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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Sweden |
| Dates | 5–18 June |
| Teams | 12 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Norway (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Germany |
| Third place |  United States |
| Fourth place |  China |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 99 (3.81 per match) |
| Attendance | 112,213 (4,316 per match) |
| Top scorer | Ann Kristin Aarønes(6 goals) |
| Best player | Hege Riise |
| Fair play award |  Sweden |
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The1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, the second edition of theFIFA Women's World Cup, was held in Sweden and won byNorway, who became the first European nation to win the Women's World Cup.[1][2][3] The tournament featured 12 women's national teams from six continental confederations. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four and each group played around-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams and two best third-ranked teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the final atRåsunda Stadium on 18 June 1995.
Sweden became the first country to host bothmen's and women's World Cup, having hosted the men's in1958.
Australia,Canada, andEngland made their debuts in the competition. The tournament also hosted asqualification for the1996 Summer Olympics, with the eight quarter-finalists being invited to the Olympics. In the second edition of the Women's World Cup, matches were lengthened to the standard 90 minutes, andthree points were awarded for a win.[4]
Bulgaria was originally awarded hosting rights for the tournament, but had to relinquish the rights and FIFA ended up awarding the tournament to Sweden.[5] About 112,000 tickets were sold for the entire tournament.[6]
As a FIFA rules experiment, each team was allowed a two-minute time out each half.[7]
Norway won the 1995 title, with one in four Norwegians watching the game on television. Norway's team plane was escorted back to Oslo by twoF-16s on their way to a victory celebration.[1]
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As in theprevious edition of the FIFA Women's World cup, held in 1991, 12 teams participated in the final tournament. The teams were:
For a list of the squads that competed in the final tournament, see1995 FIFA Women's World Cup squads.
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Notes
The draw for the group stage was held on 18 February 1995 in a public ceremony at the Elite Hotel Marina Plaza inHelsingborg, Sweden. The draw was conducted bySepp Blatter, then the FIFA General Secretary, and assisted by Swedish internationalsTomas Brolin andKristin Bengtsson, winners of the 1994Guldbollen andDiamantbollen, respectively. There was no television coverage of the draw.[8]
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The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[9]
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | Sweden(H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Norway | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 9 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 |  England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |
Group C started with back-and-forth 3–3 draw between the United States and China with the Chinese coming back from a 3–1 deficit. Denmark's opening 5–0 win over Australia, in whichSonia Gegenhuber was sent off in the 45th minute for the Aussies, ultimately led to their securing one of the best third place runner up spots as they would lose their next two matches.[10]
United States goalkeeperBrianna Scurry was sent off in the 88th minute of the second group game againstDenmark. With all three substitutions used, U.S. managerTony DiCicco called upon strikerMia Hamm to play goalkeeper. Hamm made two saves over eight minutes of stoppage time to secure the 2–0 win.[11] In the other game,Angela Iannotta scored Australia's first-ever World Cup goal, but China defeated the Matildas 4–2.[10]
| United States | 3–3 | China |
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| China | 4–2 | Australia |
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| China | 3–1 | Denmark |
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| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | C | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | A | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | B | Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 13 June –Västerås | ||||||||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||||||
| 15 June –Helsingborg | ||||||||||
| England | 0 | |||||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||||||
| 13 June –Helsingborg | ||||||||||
| China | 0 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 18 June –Solna | ||||||||||
| China(p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| Germany | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 June –Gävle | ||||||||||
| Norway | 2 | |||||||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||||||
| 15 June –Västerås | ||||||||||
| United States | 4 | |||||||||
| United States | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 June –Karlstad | ||||||||||
| Norway | 1 | Third place play-off | ||||||||
| Norway | 3 | |||||||||
| 17 June –Gävle | ||||||||||
| Denmark | 1 | |||||||||
| China | 0 | |||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[12]
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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| Hege Riise | Gro Espeseth | Ann Kristin Aarønes |
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| Ann Kristin Aarønes | Hege Riise | Shi Guihong |
| 6 goals, 0 assists | 5 goals, 5 assists | 3 goals, 2 assists |
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
| Sweden | ||
There were 99 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.81 goals per match.Ann Kristin Aarønes of Norway won theGolden Shoe award for scoring six goals.
6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Lisa CasagrandeSunni HughesAngela IannottaPretinhaHelen StoumbosLiu AilingSun QingmeiWang LipingZhou YangChristina BondeAnne Dot Eggers NielsenChristina HansenHelle JensenMarieanne SpaceyKaren WalkerAnouschka BernhardUrsula LohnSilvia NeidBirgit PrinzMartina VossPatience AvreGro EspesethTone HaugenRandi LeinanTina SvenssonAnneli AndelénUlrika KaltePia SundhageLena VidekullJoy FawcettJulie FoudyDebbie KellerCarla Overbeck6 assists
5 assists
3 assists
2 assists
1 assist
Lizzy ClaydonSunni HughesFantaSilvana BurtiniSun QingmeiSun WenWei HaiyingJeanne AxelsenAnnette LaursenLene MadsenKaren FarleyHope PowellMarieanne SpaceyAnouschka BernhardMaren MeinertHeidi MohrMartina VossBettina WiegmannNami OtakeRie YamakiPatience AvreMaureen MmaduRita NwadikeMerete MyklebustMarianne PettersenHeidi StøreMalin FlinkUlrika KalteHelen NilssonJoy FawcettKristine LillyTisha VenturiniSource: FIFA Technical Report[13]
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided inextra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided bypenalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams eliminated in the quarter-finals are ranked by their quarter-final goal differential.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | B | Norway | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 18 | Champions |
| 2 | A | Germany | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 12 | Runners-up |
| 3 | C | United States | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 13 | Third place |
| 4 | C | China | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | A | Sweden(H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | B | England | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | |
| 7 | C | Denmark | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | |
| 8 | A | Japan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
| 9 | A | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | B | Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 | |
| 11 | B | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 | |
| 12 | C | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |
Some of the terms and conditions had been changed this time: 90 minutes of play instead of 80 in China, a full group of 20 players instead of 18, three points for a win, and the experiment with time out.
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