1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
Världsmästerskapet i fotboll för damer 1995
Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	5 – 18 June
Teams	12
Venue(s)	5
Final positions
Champions	Norway (1st title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	United States
Fourth place	China PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	99 (3.81 per match)
Attendance	112,213 (4,316 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ann-Kristin Aarønes (6 goals)
Best player	Hege Riise

The 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, the second edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in Sweden and won by Norway.^[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 a round-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 at Råsunda Stadium on June 18, 1995.

Venues

Gävle Helsingborg Karlstad Västerås Solna 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup (Sweden)	Strömvallen, Gävle Capacity: 7,300 Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Capacity: 17,200 Tingvalla IP, Karlstad Capacity: 5,000 Arosvallen, Västerås Capacity: 10,000 Råsunda, Solna Capacity: 36,800

Teams

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Qualifying countries

As in the previous edition of the FIFA Women's World cup, held in 1991, 12 teams participated in the final tournament. The teams were:

Africa (CAF)
- Nigeria
Asia (AFC)
- China PR
- Japan
South America (CONMEBOL)
- Brazil
Oceania (OCF)
- Australia

Europe (UEFA)
- Denmark
- England
- Germany
- Norway
- Sweden (qualified automatically as hosts)
North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)
- Canada
- United States

Squads

For a list of the squads that disputed the final tournament, see 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup squads.

Match officials

Africa

Engage Camara
Mamadou Toure
Petros Mathabela
Mohamed Hamid Osman

Asia

Hisae Yoshizawa
Young Jeon
Pirom Un-Prasert

North, Central America and Caribbean

Sonia Denoncourt
Maria Rodríguez
Peter Kelly
Catherine Leann Hepburn

Oceania

Linda May Black

South America

Ana Bia Batista
Maria Edilene Siqueira
Eduardo Gamboa
Manuel Yupanqui Souza

Europe

Gitte Holm
Corinne Lagrange
Christine Frai
Alain Hamer
Bente Skogvang
Veronika Schluchter-Maerki
Eva Ödlund
Ingrid Jonsson

First round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	9	4	+5	6
Sweden	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6
Japan	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3
Brazil	3	1	2	3	8	−5	3

Sweden v Brazil

June 5, 1995
18:00

Sweden	0–1	Brazil
	(Report)	Roseli 37'

Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Denoncourt (Canada)

Germany v Japan

June 5, 1995
14:00

Germany	1–0	Japan
Neid 23'	(Report)

Tingvallen, Karlstad
Attendance: 3,824
Referee: Mathabela (South Africa)

Sweden v Germany

June 7, 1995
19:00

Sweden	3–2	Germany
Andersson 65' (pen.) 86' Sundhage 80'	(Report)	Wiegmann 9' (pen.) Lohn 42'

Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
Attendance: 5,855
Referee: Black (New Zealand)

Brazil v Japan

June 7, 1995
19:00

Brazil	1–2	Japan
Pretinha 7'	(Report)	Noda 13', 45'

Tingvallen, Karlstad
Attendance: 2,286
Referee: Hepburn (USA)

Sweden v Japan

June 9, 1995
19:00

Sweden	2–0	Japan
Videkull 66' Andelen 88'	(Report)

Arosvallen, Västerås
Attendance: 7,811
Referee: Mathabela (South Africa)

Brazil v Germany

June 9, 1995
19:00

Brazil	1–6	Germany
Roseli 19'	(Report)	Prinz 5' Meinert 22' Wiegmann 42' (pen.) Mohr 78', 89' Bernhard 90'

Tingvallen, Karlstad
Attendance: 3,203
Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9
England	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6
Canada	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8	1
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	5	14	−9	1

Norway v Nigeria

June 6, 1995
19:00

Norway	8–0	Nigeria
Sandberg 30', 44', 82' Riise 49' Aarønes 60', 90' Medalen 67' Svensson 76' (pen.)	(Report)

Tingvallen, Karlstad
Attendance: 4,344
Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg)

England v Canada

June 6, 1995
19:00

England	3–2	Canada
Coultard 51' (pen.), 85' Spacey 76' (pen.)	(Report)	Stoumbos 87' Donnelly 90+1'

Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
Attendance: 655
Referee: Oedlund (Sweden)

Norway v England

June 8, 1995
19:00

Norway	2–0	England
Haugen 7' Riise 37'	(Report)

Tingvallen, Karlstad
Attendance: 5,520
Referee: Gamboa Martinez (Chile)

Nigeria v Canada

June 8, 1995
19:00

Nigeria	3–3	Canada
Nwadike 26' Avre 60' Okoroafor 77'	(Report)	Burtini 12', 55' Donnelly 20'

Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
Attendance: 250
Referee: Un-Prasert (Thailand)

Norway v Canada

June 10, 1995
16:00

Norway	7–0	Canada
Aarønes 4', 21', 90+3' Riise 12' Pettersen 71', 89' Leinan 84'	(Report)

Strömvallen, Gävle
Attendance: 2,715
Referee: Siqueira (Brazil)

Nigeria v England

June 10, 1995
16:00

Nigeria	2–3	England
Okoroafor 13' Nwadike 74'	(Report)	Farley 10', 38' Walker 27'

Tingvallen, Karlstad
Attendance: 1,843
Referee: Jonsson (Sweden)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
China PR	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4	7
Denmark	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
Australia	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

United States v China PR

June 6, 1995
19:00

United States	3–3	China PR
Venturini 22' Milbrett 34' Hamm 51'	(Report)	Liping 38' Wei 74' Sun 79'

Strömvallen, Gävle
Attendance: 4,635
Referee: Jonsson (Sweden)

Denmark v Australia

June 6, 1995
19:00

Denmark	5–0	Australia
Krogh 12', 48' Nielsen 25' Jensen 37' Hansen 86'	(Report)

Arosvallen, Västerås
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Skovgang (Norway)

United States v Denmark

June 8, 1995
19:00

United States	2–0	Denmark
Lilly 9' Milbrett 49'	(Report)

Strömvallen, Gävle
Attendance: 2,740
Referee: Camara (Guinea)

China PR v Australia

June 8, 1995
19:00

China PR	4–2	Australia
Zhou 23' Shi 54', 78' Liu 90+3'	(Report)	Iannotta 25' Hughes 89'

Arosvallen, Västerås
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sequeira (Brazil)

United States v Australia

June 10, 1995
19:00

United States	4–1	Australia
Foudy 69' Fawcett 72' Overbeck 90+2' (pen.) Keller 90+4'	(Report)	Casagrande 54'

Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Prasert (Thailand)

China PR v Denmark

June 10, 1995
19:00

China PR	3–1	Denmark
Shi 21' Sun 76' Wei 90'	(Report)	Bonde 44'

Arosvallen, Västerås
Attendance: 1,619
Referee: Martinez (Chile)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

13 June — Arosvallen

Germany	3
		15 June — Olympia Stadion
England	0
		Germany	1
13 June — Olympia Stadion
		China PR	0
Sweden	1 (3)
				18 June — Råsunda
China PR	1 (4)
				Germany	0
13 June — Strömvallen
				Norway	2
United States	4
		15 June — Arosvallen
Japan	0
		United States	0	Third place
13 June — Tingvallen
		Norway	1	17 June — Strömvallen
Norway	3
				China PR	0
Denmark	1
				United States	2

Quarterfinals

Germany v England

June 13, 1995
20:15

Germany	3–0	England
Voss 41' Meinert 55' Mohr 82'	(Report)

Arosvallen, Västerås
Attendance: 2,317
Referee: Skogvang (Norway)

Sweden v China PR

June 13, 1995
20:15

Sweden	1–1 (a.e.t.)	China PR
Kalte 90+3' (pen.)	(Report)	Sun Q. 29'
	Penalties
Andersson Videkull Pohjanen Sundhage Nessvold	3–4	Wen Huilin Yufeng Qingxia Ailing

Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
Attendance: 7,537
Referee: Denoncourt (Canada)

United States v Japan

June 13, 1995
17:15

United States	4–0	Japan
Lilly 8', 42' Milbrett 45' Venturini 80'	(Report)

Strömvallen, Gävle
Attendance: 3,756
Referee: Gamboa Martinez (Chile)

Norway v Denmark

June 13, 1995
17:15

Norway	3–1	Denmark
Espeseth 21' Medalen 64' Riise 85'	(Report)	Krogh 86'

Tingvallen, Karlstad
Attendance: 4,655
Referee: Un-Prasert (Thailand)

Semifinals

Germany v China PR

June 15, 1995
20:15

Germany	1–0	China PR
Wiegmann 88'	(Report)

Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
Attendance: 3,693
Referee: Mathabela (South Africa)

United States v Norway

June 15, 1995
17:15

United States	0–1	Norway
	(Report)	Aarønes 10'

Arosvallen, Västerås
Attendance: 2,893
Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg)

Third place

China PR v United States

June 17, 1995
16:00

China PR	0–2	United States
	(Report)	Venturini 24' Hamm 55'

Strömvallen, Gävle
Attendance: 4,335
Referee: Denoncourt (Canada)

Final

Main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Final

Germany v Norway

June 18, 1995
18:00

Germany	0–2	Norway
	(Report)	Riise 37' Pettersen 40'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 17,158
Referee: Jonsson (Sweden)

Awards

1995 Women's World Cup Winners
Norway First title

Golden Shoe Winner	Golden Ball Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Ann-Kristin Aarønes	Hege Riise	Sweden

Goal scorers

Ann-Kristin Aarønes of Norway won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 99 goals were scored by 58 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

6 goals

Ann-Kristin Aarønes

5 goals

Hege Riise

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Tournament ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Norway	6	6	0	0	23	1	+22	18
2	Germany	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12
3	United States	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	13
4	China PR	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Sweden	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	6
6	England	4	2	0	2	6	9	–3	6
7	Denmark	4	1	0	3	7	8	–1	3
8	Japan	4	1	0	3	2	8	–6	3
Eliminated at the group stage
9	Brazil	3	1	0	2	3	8	–5	3
10	Canada	3	0	1	2	5	13	–8	1
11	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	5	14	–9	1
12	Australia	3	0	0	3	3	13	–10	0

References

↑ "WOMEN'S WORLD CUP; Norway's Rivalry With U.S. Is Intense - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 1999-06-13. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
↑ "Norway Women Win World Cup - Chicago Tribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. 1995-06-19. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
↑ "Raising Their Game: Enjoying it in 1995". YouTube. 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-08-02.

External links

FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)
SVT's open archive

FIFA Women's World Cup

Tournaments	China 1991 Sweden 1995 United States 1999 United States 2003 China 2007 Germany 2011 Canada 2015 France 2019 2023

Qualification	1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019

Finals	1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Squads	1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Miscellaneous	Team appearances Player appearances Goalscorers hat-tricks own goals Multiple winners Records Awards Broadcasters

International women's association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17

Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

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