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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(s)	Sun Wen
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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 less than 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 United States)
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)  North Korea  China PR  Japan 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

Draw

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

Group stage

Group A

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

(H): Host.

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7
2	Germany	3	1	2	0	10	4	+6	5
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6
3	Canada	3	0	1	2	3	12	−9	1
4	Japan	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	China PR	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Australia	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1
4	Ghana	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

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 (pen.)	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 (pen.)	0 (5)
									Norway	0 (4)

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

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

Final

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

• 
  Sissi
  


• 
  Sun Wen
  

4 goals

• 
  Ann Kristin Aarønes
  

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

• 
  Hiromi Isozaki (for Norway)


• 
  Ifeanyi 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^{[citation needed]}

References

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