Goodwill Games 1998 / Football

At the Goodwill Games 1998 , a football tournament for women's national teams was held from July 25 to 27, 1998 . With the United States , China and Norway , all three medal winners of the 1996 Summer Olympics competed . Norway had also won the title at the 1995 World Cup and the USA took third place. The field of four was completed by Denmark .

Results

Tournament schedule

	Semifinals				final
	China	1 (4) 1
	Norway	1 (2)0
					China	0
					United States	2
					Game for third place
	United States	5			Norway	1 (4) 1
	Denmark	0			Denmark	1 (2)0

¹ win on penalties

Semifinals

China - Norway 1: 1 aet (1: 1, 0: 0), 4: 2 p. E.

China		Norway
	1st semifinals Saturday: July 25th, 1998 at 12:00 PM in Hempstead ( Hofstra Stadium ) Spectator:   Referee: Richard Grady (Norwegian) match report
	Gao Hong • Fan Yunjie , Man Yanling , Xie Huilin , Zhao Lihong , Jin Yan (27th Zhang Ouying ), Sun Wen , Liu Ailing , Bai Jie , Liu Ying (70th Wang Liping ), Wang Jingxia , Qiu Haiyan Trainer: Ma Yuanan	Bente Nordby • Brit Sandaune , Gøril Kringen , Hege Riise • Monica Knudsen (61st Unni Lehn ), Henriette Viker , Silje Jørgensen (89th Anne Tønnesen ), Elisabeth Fagereng , Kjersti Thun • Ragnhild Gulbrandsen , Linda Medalen , Marianne Pettersen Trainer: Per -Mathias Høgmo
	1: 1 fan Yunjie (78th)	0: 1 Marianne Pettersen (75th)
	penalties shoot
	1: 0 Xie Hiulin 2: 1 Qiu Haiyan 3: 1 Man Yanling 4: 2 Sun Wen	1: 1 Hege Risse Goril Kringen 3: 2 Henriette Viker Kjersti Thun

United States - Denmark 5: 0 (3: 0)

United States		Denmark
	2nd semifinals Saturday: July 25th, 1998 at 7:30 p.m. in Hempstead ( Hofstra Stadium ) Spectators: 6,970 Referee: Johnny Jerome  (Danish) match report
	Briana Scurry • Lorrie Fair , Carla Overbeck , Kate Sobrero ( Christie Pearce ), Joy Fawcett , Brandi Chastain , Julie Foudy ( Tisha Venturini ), Michelle Akers ( Cindy Parlow ), Kristine Lilly ( Shannon MacMillan ), Tiffeny Milbrett ( Debbie Keller ), Mia Hamm Trainer: Tony DiCicco	Christina Jensen • Karina Christensen (43rd Hanne Sand Christensen ), Marlene Kristensen , Lene Terp Jeanne Axelsen (78th Lise Søndergaard ) • Birgit Christensen , Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen , Louise Hansen (71st Gitte Krogh ), Katrine Pedersen , Christina Petersen ( 55th Janne Rasmussen ) • Merete Pedersen (59th Lene Jensen ) Coach: Jørgen Hvidemose
	1: 0 Tiffeny Milbrett (18th) 2: 0 Michelle Akers (29th) 3: 0 Mia Hamm (45th) 4: 0 Mia Hamm (70th) 5: 0 Mia Hamm (75th)

3rd place match

Norway - Denmark 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0), 4: 2 i. E.

Norway		Denmark
	3rd place match Monday: July 27, 1998 at 6:00 p.m. in Hempstead (Mitchel Field) Spectators: 11,300 Referee: Kevin Terry  (Danish) match report
	Bente Nordby • Brit Sandaune (46th Kjersti Thun ), Gøril Kringen , Hege Riise • Unni Lehn (46th Solveig Gulbrandsen ), Margunn Haugenes , Ingeborg Hovland , Henriette Viker , Silje Jørgensen (60th Monica Knudsen ), Elisabeth Fagereng (46th ) Anne Tønnesen ) • Ragnhild Gulbrandsen , Linda Medalen , Marianne Pettersen Trainer: Per-Mathias Høgmo	Dorthe Larsen • Hanne Sand Christensen (34th Jeanne Axelsen ), Marlene Kristensen , Lene Terp • Birgit Christensen , Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen , Louise Hansen , Katrine Pedersen , Christina Petersen (72nd Janne Rasmussen ) • Gitte Krogh , Merete Pedersen (57. Lene Jensen ) Trainer: Jørgen Hvidemose
	1: 0 Unni Lehn (20th)	1: 1 Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen (82nd)
	penalties shoot
	1: 0 Hege Russe 2: 0 Linda medals 3: 1 Marianne Pettersen 4: 2 Henriette Viker	Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen 2: 1 Gitte Krogh 3: 2 Janne Rasmussen Louise Hansen

final

China - United States 0: 2 (0: 0)

China		United States
	final Monday: July 27, 1998 in Hempstead (Mitchel Field) Spectators: 11,307 Referee:
	Trainer: Ma Yuanan	Briana Scurry • Lorrie Fair , Carla Overbeck ( Cindy Parlow ), Kate Sobrero , Joy Fawcett , Brandi Chastain , Julie Foudy ( Shannon MacMillan ), Michelle Akers , Kristine Lilly , Tiffeny Milbrett ( Debbie Keller ), Mia Hamm Trainer: Tony DiCicco
		0: 1 Mia Hamm (66th) 0: 2 Mia Hamm (87th)

Web links

• Reports on the women's football tournament at the Goodwill Games 1998 ( Memento from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• Results and goal scorers on rsssf.com