1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup USA '99
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	19 June – 10 July
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
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 10 July 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.

Host selection

On 31 May 1996, the FIFA Executive Committee awarded as the tournament to the United States.^[6] They became the second country to host both men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the men's only two years before the selection.

Venues


Rose Bowl Location: Pasadena (Los Angeles), California Capacity: 90,185	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium Location: Landover, Maryland (Washington, D.C.) Capacity: 80,116	Giants Stadium Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey (New York City) Capacity: 78,972	Stanford Stadium Location: Stanford (San Francisco), California Capacity: 73,123
Chicago East Rutherford Foxborough Stanford Pasadena Portland San Jose Landover 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup (the US)

Soldier Field Location: Chicago Capacity: 65,080	Foxboro Stadium Location: Foxborough (Boston), Massachusetts Capacity: 54,456	Spartan Stadium Location: San Jose, California Capacity: 31,218	Civic Stadium Location: Portland, Oregon Capacity: 20,129

Teams

16 teams participated in the final tournament. The teams were:

Africa (CAF)
- Nigeria
- Ghana
Asia (AFC)
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

Africa

Cofie Comfort
Bola Elizabeth Abidoye
Omoleye Adeyemi Adeola
Fatou Gaye

Asia

Lu Lijuan
Zuo Xiudi
Hisae Yoshizawa
Im Eun Ju
Ri Song Ok

North, Central America and Caribbean

Sonia Denoncourt
Maria Rodríguez
Virginia Tovar
Jackeline Blanquice
Boni Bishop
Kari Seitz
Sandra Hunt

South America

Ana Beatriz Batista
Cleidy Mary Ribeiro
Maria Edilene Siqueira
Martha Liliana Pardo
Ana Isabel Pérez
Marisela de Fuentes

Europe

Gitte Nielsen
Katriina Elovirta
Petteri Kari
Ghislaine Labbe
Elke Günthner
Corrie Kruithof
Ann Wenche Kleven
Nicole Petignat
Susanne Borg

Oceania

Tammy Ogston

Draw

The group draw took place at the Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California on 14 February 1999.^[7]^[8]

Group stage

Group A

Qualifying countries

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States (H)	3	3	0	13	1	+12	9
Nigeria	3	2	1	5	8	−3	6
North Korea	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3
Denmark	3	0	3	1	8	−7	0

(H): Host.

19 June 1999	Denmark	0–3	United States	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
15:00		Report	Hamm 17' Foudy 73' Lilly 89'	Attendance: 78,972 Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

20 June 1999	North Korea	1–2	Nigeria	Rose Bowl, Pasadena
18:30	Jo 74'	Report	Akide 50' Nwadike 79'	Attendance: 17,100 Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

24 June 1999	United States	7–1	Nigeria	Soldier Field, Chicago
19:00	Chiejine 19' (o.g.) Hamm 20' Milbrett 23', 83' Lilly 32' Akers 39' Parlow 42'	Report	Okosieme 2'	Attendance: 65,080 Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

24 June 1999	North Korea	3–1	Denmark	Civic Stadium, Portland
18:00	Jin 15' Jo 39' Kim 73'	Report	Johansen 74'	Attendance: 20,129 Referee: Martha Toro (Colombia)

27 June 1999	Nigeria	2–0	Denmark	Jack Kent Cook Stadium, Landover
16:00	Akide 25' Okosieme 81'	Report		Attendance: 22,109 Referee: Maria Edilene Siqueira (Brazil)

27 June 1999	United States	3–0	North Korea	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
19:00	MacMillan 56' Venturini 68', 76'	Report		Attendance: 50,484 Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

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

19 June 1999	Brazil	7–1	Mexico	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
17:30	Pretinha 3', 12', 90+1' Sissi 29', 42', 50' Kátia 35' (pen.)	Report	Domínguez 10'	Attendance: 78,972 Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

20 June 1999	Italy	1–1	Germany	Rose Bowl, Pasadena
16:00	Panico 36'	Report	Wiegmann 61' (pen.)	Attendance: 17,100 Referee: Bola Elizabeth Abidoye (Nigeria)

24 June 1999	Brazil	2–0	Italy	Soldier Field, Chicago
17:00	Sissi 3', 63'	Report		Attendance: 65,080 Referee: Gitte Nielsen (Denmark)

24 June 1999	Germany	6–0	Mexico	Civic Stadium, Portland
20:30	Grings 10', 57', 90+2' Smisek 46' Hingst 49' Lingor 89'	Report		Attendance: 20,129 Referee: Im Eun Ju (Korea Republic)

27 June 1999	Germany	3–3	Brazil	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
13:30	Prinz 8' Wiegmann 46' (pen.) Jones 58'	Report	Kátia 15' Sissi 20' Maycon 90+4'	Attendance: 22,109 Referee: Im Eun Ju (Korea Republic)

27 June 1999	Mexico	0–2	Italy	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
16:30		Report	Panico 37' Zanni 51'	Attendance: 50,484 Referee: Bola Elizabeth Abidoye (Nigeria)

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

19 June 1999	Japan	1–1	Canada	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
19:00	Otake 64'	Report	Burtini 32'	Attendance: 23,298 Referee: Maria Edilene Siqueira (Brazil)

20 June 1999	Russia	1–2	Norway	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
16:00	Komarova 78'	Report	Sandaune 28' Pettersen 68'	Attendance: 14,873 Referee: Xiudi Zuo (China)

23 June 1999	Norway	7–1	Canada	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
18:00	Aarønes 8', 36' Lehn 49' Riise 54' Medalen 68' Pettersen 76' Gulbrandsen 87'	Report	Hooper 31'	Attendance: 16,448 Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

23 June 1999	Japan	0–5	Russia	Civic Stadium, Portland
18:00		Report	Savina 29' Letyushova 52', 90' N. Karasseva 58' Barbashina 80'	Attendance: 17,668 Referee: Sandra Hunt (United States)

26 June 1999	Canada	1–4	Russia	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
12:00	Hooper 76'	Report	Grigorieva 54' Fomina 66', 86' O. Karasseva 90+1'	Attendance: 29,401 Referee: Xiudi Zuo (China)

26 June 1999	Norway	4–0	Japan	Soldier Field, Chicago
18:30	Riise 8' (pen.) Isozaki 26' (o.g.) Aarønes 36' Mellgren 61'	Report		Attendance: 34,256 Referee: Maricela Contreras De Fuentes (Venezuela)

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

19 June 1999	Sweden	1–2	China PR	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
17:00	Bengtsson 2'	Report	Jin Y. 17' Liu A.L. 69'	Attendance: 23,298 Referee: Virginia Tovar (Mexico)

20 June 1999	Australia	1–1	Ghana	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
19:30	Murray 74'	Report	Gyamfua 76'	Attendance: 14,867 Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

23 June 1999	Australia	1–3	Sweden	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
20:30	Murray 32'	Report	Törnqvist 8' Ljungberg 21', 69'	Attendance: 16,448 Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)

23 June 1999	China PR	7–0	Ghana	Civic Stadium, Portland
20:30	Sun W. 9', 21', 54' Jin Y. 16' Zhang O.Y. 82', 90+1' Zhao L.H. 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 17,668 Referee: Elke Günthner (Germany)

26 June 1999	China PR	3–1	Australia	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
14:30	Sun W. 39', 51' Liu Y. 73'	Report	Salisbury 66'	Attendance: 29,401 Referee: Sandra Hunt (United States)

26 June 1999	Ghana	0–2	Sweden	Soldier Field, Chicago
16:00		Report	Svensson 58', 86'	Attendance: 34,256 Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Knockout stage

Bracket

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 (a.e.t.)	0 (5)
30 June – San Jose
				China PR	0 (4)
Norway	3
		4 July – Foxboro
Sweden	1
		Norway	0
30 June – San Jose
		China PR	5	Third place
China PR	2
				10 July – Pasadena
Russia	0
				Brazil	0 (5)

				Norway	0 (4)

Quarter-finals

30 June 1999	China PR	2–0	Russia	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
17:00	Pu W. 37' Jin Y. 56'	Report		Attendance: 21,411 Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

30 June 1999	Norway	3–1	Sweden	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
19:30	Aarønes 51' Pettersen 58' Riise 72' (pen.)	Report	Moström 90'	Attendance: 21,411 Referee: Im Eun-ju (Korea Republic)

1 July 1999	United States	3–2	Germany	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
19:00	Milbrett 16' Chastain 49' Fawcett 66'	Report	Chastain 5' (o.g.) Wiegmann 45+1'	Attendance: 54,642 Referee: Martha Toro (Colombia)

1 July 1999	Brazil	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
21:30	Cidinha 4', 22' Nenê 35' Sissi 104'	Report	Emeafu 63' Okosieme 72' Egbe 85'	Attendance: 54,642 Referee: Virginia Tovar (Mexico)

Semi-finals

4 July 1999	United States	2–0	Brazil	Stanford Stadium, Stanford
13:30	Parlow 5' Akers 80' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 73,123 Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

4 July 1999	Norway	0–5	China PR	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
19:30		Report	Sun W. 3', 72' Liu A.L. 14', 51' Fan Y.J. 65'	Attendance: 8,986 Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Third place play-off

10 July 1999	Norway	0–0 ^[A] (4–5 p)	Brazil	Rose Bowl, Pasadena
10:15		Report		Attendance: 90,185 Referee: Im Eun Ju (Korea Republic)
		Penalties
	Riise Pettersen Jørgensen Sandaune Gulbrandsen Aarønes		Pretinha Cidinha Kátia Maicon Nenê Formiga

^A No extra time was played.^[9]

Final

10 July 1999	United States	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	China PR	Rose Bowl, Pasadena
12:50		Report		Attendance: 90,185 Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
		Penalties
	Overbeck Fawcett Lilly Hamm Chastain		Xie H.L. Qiu H.Y. Liu Y. Zhang O.Y. Sun W.

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:^[10]

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.^[11]

7 goals

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

Table source

References

↑ Jere Longman (22 June 1999). "WOMEN'S WORLD CUP; Bigger Crowds Watching Better Play – New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
↑ "SOCCER; 1999 Women's World Cup: Beautiful Game Takes Flight". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
↑ Jere Longman (20 May 1999). "SOCCER; 1999 Women's World Cup: Beautiful Game Takes Flight – New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
↑ "1999 U.s. Women's Soccer Team – Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
↑ Gee, Alison (13 July 2014). "BBC News – Why Women's World Cup champion Brandi Chastain bared her bra". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
↑ "World Cup 2002 to be held in Japan and Korea Republic". FIFA.com. 31 May 1996.
↑ "Women's World Cup Draw: World Stars to Play USA". FIFA.com. 11 December 1998.
↑ "DiCicco names USA Roster to Face FIFA World Stars at 1999 Women's World Cup Final Draw on Feb. 14 in San Jose, Calif". ussoccer.com. 2 February 1999.
↑ "Brazil takes third". SI/CNN. 10 July 1999. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
↑ Awards 1999
↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999". FIFA. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999". FIFA. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

External links

FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)
All Matches Brazilian Football Team, jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com

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[1] Jere Longman (22 June 1999). "WOMEN'S WORLD CUP; Bigger Crowds Watching Better Play – New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

[2] "SOCCER; 1999 Women's World Cup: Beautiful Game Takes Flight". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 3 August 2012.

[3] Jere Longman (20 May 1999). "SOCCER; 1999 Women's World Cup: Beautiful Game Takes Flight – New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 3 August 2012.

[4] "1999 U.s. Women's Soccer Team – Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

[5] Gee, Alison (13 July 2014). "BBC News – Why Women's World Cup champion Brandi Chastain bared her bra". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

[6] "World Cup 2002 to be held in Japan and Korea Republic". FIFA.com. 31 May 1996.

[7] "Women's World Cup Draw: World Stars to Play USA". FIFA.com. 11 December 1998.

[8] "DiCicco names USA Roster to Face FIFA World Stars at 1999 Women's World Cup Final Draw on Feb. 14 in San Jose, Calif". ussoccer.com. 2 February 1999.

[9] "Brazil takes third". SI/CNN. 10 July 1999. Retrieved 16 April 2012.

[10] Awards 1999

[11] "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999". FIFA. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

[12] "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999". FIFA. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

[A]

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
Stages	Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D 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

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup finalists
Champions	United States
Runner-up	China PR
Third Place	Brazil
Fourth Place	Norway
Quarter-finals	Germany Nigeria Russia Sweden
Group stage	Australia Canada Denmark Ghana Italy Japan Mexico North Korea
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