1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament

July 2019 May 2018 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament 1988 China 1–12 June 1988 FIFA Tourny ISL.jpg Official poster 12 6 NOR SWE BRA 1968 CHN 26 81 1971 (unofficial) 1991 The 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament, or International Women's Football Tournament, was organised by FIFA in China from 1 to 12 June 1988. The competition was a test to study if a global women's World Cup was feasible following the experience of non-FIFA invitational competitions such as the Mundialito (1981–88) and the Women's World Invitational Tournament (1978–87).Raising Their Game: Passing the test. Shared by FIFA through its YouTube channel. The competition was a success and on 30 June FIFA approved the establishment of an official World Cup for 1991, which would also be held in China.FIFA pone K.O. a México El Mundo Deportivo, 01/07/88 Twelve national teams took part in the competition – four from UEFA, three from AFC, two from CONCACAF and one from CONMEBOL, CAF and OFC. European champion Norway defeated Sweden 1–0 in the final to win the tournament, while Brazil clinched the bronze by beating the hosts in a penalty shootout. Australia,https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/may/28/the-matilda-effect-fiona-crawford-book-extract-australia-matildas-football-team-fifa-womens-world-cup Lobbying, lamingtons and the long road to 88: early Matildas on the trial Women’s World Cup Fiona Crawford 27 May 2023 10 March 2025 The Guardian Canada, the Netherlands and the United States also reached the final stages.Results in RSSSF.com Venues The tournament took place in 4 cities in the province of Guangdong: Guangzhou, Foshan, Jiangmen and Panyu. Teams 12 national teams participated in the tournament, all invited by FIFA. Africa (CAF) CIV Asia (AFC) CHN JPN 1947 THA South America (CONMEBOL) BRA 1968 Oceania (OFC) AUS Europe (UEFA) TCH NED NOR SWE North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF) CAN USA Group stage Group A TeamPtsPldWDLGFGACHN (H)63300111CAN3311173NED3311142Ivory Coast03003117 (H): Hosts The matches of China were held in Guangzhou. The rest of the matches of this group were held in Foshan. 1988 6 1 China 2–0 Canada Guangzhou https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html 1988 6 1 Netherlands 3–0 Ivory Coast Foshan https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html 1988 6 3 China 1–0 Netherlands Guangzhou https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html 1988 6 3 Ivory Coast 0–6 Canada Foshan https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html 1988 6 6 Netherlands 1–1 Canada Foshan https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html 1988 6 6 China 8–1 Ivory Coast Guangzhou https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html Group B TeamPtsPldWDLGFGABRA 196843201112NOR4320182AUS4320143THA03003016 All matches held in Jiangmen. 1988 6 1 Norway 4–0 Thailand Jiangmen https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html 1988 6 1 Australia 1–0 Brazil Jiangmen https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html 1988 6 3 Brazil 2–1 Norway Jiangmen https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html 1988 6 3 Australia 3–0 Thailand Jiangmen https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html 1988 6 6 Norway 3–0 Australia Jiangmen https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html 1988 6 6 Brazil 9–0 Thailand Jiangmen https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html Group C TeamPtsPldWDLGFGASWE5321051USA4312063Czechoslovakia3311122JPN 194703003310 All matches held in Panyu. 1988 6 1 United States 5–2 Japan Panyu https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html 1988 6 1 Sweden 1–0 Czechoslovakia Panyu SvFF Report (in Swedish) 1988 6 3 Sweden 1–1 United States Panyu SvFF Report (in Swedish) 1988 6 3 Czechoslovakia 2–1 Japan Panyu https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html 1988 6 6 United States 0–0 Czechoslovakia Panyu https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html 1988 6 6 Sweden 3–0 Japan Panyu SvFF Report (in Swedish) Ranking of third-placed teams Pos Position Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points1 AUS320143142 NED311142233TCH31112203 Knockout stage Bracket white-space:nowrap yes 8 June — Guangzhou SWE 1 CAN 0 8 June — Guangzhou CHN 7 AUS 0 8 June — Foshan BRA 1968 2 NED 1 8 June — Panyu USA 0 NOR 1 10 June — Panyu SWE 2 CHN 1 10 June — Guangzhou BRA 1968 1 NOR 2 12 June — Guangzhou SWE 0 NOR 1 12 June — Guangzhou BRA 1968 0 (4) CHN 0 (3) Quarter-finals 8 June 1988 SWE 1–0 CAN SvFF Report (in Swedish) Sundhage Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 8 June 1988 CHN 7–0 AUS https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 8 June 1988 BRA 1968 2–1 NED Cebola Sissi De Bakker New Plaza Stadium, Foshan https://rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil198695w.htm 8 June 1988 NOR 1–0 USA https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html Ying Tung Stadium, Panyu Semi-finals 10 June 1988 SWE 2–1 CHN SvFF Report (in Swedish) Johansson Gustafsson Niu Lijie 10 Ying Tung Stadium, Panyu 10 June 1988 NOR 2–1 BRA 1968 https://rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil198695w.htm Sissi Scheel Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou Third place play-off 12 June 1988 CHN 0–0 BRA 1968 https://rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil198695w.htm 3–4 Wu Weiying Niu Lijie Chen Xia ? Roseli Fanta Pelézinha Sandra Michael Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou Final 12 June 1988 SWE 0–1 NOR Norway ReportSweden ReportSvFF Report Medalen 58 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil) 30,000 (according to Norway)35,000 (according to Sweden) _leipzig87 _leipzig87 _leipzig87 _leipzig87 _leipzig87 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Sweden _nor91h _nor91h _nor91h _nor91h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 091629 Norway SWE 100pxSWEDEN: GK 1Elisabeth LeidingeDF 3 Marie KarlssonDF 4Pia SyrénDF 5Eva Zeikfalvy MF 6Ingrid Johansson (c)MF 7 Pia SundhageMF 9Pärnilla LarssonFW 11 Anneli GustafssonFW 13 Anneli AndelénFW 14 Helen Johansson MF 16 Gunilla AxénSubstitutes:MF 8Camilla Andersson DF 14Tina Nilsson FW 10Lena VidekullGK 12Ing-Marie OlssonMF 17Anette PalmManager:Gunilla PaijkullNOR 100pxNORWAY: GK 1 Hege LudvigsenDF 2Cathrine ZaborowskiDF 3Liv StrædetMF 4 Bjørg StorhaugDF 5 Gunn NyborgDF 6Toril Hoch-Nielsen MF 7 Tone HaugenMF 8 Heidi Støre (c)FW 9Birthe HegstadFW 10Ellen ScheelFW 11Linda Medalen Substitutes:GK 12Reidun SethFW 13Lisbeth BakkenFW 14Turid Storhaug MF 15Agnete CarlsenFW 16Sissel Grude Managers:Dag Steinar VestlundErling Hokstad All-Star Team The all star team was voted by the Chinese press. SWE Elisabeth Leidinge NOR Liv Strædet SWE Marie Karlsson NOR Heidi Støre SWE Eva Zeikfalvy BRA 1968 Roseli NOR Linda Medalen USA Carin Jennings CHN Sun Qingmei BRA 1968 Cebola NOR Ellen Scheel See also 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup References Invitation Tournament Category:1988 in Chinese women's sport Category:1988 in Chinese football 1988 Category:Women's international association football invitational tournaments Category:June 1988 sports events in Asia