1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

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. About 112,000 tickets were sold for the entire tournament.

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

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.

Venues

Teams

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

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:

Squads

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

Match officials

Notes

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.

Group stage

Group A

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

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.

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. In the other game, Angela Iannotta scored Australia's first-ever World Cup goal, but China defeated the Matildas 4–2.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

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

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup final

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Statistics

Goalscorers

• Ann Kristin Aarønes

• Hege Riise

• Shi Guihong

• Gitte Krogh

• Heidi Mohr

• Bettina Wiegmann

• Marianne Pettersen

• Kristin Sandberg

• Kristine Lilly

• Tiffeny Milbrett

• Tisha Venturini

• 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

• 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

• Mia Hamm

• Hege Riise

• Charmaine Hooper

• Tone Haugen

• Linda Medalen

• Pretinha

• Liu Ailing

• Shi Guihong

• Zhao Lihong

• Birgit Christensen

• Patricia Brocker

• Ursula Lohn

• Gro Espeseth

• Tina Svensson

• Malin Andersson

• Carin Jennings-Gabarra

• 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

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.

quarter-finals group stage

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