.^[4][5] This remains the only Women's World Cup tournament in which the host nation has won.

An official music video of the number Let's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez was filmed live at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Venues

Rose Bowl Location: Pasadena (Los Angeles), California Capacity: 90,185	Spartan Stadium Location: San Jose, California Capacity: 31,218	Foxboro Stadium Location: Foxborough (Boston), Massachusetts Capacity: 54,456	Soldier Field Location: Chicago, Illinois Capacity: 65,080
Chicago East Rutherford Foxborough Stanford Pasadena Portland San Jose Landover 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup (the US)
Giants Stadium Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey (New York City) Capacity: 78,972	Civic Stadium Location: Portland, Oregon Capacity: 20,129	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium Location: Landover, Maryland (Washington, D.C.) Capacity: 80,116	Stanford Stadium Location: Stanford (San Francisco), California Capacity: 73,123

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

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 – Stanford
	Germany	2
					United States	2
	1 July – Landover
					Brazil	0
	Brazil (a.e.t.)	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

1999 Women's World Cup Winners
United States Second title

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:^[7]

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Sun Wen	Sissi	Michelle Akers
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Sissi	Sun Wen	Ann Kristin Aarønes
7 goals	7 goals	4 goals
FIFA Fair Play Award
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.^[8]

7 goals

• Sissi
• Sun Wen

4 goals

• Ann-Kristin Aarønes

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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)
• All Matches Brazilian Footabll Team, jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com