1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, the second edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in Sweden and won by Norway, who became the first European nation to win the Women's World Cup.^[1][2][3] The tournament featured 12 women's national teams from six continental confederations. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams and two best third-ranked teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the final at Råsunda Stadium on 18 June 1995.

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Världsmästerskapet i fotboll för damer 1995
Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	5–18 June
Teams	12 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Norway (1st title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	United States
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	99 (3.81 per match)
Attendance	112,213 (4,316 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ann Kristin Aarønes (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Hege Riise
Fair play award	Sweden
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Sweden became the first country to host both men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the men's in 1958.

Australia, Canada, and England made their debuts in the competition. The tournament also hosted as qualification for the 1996 Summer Olympics, with the eight quarter-finalists being invited to the Olympics. In the second edition of the Women's World Cup, matches were lengthened to the standard 90 minutes, and three points were awarded for a win.^[4]

Summary

Bulgaria was originally awarded hosting rights for the tournament, but had to relinquish the rights and FIFA ended up awarding the tournament to Sweden.^[5] About 112,000 tickets were sold for the entire tournament.^[6]

As a FIFA rules experiment, each team was allowed a two-minute time out each half.^[7]

Norway won the 1995 title, with one in four Norwegians watching the game on television. Norway's team plane was escorted back to Oslo by two F-16s on their way to a victory celebration.^[1]

Venues

Gävle Helsingborg Karlstad Västerås Solna

Strömvallen, Gävle (Capacity: 7,300) Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg (Capacity: 17,200) Tingvalla IP, Karlstad (Capacity: 5,000) Arosvallen, Västerås (Capacity: 10,000) Råsunda, Solna (Capacity: 36,800)

Teams

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Qualifying countries and their results of the 1995 Women's World Cup

As in the previous edition of the FIFA Women's World cup, held in 1991, 12 teams participated in the final tournament. The teams were:

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

Europe (UEFA)  Denmark  England  Germany  Norway  Sweden (qualified automatically as hosts) North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)  Canada  United States

Squads

For a list of the squads that competed in the final tournament, see 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup squads.

Match officials

Referees Confederation Referee Female officials CONCACAF Sonia Denoncourt (Canada) Catherine Leann Hepburn (United States) CONMEBOL Maria Edilene Siqueira (Brazil) OFC Linda May Black (New Zealand) UEFA Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden) Eva Ödlund (Sweden)[a] Bente Skogvang (Norway) Male officials AFC Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand) CAF Engage Camara (Guinea) Petros Mathabela (South Africa) CONMEBOL Eduardo Gamboa (Chile) UEFA Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Assistant referees Confederation Assistant referee Female officials AFC Hisae Yoshizawa (Japan) CONCACAF María del Socorro Rodríguez (Mexico) CONMEBOL Ana Bia Batista (Brazil) UEFA Christine Frai (Germany) Gitte Holm (Denmark) Corinne Lagrange (France) Veronika Schluchter-Märki (Switzerland) Male officials AFC Jeon Young-hyun (South Korea) CAF Amir Osman Mohamed Hamid (Sudan) Mamadou Touré (Mali) CONCACAF Peter Kelly (Trinidad and Tobago) CONMEBOL Manuel Yupanqui Souza (Peru)

Notes

1. Also served as an assistant referee for one match.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 18 February 1995 in a public ceremony at the Elite Hotel Marina Plaza in Helsingborg, Sweden. The draw was conducted by Sepp Blatter, then the FIFA General Secretary, and assisted by Swedish internationals Tomas Brolin and Kristin Bengtsson, winners of the 1994 Guldbollen and Diamantbollen, respectively. There was no television coverage of the draw.^[8]

Group stage

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[9] Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat); Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; Drawing of lots.

Group A

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sweden (H)	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Brazil	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

Germany	1–0	Japan
Neid 23'	Report

5 June 1995 (1995-06-05)

14:00

Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Attendance: 3,824

Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)

Sweden	0–1	Brazil
	Report	Roseli 37'

5 June 1995 (1995-06-05)

18:00

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 14,500

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

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Sweden	3–2	Germany
Andersson 65' (pen.), 86' Sundhage 80'	Report	Wiegmann 9' (pen.) Lohn 42'

7 June 1995 (1995-06-07)

19:00

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 5,855

Referee: Linda May Black (New Zealand)

Brazil	1–2	Japan
Pretinha 7'	Report	Noda 13', 45'

7 June 1995 (1995-06-07)

19:00

Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Attendance: 2,286

Referee: Catherine Leann Hepburn (United States)

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Sweden	2–0	Japan
Videkull 66' Andelén 88'	Report

9 June 1995 (1995-06-09)

19:00

Arosvallen, Västerås

Attendance: 7,811

Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)

Brazil	1–6	Germany
Roseli 19'	Report	Prinz 5' Meinert 22' Wiegmann 42' (pen.) Mohr 78', 89' Bernhard 90'

9 June 1995 (1995-06-09)

19:00

Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Attendance: 3,203

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Group B

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	England	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6
3	Canada	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8	1
4	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	5	14	−9	1

Source: FIFA

Norway	8–0	Nigeria
Sandberg 30', 44', 82' Riise 49' Aarønes 60', 90' Medalen 67' Svensson 76' (pen.)	Report

6 June 1995 (1995-06-06)

19:00

Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Attendance: 4,344

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

England	3–2	Canada
Coultard 51' (pen.), 85' Spacey 76' (pen.)	Report	Stoumbos 87' Donnelly 90+1'

6 June 1995 (1995-06-06)

19:00

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 655

Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)

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Norway	2–0	England
Haugen 7' Riise 37'	Report

8 June 1995 (1995-06-08)

19:00

Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Attendance: 5,520

Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

Nigeria	3–3	Canada
Nwadike 26' Avre 60' Okoroafor 77'	Report	Burtini 12', 55' Donnelly 20'

8 June 1995 (1995-06-08)

19:00

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 250

Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)

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Norway	7–0	Canada
Aarønes 4', 21', 90+3' Riise 12' Pettersen 71', 89' Leinan 84'	Report

10 June 1995 (1995-06-10)

16:00

Strömvallen, Gävle

Attendance: 2,715

Referee: Maria Edilene Siqueira (Brazil)

Nigeria	2–3	England
Okoroafor 13' Nwadike 74'	Report	Farley 10', 38' Walker 27'

10 June 1995 (1995-06-10)

16:00

Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Attendance: 1,843

Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Group C

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	China	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4	7
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	Australia	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: FIFA

Group C started with back-and-forth 3–3 draw between the United States and China with the Chinese coming back from a 3–1 deficit. Denmark's opening 5–0 win over Australia, in which Sonia Gegenhuber was sent off in the 45th minute for the Aussies, ultimately led to their securing one of the best third place runner up spots as they would lose their next two matches.^[10]

United States goalkeeper Brianna Scurry was sent off in the 88th minute of the second group game against Denmark. With all three substitutions used, U.S. manager Tony DiCicco called upon striker Mia Hamm to play goalkeeper. Hamm made two saves over eight minutes of stoppage time to secure the 2–0 win.^[11] In the other game, Angela Iannotta scored Australia's first-ever World Cup goal, but China defeated the Matildas 4–2.^[10]

United States	3–3	China
Venturini 22' Milbrett 34' Hamm 51'	Report	Wang Liping 38' Wei Haiying 74' Sun Wen 79'

6 June 1995 (1995-06-06)

19:00

Strömvallen, Gävle

Attendance: 4,635

Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Denmark	5–0	Australia
Krogh 12', 48' Eggers Nielsen 25' Jensen 37' C. Hansen 86'	Report

6 June 1995 (1995-06-06)

19:00

Arosvallen, Västerås

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Bente Skogvang (Norway)

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United States	2–0	Denmark
Lilly 9' Milbrett 49'	Report

8 June 1995 (1995-06-08)

19:00

Strömvallen, Gävle

Attendance: 2,704

Referee: Engage Camara (Guinea)

China	4–2	Australia
Zhou Yang 23' Shi Guihong 54', 78' Liu Ailing 90+3'	Report	Iannotta 25' Hughes 89'

8 June 1995 (1995-06-08)

19:00

Arosvallen, Västerås

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Maria Edilene Siqueira (Brazil)

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United States	4–1	Australia
Foudy 69' Fawcett 72' Overbeck 90+2' (pen.) Keller 90+4'	Report	Casagrande 54'

10 June 1995 (1995-06-10)

16:00

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 1,105

Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)

China	3–1	Denmark
Shi Guihong 21' Sun Wen 76' Wei Haiying 90'	Report	Bonde 44'

10 June 1995 (1995-06-10)

16:00

Arosvallen, Västerås

Attendance: 1,619

Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Denmark	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3	Advance to knockout stage
2	A	Japan	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
3	B	Canada	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Knockout stage

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	13 June – Västerås
	Germany	3
					15 June – Helsingborg
	England	0
					Germany	1
	13 June – Helsingborg
					China	0
	Sweden	1 (3)
									18 June – Solna
	China (p)	1 (4)
									Germany	0
	13 June – Gävle
									Norway	2
	Japan	0
					15 June – Västerås
	United States	4
					United States	0
	13 June – Karlstad
					Norway	1			Third place play-off
	Norway	3
									17 June – Gävle
	Denmark	1
									China	0
									United States	2

Quarter-finals

Japan	0–4	United States
	Report	Lilly 8', 42' Milbrett 45' Venturini 80'

13 June 1995 (1995-06-13)

17:15

Strömvallen, Gävle

Attendance: 3,756

Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

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Norway	3–1	Denmark
Espeseth 21' Medalen 64' Riise 85'	Report	Krogh 86'

13 June 1995 (1995-06-13)

17:15

Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Attendance: 4,655

Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)

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Germany	3–0	England
Voss 41' Meinert 55' Mohr 82'	Report

13 June 1995 (1995-06-13)

20:15

Arosvallen, Västerås

Attendance: 2,317

Referee: Bente Skogvang (Norway)

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Sweden	1–1 (a.e.t.)	China
Kalte 90+3'	Report	Sun Qingmei 29'
Penalties
Andersson Videkull Pohjanen Sundhage Nessvold	3–4	Sun Wen Xie Huilin Chen Yufeng Shui Qingxia Liu Ailing

13 June 1995 (1995-06-13)

20:15

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 7,537

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Semi-finals

United States	0–1	Norway
	Report	Aarønes 10'

15 June 1995 (1995-06-15)

17:15

Arosvallen, Västerås

Attendance: 2,893

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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Germany	1–0	China
Wiegmann 88'	Report

15 June 1995 (1995-06-15)

20:15

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 3,693

Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)

Third place play-off

China	0–2	United States
	Report	Venturini 24' Hamm 55'

17 June 1995 (1995-06-17)

16:00

Strömvallen, Gävle

Attendance: 4,335

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Final

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Final

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

18 June 1995 (1995-06-18)

18:00

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 17,158

Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Awards

See also: FIFA Women's World Cup awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:^[12]

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Hege Riise	Gro Espeseth	Ann Kristin Aarønes
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Ann Kristin Aarønes	Hege Riise	Shi Guihong
6 goals, 0 assists	5 goals, 5 assists	3 goals, 2 assists
FIFA Fair Play Award
Sweden

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 99 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.81 goals per match. Ann Kristin Aarønes of Norway won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals.

6 goals

• Ann Kristin Aarønes

5 goals

• Hege Riise

3 goals

• Shi Guihong
• Gitte Krogh
• Heidi Mohr
• Bettina Wiegmann
• Marianne Pettersen
• Kristin Sandberg
• Kristine Lilly
• Tiffeny Milbrett
• Tisha Venturini

2 goals

• Roseli
• Silvana Burtini
• Geri Donnelly
• Sun Wen
• Wei Haiying
• Gillian Coultard
• Karen Farley
• Maren Meinert
• Akemi Noda
• Rita Nwadike
• Adaku Okoroafor
• Linda Medalen
• Malin Andersson
• Mia Hamm

1 goal

• Lisa Casagrande
• Sunni Hughes
• Angela Iannotta
• Pretinha
• Helen Stoumbos
• Liu Ailing
• Sun Qingmei
• Wang Liping
• Zhou Yang
• Christina Bonde
• Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen
• Christina Hansen
• Helle Jensen
• Marieanne Spacey
• Karen Walker
• Anouschka Bernhard
• Ursula Lohn
• Silvia Neid
• Birgit Prinz
• Martina Voss
• Patience Avre
• Gro Espeseth
• Tone Haugen
• Randi Leinan
• Tina Svensson
• Anneli Andelén
• Ulrika Kalte
• Pia Sundhage
• Lena Videkull
• Joy Fawcett
• Julie Foudy
• Debbie Keller
• Carla Overbeck

Assists

6 assists

• Mia Hamm

5 assists

• Hege Riise

3 assists

• Charmaine Hooper
• Tone Haugen
• Linda Medalen

2 assists

• Pretinha
• Liu Ailing
• Shi Guihong
• Zhao Lihong
• Birgit Christensen
• Patricia Brocker
• Ursula Lohn
• Gro Espeseth
• Tina Svensson
• Malin Andersson
• Carin Jennings-Gabarra

1 assist

• Lizzy Claydon
• Sunni Hughes
• Fanta
• Silvana Burtini
• Sun Qingmei
• Sun Wen
• Wei Haiying
• Jeanne Axelsen
• Annette Laursen
• Lene Madsen
• Karen Farley
• Hope Powell
• Marieanne Spacey
• Anouschka Bernhard
• Maren Meinert
• Heidi Mohr
• Martina Voss
• Bettina Wiegmann
• Nami Otake
• Rie Yamaki
• Patience Avre
• Maureen Mmadu
• Rita Nwadike
• Merete Myklebust
• Marianne Pettersen
• Heidi Støre
• Malin Flink
• Ulrika Kalte
• Helen Nilsson
• Joy Fawcett
• Kristine Lilly
• Tisha Venturini

Source: FIFA Technical Report^[13]

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams eliminated in the quarter-finals are ranked by their quarter-final goal differential.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Norway	6	6	0	0	23	1	+22	18	Champions
2	A	Germany	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12	Runners-up
3	C	United States	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	13	Third place
4	C	China	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	8	Fourth place
5	A	Sweden (H)	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7	Eliminated in quarter-finals
6	B	England	4	2	0	2	6	9	−3	6
7	C	Denmark	4	1	0	3	7	8	−1	3
8	A	Japan	4	1	0	3	2	8	−6	3
9	A	Brazil	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3	Eliminated in group stage
10	B	Canada	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8	1
11	B	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	5	14	−9	1
12	C	Australia	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: FIFA Technical Report^[14]
(H) Hosts