2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

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2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
Official logo
Tournament details
Host country Flag of the People's Republic of China China
Teams 16 
Final positions
Champions Flag of Germany Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up Flag of Brazil Brazil
Third place Flag of the United States USA
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 111  (3.47 per match)
Attendance 1,156,955  (36,155 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Brazil Marta (7 goals)
Qualifying countries
Qualifying countries

The FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 was held in China from September 10–September 30, 2007.[1] Originally, China was to host the 2003 Women's World Cup, but the outbreak of SARS in that country forced that event to be moved to the United States. FIFA immediately granted the 2007 event to China, which means that no new host nation was chosen competitively until the voting was held for the 2011 Women's World Cup.

The tournament opened with a record-breaking match in Shanghai, as Germany beat Argentina 11–0 to register the biggest win and the highest scoring match in Women's World Cup history. The tournament ended with Germany defeating Brazil 2–0 in the final, having never surrendered a goal in the entire tournament. The Germans became the first national team in FIFA Women's World Cup history to obtain two consecutive titles.

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[edit] Teams

Main article: FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 qualification
Africa (CAF)
Asia (AFC)
North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)
Europe (UEFA)
Oceania (OFC)
South America (CONMEBOL)

[edit] Venues

The venues selected to host the competition are:[2]

City Venues Capacity
Tianjin Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium 60,000
Wuhan Wuhan Stadium 55,000
Hangzhou Yellow Dragon Stadium 51,000
Chengdu Chengdu Sports Center 40,000
Shanghai Hongkou Stadium 34,000 (upgrade in progress)

[edit] Squads

For a list of all players that participated in the final tournament, see 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup squads.

[edit] Referees

For a list of the international referees that officiated at the 2007 tournament, see 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup officials.

[edit] Coverage

Numerous TV stations across the world provide coverage of the tournament. One notable example is the Chinese-language channel CCTV-5 which is available as a free internet feed through TVUnetworks.

[edit] Monetary rewards

For the first time in FIFA Women's World Cup history, all teams will get monetary bonuses according to the round they reach (all in USD):[3]

  • Champions: 1,000,000
  • Runners-up: 800,000
  • Third place: 650,000
  • Fourth place: 550,000
  • Quarter-finalists: 300,000
  • First round exit: 200,000

[edit] Other rewards

UEFA is using the FIFA Women's World Cup as its qualifying tournament for the 2008 Olympic women's tournament. The best three performing UEFA teams will qualify for the Olympics. Originally it was thought that, should England make the top three European teams, they would compete under the United Kingdom banner. However, on 6 September 2007, FIFA issued a press release indicating that England are ineligible to participate in the 2008 Olympics as England does not have its own Olympic Committee.[4] For the determination of the ranking only first through fourth place, quarterfinal elimination or group phase elimination count. If there is a need to make a distinction between teams eliminated in the quarterfinal or between teams eliminated in the group phase these teams will meet in a play-off match. In no case will the points or goals (difference) count for teams eliminated before the semi-final.

Germany and Norway qualified for the Olympics at the World Cup, whereas Denmark and Sweden had to enter a play-off for the third Olympics spot. Sweden won both legs of the playoffs with a total of 7-3 agg. to qualify for the Olympics.

[edit] Draw

The group draw took place on 22 April 2007 in Wuhan after the completion of the qualifying rounds.

FIFA automatically seeded the host and defending champions, slotting China and Germany into Group D and Group A, respectively. [3] The FIFA Women's World Ranking for March 2007 was used to determine the teams to occupy the other seeded positions, B1 and C1.[5] United States were ranked first, Germany second and Norway third[6], so the United States and Norway were also seeded.

Also, no two teams from the same confederation could draw each other, except for those from UEFA, where a maximum of two teams from UEFA could be drawn into the same group. Group B quickly became dubbed the group of death [7] since three of the top five teams in the world were drawn in this group — the USA (1st), Sweden (3rd) and Korea DPR (5th), according to the June 2007 FIFA Women's World Rankings, the last to be released before the tournament. The same four teams were drawn together in Group A in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup[7], on that occasion the USA and Sweden progressed to the knockout stages.

[edit] Groups

[edit] Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Germany Germany 7 3 2 1 0 13 0 +13
Flag of England England 5 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5
Flag of Japan Japan 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1
Flag of Argentina Argentina 0 3 0 0 3 1 18 −17

All times are local (UTC+8)

2007-09-10
20:00		 Germany Flag of Germany 11 – 0 Flag of Argentina Argentina Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 28,098
Referee: Tammy Ogston Flag of Australia
Behringer Scored in the 12th minute 12' Scored in the 24th minute 24'
Garefrekes Scored in the 17th minute 17'
Prinz Scored in the 29th minute 29' Scored in the 45+1th minute 45+1' Scored in the 59th minute 59'
Lingor Scored in the 51st minute 51' Scored in the 90+1th minute 90+1'
Smisek Scored in the 57th minute 57' Scored in the 70th minute 70' Scored in the 79th minute 79'		 (Report)
2007-09-11
20:00		 England Flag of England 2 – 2 Flag of Japan Japan Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 27,146
Referee: Kari Seitz Flag of the United States
K. Smith Scored in the 81st minute 81' Scored in the 83rd minute 83' (Report) Miyama Scored in the 55th minute 55' Scored in the 90+5th minute 90+5'
2007-09-14
17:00		 Argentina Flag of Argentina 0 – 1 Flag of Japan Japan Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 27,730
Referee: Dagmar Damkova Flag of the Czech Republic
(Report) Nagasato Scored in the 90+1th minute 90+1'
2007-09-14
20:00		 Germany Flag of Germany 0 – 0 Flag of England England Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 27,730
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist Flag of Sweden
(Report)
2007-09-17[8]
20:00		 Argentina Flag of Argentina 1 – 6 Flag of England England Chengdu Sports Center
Attendance: 30,730
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James Flag of Guyana
Perez Booked in the 41st minuteBooked again in the 49th minuteSent off in the 49th minute 41', 49'
González Scored in the 60th minute 60'		 (Report) González Scored in the 9th minute 9' (o.g.)
J. Scott Scored in the 10th minute 10'
Williams Scored in the 50th minute 50' (pen.)
K. Smith Scored in the 64th minute 64' Scored in the 77th minute 77'
Exley Scored in the 90th minute 90' (pen.)
2007-09-17[8]
20:00		 Japan Flag of Japan 0 – 2 Flag of Germany Germany Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 39,817
Referee: Adriana Correa Flag of Colombia
(Report) Prinz Scored in the 21st minute 21'
Lingor Scored in the 87th minute 87' (pen.)

[edit] Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of the United States USA 7 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3
Flag of North Korea Korea DPR 4 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1
Flag of Sweden Sweden 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3

All times are local (UTC+8)

2007-09-11
17:00		 USA Flag of the United States 2 – 2 Flag of North Korea Korea DPR Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
Attendance: 35,100
Referee: Nicole Petignat Flag of Switzerland
Wambach Scored in the 50th minute 50'
O'Reilly Scored in the 69th minute 69'		 (Report) Kil Son-Hui Scored in the 58th minute 58'
Kim Yong-Ae Scored in the 60th minute 60'
2007-09-11
20:00		 Sweden Flag of Sweden 1 – 1 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
Attendance: 21,740
Referee: Niu Huijun Flag of the People's Republic of China
Svensson Scored in the 50th minute 50' (Report) Uwak Scored in the 82nd minute 82'
2007-09-14
17:00		 USA Flag of the United States 2 – 0 Flag of Sweden Sweden Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
Attendance: 35,600
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál Flag of Hungary
Wambach Scored in the 34th minute 34' (pen.) Scored in the 58th minute 58' (Report)
2007-09-14
20:00		 Korea DPR Flag of North Korea 2 – 0 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
Attendance: 35,600
Referee: Tammy Ogston Flag of Australia
Kim Kyong-Hwa Scored in the 17th minute 17'
Ri Kum-Suk Scored in the 21st minute 21'		 (Report)
2007-09-18
20:00		 Korea DPR Flag of North Korea 1 – 2 Flag of Sweden Sweden Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium
Attendance: 33,196
Referee: Christine Beck Flag of Germany
Ri Un Suk Scored in the 22nd minute 22'
 (Report) Schelin Scored in the 4th minute 4' Scored in the 54th minute 54'
2007-09-18
20:00		 Nigeria Flag of Nigeria 0 – 1 Flag of the United States USA Hongkou Stadium
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Mayumi Oiwa Flag of Japan
(Report) Chalupny Scored in the 1st minute 1'

[edit] Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Norway Norway 7 3 2 1 0 10 4 +6
Flag of Australia Australia 5 3 1 2 0 7 4 +3
Flag of Canada Canada 4 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3
Flag of Ghana Ghana 0 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12

All times are local (UTC+8)

2007-09-12
17:00		 Australia Flag of Australia 4 – 1 Flag of Ghana Ghana Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 25,952
Referee: Adriana Correa Flag of Colombia
Walsh Scored in the 15th minute 15'
De Vanna Scored in the 57th minute 57' Scored in the 81st minute 81'
Garriock Scored in the 69th minute 69'		 (Report) Amankwa Scored in the 70th minute 70'
2007-09-12
20:00		 Norway Flag of Norway 2 – 1 Flag of Canada Canada Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 30,752
Referee: Christine Beck Flag of Germany
R. Gulbrandsen Scored in the 52nd minute 52'
Horpestad Scored in the 81st minute 81'		 (Report) Chapman Scored in the 33rd minute 33'
2007-09-15
17:00		 Canada Flag of Canada 4 – 0 Flag of Ghana Ghana Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 33,835
Referee: Nicole Petignat Flag of Switzerland
Sinclair Scored in the 16th minute 16' Scored in the 62nd minute 62'
Schmidt Scored in the 55th minute 55'
Franko Scored in the 77th minute 77'		 (Report)
2007-09-15
20:00		 Norway Flag of Norway 1 – 1 Flag of Australia Australia Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 33,835
Referee: Niu Huijun Flag of the People's Republic of China
R. Gulbrandsen Scored in the 5th minute 5' (Report) De Vanna Scored in the 83rd minute 83'
2007-09-20[9]
17:00		 Norway Flag of Norway 7 – 2 Flag of Ghana Ghana Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 43,817
Referee: Jennifer Bennet Flag of the United States
Storløkken Scored in the 4th minute 4'
R. Gulbrandsen Scored in the 39th minute 39' Scored in the 59th minute 59' Scored in the 62nd minute 62'
Horpestad Scored in the 45th minute 45' (pen.)
Herlovsen Scored in the 56th minute 56'
Klaveness Scored in the 69th minute 69'		 (Report) Bayor Scored in the 73rd minute 73'
Okoe Scored in the 80th minute 80' (pen.)
2007-09-20[10]
17:00		 Australia Flag of Australia 2 – 2 Flag of Canada Canada Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
Attendance: 29,300
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál Flag of Hungary
McCallum Scored in the 53rd minute 53'
Salisbury Scored in the 90+2th minute 90+2'		 (Report) Tancredi Scored in the 1st minute 1'
Sinclair Scored in the 85th minute 85'

[edit] Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Brazil Brazil 9 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10
Flag of the People's Republic of China China PR 6 3 2 0 1 5 6 −1
Flag of Denmark Denmark 3 3 1 0 2 4 4 0
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 0 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9

All times are local (UTC+8)

2007-09-12
17:00		 Brazil Flag of Brazil 5 – 0 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Wuhan Stadium
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng Flag of Thailand
Daniela Scored in the 10th minute 10'
Cristiane Scored in the 54th minute 54'
Marta Scored in the 74th minute 74' Scored in the 90+3th minute 90+3'
Renata Costa Scored in the 86th minute 86'		 (Report)
2007-09-12
20:00		 China PR Flag of the People's Republic of China 3 – 2 Flag of Denmark Denmark Wuhan Stadium
Attendance: 50,800
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James Flag of Guyana
Li Jie Scored in the 31st minute 31'
Bi Yan Scored in the 50th minute 50'
Song Xiaoli Scored in the 88th minute 88'		 (Report) Nielsen Scored in the 51st minute 51'
Paaske Scored in the 87th minute 87'
2007-09-15
17:00		 Denmark Flag of Denmark 2 – 0 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Wuhan Stadium
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Mayumi Oiwa Flag of Japan
Pedersen Scored in the 61st minute 61'
Paaske Scored in the 66th minute 66'		 (Report)
2007-09-15
20:00		 China PR Flag of the People's Republic of China