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.<ref name="NYT">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.

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.<ref name="changes">Template:Cite book</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> About 112,000 tickets were sold for the entire tournament.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

As a FIFA rules experiment, each team was allowed a two-minute time out each half.<ref name="wapost">Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref name="NYT" />

Venues

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

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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)Template:Efn
	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)

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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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Group stage

Template:Anchor Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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

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Group B

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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.<ref name="ozfootball">Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the other game, Angela Iannotta scored Australia's first-ever World Cup goal, but China defeated the Matildas 4–2.<ref name="ozfootball"/>

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Knockout stage

Bracket

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

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Final

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Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:<ref>Awards 1995</ref>

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

Tournament ranking

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External links

• FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)
• SVT's open archive