2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

July 2019 November 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 2007年女子世界杯足球赛2007 Nián nǚzǐ shìjièbēi zúqiú sài 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.svg FIFA canvas China 10–30 September 16 6 5 5 GER 2 BRA USA NOR 32 111 BRA Marta (7 goals) BRA Marta GER Nadine Angerer NOR 2003 2011 The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007.Emblem for World Cup 2007 Launched, from china.org.cn, retrieved 7 July 2006 Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but the outbreak of SARS in that country forced that event to be moved to the United States. FIFA immediately granted the 2007 event to China, which meant that no new host nation was chosen competitively until the voting was held for the 2011 Women's World Cup.Greene Nick 2021-09-12 When the Women's World Cup Swapped Host Countries Because of SARS https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64796/when-womens-world-cup-swapped-host-countries-because-sars 2024-09-16 Mental Floss en-US The tournament opened with a record-breaking match in Shanghai, as Germany beat Argentina 11–0 to register the biggest win and the highest scoring match in Women's World Cup history, records which stood until 2019. The tournament ended with Germany defeating Brazil 2–0 in the final, without conceding a single goal in the entire tournament.Making Soccer History – DW – 10/01/2007 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-beats-brazil-to-win-womens-world-cup/a-2803763 2024-12-08 dw.com en The Germans became the first national team in FIFA Women's World Cup history to retain their title. The golden goal rule for extra time in knockout matches was eliminated by FIFA, although no matches went to extra time (and therefore, none required a penalty shoot-out). Teams 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification The qualified teams, listed by region, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the FIFA Women's World Ranking before the tournament were:FIFA Women's Ranking - 15 June 2007 https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/women?dateId=ranking_20070615 FIFA 18 June 2023 Africa (CAF) NGA (24) GHA (47) Asia (AFC) CHN (11) (host nation – automatically qualified) AUS (15) PRK (5) JPN (10) (defeated Mexico in AFC–CONCACAF playoffs) North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF) CAN (9) USA (1)Europe (UEFA) NOR (4) SWE (3) GER (2) DEN (6) ENG (12) Oceania (OFC) NZL (23) South America (CONMEBOL) ARG (29) BRA (8) Venues 1 32 113 3 270 200 circle 8 12,background,outline Chengdu 30.6658 104.0647 west Chengdu Chengdu Sports Center.JPG Chengdu Sports Center Hangzhou 30.2683 120.1289 east,with-line 12 11 Hangzhou Huanglong Sports Center Stadium, Feb 2025.jpg Huanglong Sports Center Shanghai 31.2733 121.4764 center,with-line 40 Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai - panoramio.jpg Hongkou Football Stadium Tianjin 39.0734 117.1695 west Tianjin Interior of Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium 20240326.jpg Tianjin Olympic Centre Wuhan 30.5025 114.1662 south Wuhan Wuhan Sport Centre 01.jpg Wuhan Sports Center thumb|The Hongkou Football Stadium in Shanghai (pictured) hosted the final. The venues selected to host the competition were:Soccer: China Set up LOC for Women's World Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20110521061928/http://service.china.org.cn/link/wcm/Show_Text?info_id=179735&p_qry=women%20and%20football 21 May 2011 , from Xinhua News Agency, retrieved 25 September 2006 List of 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup venues Host city Stadium Cap. Capacity Tianjin Tianjin Olympic Centre 60,000 Wuhan Wuhan Sports Center 60,000 Hangzhou Huanglong Sports Center 51,000 Chengdu Chengdu Sports Centre 40,000 Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium 33,000 Squads a list of all players that participated in the final tournament 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup squads Match officials FIFA's Refereeing Department selected 14 referees and 22 assistant referees from around the world to officiate the 32 games that made up the final tournament.https://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/referees/index.html Referees 29 September 2007 FIFA 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070827184238/http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/referees/index.html 27 August 2007 dead Candidate referees for the tournament were placed under scrutiny from 2005 onwards and attended a series of training camps. Candidates refereeing standards were regularly monitored at various tournaments around the globe before a final list was prepared.https://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/news/newsid=590439.html#women+referees+ready Women referees at the ready 28 September 2007 FIFA FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 7 September 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070912041213/http://fifa.com/womenworldcup/news/newsid%3D590439.html 12 September 2007 dead This was followed by a training camp in the Canary Islands in January 2007 and a final period of preparation and training at the home of FIFA in Zürich in May.https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2007-05-09-104503252_x.htm Women refs put through their paces ahead of 2008 World Cup 30 September 2007 USA Today Sheila Norman-Culp Soccer 9 May 2007http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_1114112.html Bennett and Seitz Named to Represent U.S. Soccer as Referees at 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 29 September 2007 US Soccer Referees 28 July 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071012210249/http://ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_1114112.html 12 October 2007 dead No referees were chosen from the Oceania Football Confederation at the finals. The original selection group was made up of 42 entrants,http://cbs.sportsline.com/soccer/story/10232789/1 https://archive.today/20130104183756/http://cbs.sportsline.com/soccer/story/10232789/1 dead 4 January 2013 Women's World Cup Referees List 29 September 2007 CBS Sports Soccer 21 June 2007 6 of which failed fitness tests resulting in the final group of 36 being confirmed for China.http://www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=09/10/2007&qrTitle=Chinese%20referees%20for%20Falcons%E2%80%99%20opener%20Women%20World%20Cup&qrColumn=SPORTS Port Harcourt, Nigeria Chinese referees for Falcons' opener Women World Cup 10 September 2007 29 September 2007 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110717041526/http://www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=09%2F10%2F2007&qrTitle=Chinese%20referees%20for%20Falcons%E2%80%99%20opener%20Women%20World%20Cup&qrColumn=SPORTS 17 July 2011 The Tide The United States was the only country represented by two referees. Unlike the men's tournaments, the quartets of match officials do not necessarily come from the same country or confederation. This selection system was explained by Sonia Denoncourt, the head of women's refereeing at FIFA's Refereeing Department, "We don't have as many referees among the women and we certainly don't want to sacrifice quality. What we are looking for above all is compatibility on the field of play and the closest possible language links in the team selected for each game. The most important thing for us is that the referees have a good performance in the match." A fourth official was chosen from those referees not officiating a game at that time. The referees stayed together throughout the competition at their hotel base in Shanghai. From there they travelled to the various venues for their designated games, before returning to base camp to continue with their specialised training programmes. As well as fitness training, they attended regular theory sessions and reviewed previous matches to try to identify possible errors and improve their performance levels. A psychologist was also assigned to the group to help with their mental preparations ahead of games. + Referees Confederation Referee AFC Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand) Niu Huijun (China PR) Tammy Ogston (Australia) Mayumi Oiwa (Japan) CONCACAF Jennifer Bennett (United States) Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana) Kari Seitz (United States) CONMEBOL Adriana Correa (Colombia) UEFA Christine Beck (Germany) Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic) Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary) Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden) Nicole Petignat (Switzerland) + Fourth officials Confederation Referee CONMEBOL Estela Álvarez (Argentina) + Assistant referees Confederation Assistant referee AFC Fu Hongjue (China PR) Sarah Ho (Australia) Airlie Keen (Australia) Kim Kyoung-min (South Korea) Liu Hongjuan (China PR) Liu Hsiu-mei (Chinese Taipei) Hisae Yoshizawa (Japan) CAF Tempa Ndah (Benin) Souad Oulhaj (Morocco) CONCACAF Cynette Jeffery (Guyana) Cindy Mohammed (Trinidad & Tobago) Rita Muñoz (Mexico) María Isabel Tovar (Mexico) CONMEBOL Rosa Canales (Ecuador) UEFA Susanne Borg (Sweden) Cristina Cini (Italy) Miriam Dräger (Germany) Corinne Lagrange (France) Irina Mirt (Romania) Hege Lanes Steinlund (Norway) María Luisa Villa Gutiérrez (Spain) Karine Vives Solana (France) Draw The group draw took place on 22 April 2007 at the Guanggu Science and Technology Exhibition Centre in Wuhan after the completion of the qualifying rounds.https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/y=2007/m=1/news=wuhan-promises-final-draw-drama-109860.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150702182840/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/y=2007/m=1/news=wuhan-promises-final-draw-drama-109860.html dead 2 July 2015 Wuhan promises Final Draw drama FIFA.com 17 January 2003 FIFA automatically seeded the host and defending champions, slotting China and Germany into Group D and Group A, respectively.https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/fifa-women-world-cup-china-2007-target-111057 https://web.archive.org/web/20190608230415/https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/fifa-women-world-cup-china-2007-target-111057 dead 8 June 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 on target 2 February 2007 16 September 2007 The FIFA Women's World Ranking for March 2007 was used to determine the teams to occupy the other seeded positions, B1 and C1.FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 on target. Retrieved on 16 September 2007. United States were ranked first, Germany second and Norway third,FIFA Women's World Ranking March 2007 Retrieved on 16 September 2007. so the United States and Norway were also seeded. Also, no two teams from the same confederation could draw each other, except for those from UEFA, where a maximum of two teams from UEFA could be drawn into the same group. Group B quickly became dubbed the group of deathhttp://soccernet.espn.go.com/print?id=424508&type=story U.S. women face Group of Death scenario again Graham Hays ESPNsoccernet 23 April 2007 17 December 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110525153029/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/print?id=424508&type=story 25 May 2011 since three of the top five teams in the world were drawn in this group – the USA (1st), Sweden (3rd) and North Korea (5th), according to the June 2007 FIFA Women's World Rankings, the last to be released before the tournament. The same four teams were drawn together in Group A in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, on that occasion the US and Sweden progressed to the knockout stages. Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot X CHN (D1) GER (A1) NOR USA AUS JPN PRK DEN ENG SWE ARG GHA NZL NGR BRA CAN Group stage thumb|upright=2.5|Participating countries and their results All times are local (UTC+8). Tiebreakers Tie-breaking criteria for group playThe ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/76fedc4617b1aa01/original/fioy9eopdwdnbx177c2h-pdf.pdf Regulations FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 23 September 2019 live https://web.archive.org/web/20190923152236/https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/fioy9eopdwdnbx177c2h.pdf 23 September 2019 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; Fair play criteria based on yellow and red cards received; Drawing of lots. Group A 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A Group A no_hide_class_rules A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 Group B 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B Group B no_hide_class_rules The four teams were also paired in the same group in 2003. B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 Group C 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C Group C no_hide_class_rules C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 Group D 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D Group D no_hide_class_rules D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 Knockout stage 2007 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 2007 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 2007https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/technicaldevp/72/72/89/fwwc_china07_report_neu_081010.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130402070402/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/technicaldevp/72/72/89/fwwc%5fchina07%5freport%5fneu%5f081010.pdf dead 2 April 2013 FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 – Technical Report: Official FIFA Awards FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 74–75 16 July 2019https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/germany-set-the-record-straight-609720 https://web.archive.org/web/20190608140259/https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/germany-set-the-record-straight-609720 dead 8 June 2019 Germany set the record straight FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 2 October 2007 17 July 2019 FIFA.com shortlisted ten goals for users to vote on as the Goal of the Tournament.http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/china2007/video/goalofthetournament.html Goal of the Tournament FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 17 July 2019 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111018064529/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/china2007/video/goalofthetournament.html 18 October 2011 The Most Entertaining Team award was also decided by a poll on FIFA.com.http://fifa.com/womenworldcup/teams/mostentertainingteam.html Most entertaining team FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 17 July 2019 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071011150939/http://fifa.com/womenworldcup/teams/mostentertainingteam.html 11 October 2007https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/marta-sweeps-the-board-609039 https://web.archive.org/web/20190608151628/https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/marta-sweeps-the-board-609039 dead 8 June 2019 Marta sweeps the board FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 30 September 2007 17 July 2019https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/loc/mediainfo_officialfifaawards_wwc2007_21911.pdf Official FIFA Awards: Marta wins Golden Ball and Golden Shoe FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 17 July 2019 2 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150702173903/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/loc/mediainfo_officialfifaawards_wwc2007_21911.pdf dead Golden BallSilver BallBronze BallBRA MartaGER Birgit PrinzBRA CristianeGolden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze ShoeBRA MartaUSA Abby WambachNOR Ragnhild Gulbrandsen7 goals, 5 assists6 goals, 1 assist6 goals, 0 assistsBest GoalkeeperGER Nadine AngererGoal of the TournamentBRA Marta79 for 4–0 in Semi-finals vs United States (27 September)FIFA Fair Play AwardNORMost Entertaining TeamBRA All-Star Team Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders ForwardsGER Nadine Angerer NOR Bente NordbyGER Ariane Hingst CHN Li Jie NOR Ane Stangeland GER Kerstin StegemannBRA Daniela BRA Formiga ENG Kelly Smith GER Renate Lingor NOR Ingvild Stensland USA Kristine LillyAUS Lisa De Vanna BRA Marta BRA Cristiane GER Birgit Prinz Statistics Goalscorers 111 32 Marta of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. BRA Marta NOR Ragnhild Gulbrandsen USA Abby Wambach BRA Cristiane GER Birgit Prinz AUS Lisa De Vanna ENG Kelly Smith GER Renate Lingor CAN Christine Sinclair GER Sandra Smisek CHN Li Jie DEN Cathrine Paaske Sørensen GER Melanie Behringer GER Kerstin Garefrekes JPN Aya Miyama NOR Isabell Herlovsen NOR Ane Stangeland Horpestad SWE Lotta Schelin USA Lori Chalupny USA Heather O'Reilly ARG Eva González AUS Lauren Colthorpe AUS Heather Garriock AUS Collette McCallum AUS Cheryl Salisbury AUS Sarah Walsh BRA Daniela BRA Formiga BRA Pretinha BRA Renata Costa CAN Candace Chapman CAN Martina Franko CAN Sophie Schmidt CAN Melissa Tancredi CHN Bi Yan CHN Song Xiaoli CHN Xie Caixia DEN Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen DEN Katrine Pedersen ENG Vicky Exley ENG Jill Scott ENG Fara Williams GER Annike Krahn GER Simone Laudehr GER Martina Müller GER Kerstin Stegemann GHA Anita Amankwa GHA Adjoa Bayor GHA Florence Okoe JPN Yūki Nagasato NGA Cynthia Uwak PRK Kil Son-hui PRK Kim Kyong-hwa PRK Kim Yong-ae PRK Ri Kum-suk PRK Ri Un-suk NOR Lise Klaveness NOR Lene Storløkken SWE Victoria Svensson USA Shannon Boxx USA Kristine Lilly ARG Eva González (against England) NOR Trine Rønning (against Germany) USA Leslie Osborne (against Brazil) Assists yes FIFA Technical Report CAN Kara Lang GER Kerstin Garefrekes GER Renate Lingor USA Kristine Lilly AUS Heather Garriock BRA Cristiane BRA Formiga BRA Marta GER Melanie Behringer GER Sandra Smisek NOR Camilla Huse NOR Leni Larsen Kaurin USA Cat Whitehill AUS Dianne Alagich AUS Lisa De Vanna AUS Caitlin Munoz AUS Sarah Walsh BRA Daniela BRA Elaine CAN Candace Chapman CAN Kristina Kiss CAN Christine Sinclair CHN Ma Xiaoxu CHN Zhou Gaoping DEN Stine Dimun DEN Katrine Pedersen DEN Johanna Rasmussen ENG Karen Carney ENG Rachel Yankey GER Simone Laudehr GER Birgit Prinz GER Kerstin Stegemann GHA Adjoa Bayor NOR Gunhild Følstad NOR Solveig Gulbrandsen NOR Siri Nordby NOR Ingvild Stensland SWE Frida Östberg SWE Therese Sjögran SWE Victoria Svensson USA Lori Chalupny USA Abby Wambach 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://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/technicaldevp/72/72/89/fwwc_china07_report_neu_081010.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130402070402/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/technicaldevp/72/72/89/fwwc%5fchina07%5freport%5fneu%5f081010.pdf dead 2 April 2013 FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 – Technical Report: Rankings FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 65 (66 of PDF) 1 July 2019 H GER BRA USA NOR CHN AUS ENG PRK CAN JPN SWE DEN NGA NZL GHA ARG 10 0 0 3 1 18 1 2 1 9 7 5 0 1 17 4 1 1 1 7 4 2 0 2 5 7 1 0 2 4 4 1 2 1 8 6 5 1 0 21 0 0 0 3 3 15 1 1 1 3 4 0 0 3 0 9 0 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 5 7 3 1 2 12 11 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 1 12 7 ARG AUS BRA CAN CHN DEN ENG GER GHA JPN NZL NGA PRK NOR SWE USA T A C D C D D A A C A D B B C B B Final result #FFD700 Champions #C0C0C0 Runners-up #CD7F32 Third place Fourth place Eliminated inquarter-finals Eliminated ingroup stage yes yes 1st 2nd 3rd 4th QF QF QF QF GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS Marketing Sponsorships Source:FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/organisation/partners/index.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071001111203/http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/organisation/partners/index.html 1 October 2007 12 April 2024 FIFA.com FIFA partnersNational Supporters Adidas Coca-Cola Emirates Hyundai–Kia Sony Visa Du-Bang Insurance Tencent QQ Coverage Numerous TV stations around the world provided coverage of the tournament. One notable example is the Chinese-language channel CCTV-5, which also broadcast over the internet via TVUnetworks. Monetary rewards For the first time in FIFA Women's World Cup history, all teams received monetary bonuses according to the round they reached (all in USD):FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 on target. Retrieved on 18 October 2006. Champions: $1,000,000 Runners-up: $800,000 Third place: $650,000 Fourth place: $550,000 Quarter-finalists: $300,000 First round exit: $200,000 Other rewards UEFA used the FIFA Women's World Cup as its qualifying tournament for the 2008 Olympic women's tournament. The best three performing UEFA teams would qualify for the Olympics. Originally it was thought that, should England make the top three European teams, they would compete under the United Kingdom banner. However, on 6 September 2007, FIFA issued a press release indicating that England were ineligible to participate in the 2008 Olympics as England does not have its own Olympic Committee.https://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=589029.html#three+european+teams+will+book+their+spot+beijing+2008 Three European teams will book their spot to Beijing 2008 3 October 2007 FIFA FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 6 September 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071001150320/http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/organisation/media/newsid%3D589029.html#three+european+teams+will+book+their+spot+beijing+2008 1 October 2007 dead For the determination of the ranking only first through fourth place, quarterfinal elimination or group phase elimination counted. If there was a need to make a distinction between teams eliminated in the quarterfinal or between teams eliminated in the group phase these teams would meet in a play-off match. In no case would the points or goal difference count for teams eliminated before the semi-final. Germany and Norway qualified for the Olympics at the World Cup, whereas Denmark and Sweden had to enter a play-off for the third Olympics spot. Sweden won both legs of the playoffs with a total of 7–3 on aggregate to qualify for the Olympics. Controversies Kenneth Heiner-Møller and Danish players accused the Chinese hosts of harassment and covert surveillance prior to China's first round match against Denmark. China's Swedish coach Marika Domanski-Lyfors and her assistant Pia Sundhage were unaware of the incidents and Heiner-Møller absolved them of any blame, although he refused to shake hands after the match.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/grant_wahl/08/01/denmark/1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080805093028/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/grant_wahl/08/01/denmark/1.html dead 5 August 2008 Danish coach accuses Chinese of spying at 2007 Women's World Cup 24 July 2013 Grant Wahl Sports Illustrated 1 August 2008 Notes note References 30em External links FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report Photos: FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 on Time.com 2007 World Cup Category:2007 in Chinese women's sport Category:2007 in Chinese football Category:Women's international association football competitions hosted by China Category:September 2007 sports events in China