1991 FIFA Women's World Cup final

January 2018 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup final Tianhe Stadium.jpg 250 Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou hosted the final. 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Norway NOR 30px 1 United States USA 30px 2 1991 11 30 y Tianhe Stadium Guangzhou Vadim Zhuk (Soviet Union) 63,000 1995 The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup final was an association football match that took place on 30 November 1991 at Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou, China. It was played between Norway and the United States to determine the winner of the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup.https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/chinapr1991/match-center FIFA Women's World Cup – China PR 1991 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 26 August 2014 The United States beat Norway 2–1, with two goals from Michelle Akers-Stahl, to become winners of the first ever FIFA Women's World Cup.Combating a myth from Women's World Cup '91 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/michael_lewis/news/1999/07/14/myth_destroyed/ Sports Illustrated 14 July 1999 1 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20000819070550/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/michael_lewis/news/1999/07/14/myth_destroyed/ 19 August 2000Barbara Basler American women in final in soccer https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/28/sports/american-women-in-final-in-soccer.html The New York Times 28 November 1991 30 October 2012 Background The final was contested by Norway, who rebounded from a stunning 4–0 defeat by host nation China PR to qualify from their group. They then dispatched Italy and historic rivals Sweden in the knockout rounds to reach the final. The other team in the final was the United States, who went undefeated throughout the competition, thrashing highly rated Germany 5–2 in the semi-final.Barbara Basler Soccer; U.S. women beat Norway to capture World Cup https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/01/sports/soccer-us-women-beat-norway-to-capture-world-cup.html The New York Times 1 December 1991 1 August 2012Barbara Basler Sports Weekend; U.S. women's soccer team's message: 'No one will get in our way' https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/29/sports/sports-weekend-us-women-s-soccer-team-s-message-no-one-will-get-in-our-way.html?src=pm The New York Times 29 November 1991 1 August 2012 Route to the final NorwayRoundUnited StatesOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultPRC0–4Match 1SWE3–2NZL4–0Match 2BRA5–0DEN2–1Match 3JPN3–0Group A yes NORFinal standingsGroup B yes USAOpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResultITA3–2 Quarter-finalsTPE football-old7–0SWE4–1Semi-finalsGER5–2 Match Details 1991 11 30 y 19:45 CST NOR 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage#Final 1–2 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup final https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/103/3373/1309/9991 USA Medalen 29 Akers-Stahl 20 78 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 63,000https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/19/wwc_91_tr_part2_260.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20111227003624/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/19/wwc%5f91%5ftr%5fpart2%5f260.pdf dead 27 December 2011 1st FIFA World Championship for Women's Football for the M&M's Cup China '91 – Technical Report FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 7 January 2020 Vadim Zhuk (Soviet Union) _nor91h _nor91h _nor91h _nor91h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 091629 Norwayhttp://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/24/wwc_91_tr_part1_261.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150913214851/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/24/wwc_91_tr_part1_261.pdf dead 13 September 2015 Tactical Line-up – Norway-United States FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association PDF 50, 54 13 October 2013 _usa91h _usa91h _usa91h _color_3_stripes_blue FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF United States GK 1 Reidun SethSW 8 Heidi Støre (c)CB 16Tina SvenssonCB 4 Gro EspesethCB 5 Gunn NyborgDM 2 Cathrine Zaborowski 79CM 7 Tone HaugenCM 6 Agnete CarlsenRW 9 Hege RiiseCF 10Linda MedalenLW 11Birthe HegstadSubstitutions:MF 13Liv Strædet 79Manager:Even Pellerud300px GK 1 Mary HarveySW 4 Carla WerdenCB 9 Mia HammCB 14Joy BiefeldCB 8 Linda HamiltonDM 11Julie FoudyCM 3 Shannon HigginsCM 13Kristine LillyRW 2 April Heinrichs (c)CF 10Michelle Akers-Stahl 54LW 12Carin JenningsManager:Anson Dorrance Assistant referees: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden) Gertrud Regus (Germany) |}Match rules: 80 minutes. 20 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of two substitutions. See also Norway at the FIFA Women's World Cup United States at the FIFA Women's World Cup References External links 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Final 1991 Fifa World Cup Final 1991 1991 World Cup 1991 Category:November 1991 sports events in China Category:Football matches in China Category:Women's international association football finals in Asia 1991