1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

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 PR
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	Hege Riise

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.^[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.

Sweden became the first country to host both men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the men's in 1958.

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

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 PR
- 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 disputed the final tournament, see 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup squads.

Africa

Engage Camara
Mamadou Toure
Petros Mathabela
Mohamed Hamid Osman

Asia

Hisae Yoshizawa
Young Jeon
Pirom Un-Prasert

North, Central America and Caribbean

Sonia Denoncourt
Maria Rodríguez
Peter Kelly
Catherine Leann Hepburn

Oceania

Linda May Black

South America

Ana Bia Batista
Maria Edilene Siqueira
Eduardo Gamboa
Manuel Yupanqui Souza

Europe

Gitte Holm
Corinne Lagrange
Christine Frai
Alain Hamer
Bente Skogvang
Veronika Schluchter-Maerki
Eva Ödlund
Ingrid Jonsson

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	9	4	+5	6
Sweden (H)	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6
Japan	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3
Brazil	3	1	2	3	8	−5	3

(H): Host.

5 June 1995	Sweden	0–1	Brazil	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
18:00		(Report)	Roseli 37'	Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Denoncourt (Canada)

5 June 1995	Germany	1–0	Japan	Tingvallen, Karlstad
14:00	Neid 23'	(Report)		Attendance: 3,824 Referee: Mathabela (South Africa)

7 June 1995	Sweden	3–2	Germany	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
19:00	Andersson 65' (pen.) 86' Sundhage 80'	(Report)	Wiegmann 9' (pen.) Lohn 42'	Attendance: 5,855 Referee: Black (New Zealand)

7 June 1995	Brazil	1–2	Japan	Tingvallen, Karlstad
19:00	Pretinha 7'	(Report)	Noda 13', 45'	Attendance: 2,286 Referee: Hepburn (United States)

9 June 1995	Sweden	2–0	Japan	Arosvallen, Västerås
19:00	Videkull 66' Andelen 88'	(Report)		Attendance: 7,811 Referee: Mathabela (South Africa)

9 June 1995	Brazil	1–6	Germany	Tingvallen, Karlstad
19:00	Roseli 19'	(Report)	Prinz 5' Meinert 22' Wiegmann 42' (pen.) Mohr 78', 89' Bernhard 90'	Attendance: 3,203 Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9
England	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6
Canada	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8	1
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	5	14	−9	1

6 June 1995	Norway	8–0	Nigeria	Tingvallen, Karlstad
19:00	Sandberg 30', 44', 82' Riise 49' Aarønes 60', 90' Medalen 67' Svensson 76' (pen.)	(Report)		Attendance: 4,344 Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg)

6 June 1995	England	3–2	Canada	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
19:00	Coultard 51' (pen.), 85' Spacey 76' (pen.)	(Report)	Stoumbos 87' Donnelly 90+1'	Attendance: 655 Referee: Oedlund (Sweden)

8 June 1995	Norway	2–0	England	Tingvallen, Karlstad
19:00	Haugen 7' Riise 37'	(Report)		Attendance: 5,520 Referee: Gamboa Martinez (Chile)

8 June 1995	Nigeria	3–3	Canada	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
19:00	Nwadike 26' Avre 60' Okoroafor 77'	(Report)	Burtini 12', 55' Donnelly 20'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Un-Prasert (Thailand)

10 June 1995	Norway	7–0	Canada	Strömvallen, Gävle
16:00	Aarønes 4', 21', 90+3' Riise 12' Pettersen 71', 89' Leinan 84'	(Report)		Attendance: 2,715 Referee: Siqueira (Brazil)

10 June 1995	Nigeria	2–3	England	Tingvallen, Karlstad
16:00	Okoroafor 13' Nwadike 74'	(Report)	Farley 10', 38' Walker 27'	Attendance: 1,843 Referee: Jonsson (Sweden)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
China PR	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4	7
Denmark	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
Australia	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

6 June 1995	United States	3–3	China PR	Strömvallen, Gävle
19:00	Venturini 22' Milbrett 34' Hamm 51'	(Report)	Liping 38' Wei 74' Sun 79'	Attendance: 4,635 Referee: Jonsson (Sweden)

6 June 1995	Denmark	5–0	Australia	Arosvallen, Västerås
19:00	Krogh 12', 48' Nielsen 25' Jensen 37' Hansen 86'	(Report)		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Skovgang (Norway)

8 June 1995	United States	2–0	Denmark	Strömvallen, Gävle
19:00	Lilly 9' Milbrett 49'	(Report)		Attendance: 2,740 Referee: Camara (Guinea)

8 June 1995	China PR	4–2	Australia	Arosvallen, Västerås
19:00	Zhou 23' Shi 54', 78' Liu 90+3'	(Report)	Iannotta 25' Hughes 89'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sequeira (Brazil)

10 June 1995	United States	4–1	Australia	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
19:00	Foudy 69' Fawcett 72' Overbeck 90+2' (pen.) Keller 90+4'	(Report)	Casagrande 54'	Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Prasert (Thailand)

10 June 1995	China PR	3–1	Denmark	Arosvallen, Västerås
19:00	Shi 21' Sun 76' Wei 90'	(Report)	Bonde 44'	Attendance: 1,619 Referee: Martinez (Chile)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

13 June — Arosvallen

Germany	3
		15 June — Olympia Stadion
England	0
		Germany	1
13 June — Olympia Stadion
		China PR	0
Sweden	1 (3)
				18 June — Råsunda
China PR	1 (4)
				Germany	0
13 June — Strömvallen
				Norway	2
United States	4
		15 June — Arosvallen
Japan	0
		United States	0
13 June — Tingvallen
		Norway	1	Third place
Norway	3
				17 June — Strömvallen
Denmark	1
				China PR	0

				United States	2

Quarter-finals

13 June 1995	Germany	3–0	England	Arosvallen, Västerås
20:15	Voss 41' Meinert 55' Mohr 82'	(Report)		Attendance: 2,317 Referee: Skogvang (Norway)

13 June 1995	Sweden	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	China PR	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
20:15	Kalte 90+3'	(Report)	Sun Q. 29'	Attendance: 7,537 Referee: Denoncourt (Canada)
		Penalties
	Andersson Videkull Pohjanen Sundhage Nessvold		Wen Huilin Yufeng Qingxia Ailing

13 June 1995	United States	4–0	Japan	Strömvallen, Gävle
17:15	Lilly 8', 42' Milbrett 45' Venturini 80'	(Report)		Attendance: 3,756 Referee: Gamboa Martinez (Chile)

13 June 1995	Norway	3–1	Denmark	Tingvallen, Karlstad
17:15	Espeseth 21' Medalen 64' Riise 85'	(Report)	Krogh 86'	Attendance: 4,655 Referee: Un-Prasert (Thailand)

Semi-finals

15 June 1995	Germany	1–0	China PR	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
20:15	Wiegmann 88'	(Report)		Attendance: 3,693 Referee: Mathabela (South Africa)

15 June 1995	United States	0–1	Norway	Arosvallen, Västerås
17:15		(Report)	Aarønes 10'	Attendance: 2,893 Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg)

Third place play-off

17 June 1995	China PR	0–2	United States	Strömvallen, Gävle
16:00		(Report)	Venturini 24' Hamm 55'	Attendance: 4,335 Referee: Denoncourt (Canada)

Final

18 June 1995	Germany	0–2	Norway	Råsunda Stadium, Solna
18:00		(Report)	Riise 37' Pettersen 40'	Attendance: 17,158 Referee: Jonsson (Sweden)

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:^[4]

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	5 goals	3 goals
FIFA Fair Play Award
Sweden

Goal scorers

Ann-Kristin Aarønes of Norway won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 99 goals were scored by 58 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

6 goals

Ann-Kristin Aarønes

5 goals

Hege Riise

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Tournament ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Norway	6	6	0	0	23	1	+22	18
2	Germany	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12
3	United States	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	13
4	China PR	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Sweden	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7
6	England	4	2	0	2	6	9	−3	6
7	Denmark	4	1	0	3	7	8	−1	3
8	Japan	4	1	0	3	2	8	−6	3
Eliminated at the group stage
9	Brazil	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
10	Canada	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8	1
11	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	5	14	−9	1
12	Australia	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Table source

References

↑ "WOMEN'S WORLD CUP; Norway's Rivalry With U.S. Is Intense – New York Times". Nytimes.com. 13 June 1999. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
↑ "Norway Women Win World Cup – Chicago Tribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. 19 June 1995. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
↑ "Raising Their Game: Enjoying it in 1995". YouTube. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
↑ Awards 1995

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[1] "WOMEN'S WORLD CUP; Norway's Rivalry With U.S. Is Intense – New York Times". Nytimes.com. 13 June 1999. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

[2] "Norway Women Win World Cup – Chicago Tribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. 19 June 1995. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

[3] "Raising Their Game: Enjoying it in 1995". YouTube. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

[4] Awards 1995

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
Stages	Group stage Group A Group B Group C Knockout stage Final
General information	Qualification Squads

FIFA Women's World Cup
Tournaments	China 1991 Sweden 1995 United States 1999 United States 2003 China 2007 Germany 2011 Canada 2015 France 2019 TBD 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
Miscellaneous	Hosts Team appearances Teams with no appearances Player appearances Goalscorers hat-tricks own goals Multiple winners Records Awards Broadcasters Mascots

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup finalists
Champions	Norway
Runner-up	Germany
Third Place	United States
Fourth Place	China PR
Quarter-finals	Denmark England Japan Sweden
Group stage	Australia Brazil Canada Nigeria
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