1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Norway (1st title)
Runner-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)

The FIFA Women's World Cup 1995 was held in Sweden and won by Norway.

Contents 1 Venues 2 Teams 3 Squads 4 Match officials 5 Group A 6 Group B 7 Group C 8 Knockout stage 8.1 Quarterfinals 8.2 Semifinals 8.3 Third Place 8.4 Final 9 Awards 10 Goalscorers

[edit] Venues

• 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

[edit] Teams

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)  Nigeria Asia (AFC)  China PR  Japan South America (CONMEBOL)  Brazil Oceania (OCF)  Australia

Europe (UEFA)  Denmark  England  Germany  Norway  Sweden (qualified automatically as hosts) North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)  Canada  United States

[edit] Squads

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Group A

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

June 5, 1995 18:00	Sweden	0 – 1	Brazil	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 14500 Referee: Denoncourt (Canada)
		(Report)	Roseli  37'

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June 5, 1995 14:00	Germany	1 – 0	Japan	Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 3824 Referee: Mathabela (South Africa)
	Neid  23'	(Report)

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June 7, 1995 19:00	Sweden	3 – 2	Germany	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 5855 Referee: Black (New Zealand)
	Andersson  65' (pen.)  86' Sundhage  80'	(Report)	Wiegmann  9' (pen.) Lohn  42'

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June 7, 1995 19:00	Brazil	1 – 2	Japan	Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 2286 Referee: Hepburn (USA)
	Pretinha  7'	(Report)	Noda  13'  45'

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June 9, 1995 19:00	Sweden	2 – 0	Japan	Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 7811 Referee: Mathabela (South Africa)
	Videkull  66' Andelen  88'	(Report)

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June 9, 1995 19:00	Brazil	1 – 6	Germany	Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 3203 Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg)
	Roseli  19'	(Report)	Prinz  5' Meinert  22' Wiegmann  42' (pen.) Mohr  78'  89' Bernhard  90'

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Norway	9	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17
England	6	3	2	0	1	6	6	0
Canada	1	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8
Nigeria	1	3	0	1	2	5	14	−9

June 6, 1995	Norway	8 – 0	Nigeria	Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 4344 Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg)
	Sandberg  30'  44'  82' Riise  49' Aarønes  60'  90' Medalen  67' Svensson  76' (pen.)	(Report)

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June 6, 1995	England	3 – 2	Canada	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 655 Referee: Oedlund (Sweden)
	Coultard  51' (pen.)  85' Spacey  76' (pen.)	(Report)	Stoumbos  87' Donnelly  90+1'

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June 8, 1995	Norway	2 – 0	England	Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 5520 Referee: Gamboa Martinez (Chile)
	Haugen  7' Riise  37'	(Report)

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June 8, 1995	Nigeria	3 – 3	Canada	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 250 Referee: Un-Prasert (Thailand)
	Nwadike  26' Avre  60' Okoroafor  77'	(Report)	Burtini  12'  55' Donnelly  20'

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June 10, 1995	Norway	7 – 0	Canada	Strömvallen, Gävle Attendance: 2715 Referee: Siqueira (Brazil)
	Aarønes  4'  21'  90+3' Riise  12' Pettersen  71'  89' Leinan  84'	(Report)

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June 10, 1995	Nigeria	2 – 3	England	Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 1843 Referee: Jonsson (Sweden)
	Okoroafor  13' Nwadike  74'	(Report)	Farley  10'  38' Walker  27'

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	7	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5
China PR	7	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4
Denmark	3	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1
Australia	0	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10

June 6, 1995	United States	3 – 3	China PR	Strömvallen, Gävle Attendance: 4635 Referee: Jonsson (Sweden)
	Venturini  22' Milbrett  34' Hamm  51'	(Report)	Liping  38' Wei  74' Sun  79'

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June 6, 1995	Denmark	5 – 0	Australia	Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 1500 Referee: Skovgang (Norway)
	Krogh  12'  48' Nielsen  25' Jensen  37' Hansen  86'	(Report)

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June 8, 1995	United States	2 – 0	Denmark	Strömvallen, Gävle Attendance: 2740 Referee: Camara (Guinea)
	Lilly  9' Milbrett  49'	(Report)

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June 8, 1995	China PR	4 – 2	Australia	Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 1500 Referee: Sequeira (Brazil)
	Zhou  23' Shi  54'  78' Liu  90+3'	(Report)	Iannotta  25' Hughes  89'

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June 10, 1995	United States	4 – 1	Australia	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 1150 Referee: Prasert (Thailand)
	Foudy  69' Fawcett  72' Overbeck  90+2' (pen.) Keller  90+4'	(Report)	Casagrande  54'

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June 10, 1995	China PR	3 – 1	Denmark	Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 1619 Referee: Martinez (Chile)
	Shi  21' Sun  76' Wei  90'	(Report)	Bonde  44'

[edit] 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
	Norway	3							China PR	0
	Denmark	1							United States	2
									17 June — Strömvallen

[edit] Quarterfinals

June 13, 1995	Germany	3 – 0	England	Arosvallen Attendance: 2,317
	Voss  41' Meinert  55' Mohr  82'	(Report)

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June 13, 1995	Sweden	1 –1 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 pen)	China PR	Olympia Stadion Attendance: 7,537
	Kalte  90+3' (pen.)	(Report)	Sun Q.  29'

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June 13, 1995	United States	4 – 0	Japan	Strömvallen Attendance: 3,756
	Lilly  8'  42' Milbrett  45' Venturini  80'	(Report)

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June 13, 1995	Norway	3 – 1	Denmark	Tingvallen Attendance: 4,655
	Espeseth  21' Medalen  64' Riise  85'	(Report)	Krogh  86'

[edit] Semifinals

June 15, 1995	Germany	1 – 0	China PR	Olympia Stadion Attendance: 3,693
	Wiegmann 88'	(Report)

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June 15, 1995	United States	0 – 1	Norway	Arosvallen Attendance: 2,893
		(Report)	Aarønes 10'

[edit] Third Place

June 17, 1995	China PR	0 – 2	United States	Strömvallen Attendance: 4,335
		(Report)	Venturini 24' Hamm 55'

[edit] Final

June 18, 1995	Germany	0 – 2	Norway	Råsunda Attendance: 17,158 Referee: Ingrid Jonsson
		(Report)	Riise 37' Pettersen 40'

[edit] 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

[edit] Goalscorers

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

2 goals (cont.) 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

1 goal (cont.) 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

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