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2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003
Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	20 September – 12 October
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	107 (3.34 per match)
Attendance	656,789 (20,525 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Birgit Prinz (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Birgit Prinz
← 1999 2007 →

The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in the United States and won by Germany.^[1] They won their first women's world title and became the first country to win both men's and women's World Cup. The men's team had won the World Cup three times at the time.

The tournament was originally scheduled for China from 23 September to 11 October. On 3 May 2003, FIFA announced that they would move the tournament to an alternate host country because of the 2003 SARS outbreak in China. At the same time the FIFA announced that the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup would be awarded to China in its place.^[2][3] On 26 May 2003, FIFA announced the United States would host the tournament. Because the United States had hosted the 1999 World Cup, it was thought the United States could best organize the tournament in the little time remaining before the October scheduled start. In addition, women's soccer boosters in the United States hoped that interest generated by the tournament would save the U.S. women's professional league, the Women's United Soccer Association, from folding.^[4]

In compensation for losing the tournament, China retained its automatic qualification as host, and was named as host for the 2007 event.^[4][5][6][7]

Mostly due to the rescheduling of the tournament on short notice, FIFA and the United States Soccer Federation were forced to creatively schedule matches. Nine doubleheaders were scheduled in group play (similar to the 1999 format). They also had to abandon the modern practice of scheduling the final matches of the group stage to kick off simultaneously. In Groups A and D, the final matches were scheduled as the two ends of a doubleheader. The final matches in Groups B and C were also scheduled as doubleheaders, but split between two cities, with a Group B match in each city followed by a Group C match. The four quarterfinals were also scheduled as two doubleheaders, and both semifinals were also a doubleheader.^[8]

Venues

The size and scope of the cup were reduced due to the limited time given to organize the tournament. Giants Stadium in the New York area backed out of hosting after being unable to resolve scheduling issues with the New York Giants. The matches were scheduled in doubleheaders and moved from the East Coast to the West Coast as it progressed.^[9]

Home Depot Center Location: Carson, California Capacity: 27,000	Columbus Crew Stadium Location: Columbus, Ohio Capacity: 23,000	Gillette Stadium Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts Capacity: 22,385
Carson Columbus Foxborough Philadelphia Portland Washington 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup (the United States)
Lincoln Financial Field Location: Philadelphia Capacity: 68,500	PGE Park Location: Portland, Oregon Capacity: 27,700	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Location: Washington, D.C. Capacity: 55,000

Teams

Qualifying countries

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

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup squads.

Match officials

Africa Xonam Agboyi Desiree Perpetue Bola Elizabeth Abidoye Florence Biagui Asia Zhang Dongqing Hisae Yoshizawa Im Eun-ju Choi Soo-jin Hong Kum-nyo Liu Hsiu-mei North, Central America & Caribbean Sonia Denoncourt Denise Robinson Lynda Bramble Jennifer Bennett[10] Sandra Hunt[11] Kari Seitz Karalee Sutton Sharon Wheeler

South America Florencia Romano Alejandra Cercato Sabrina Lois Sueli Tortura Cleidy Mary Ribeiro Marlei Silva Europe Andi Regan Katriina Elovirta Emilia Parviainen Nelly Viennot Katarzyna Nadolska Cristina Babadac Cristina Ionescu Irina Mirt Nicole Petignat Elke Lüthi Oceania Tammy Ogston Airlie Keen Jacqueline Leleu

Draw

The group draw took place at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California on 17 July 2003.^[12]

Group stage

Group A

Main article: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	North Korea	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

(H): Host

20 September 2003
Nigeria	0–3	North Korea	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
21 September 2003
United States	3–1	Sweden	RFK Stadium, Washington
25 September 2003
Sweden	1–0	North Korea	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
United States	5–0	Nigeria	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
28 September 2003
Sweden	3–0	Nigeria	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
North Korea	0–3	United States	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus

Group B

Main article: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	France	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

20 September 2003
Norway	2–0	France	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
21 September 2003
Brazil	3–0	South Korea	RFK Stadium, Washington
24 September 2003
Norway	1–4	Brazil	RFK Stadium, Washington
France	1–0	South Korea	RFK Stadium, Washington
27 September 2003
South Korea	1–7	Norway	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
France	1–1	Brazil	RFK Stadium, Washington

Group C

Main article: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1	3
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

20 September 2003
Germany	4–1	Canada	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
Japan	6–0	Argentina	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
24 September 2003
Germany	3–0	Japan	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
Canada	3–0	Argentina	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
27 September 2003
Canada	3–1	Japan	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
Argentina	1–6	Germany	RFK Stadium, Washington

Group D

Main article: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	China PR	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Ghana	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Australia	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

21 September 2003
Australia	1–2	Russia	The Home Depot Center, Carson
China PR	1–0	Ghana	The Home Depot Center, Carson
25 September 2003
Ghana	0–3	Russia	The Home Depot Center, Carson
China PR	1–1	Australia	The Home Depot Center, Carson
28 September 2003
Ghana	2–1	Australia	PGE Park, Portland
China PR	1–0	Russia	PGE Park, Portland

Knockout stage

Main article: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 October — Foxborough
	United States	1
					5 October — Portland
	Norway	0
					United States	0
	2 October — Portland
					Germany	3
	Germany	7
									12 October — Carson
	Russia	1
									Germany (a.e.t.)	2
	1 October — Foxborough
									Sweden	1
	Brazil	1
					5 October — Portland
	Sweden	2
					Sweden	2
	2 October — Portland
					Canada	1			Third place
	China PR	0
									11 October — Carson
	Canada	1
									United States	3
									Canada	1

Quarter-finals

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1 October 2003

19:30

United States	1–0	Norway
Wambach  24'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 25,103

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

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1 October 2003

16:30

Brazil	1–2	Sweden
Marta  44' (pen.)	(Report)	Svensson  23' Andersson  53'

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 25,103

Referee: Zhang Dongqing (China)

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2 October 2003

19:30

Germany	7–1	Russia
Müller  25' Minnert  57' Wunderlich  60' Garefrekes  62', 85' Prinz  80', 89'	(Report)	Danilova  70'

Providence Park, Portland

Attendance: 20,021

Referee: Im Eun-ju (Korea)

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2 October 2003

22:30

China PR	0–1	Canada
	(Report)	Hooper  7'

Providence Park, Portland

Attendance: 20,021

Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

Semi-finals

5 October 2003

19:30

Germany	3–0	United States
Garefrekes  15' Meinert  90+1' Prinz  90+3'	(Report)

PGE Park, Portland

Attendance: 27,623

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

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5 October 2003

22:30

Canada	1–2	Sweden
Lang  64'	(Report)	Moström  79' Öqvist  86'

PGE Park, Portland

Attendance: 27,623

Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

Third place play-off

11 October 2003

15:30

United States	3–1	Canada
Lilly  22' Boxx  51' Milbrett  80'	(Report)	Sinclair  38'

The Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 25,253

Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

Final

Main article: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final

12 October 2003

13:00

Germany	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Sweden
Meinert  46' Künzer  98'	(Report)	Ljungberg  41'

The Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 26,137

Referee: Cristina Babadac (Romania)

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:^[13]

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Birgit Prinz	Victoria Svensson	Maren Meinert
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Birgit Prinz	Maren Meinert	Kátia Cilene
7 goals	4 goals	4 goals
FIFA Fair Play Award
China PR

All-star team

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Silke Rottenberg	Wang Liping Sandra Minnert Joy Fawcett	Bettina Wiegmann Malin Moström Shannon Boxx	Charmaine Hooper Maren Meinert Birgit Prinz Victoria Svensson

Goal scorers

Birgit Prinz of Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 107 goals were scored by 56 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.^{[citation needed]}

7 goals

• 
  Birgit Prinz
  

4 goals

• 
  Kerstin Garefrekes
  


• 
  Maren Meinert
  


• 
  Kátia Cilene
  

3 goals

Marta Christine Latham Christine Sinclair

Mio Otani Homare Sawa Dagny Mellgren

Hanna Ljungberg Victoria Svensson Abby Wambach

2 goals

Heather Garriock Charmaine Hooper Kara Lang Bai Jie Marinette Pichon Sandra Minnert

Martina Müller Bettina Wiegmann Alberta Sackey Jin Pyol Hui Linda Ørmen Marianne Pettersen

Malin Moström Shannon Boxx Mia Hamm Kristine Lilly Cindy Parlow Cat Reddick

1 goal

Yanina Gaitán Kelly Golebiowski Daniela Rosana Sun Wen Stefanie Gottschlich Nia Künzer Conny Pohlers

Pia Wunderlich Emi Yamamoto Ri Un-Gyong Kim Jin-hee Solveig Gulbrandsen Anita Rapp Brit Sandaune Natalia Barbashina

Elena Danilova Elena Fomina Olga Letyushova Marina Saenko Malin Andersson Josefine Öqvist Julie Foudy Tiffeny Milbrett

Own goal

• 
  Dianne Alagich (for Russia)

Tournament ranking

Teams outside of the top four were ranked by points gained across all matches. Goal differences were used thereafter.^[14]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	6	6	0	0	25	4	+21	18
2	Sweden	6	4	0	2	10	7	+3	12
3	United States	6	5	0	1	15	5	+10	15
4	Canada	6	3	0	3	10	10	0	9
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Brazil	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	7
6	China PR	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	7
7	Norway	4	2	0	2	10	6	+4	6
8	Russia	4	2	0	2	6	9	–3	6
Eliminated at the group stage
9	France	3	1	1	1	2	3	–1	4
10	Japan	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1	3
11	North Korea	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	3
12	Ghana	3	1	0	2	2	5	–3	3
13	Australia	3	0	1	2	3	5	–2	1
14	South Korea	3	0	0	3	1	11	–10	0
15	Nigeria	3	0	0	3	0	11	–11	0
16	Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	15	–14	0

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    ^ Awards 2003
    


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    ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 – Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
    

External links

• 
  FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003, FIFA.com


• FIFA Technical Report