1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	5 – 18 June
Teams	12
Venue(s)	5
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 June 18, 1995.

Venues

Gävle Helsingborg Karlstad Västerås Solna 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup (Sweden)

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

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:

Squads

For a list of the squads that disputed the final tournament, see 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup squads.

Match officials

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

First round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
Sweden	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Japan	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Brazil	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3

Sweden  v  Brazil

June 5, 1995 18:00

Sweden	0–1	Brazil
	(Report)	Roseli  37'

Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Denoncourt (Canada)

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Germany  v  Japan

June 5, 1995 14:00

Germany	1–0	Japan
Neid  23'	(Report)

Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 3,824 Referee: Mathabela (South Africa)

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Sweden  v  Germany

June 7, 1995 19:00

Sweden	3–2	Germany
Andersson  65' (pen.)  86' Sundhage  80'	(Report)	Wiegmann  9' (pen.) Lohn  42'

Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 5,855 Referee: Black (New Zealand)

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Brazil  v  Japan

June 7, 1995 19:00

Brazil	1–2	Japan
Pretinha  7'	(Report)	Noda  13', 45'

Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 2,286 Referee: Hepburn (United States)

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Sweden  v  Japan

June 9, 1995 19:00

Sweden	2–0	Japan
Videkull  66' Andelen  88'	(Report)

Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 7,811 Referee: Mathabela (South Africa)

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Brazil  v  Germany

June 9, 1995 19:00

Brazil	1–6	Germany
Roseli  19'	(Report)	Prinz  5' Meinert  22' Wiegmann  42' (pen.) Mohr  78', 89' Bernhard  90'

Tingvallen, Karlstad 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

Norway  v  Nigeria

June 6, 1995 19:00

Norway	8–0	Nigeria
Sandberg  30', 44', 82' Riise  49' Aarønes  60', 90' Medalen  67' Svensson  76' (pen.)	(Report)

Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 4,344 Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg)

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England  v  Canada

June 6, 1995 19:00

England	3–2	Canada
Coultard  51' (pen.), 85' Spacey  76' (pen.)	(Report)	Stoumbos  87' Donnelly  90+1'

Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 655 Referee: Oedlund (Sweden)

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Norway  v  England

June 8, 1995 19:00

Norway	2–0	England
Haugen  7' Riise  37'	(Report)

Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 5,520 Referee: Gamboa Martinez (Chile)

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Nigeria  v  Canada

June 8, 1995 19:00

Nigeria	3–3	Canada
Nwadike  26' Avre  60' Okoroafor  77'	(Report)	Burtini  12', 55' Donnelly  20'

Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 250 Referee: Un-Prasert (Thailand)

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Norway  v  Canada

June 10, 1995 16:00

Norway	7–0	Canada
Aarønes  4', 21', 90+3' Riise  12' Pettersen  71', 89' Leinan  84'	(Report)

Strömvallen, Gävle Attendance: 2,715 Referee: Siqueira (Brazil)

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Nigeria  v  England

June 10, 1995 16:00

Nigeria	2–3	England
Okoroafor  13' Nwadike  74'	(Report)	Farley  10', 38' Walker  27'

Tingvallen, Karlstad 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

United States  v  China PR

June 6, 1995 19:00

United States	3–3	China PR
Venturini  22' Milbrett  34' Hamm  51'	(Report)	Liping  38' Wei  74' Sun  79'

Strömvallen, Gävle Attendance: 4,635 Referee: Jonsson (Sweden)

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Denmark  v  Australia

June 6, 1995 19:00

Denmark	5–0	Australia
Krogh  12', 48' Nielsen  25' Jensen  37' Hansen  86'	(Report)

Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Skovgang (Norway)

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United States  v  Denmark

June 8, 1995 19:00

United States	2–0	Denmark
Lilly  9' Milbrett  49'	(Report)

Strömvallen, Gävle Attendance: 2,740 Referee: Camara (Guinea)

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China PR  v  Australia

June 8, 1995 19:00

China PR	4–2	Australia
Zhou  23' Shi  54', 78' Liu  90+3'	(Report)	Iannotta  25' Hughes  89'

Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sequeira (Brazil)

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United States  v  Australia

June 10, 1995 19:00

United States	4–1	Australia
Foudy  69' Fawcett  72' Overbeck  90+2' (pen.) Keller  90+4'	(Report)	Casagrande  54'

Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Prasert (Thailand)

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China PR  v  Denmark

June 10, 1995 19:00

China PR	3–1	Denmark
Shi  21' Sun  76' Wei  90'	(Report)	Bonde  44'

Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 1,619 Referee: Martinez (Chile)

Knockout stage

	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			Third place
	13 June — Tingvallen
					Norway	1			17 June — Strömvallen
	Norway	3
									China PR	0
	Denmark	1
									United States	2

Quarterfinals

Germany  v  England

June 13, 1995 20:15

Germany	3–0	England
Voss  41' Meinert  55' Mohr  82'	(Report)

Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 2,317 Referee: Skogvang (Norway)

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Sweden  v  China PR

June 13, 1995 20:15

Sweden	1–1 (a.e.t.)	China PR
Kalte  90+3' (pen.)	(Report)	Sun Q.  29'
	Penalties
Andersson Videkull Pohjanen Sundhage Nessvold	3–4	Wen Huilin Yufeng Qingxia Ailing

Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 7,537 Referee: Denoncourt (Canada)

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United States  v  Japan

June 13, 1995 17:15

United States	4–0	Japan
Lilly  8', 42' Milbrett  45' Venturini  80'	(Report)

Strömvallen, Gävle Attendance: 3,756 Referee: Gamboa Martinez (Chile)

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Norway  v  Denmark

June 13, 1995 17:15

Norway	3–1	Denmark
Espeseth  21' Medalen  64' Riise  85'	(Report)	Krogh  86'

Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 4,655 Referee: Un-Prasert (Thailand)

Semifinals

Germany  v  China PR

June 15, 1995 20:15

Germany	1–0	China PR
Wiegmann  88'	(Report)

Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 3,693 Referee: Mathabela (South Africa)

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United States  v  Norway

June 15, 1995 17:15

United States	0–1	Norway
	(Report)	Aarønes  10'

Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 2,893 Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg)

Third place

China PR  v  United States

June 17, 1995 16:00

China PR	0–2	United States
	(Report)	Venturini  24' Hamm  55'

Strömvallen, Gävle Attendance: 4,335 Referee: Denoncourt (Canada)

Final

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Final

Germany  v  Norway

June 18, 1995 18:00

Germany	0–2	Norway
	(Report)	Riise  37' Pettersen  40'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance: 17,158 Referee: Jonsson (Sweden)

Awards

1995 Women's World Cup Winners
Norway First title

Golden Shoe Winner	Golden Ball Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Ann-Kristin Aarønes	Hege Riise	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

Gitte Krogh Shi Guihong Bettina Wiegmann

Heidi Mohr Kristin Sandberg Marianne Pettersen

Kristine Lilly Tiffeny Milbrett Tisha Venturini

2 goals

Gillian Coultard Karen Farley Roseli De Belo Akemi Noda Geri Donnelly

Silvana Burtini Sun Wen Wei Haiying Maren Meinert Adaku Okoroafor

Rita Nwadike Linda Medalen Malin Andersson Mia Hamm

1 goal

Karen Walker Marie Anne Spacey Angela Iannotta Lisa Casagrande Sunni Hughes Pretinha Anne Nielsen Christina Hansen Christine Bonde Helle Jensen Helen Stoumbos

Liu Ailing Sun Qingmei Wang Liping Zhou Yang Anouschka Bernhard Birgit Prinz Martina Voss Silvia Neid Ursula Lohn Patience Avre Gro Espeseth

Randi Leinan Tina Svensson Tone Haugen Anneli Andelen Lena Videkull Pia Sundhage Ulrika Kalte Carla Overbeck Debbie Keller Joy Fawcett Julie Foudy

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	6
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

References

1. ↑ "WOMEN'S WORLD CUP; Norway's Rivalry With U.S. Is Intense – New York Times". Nytimes.com. 1999-06-13. Retrieved 2012-08-02. 
2. ↑ "Norway Women Win World Cup – Chicago Tribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. 1995-06-19. Retrieved 2012-08-02. 
3. ↑ "Raising Their Game: Enjoying it in 1995". YouTube. 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-08-02. 

External links

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

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1995 FIFA Women's World Cup stadiums
Arosvallen (Västerås) Olympia (Helsingborg) Råsunda (Solna) Strömvallen (Gävle) Tingvalla IP (Karlstad)