1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

July 2019 February 2020 FIFA Women's World Cup 1995 Världsmästerskapet i fotboll för damer 1995 Sweden 5–18 June 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.png Official logo 12 6 5 5 NOR 1 GER USA CHN 26 99 NOR Ann Kristin Aarønes (6 goals) NOR Hege Riise SWE 1991 1999 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.https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/13/sports/women-s-world-cup-norway-s-rivalry-with-us-is-intense.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm WOMEN'S WORLD CUP; Norway's Rivalry With U.S. Is Intense The New York Times 13 June 1999 2 August 2012https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/06/19/norway-women-win-world-cup/ Norway Women Win World Cup – Chicago Tribune Articles.chicagotribune.com 19 June 1995 2 August 2012https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7kRzEKGpJg&feature=BFp&list=WL42C4FC89F763B0C6 https://web.archive.org/web/20140928085919/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7kRzEKGpJg&gl=US&hl=en 2014-09-28 dead Raising Their Game: Enjoying it in 1995 YouTube 14 June 2012 2 August 2012 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.Williams Jean A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football 4 Some of the terms and conditions had been changed this time: 90 minutes of play instead of 80 in China, a full group of 20 players instead of 18, three points for a win, and the experiment with time out. 978-1-84788-345-2 1 November 2007 Berg Publishers 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.https://sites.duke.edu/wcwp/tournament-guides/world-cup-2015-guide/history-of-the-womens-world-cup/1995-womens-world-cup/ 1995 Women's World Cup Anthony Russo 12 April 2015 About 112,000 tickets were sold for the entire tournament.https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/1999/06-13/0038_women_s_world_cup__soccer_s_bigge.html WOMEN'S WORLD CUP: Soccer's biggest event a week away 13 June 1999 Kitsap Sun 15 May 2019 8 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221108085759/https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/1999/06-13/0038_women_s_world_cup__soccer_s_bigge.html dead As a FIFA rules experiment, each team was allowed a two-minute time out each half.https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1995/06/04/womens-world-cup-95-sweden/ad46f472-3c83-4128-b2f5-eb87ffcad7ec/?noredirect=on Women's World Cup '95 Sweden Steven Goff The Washington Post 4 June 1995 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. Venues Sweden South left 220 Sweden South 60.673056 17.1275 Gävle left Sweden South 56.049444 12.706944 Helsingborg Sweden South 59.386694 13.4935 Karlstad top Sweden South 59.620556 16.541111 Västerås top Sweden South 59.362742 17.996308 Solna bottom 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 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification thumb|left|upright=2.4|Qualifying countries and their results of the 1995 Women's World Cup 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: Africa (CAF) NGA Asia (AFC) CHN JPN 1947 South America (CONMEBOL) BRA Oceania (OFC) AUS (debut) Europe (UEFA) DEN ENG (debut) GER NOR SWE (qualified automatically as hosts) North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF) CAN (debut) USA 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)Also served as an assistant referee for one match. 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) Notes 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.https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/statistical-kit-the-official-draw-for-the-fifa-women-s-world-cup-france-2019tm.pdf?cloudid=jetdflkk8l5do8ph8p9e https://web.archive.org/web/20200830183813/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/statistical-kit-the-official-draw-for-the-fifa-women-s-world-cup-france-2019tm.pdf?cloudid=jetdflkk8l5do8ph8p9e dead 30 August 2020 Statistical Kit – The Draw for the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association PDF 39 6 December 2018 8 January 2020 Group stage Tiebreakers Tie-breaking criteria for group playThe ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:Regulations of the 2nd FIFA World Championship for Women's Football 1995 18 FIFA 1995 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 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A Group A no_hide_class_rules A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 Group B 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B Group B no_hide_class_rules B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 Group C 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C Group C no_hide_class_rules 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.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/1995A.html Matildas Internationals for 1995 Peter Georgaras Steve Darby Andre Kruger Thomas Esamie OzFootball 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.https://the18.com/soccer-videos/mia-hamm-playing-goalie-1995-womens-world-cup TBT: Remember When Mia Hamm Played Goalie at the Women's World Cup? Travis Yoesting 4 April 2019 the18.com In the other game, Angela Iannotta scored Australia's first-ever World Cup goal, but China defeated the Matildas 4–2. C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 Ranking of third-placed teams 3rd place Knockout stage 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage Bracket Bracket Quarter-finals QF1 QF2 QF3 QF4 Semi-finals SF1 SF2 Third place play-off TPP Final 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup final Final Awards FIFA Women's World Cup awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:Awards 1995 Golden BallSilver BallBronze BallNOR Hege RiiseNOR Gro EspesethNOR Ann Kristin AarønesGolden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze ShoeNOR Ann Kristin AarønesNOR Hege RiiseCHN Shi Guihong6 goals, 0 assists5 goals, 5 assists3 goals, 2 assistsFIFA Fair Play AwardSWE Statistics Goalscorers 99 26 Ann Kristin Aarønes of Norway won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. NOR Ann Kristin Aarønes NOR Hege Riise CHN Shi Guihong DEN Gitte Krogh GER Heidi Mohr GER Bettina Wiegmann NOR Marianne Pettersen NOR Kristin Sandberg USA Kristine Lilly USA Tiffeny Milbrett USA Tisha Venturini BRA Roseli CAN Silvana Burtini CAN Geri Donnelly CHN Sun Wen CHN Wei Haiying ENG Gillian Coultard ENG Karen Farley GER Maren Meinert JPN 1947 Akemi Noda NGA Rita Nwadike NGA Adaku Okoroafor NOR Linda Medalen SWE Malin Andersson USA Mia Hamm AUS Lisa Casagrande AUS Sunni Hughes AUS Angela Iannotta BRA Pretinha CAN Helen Stoumbos CHN Liu Ailing CHN Sun Qingmei CHN Wang Liping CHN Zhou Yang DEN Christina Bonde DEN Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen DEN Christina Hansen DEN Helle Jensen ENG Marieanne Spacey ENG Karen Walker GER Anouschka Bernhard GER Ursula Lohn GER Silvia Neid GER Birgit Prinz GER Martina Voss NGA Patience Avre NOR Gro Espeseth NOR Tone Haugen NOR Randi Leinan NOR Tina Svensson SWE Anneli Andelén SWE Ulrika Kalte SWE Pia Sundhage SWE Lena Videkull USA Joy Fawcett USA Julie Foudy USA Debbie Keller USA Carla Overbeck Assists yes FIFA Technical ReportStatistics – 2nd FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995 FIFA 1995 Zürich USA Mia Hamm NOR Hege Riise CAN Charmaine Hooper NOR Tone Haugen NOR Linda Medalen BRA Pretinha CHN Liu Ailing CHN Shi Guihong CHN Zhao Lihong DEN Birgit Christensen GER Patricia Brocker GER Ursula Lohn NOR Gro Espeseth NOR Tina Svensson SWE Malin Andersson USA Carin Jennings-Gabarra AUS Lizzy Claydon AUS Sunni Hughes BRA Fanta CAN Silvana Burtini CHN Sun Qingmei CHN Sun Wen CHN Wei Haiying DEN Jeanne Axelsen DEN Annette Laursen DEN Lene Madsen ENG Karen Farley ENG Hope Powell ENG Marieanne Spacey GER Anouschka Bernhard GER Maren Meinert GER Heidi Mohr GER Martina Voss GER Bettina Wiegmann JPN 1947 Nami Otake JPN 1947 Rie Yamaki NGA Patience Avre NGA Maureen Mmadu NGA Rita Nwadike NOR Merete Myklebust NOR Marianne Pettersen NOR Heidi Støre SWE Malin Flink SWE Ulrika Kalte SWE Helen Nilsson USA Joy Fawcett USA Kristine Lilly USA Tisha Venturini Tournament ranking Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. main WDL complete FIFA Technical Reporthttps://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/67fcb54ae7f99b39/original/k8tckmrzgvizypwyyyvf-pdf.pdf FIFA Women's World Cup 1995 – Technical Report, Part 1: Table FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 14 (15 of PDF) 1 July 2019 H NOR GER USA CHN SWE DEN ENG JPN BRA CAN NGA AUS 0 0 3 3 13 1 0 2 3 8 0 1 2 5 13 2 2 2 11 10 1 0 3 7 8 2 0 2 6 9 4 0 2 13 6 1 0 3 2 8 0 1 2 5 14 6 0 0 23 1 2 1 1 6 4 4 1 1 15 5 AUS BRA CAN CHN DEN ENG GER JPN 1947 NGA NOR SWE USA T C A B C C B A A B B A C Final result #FFD700 Champions #C0C0C0 Runners-up #CD7F32 Third place Fourth place Eliminated inquarter-finals Eliminated ingroup stage Teams eliminated in the quarter-finals are ranked by their quarter-final goal differential. yes yes 1st 2nd 3rd 4th QF QF QF QF GS GS GS GS References External links FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2) SVT's open archive 1995 World Cup Category:1995 in Swedish women's football Category:Women's international association football competitions hosted by Sweden Category:Sports competitions in Helsingborg Category:Sports competitions in Gävle Category:Sports competitions in Västerås Category:Sports competitions in Karlstad Category:Sports competitions in Solna Category:June 1995 sports events in Europe Category:June 1995 in Sweden