2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

USA 2003
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Tournament details
Host country	USA
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	107 (3.34 per match)
Attendance	656,789 (20,525 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Birgit Prinz (7 goals)
Best player	Birgit Prinz
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Qualifying countries

The FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 was held in the United States and won by Germany. The tournament was originally scheduled for China. On May 3, 2003 the tournament was abruptly moved to the United States, as a result of the 2003 SARS outbreak in China. Because the United States had hosted the 1999 World Cup, it was thought the United States could best organize the tournament in the little time remaining before the October scheduled start. In addition, women's soccer boosters in the United States hoped that interest generated by the tournament would save the U.S. women's professional league, the Women's United Soccer Association, from folding.

In compensation for losing the tournament, China retained its automatic qualification as host, and was named as host for the 2007 event.

Mostly due to the rescheduling of the tournament on short notice, FIFA and the United States Soccer Federation were forced to creatively schedule matches. Nine doubleheaders were scheduled in group play (similar to the 1999 format). They also had to abandon the modern practice of scheduling the final matches of the group stage to kick off simultaneously. In Groups A and D, the final matches were scheduled as the two ends of a doubleheader. The final matches in Groups B and C were also scheduled as doubleheaders, but split between two cities, with a Group B match in each city followed by a Group C match. The four quarterfinals were also scheduled as two doubleheaders, and both semifinals were also a doubleheader.

Venues

The Home Depot Center Location: Carson, CA Capacity: 27,000	Columbus Crew Stadium Location: Columbus, OH Capacity: 23,000	Gillette Stadium Location: Foxborough, MA Capacity: 22,385
Carson Columbus Foxborough Philadelphia Portland Washington, D.C. 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup (United States)
Lincoln Financial Field Location: Philadelphia, PA Capacity: 68,500	PGE Park Location: Portland, OR Capacity: 27,700	RFK Stadium Location: Washington, DC Capacity: 55,000

Teams

Main article: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

16 teams participated in the final tournament. The teams were:

Africa (CAF) Nigeria Ghana Asia (AFC) North Korea China PR (retained automatic qualification as original host) South Korea Japan South America (CONMEBOL) Brazil Argentina

Europe (UEFA) France Germany Russia Norway Sweden Oceania (OFC) Australia North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF) Canada United States

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup squads.

Match Officials

Africa

• Xonam Agboyi
• Desiree Perpetue
• Bola Elizabeth Abidoye
• Florence Biagui

Asia

• Dongqing Zhang
• Hisae Yoshizawa
• Im Eun Ju
• Choi Soo Jin
• Hong Kum Nyo
• Hsiu Mei Liu

North, Central America & Caribbean

• Sonia Denoncourt
• Denise Robinson
• Lynda Bramble
• Kari Seitz
• Karalee Sutton
• Sharon Wheeler

South America

• Florencia Romano
• Alejandra Cercato
• Sabrina Lois
• Sueli Tortura
• Cleidy Mary Ribeiro
• Marlei Silva

Europe

• Andi Regan
• Katriina Elovirta
• Emilia Parviainen
• Nelly Viennot
• Katarzyna Nadolska
• Cristina Babadac
• Cristina Ionescu
• Irina Mirt
• Nicole Petignat
• Elke Lüthi

Oceania

• Tammy Ogston
• Airlie Keen
• Jacqueline Leleu

First round

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	9	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10
Sweden	6	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2
North Korea	3	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1
Nigeria	0	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11

September 20, 2003	Nigeria	0 – 3	North Korea	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Attendance: 24,346
		(Report)	Jin  13', 88' Ri  73'

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September 21, 2003	United States	3 – 1	Sweden	RFK Stadium, Washington Attendance: 34,144
	Lilly  27' Parlow  36' Boxx  78'	(Report)	Svensson  58'

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September 25, 2003	Sweden	1 – 0	North Korea	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Attendance: 31,553
	Svensson  7'	(Report)

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September 25, 2003	United States	5 – 0	Nigeria	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Attendance: 31,553
	Hamm  6' (pen.), 12' Parlow  47' Wambach  65' Foudy  89' (pen.)	(Report)

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September 28, 2003	Sweden	3 – 0	Nigeria	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus Attendance: 22,828
	Ljungberg  56', 79' Moström  81'	(Report)

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September 28, 2003	North Korea	0 – 3	United States	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus Attendance: 22,828
		(Report)	Wambach  17' (pen.) Reddick  48', 66'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	7	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6
Norway	6	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5
France	4	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1
South Korea	0	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10

September 20, 2003	Norway	2 – 0	France	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Attendance: 24,346
	Rapp  47' Mellgren  66'	(Report)

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September 21, 2003	Brazil	3 – 0	South Korea	RFK Stadium, Washington Attendance: 34,144
	Marta  14' (pen.) Kátia  55', 62'	(Report)

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September 24, 2003	Norway	1 – 4	Brazil	RFK Stadium, Washington Attendance: 16,316
	Pettersen  45'	(Report)	Daniela  26' Rosana  37' Marta  59' Kátia  68'

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September 24, 2003	France	1 – 0	South Korea	RFK Stadium, Washington Attendance: 16,316
	Pichon  84'	(Report)

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September 27, 2003	South Korea	1 – 7	Norway	Gillette Stadium, Foxboro Attendance: 14,356
	Kim  75'	(Report)	Gulbrandsen  5' Mellgren  24', 31' Pettersen  40' Sandaune  52' Ørmen  80', 90'

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September 27, 2003	France	1 – 1	Brazil	RFK Stadium, Washington Attendance: 17,618
	Pichon  90+2'	(Report)	Kátia  58'

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Germany	9	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11
Canada	6	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2
Japan	3	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1
Argentina	0	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14

September 20, 2003	Germany	4 – 1	Canada	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus Attendance: 16,409
	Wiegmann  37' (pen.) Gottschlich  47' Prinz  75' Garefrekes  90+2'	(Report)	Sinclair  4'

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September 20, 2003	Japan	6 – 0	Argentina	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus Attendance: 16,409
	Sawa  13', 38' Yamamoto  64' Otani  72', 75', 80'	(Report)

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September 24, 2003	Germany	3 – 0	Japan	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus Attendance: 15,529
	Minnert  23' Prinz  36', 66'	(Report)

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September 24, 2003	Canada	3 – 0	Argentina	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus Attendance: 15,529
	Hooper  19' Latham  79', 82'	(Report)

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September 27, 2003	Canada	3 – 1	Japan	Gillette Stadium, Foxboro Attendance: 14,356
	Latham  36' Sinclair  49' Lang  72'	(Report)	Sawa  20'

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September 27, 2003	Argentina	1 – 6	Germany	RFK Stadium, Washington Attendance: 17,618
	Gaitán  71'	(Report)	Meinert  3', 43' Wiegmann  24' Prinz  32' Pohlers  89' Müller  90+2'

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	7	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
Russia	6	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3
Ghana	3	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3
Australia	1	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2

September 21, 2003	Australia	1 – 2	Russia	The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 15,239
	Golebiowski  38'	(Report)	Alagich  39' (o.g.) Fomina  89'

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September 21, 2003	China PR	1 – 0	Ghana	The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 15,239
	Sun  29'	(Report)

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September 25, 2003	Ghana	0 – 3	Russia	The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 13,929
		(Report)	Saenko  36' Barbachina  54' Letyushova  80'

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September 25, 2003	China PR	1 – 1	Australia	The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 13,929
	Bai  46'	(Report)	Garriock  28'

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September 28, 2003	Ghana	2 – 1	Australia	PGE Park, Portland Attendance: 19,132
	Sackey  34', 39'	(Report)	Garriock  61'

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September 28, 2003	China PR	1 – 0	Russia	PGE Park, Portland Attendance: 19,132
	Bai  16'	(Report)

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 October — Foxborough
	United States	1
					5 October — Portland
	Norway	0
					United States	0
	2 October — Portland
					Germany	3
	Germany	7
									12 October — Carson
	Russia	1
									Germany	2
	1 October — Boston
									Sweden	1
	Brazil	1
					5 October — Portland
	Sweden	2
					Sweden	2			Third place
	2 October — Portland
					Canada	1
	China PR	0							United States	3
	Canada	1							Canada	1
									12 October — Carson

Quarterfinals

October 1, 2003 19:30	United States	1 – 0	Norway	Gillette Stadium, Foxboro Attendance: 25,103
	Wambach  24'	(Report)

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October 1, 2003 16:30	Brazil	1 – 2	Sweden	Gillette Stadium, Foxboro Attendance: 25,103
	Marta  44' (pen.)	(Report)	Svensson  23' Andersson  53'

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October 2, 2003 19:30	Germany	7 – 1	Russia	PGE Park, Portland Attendance: 20,021
	Müller  25' Minnert  57' Wunderlich  60' Garefrekes  62', 85' Prinz  80', 89'	(Report)	Danilova  70'

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October 2, 2003 22:30	China PR	0 – 1	Canada	PGE Park, Portland Attendance: 20,021
		(Report)	Hooper  7'

Semifinals

October 5, 2003 19:30	United States	0 – 3	Germany	PGE Park, Portland Attendance: 27,623
		(Report)	Garefrekes  15' Meinert  90+1' Prinz  90+3'

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October 5, 2003 22:30	Sweden	2 – 1	Canada	PGE Park, Portland Attendance: 27,623
	Moström  79' Öqvist  86'	(Report)	Lang  64'

Third Place

October 11, 2003 15:30	United States	3 – 1	Canada	The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 25,253
	Lilly  22' Boxx  51' Milbrett  80'	(Report)	Sinclair  38'

Final

Main article: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final

October 12, 2003 13:00	Germany	2 – 1 asdet	Sweden	The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 26,137 Referee: Cristina Babadac (Romania)
	Meinert  46' Künzer  98'	(Report)	Ljungberg  41'

Germany

Sweden

GERMANY: GK 1 Silke Rottenberg DF 2 Kerstin Stegemann DF 17 Ariane Hingst DF 13 Sandra Minnert DF 19 Stefanie Gottschlich MF 18 Kerstin Garefrekes 76' MF 10 Bettina Wiegmann (c) MF 6 Renate Lingor MF 7 Pia Wunderlich 88' FW 14 Maren Meinert FW 9 Birgit Prinz Substitutes: DF 4 Nia Künzer 88' FW 11 Martina Müller 76' Manager: Tina Theune-Meyer

SWEDEN: GK 1 Caroline Jönsson DF 4 Hanna Marklund DF 2 Karolina Westberg DF 3 Jane Törnqvist DF 7 Sara Larsson 76' MF 9 Malin Andersson 53' MF 18 Frida Östberg MF 6 Malin Moström (c) MF 17 Anna Sjöström 53' FW 10 Hanna Ljungberg FW 11 Victoria Svensson Substitutes: DF 5 Kristin Bengtsson 76' MF 14 Linda Fagerström 53' MF 15 Therese Sjögran 53' Manager: Marika Domanski-Lyfors

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Irina Mirt (Romania) Katarzyna Wierzbowska (Poland) Fourth official: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Awards

Golden Shoe Winner:	Golden Ball Winner:	FIFA Fair Play Trophy:
Birgit Prinz	Birgit Prinz	China PR

All-star team

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Silke Rottenberg	Wang Liping Sandra Minnert Joy Fawcett	Bettina Wiegmann Malin Moström Shannon Boxx	Charmaine Hooper Maren Meinert Birgit Prinz Victoria Svensson

Top scorers

7 goals

• Birgit Prinz

4 goals

• Kerstin Garefrekes
• Maren Meinert
• Kátia

3 goals

• Marta
• Christine Latham
• Christine Sinclair

• Mio Otani
• Homare Sawa
• Dagny Mellgren

• Hanna Ljungberg
• Victoria Svensson
• Abby Wambach

2 goals

• Heather Garriock
• Charmaine Hooper
• Kara Lang
• Bai Jie
• Marinette Pichon
• Sandra Minnert

• Martina Müller
• Bettina Wiegmann
• Alberta Sackey
• Jin Pyol Hui
• Linda Ørmen
• Marianne Pettersen

• Malin Moström
• Shannon Boxx
• Mia Hamm
• Kristine Lilly
• Cindy Parlow
• Cat Reddick

1 goal

• Yanina Gaitán
• Kelly Golebiowski
• Daniela
• Rosana
• Sun Wen
• Stefanie Gottschlich
• Nia Künzer
• Conny Pohlers

• Pia Wunderlich
• Emi Yamamoto
• Ri Un-Gyong
• Kim Jin-Hee
• Solveig Gulbrandsen
• Anita Rapp
• Brit Sandaune
• Natalia Barbachina

• Elena Danilova
• Elena Fomina
• Olga Letyushova
• Marina Saenko
• Malin Andersson
• Josefine Öqvist
• Julie Foudy
• Tiffeny Milbrett

Own goals

• Dianne Alagich (for Russia)