 Hongkou Football Stadium in Shanghai hosted the final. | |||||||
| Event | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 30 September 2007 (2007-09-30) | ||||||
| Venue | Hongkou Football Stadium,Shanghai | ||||||
| Player of the Match | Nadine Angerer (Germany) | ||||||
| Referee | Tammy Ogston (Australia) | ||||||
| Attendance | 31,000[1] | ||||||
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The2007 FIFA Women's World Cup final was anassociation football match which determined the winner of the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, contested by the women's national teams of the member associations ofFIFA. It was played on 30 September 2007 at theHongkou Football Stadium, inShanghai,China and won byGermany, who defeatedBrazil 2–0.[2][3]
The match was betweenGermany, who had won the previous Women's World Cup final andBrazil, who had never won a major world title, or indeed even reached the finals of a Women's World Cup. This was the first time in the history of the Women's World Cup that a European and South American had met each other in the final. Germany had not conceded a single goal in the whole competition whereas Brazil were free-scoring. Led by strikerMarta, who had scored 7 goals, Brazil had scored seventeen goals in their route to the final, including four against title-rivalsUnited States in the semi-finals. It was considered as "the rematch of the2002 FIFA World Cup Final", except it was the men's teams.
| Germany | Round | Brazil | ||
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| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result |
 Argentina | 11–0 | Match 1 |  New Zealand | 5–0 |
 England | 0–0 | Match 2 |  China | 4–0 |
 Japan | 2–0 | Match 3 |  Denmark | 1–0 |
| Group A winners | Final standing | Group D winners | ||
| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result |
 North Korea | 3–0 | Quarterfinals |  Australia | 3–2 |
 Norway | 3–0 | Semifinals |  United States | 4–0 |
          Germany[4] |     Brazil[4] |
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