1999 Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup 1999
FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999

Number of nations	16 (of 88 applicants)
World Champion	United States USA (2nd title)
venue	United States United States
Opening game	June 19, 1999
Endgame	July 10, 1999
Games	32
Gates	123 (⌀: 3.84 per game)
spectator	1,214,209 (⌀: 37,944 per game)
Top scorer	Brazil Sissi Sun Wen (7 goals each) China People's Republic
Best player	China People's Republic Sun Wen
yellow cards	77 (⌀: 2.41 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1 (⌀: 0.03 per game)
Red cards	4 (⌀: 0.13 per game)

Placements of the participants

The final round of the FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 was the third playout of the most important tournament for women's football - national and was from 19 June to 10 July 1999, the United States fought. The US women won their second world title in front of their home crowd. The best scorers were the Brazilian Sissi and the Chinese Sun Wen , who was also voted the best player of the tournament.

The quarter-finalists also qualified for the 2000 Olympic Games . Since Australia as host of the Olympic Games failed in the preliminary round, Russia, as the worst team in the quarter-finals, did not qualify for the Olympic Games.

For the first time only women were used as referees.

Venues

The 1999 World Cup was played in eight stadiums in eight different cities in the United States.

Portland ( Civic Stadium )
Capacity: 19,600

Foxborough ( Foxboro Stadium )
Capacity: 60,292

San José ( Spartan Stadium )
Capacity: 31,200

East Rutherford ( Giants Stadium )
Capacity: 80,200

Stanford ( Stanford Stadium )
Capacity: 85,500

Chicago ( Soldier Field )
Capacity: 65,100

Pasadena ( Rose Bowl Stadium )
Capacity: 91,000

Landover ( Jack Kent Cooke Stadium )
Capacity: 80,100

mode

The field of participants increased by four to 16 teams compared to the two previous World Championships. The mode changed only slightly, however. For the first time there were four groups of four teams each. The first two in each group qualified for the quarter-finals. From the quarterfinals, the world champion was played in the knockout system . If no winner was determined after the regular playing time, two 15-minute extra time was played. In extra time, the golden goal rule applied , so whoever scored the first goal in extra time had won the game. If no goal was scored during extra time, there was a penalty shoot-out .

qualification

Attendees

It was the first World Cup participation for Ghana, Mexico, North Korea and Russia. The following women's teams took part in the third women's soccer World Cup:

6 from Europe	Denmark Denmark	Germany Germany	Italy Italy	Norway Norway	Russia Russia
	Sweden Sweden
1 from South America	Brazil Brazil
3 from North, Central America and the Caribbean	Canada Canada	Mexico Mexico	United States USA (GG)
2 from Africa	Ghana Ghana	Nigeria Nigeria
3 from Asia	China People's Republic China	Japan Japan	Korea North North Korea
1 from Oceania	Australia Australia

Squad

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States United States	3	3	0	013: 100	+12	09
2.	Nigeria Nigeria	3	2	1	005: 800	−3	06th
3.	Korea North North Korea	3	1	2	004: 600	−2	03
4th	Denmark Denmark	3	0	3	001: 800	−7	00


June 19, 1999 in East Rutherford
United States	-	Denmark	3: 0 (1: 0)
June 20, 1999 in Pasadena
North Korea	-	Nigeria	1: 2 (0: 0)
June 24, 1999 in Chicago
United States	-	Nigeria	7: 1 (6: 1)
June 24, 1999 in Portland
North Korea	-	Denmark	3: 1 (2: 0)
June 27, 1999 in Landover
Nigeria	-	Denmark	2: 0 (1: 0)
Foxborough June 27, 1999
United States	-	North Korea	3: 0 (0: 0)

As expected, the hosts prevailed confidently in the preliminary round. The performance of the Danes, who made it to the quarter-finals of the two previous World Championships, was disappointing. At the 1999 World Cup, they were eliminated without winning a point. Nigeria qualified for the quarter-finals for the first time in their third participation. The North Koreans were eliminated at their World Cup premiere after the preliminary round.

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil Brazil	3	2	1	0	012: 400	+8	07th
2.	Germany Germany	3	1	2	0	010: 400	+6	05
3.	Italy Italy	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Mexico Mexico	3	0	0	3	001:150	−14	00


June 19, 1999 in East Rutherford
Brazil	-	Mexico	7: 1 (5: 1)
June 20, 1999 in Pasadena
Germany	-	Italy	1: 1 (0: 1)
June 24, 1999 in Chicago
Brazil	-	Italy	2: 0 (1: 0)
June 24, 1999 in Portland
Germany	-	Mexico	6: 0 (1: 0)
June 27, 1999 in Landover
Germany	-	Brazil	3: 3 (1: 2)
Foxborough June 27, 1999
Mexico	-	Italy	0: 2 (0: 1)

The German team had a hard time at the beginning of the World Cup. A lucky draw against Italy was followed by a 6-0 victory over Mexico, but in the final group game against Brazil they couldn't get beyond a draw and they only finished second in the table. Brazil made it to the third participation for the first time to survive the preliminary round. Mexico and Italy were eliminated in the preliminary round.

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway Norway	3	3	0	0	013: 200	+11	09
2.	Russia Russia	3	2	0	1	010: 300	+7	06th
3.	Canada Canada	3	0	1	2	003:120	−9	01
4th	Japan Japan	3	0	1	2	001:100	−9	01


June 19, 1999 in San José
Japan	-	Canada	1: 1 (0: 1)
Foxborough June 20, 1999
Norway	-	Russia	2: 1 (1: 0)
June 23, 1999 in Landover
Norway	-	Canada	7: 1 (2: 1)
June 23, 1999 in Portland
Japan	-	Russia	0: 5 (0: 1)
June 26, 1999 in East Rutherford
Canada	-	Russia	1: 4 (0: 0)
June 26, 1999 in Chicago
Norway	-	Japan	4: 0 (3: 0)

Norway came first in group C without any major problems. The Russians were able to place themselves somewhat surprisingly at their World Cup premiere in front of Japan. For Canada, as for Japan, it was over after the preliminary round.

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	China People's Republic China	3	3	0	0	012: 200	+10	09
2.	Sweden Sweden	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th
3.	Australia Australia	3	0	1	2	003: 700	−4	01
4th	Ghana Ghana	3	0	1	2	001:100	−9	01


June 19, 1999 in San José
China	-	Sweden	2: 1 (1: 1)
Foxborough June 20, 1999
Australia	-	Ghana	1: 1 (0: 0)
June 23, 1999 in Landover
Australia	-	Sweden	1: 3 (1: 2)
June 23, 1999 in Portland
China	-	Ghana	7: 0 (3: 0)
June 26, 1999 in East Rutherford
China	-	Australia	3: 1 (1: 0)
June 26, 1999 in Chicago
Ghana	-	Sweden	0: 2 (0: 0)

As expected, China and Sweden prevailed in Group D. Only places 3 and 4 remained for Australia and Ghana.

Final round

Quarter finals		Semifinals		final

June 30, 1999 - San José

China People's Republic China	2
		July 4, 1999 - Stanford
Russia Russia	0
		China People's Republic China	5
June 30, 1999 - San José
		Norway Norway	0
Norway Norway	3
				July 10, 1999 - Pasadena
Sweden Sweden	1
				China People's Republic China	0 (4)
July 1, 1999 - Landover
				United States United States	²0 (5) ²
United States United States	3
		July 4, 1999 - Foxborough
Germany Germany	2
		United States United States	2	Game for third place
July 1, 1999 - Landover
		Brazil Brazil	0
Brazil Brazil	¹4 ¹			Norway Norway	0 (4)

Nigeria Nigeria	3			Brazil Brazil	²0 (5) ²

				July 10, 1999 - Pasadena

¹ win after extra time
² win on penalties

Quarter finals


June 30, 1999 in San José
China	-	Russia	2: 0 (1: 0)
Norway	-	Sweden	3: 1 (0: 0)
July 1, 1999 in Landover
United States	-	Germany	3: 2 (1: 2)
Brazil	-	Nigeria	4: 3 nV (3: 3, 3: 0)

China easily prevailed against Russia. The Russians missed qualifying for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney by losing 2-0. Norway beat Sweden 3-1 thanks to a good second half. The Swedes only scored their goal in stoppage time in the second half and were able to qualify for the Olympic Games at the last second.

The German team was unhappy against the USA. Despite leading twice, they lost 3-2 in the end. The only German goal scorer was Bettina Wiegmann (45th). The US American Brandi Chastain , who also made it 2-2, scored to lead Germany 1-0. The spectators experienced a high-scoring game in the game between Brazil and Nigeria. A 3-0 half-time lead was not enough for the South Americans to win the game in regular time. The women from West Africa equalized the deficit within 22 minutes. In extra time, Sissi scored the golden goal for Brazil.

Semifinals


July 4, 1999 in Stanford
United States	-	Brazil	2: 0 (1: 0)
Foxborough July 4, 1999
Norway	-	China	0: 5 (0: 2)

In front of 73,000 spectators, the hosts routinely prevailed against the surprise team of the tournament with 2-0. Michelle Akers made the score in the 80th minute with a penalty . China was clearly superior to Norway in all respects in the second semi-final. In the end there was a clear 5-0 defeat for the women from Scandinavia. Sun Wen scored the goals to make it 1-0 and 5-0.

3rd place match


July 10, 1999 in Pasadena
Brazil	-	Norway	0: 0, 5: 4 i. E.

The Brazilians could at least secure third place in the small final. For the first time a game at a women's World Cup ended 0-0 after 90 minutes. Due to the subsequent final, no extra time was played.

final

In front of the record crowd of 90,185 spectators, the third World Cup final was held in the Rose Bowl . The US women won their second title by beating China on penalties. It was the first time at a Women's World Cup that the final had to be decided by a penalty shootout. In addition, the team from the host's country won the tournament for the first time.

United States

China

July 10, 1999 in Pasadena ( Rose Bowl )

Result: 0: 0 n.v., 5: 4 i. E.

Spectators: 90,185

Referee: Nicole Petignat ( Switzerland )

Briana Scurry - Carla Overbeck , Joy Fawcett , Kate Sobrero , Brandi Chastain - Michelle Akers (91st Sara Whalen ), Julie Foudy , Kristine Lilly - Mia Hamm , Cindy Parlow (57th Shannon MacMillan ), Tiffeny Milbrett (115th Tisha Venturini )

Gao Hong - Fan Yunjie , Wen Lirong , Bai Jie - Wang Liping , Zhao Lihong (114th Qiu Haiyan ), Liu Ailing , Pu Wei (59th Zhang Ouying ), Liu Ying - Jin Yan (119th Xie Huilin ), Sun Wen

penalties shoot

1: 1 Carla Overbeck

2: 2 Joy Fawcett

3: 2 Kristine Lilly

4: 3 Mia Hamm

5: 4 Brandi Chastain

0-1 Xi Huilin

1-2 Qiu Haiyan

Liu Ying (held)

3-3 Zhang Ouying 4-4

Sun Wen

Michelle Akers

Zhang Ouying, Liu Ailing

The US team was voted Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year in the US as the first US soccer team .

Best goalscorers

rank	Player	Gates
1	Brazilian Sissi	7th
	Chinese Sun Wen	7th
3	Norwegian Ann Kristin Aarønes	4th
4th	German Inca grings	3
	Nigerian Nkiru Okosieme	3
	Norwegian Marianne Pettersen	3
	Brazilian Pretinha	3
	Chinese Liu Ailing	3
	Chinese Jin Yan	3
	US American Tiffeny Milbrett	3
	Norwegian Maintain Riise	3
	German Bettina Wiegmann	3

Referees

At the third Women's World Cup, only women were used as referees for the first time. A total of 16 referees and 14 assistant referees from 25 different nations from all continental football associations were appointed. Nicole Petignat from Switzerland and Elke Günthner from Germany were nominated as referees from German-speaking countries. While Günthner only whistled one game, Petignat leads four games, including the final.

Association	Referee	Games					4. O.
Association	Referee	number	Lot				4. O.	Assistant 1	Assistant 2
AFC	Korea South Eun Ju Im	4th	Germany-Mexico	6th	0	0	2	Trinidad and Tobago Bonuses Bishop (CONCACAF)	Panama Jackeline Saez (CONCACAF)
			Germany-Brazil					Trinidad and Tobago Bonuses Bishop (CONCACAF)	Nigeria Adeola Omoleye Adeyemi (CAF)
			Norway-Sweden					Mexico Maria Rodriguez (CONCACAF)	France Ghislaine Labbe (UEFA)
			Brazil-Norway					Japan Hisae Yoshizawa	Mexico Maria Rodriguez (CONCACAF)
	China People's Republic Xiudi Zuo	2	Norway-Russia	3	0	0	1	France Ghislaine Labbe (UEFA)	China People's Republic Lijuan Lu
	China People's Republic Xiudi Zuo	2	Canada-Russia	3	0	0	1	China People's Republic Lijuan Lu	Korea North Son Ok Ri
CAF	Senegal Fatou Gaye	1	Australia-Sweden	3	0	0	3	Japan Hisae Yoshizawa (AFC)	Peru Ana Perez (CONMEBOL)
	Nigeria Bola Abidoye	2	Germany-Italy	2	0	0	1	Nigeria Adeola Omoleye Adeyemi	Panama Jackeline Saez (CONCACAF)
	Nigeria Bola Abidoye	2	Mexico-Italy	2	0	0	1	Panama Jackeline Saez (CONCACAF)	Ghana Comfort Cofie
CONCACAF	Canada Sonia Denoncourt	3	Denmark-United States	3	0	0	2	Peru Ana Perez (CONMEBOL)	Japan Hisae Yoshizawa (AFC)
			Ghana-Sweden					Norway Ann Wenche Kleven (UEFA)	Netherlands Corrie Kruithof (UEFA)
			Norway-China People's Republic					Mexico Maria Rodriguez	Peru Ana Perez (CONMEBOL)
	United States Kari Seitz	1	Australia-Ghana	6th	0	1	3	Norway Ann Wenche Kleven (UEFA)	Korea North Song Ok Ri (AFC)
	United States Sandra Hunt	2	Japan-Russia	3	0	1	2	Brazil Ana Bia Batista (CONMEBOL)	Trinidad and Tobago Bonuses Bishop
	United States Sandra Hunt	2	China People's Republic-Australia	3	0	1	2	Peru Ana Perez (CONMEBOL)	Japan Hisae Yoshizawa (AFC)
	Mexico Virginia Tovar	2	China People's Republic-Sweden	4th	0	1	3	Mexico Maria Rodriguez	Panama Jackeline Saez
	Mexico Virginia Tovar	2	Brazil-Nigeria	4th	0	1	3	Mexico Maria Rodriguez	Panama Jackeline Saez
CONMEBOL	Venezuela Marisela Contreras de Fuentes	1	Norway-Japan	3	0	0	1	France Ghislaine Labbe (UEFA)	Sweden Susanne Borg (UEFA)
	Colombia Marta Thoro	1	Korea North-Denmark	6th	1	0	1	Mexico Maria Rodriguez (CONCACAF)	Brazil Ana Bia Batista
	Colombia Marta Thoro	1	United States-Germany	6th	1	0	1	Peru Ana Perez	Netherlands Corrie Kruithof (UEFA)
	Brazil Maria Siqueira	1	Nigeria-Denmark	4th	0	0	1	Japan Hisae Yoshizawa (AFC)	Peru Ana Perez
	Brazil Maria Siqueira	1	Japan-Canada	4th	0	0	1	Ghana Comfort Cofie (CAF)	Brazil Cleidy Ribeiro
OFC	Australia Tammy Ogston	1	Norway-Canada	1	0	0	3	Korea North Song Ok Ri (AFC)	China People's Republic Lijuan Lu (AFC)
UEFA	Switzerland Nicole Petignat	4th	United States-Nigeria	11	0	0	2	Sweden Susanne Borg	France Ghislaine Labbe
			Brazil-Mexico					Netherlands Corrie Kruithof	Sweden Susanne Borg
			China People's Republic-Russia					Trinidad and Tobago Bonuses Bishop (CONCACAF)	Ghana Comfort Cofie (CAF)
			United States-China People's Republic					France Ghislaine Labbe	Peru Ana Perez (CONMEBOL)
	Finland Katriina Elovirta	3	Korea North-Nigeria	12	0	0	3	Ghana Comfort Cofie (CAF)	Mexico Maria Rodriguez (CONCACAF)
			United States-Korea North					Mexico Maria Rodriguez (CONCACAF)	Brazil Cleidy Ribeiro (CONMEBOL)
			United States-Brazil					Japan Hisae Yhsizawa (AFC)	France Ghislaine Labbe
	Denmark Gitte Nielsen	1	Brazil-Italy	6th	0	0	3	Netherlands Corrie Kruithof	Norway Ann Wenche Kleven
	Germany Elke Günthner	1	China People's Republic-Ghana	2	0	1	1	Brazil Cleidy Ribeiro (CONMEBOL)	Nigeria Adeola Omoleye Adeyemi (CAF)

Awards

adidas Golden Ball

The Chinese Sun Wen received the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament . The Silver Ball went to the Brazilian Sissi and the Bronze Ball to the American Michelle Akers .

adidas Golden Shoe

The Brazilian Sissi received the Golden Shoe as the most successful goalscorer for her seven tournament goals . The Silver Shoe went to the Chinese Sun Wen also seven goals, including a penalty and the Bronze Shoe to the Norwegian Ann Kristin Aarønes .

FIFA Fair Play Award

The FIFA Fair Play Award for the fairest team in the tournament went to China .

Web links

Commons : Football Women's World Cup 1999 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Summary of the 1999 World Cup

Individual evidence

↑ Key data of the DFB refereeing
↑ Boston is named as the venue in the FIFA statistics .
↑ New York / New Jersey is named as the venue in the FIFA statistics .
↑ San Francisco is named as the venue in FIFA statistics .
↑ Los Angeles is named as the venue in the FIFA statistics .
↑ Washington, DC is named as the venue in FIFA statistics .

[1] Key data of the DFB refereeing

[2] Boston is named as the venue in the FIFA statistics .

[3] New York / New Jersey is named as the venue in the FIFA statistics .

[4] San Francisco is named as the venue in FIFA statistics .

[5] Los Angeles is named as the venue in the FIFA statistics .

[6] Washington, DC is named as the venue in FIFA statistics .