1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification
Tournament details
Teams	55 (from 6 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	135
Goals scored	655 (4.85 per match)

The qualification process for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup saw 54 teams from the six FIFA confederations compete for the 12 places in the tournament's finals. Sweden qualified automatically as hosts. The places were divided as follows:

Africa - represented by the CAF: 1 berth
Asia - AFC: 2
Europe - UEFA: 5 (Sweden qualified automatically as hosts)
North, Central America & the Caribbean - CONCACAF: 2
Oceania - OFC: 1
South America - CONMEBOL: 1

A total of 52 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 135 qualifying matches were played, and 655 goals were scored (an average of 4.85 per match).

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup:

Team	Finals appearance	Streak	Last appearance
Australia	1st	1	—
Brazil	2nd	2	1991
Canada	1st	1	—
China PR	2nd	2	1991
Denmark	2nd	2	1991
England	1st	1	—
Germany	2nd	2	1991
Japan	2nd	2	1991
Nigeria	2nd	2	1991
Norway	2nd	2	1991
Sweden (h)	2nd	2	1991
United States	2nd	2	1991

(h) – qualified automatically as hosts

Confederation qualification processes

Africa (CAF)

Main article: 1995 Women's African Football Championship

(8 teams competing for 1 berth)

Qualified:

Nigeria

The one African team to qualify to the World Cup was the winner of the 1995 CAF Women's Championship, Nigeria. Nigeria won the tournament by defeating South Africa 11–2 on aggregate in a two-leg final.

Final Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nigeria	11–2	South Africa	4–1	7–1

Nigeria v South Africa

4 March 1995

Nigeria	4–1	South Africa

Ibadan, Nigeria

South Africa v Nigeria

18 March 1995

South Africa	1–7	Nigeria

Johannesburg, South Africa

Nigeria qualified for the World Cup.

Asia (AFC)

Main article: Football at the 1994 Asian Games

(4 teams competing for 2 berths)

Qualified:

China PR –

Japan

The two Asian teams to qualify to the World Cup were the two finalists of the women's football tournament at the 1994 Asian Games. The tournament took place in Hiroshima, Japan between October 3 & 12 and consisted of 4 teams.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	7	3	2	1	0	9	1	8
China PR	7	3	2	1	0	8	1	7
Chinese Taipei	3	3	1	0	2	2	8	-6
South Korea	0	3	0	0	3	0	9	-9

Final

Japan v China PR

October 12
18:00

Japan	0–2	China PR
		Chen Yufeng 21' Sun Wen 47'

Takegahana Stadium, Fukuyama

China and Japan qualified for the World Cup

Europe (UEFA)

Main article: 1995 UEFA Women's Championship

(30 teams competing for 4 berths, host Sweden qualifies automatically)

Qualified:

Sweden –

England –

Germany –

Norway –

Denmark

The third official edition of the UEFA Women's Championship served also as UEFA's qualifying tournament for the World Cup. Out of the 29 teams participating in the tournament, the qualifiers were the four semi-finalists - Sweden (qualified as host of the World Cup), England, Germany and Norway - and the best quarter-final loser - Denmark.

Tournament bracket

Semifinals				Final

England	1	1	2
Germany	4	2	6
				Germany	3	—¹	3
				Sweden	2	—	2
Norway	4	1	5
Sweden	3	4	7

¹ No second leg was played.

Final

Germany v Sweden

26 March 1995

Germany	3–2	Sweden
Meinert 33' Prinz 64' Wiegmann 85'		Andersson 6' Andelén 89'

Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
Attendance: 8 500
Referee: Ilkka Koho

England, Germany, Norway and Denmark qualified for the World Cup. Sweden qualified automatically as hosts.

North, Central America & the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Main article: 1994 CONCACAF's Women's Championship

(5 teams competing for 2 berths)

Qualified:

United States –

Canada

The 1994 CONCACAF's Women's Championship determined the CONCACAF's two qualifiers for the FIFA Women's World Cup 1995 — the winner the United States and the runner-up Canada. The tournament took place in Montreal, Canada between August 13 & 21 1994.

Final standings

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
United States	12	4	4	0	0	36	1
Canada	9	4	3	0	1	18	6
Mexico	4	4	1	1	2	6	19
Trinidad and Tobago	4	4	1	1	2	6	20
Jamaica	0	4	0	0	4	2	22

United States and Canada qualified for the World Cup.

Oceania (OFC)

Main article: 1995 OFC Women's Nations Cup

Qualified:

Australia

The OFC was the only one of the six FIFA confederations to hold a specified qualifying competition.

Only three teams participated in the tournament which took place in Papua New Guinea between October 14 & 20 1994: Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. The teams played in a round-robin tournament in which each team played 2 matches against each opponent, and in which the qualifier would be the team who finished first.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	9	4	3	1	13	2	11
New Zealand	9	4	3	1	10	2	8
Papua New Guinea	0	4	0	4	0	19	-19

New Zealand	2–1	Australia
New Zealand	2–0	Papua New Guinea
Australia	7–0	Papua New Guinea
Australia	1–0	New Zealand
Papua New Guinea	0–4	Australia
Papua New Guinea	0–6	New Zealand

Australia qualified for the World Cup.

South America (CONMEBOL)

Main article: 1995 Sudamericano Femenino

Qualified:

Brazil

The second edition of the Sudamericano Femenino (Women's South American Championship) in 1995 determined the CONMEBOL's qualifier. Brazil won the tournament.

Final standings

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Brazil	12	4	4	0	0	42	1
Argentina	9	4	3	0	1	18	9
Chile	4	4	1	1	2	14	9
Ecuador	4	4	1	1	2	9	21
Bolivia	0	4	0	0	4	1	44

Final

Brazil v Argentina

January 22, 1995

Brazil	2–0	Argentina

Brazil

Brazil qualified for the World Cup.

External links

Tables & results at RSSSF.com

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

See also Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football

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

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