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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Squads</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Squads-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Match_officials" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Match_officials"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Match officials</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Match_officials-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Preparations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Preparations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Preparations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Preparations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Preparations subsection</span> </button> <ul 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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Group_A"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Group A</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Group_A-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Group_B" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Group_B"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Group B</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Group_B-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Group_C" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Group_C"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Group C</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Group_C-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Group_D" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Group_D"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Group D</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Group_D-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Knockout_stage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Knockout_stage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Knockout stage</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Knockout_stage-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Knockout stage subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Knockout_stage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bracket" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bracket"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Bracket</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bracket-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Quarterfinals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Quarterfinals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Quarterfinals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Quarterfinals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Semifinals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Semifinals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Semifinals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Semifinals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Third_place_playoff" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Third_place_playoff"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Third place playoff</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Third_place_playoff-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Final" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Final</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Aftermath_and_legacy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aftermath_and_legacy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Aftermath and legacy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Aftermath_and_legacy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Awards</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Awards-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Awards subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Awards-sublist" 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Goalscorers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Goalscorers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Assists" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Assists"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Assists</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Assists-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tournament_ranking" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tournament_ranking"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Tournament ranking</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tournament_ranking-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Mundial_Femenina_de_F%C3%BAtbol_de_1999" title="Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol de 1999 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol de 1999" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piala_Jagat_Putri_FIFA_1999" title="Piala Jagat Putri FIFA 1999 – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Piala Jagat Putri FIFA 1999" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kib_mell-droad_merc%27hed_ar_bed_1999" title="Kib mell-droad merc'hed ar bed 1999 – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kib mell-droad merc'hed ar bed 1999" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_del_M%C3%B3n_Femenina_de_Futbol_de_1999" title="Copa del Món Femenina de Futbol de 1999 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Copa del Món Femenina de Futbol de 1999" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistrovstv%C3%AD_sv%C4%9Bta_ve_fotbale_%C5%BEen_1999" title="Mistrovství světa ve fotbale žen 1999 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mistrovství světa ve fotbale žen 1999" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/VM_i_fodbold_for_kvinder_1999" title="VM i fodbold for kvinder 1999 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="VM i fodbold for kvinder 1999" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu%C3%9Fball-Weltmeisterschaft_der_Frauen_1999" title="Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft der Frauen 1999 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft der Frauen 1999" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Mundial_Femenina_de_F%C3%BAtbol_de_1999" title="Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol de 1999 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol de 1999" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virina_Futbala_Mondpokalo_1999" title="Virina Futbala Mondpokalo 1999 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Virina Futbala Mondpokalo 1999" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B9%DB%B9" title="جام جهانی فوتبال زنان ۱۹۹۹ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جام جهانی فوتبال زنان ۱۹۹۹" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupe_du_monde_f%C3%A9minine_de_football_1999" title="Coupe du monde féminine de football 1999 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Coupe du monde féminine de football 1999" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%EB%85%84_FIFA_%EC%97%AC%EC%9E%90_%EC%9B%94%EB%93%9C%EC%BB%B5" title="1999년 FIFA 여자 월드컵 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="1999년 FIFA 여자 월드컵" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svjetsko_prvenstvo_u_nogometu_za_%C5%BEene_%E2%80%93_SAD_1999." title="Svjetsko prvenstvo u nogometu za žene – SAD 1999. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Svjetsko prvenstvo u nogometu za žene – SAD 1999." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piala_Dunia_Wanita_FIFA_1999" title="Piala Dunia Wanita FIFA 1999 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Piala Dunia Wanita FIFA 1999" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campionato_mondiale_femminile_di_calcio_1999" title="Campionato mondiale femminile di calcio 1999 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Campionato mondiale femminile di calcio 1999" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A2_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%9B%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%9C_%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9D_1999" title="גביע העולם בכדורגל נשים 1999 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גביע העולם בכדורגל נשים 1999" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999._gada_FIFA_Pasaules_kauss_sieviet%C4%93m" title="1999. gada FIFA Pasaules kauss sievietēm – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="1999. gada FIFA Pasaules kauss sievietēm" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999-es_n%C5%91i_labdar%C3%BAg%C3%B3-vil%C3%A1gbajnoks%C3%A1g" title="1999-es női labdarúgó-világbajnokság – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="1999-es női labdarúgó-világbajnokság" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AA_1999" title="كاس العالم للستات 1999 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كاس العالم للستات 1999" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" 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Jahon chempionati – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="1999-yilgi FIFA ayollar oʻrtasidagi Jahon chempionati" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistrzostwa_%C5%9Awiata_w_Pi%C5%82ce_No%C5%BCnej_Kobiet_1999" title="Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Nożnej Kobiet 1999 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Nożnej Kobiet 1999" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_do_Mundo_de_Futebol_Feminino_de_1999" title="Copa do Mundo de Futebol Feminino de 1999 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Copa do Mundo de Futebol Feminino de 1999" 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">United States</a><span class="nowrap"> (2nd title)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Third place</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team">Brazil</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fourth place</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team">Norway</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Tournament statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Matches played</th><td class="infobox-data">32</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Goals scored</th><td class="infobox-data">123 (3.84 per match)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">1,214,221 (37,944 per match)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Top scorer(s)</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sissi_(footballer)" title="Sissi (footballer)">Sissi</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Wen_(footballer)" title="Sun Wen (footballer)">Sun Wen</a><br />(7 goals each)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Best player(s)</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Wen_(footballer)" title="Sun Wen (footballer)">Sun Wen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fair play award</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><div style="float: left;">← <a href="/wiki/1995_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="1995 FIFA Women's World Cup">1995</a> </div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/2003_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="2003 FIFA Women's World Cup">2003</a> → </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">International football competition</div> <p>The <b>1999 FIFA Women's World Cup</b> was the third edition of the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="FIFA Women's World Cup">FIFA Women's World Cup</a>, the world championship for <a href="/wiki/List_of_women%27s_national_association_football_teams" title="List of women's national association football teams">women's national</a> <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">soccer</a> teams. It was hosted as well as won by the United States and took place from June 19 to July 10, 1999, at eight venues across the country. The tournament was the most successful FIFA Women's World Cup in terms of attendance, television ratings, and public interest. </p><p>The 1999 edition was the first to field sixteen teams, an increase from the twelve in <a href="/wiki/1995_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="1995 FIFA Women's World Cup">1995</a>, and featured an all-female roster of <a href="/wiki/Referee_(association_football)" title="Referee (association football)">referees</a> and <a href="/wiki/Assistant_referee_(association_football)" title="Assistant referee (association football)">match officials</a>. It was played primarily in large <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> venues due to expected demand following the successful <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">1996 Olympics</a> women's tournament. The average attendance was 37,319 spectators per match and the total attendance was 1.194 million, a record that stood until <a href="/wiki/2015_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="2015 FIFA Women's World Cup">2015</a>. The tournament earned a profit of $4 million on its $30 million operating budget. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_final" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final">final</a>, played at the <a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Rose Bowl (stadium)">Rose Bowl</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a>, was attended by 90,185 people, setting an international record for spectators at a women's sporting event. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">United States</a> won the tournament by defeating <a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)" title="Penalty shoot-out (association football)">penalty shootout</a> after a scoreless draw. The 5–4 shootout ended with <a href="/wiki/Brandi_Chastain" title="Brandi Chastain">Brandi Chastain</a> scoring the winning penalty with her team's fifth kick, following an earlier miss by China's <a href="/wiki/Liu_Ying_(footballer)" title="Liu Ying (footballer)">Liu Ying</a>. Chinese forward <a href="/wiki/Sun_Wen_(footballer)" title="Sun Wen (footballer)">Sun Wen</a> and Brazilian midfielder <a href="/wiki/Sissi_(footballer)" title="Sissi (footballer)">Sissi</a> were the joint top goalscorers of the tournament, with seven goals each. </p><p>The tournament was considered a "watershed moment" for women's soccer in the U.S. that increased interest and participation in women's soccer. A new professional league, the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_United_Soccer_Association" title="Women's United Soccer Association">Women's United Soccer Association</a>, was established following the tournament, and played three seasons before folding because of financial difficulties. The United States also hosted the <a href="/wiki/2003_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="2003 FIFA Women's World Cup">next World Cup</a> in 2003, which was played in smaller venues and ended with the host team finishing in third place. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="FIFA Women's World Cup">FIFA Women's World Cup</a>, the international women's championship created by <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> following several precursor tournaments that were organized to test its feasibility. International women's soccer had gained popularity in the 1970s, following the easing of gender sanctions by national associations, and competitions were organized between national teams, including the <a href="/wiki/Mundialito_(women)" title="Mundialito (women)">Mundialito</a> and <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_World_Invitational_Tournament" title="Women's World Invitational Tournament">Women's World Invitational Tournament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/1988_FIFA_Women%27s_Invitation_Tournament" title="1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament">FIFA-organized women's tournament</a> was hosted by China in 1988 and was followed by the announcement of the first <a href="/wiki/1991_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="1991 FIFA Women's World Cup">FIFA Women's World Cup</a>, to be hosted by China in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tournament, which had several modified rules and was officially known as the 1st FIFA World Championship for Women's Football for the M&M's Cup until retroactively given the World Cup moniker,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was considered a success by FIFA and was followed up by the <a href="/wiki/1995_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="1995 FIFA Women's World Cup">second World Cup</a> in Sweden four years later with greater media attention but played in front of smaller crowds averaging under 4,500.<sup id="cite_ref-Murray25_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray25-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Gamble_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Gamble-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Host_selection">Host selection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Host selection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Soccer_Federation" title="United States Soccer Federation">United States Soccer Federation</a> announced their intention to bid for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in February 1995, shortly after hosting the successful <a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994 men's World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Longman30_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Longman30-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Federation Australia">Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_of_Chile" title="Football Federation of Chile">Chile</a> both announced their intention to bid but withdrew from the process in December 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This left the United States as the sole applicant by the March 1996 deadline for bids.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Executive_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="FIFA Executive Committee">FIFA Executive Committee</a> officially awarded hosting rights to the United States on May 31, 1996, the same day that the <a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002 men's World Cup</a> was jointly awarded to Japan and South Korea.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes-1996Host_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes-1996Host-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Venues">Venues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Venues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the exception of the semifinals, the tournament's 32 matches were organized into 15 <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(television)" title="Doubleheader (television)">doubleheaders</a>, consisting of two matches played back-to-back in the same stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes-1997Venues_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes-1997Venues-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The semifinals were played in separate venues, but organized as doubleheaders hosted by the <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Clash" class="mw-redirect" title="San Jose Clash">San Jose Clash</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_England_Revolution" title="New England Revolution">New England Revolution</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Boston-Preview_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boston-Preview-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eight venues were used for the tournament: three on the East Coast, four on the West Coast, and one in Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes-1997Venues_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-1997Venues-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the stadiums were <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> venues with higher capacities than many of the stadiums used in the first two tournaments. At FIFA's request, the tournament's organizers had originally planned to use five smaller college football venues on the East Coast located in a single <a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">time zone</a>. The final match would be staged at <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Memorial_Stadium" title="Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium">RFK Memorial Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-LATimes-1996Host_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes-1996Host-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the success of the <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">inaugural women's soccer tournament</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics" title="1996 Summer Olympics">1996 Summer Olympics</a>, which had high attendances and culminated in 76,489 watching the gold medal match,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the organizing committee chose to use larger stadiums instead and received 15 bids in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-Murray25_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray25-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The eight venues and host cities were announced on November 19, 1997, including five large American football venues that were used in the 1994 men's World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes-1997Venues_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-1997Venues-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tournament final was awarded to the <a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Rose Bowl (stadium)">Rose Bowl</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a>, which reprised its role from the <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics">1984 Summer Olympics</a> gold medal match and the <a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 FIFA World Cup Final">1994 men's final</a>. The opening match would be played at <a href="/wiki/Giants_Stadium" title="Giants Stadium">Giants Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford, New Jersey</a>, near New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes-1997Venues_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes-1997Venues-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tournament's organizing committee estimated that the 1999 World Cup would average an attendance of 25,000 per match, with U.S. matches and later knockout ties at near sellouts in the larger venues.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes-1997Venues_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-1997Venues-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kent_Cooke_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Kent Cooke Stadium">Jack Kent Cooke Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover, Maryland</a>, serving the Washington, D.C. market, had a limited capacity of 41,000 seats because of ongoing construction during the group stage. It was later raised to 55,000 for the quarterfinals.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two smaller venues, <a href="/wiki/Civic_Stadium_(Portland,_Oregon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Civic Stadium (Portland, Oregon)">Civic Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/CEFCU_Stadium" title="CEFCU Stadium">Spartan Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a>, were chosen to each host several group stage matches and one quarterfinal doubleheader.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes-1997Venues_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes-1997Venues-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the tournament, Civic Stadium was outfitted with a temporary grass field that was laid over its <a href="/wiki/Artificial_turf" title="Artificial turf">artificial turf</a> surface, which debuted during a warm-up <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Exhibition match">friendly</a> on June 6.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other venues underwent small modifications to host the tournament's matches, including converting American football <a href="/wiki/Locker_room" class="mw-redirect" title="Locker room">locker rooms</a> to accommodate more teams and changing the dimensions of the playing field.<sup id="cite_ref-Boston-Preview_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boston-Preview-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ticket pre-sales at discounted prices began in October 1997 and over 300,000 were sold by April 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-SWSL_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWSL-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By early June, ticket sales had reached 500,000—setting a new record for a women's sporting event by surpassing the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament">NCAA women's basketball tournament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SBJ_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SBJ-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opening weekend's eight matches were organized into four doubleheaders that attracted a total of 134,236 spectators, surpassing the total attendance for the 1995 World Cup; the United States–Denmark match drew a crowd of 78,972 at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, setting a new U.S. record for attendance at a women's sporting event.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That figure was later surpassed by the <a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final">final</a>, played between the United States and China at the Rose Bowl in front of a crowd of 90,185 spectators—a world record for women's sports.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a>)</span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Stanford,_California" title="Stanford, California">Stanford, California</a>)</span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover, Maryland</a>)</span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York/New Jersey</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford, New Jersey</a>)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Rose Bowl (stadium)">Rose Bowl</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Stadium" title="Stanford Stadium">Stanford Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Kent_Cooke_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Kent Cooke Stadium">Jack Kent Cooke Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Giants_Stadium" title="Giants Stadium">Giants Stadium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Capacity: <b>95,542</b> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>85,429</b> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>80,116</b> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>77,716</b> 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style="top:43.372%;left:81.912%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Landover"><img alt="Landover" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover</a></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Venues of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Source: FIFA Technical Report<sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-ReportStats_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-ReportStats-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Foxborough,_Massachusetts" title="Foxborough, Massachusetts">Foxborough, Massachusetts</a>)</span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Foxboro_Stadium" title="Foxboro Stadium">Foxboro Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Civic_Stadium_(Portland,_Oregon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Civic Stadium (Portland, Oregon)">Civic Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spartan_Stadium_(San_Jose)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartan Stadium (San Jose)">Spartan Stadium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Capacity: <b>65,080</b> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>58,868</b> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>27,396</b> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>26,000</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Soldier_Field_Chicago_aerial_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="An aerial view of Soldier Field with the Chicago skyline in the background" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Soldier_Field_Chicago_aerial_view.jpg/176px-Soldier_Field_Chicago_aerial_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="176" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Soldier_Field_Chicago_aerial_view.jpg/264px-Soldier_Field_Chicago_aerial_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Soldier_Field_Chicago_aerial_view.jpg/352px-Soldier_Field_Chicago_aerial_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1194" /></a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Foxborostade_crop.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A satellite view of Foxboro Stadium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Foxborostade_crop.png/136px-Foxborostade_crop.png" decoding="async" width="136" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Foxborostade_crop.png/204px-Foxborostade_crop.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Foxborostade_crop.png/271px-Foxborostade_crop.png 2x" data-file-width="478" data-file-height="493" /></a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PGEParkpano_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="An overhead view of PGE Park, showing the stands and a nearby street" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/PGEParkpano_%28cropped%29.jpg/244px-PGEParkpano_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="244" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/PGEParkpano_%28cropped%29.jpg/365px-PGEParkpano_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/PGEParkpano_%28cropped%29.jpg/487px-PGEParkpano_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2273" data-file-height="1308" /></a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SPStaSJ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A view of Spartan Stadium during a football game from the stands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/SPStaSJ.jpg/224px-SPStaSJ.jpg" decoding="async" width="224" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/SPStaSJ.jpg/336px-SPStaSJ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/SPStaSJ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Participating_teams_and_officials">Participating teams and officials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Participating teams and officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qualification">Qualification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Qualification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification">1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FIFA_Womens_World_Cup_1999.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A world map showing countries who participated in the Women's World Cup, colored based on their placement in the tournament" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/FIFA_Womens_World_Cup_1999.png/440px-FIFA_Womens_World_Cup_1999.png" decoding="async" width="440" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/FIFA_Womens_World_Cup_1999.png/660px-FIFA_Womens_World_Cup_1999.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/FIFA_Womens_World_Cup_1999.png/880px-FIFA_Womens_World_Cup_1999.png 2x" data-file-width="1360" data-file-height="610" /></a><figcaption>Map of qualified countries and their final ranking in the tournament</figcaption></figure> <p>The 1999 Women's World Cup had sixteen participating teams, an increase from the twelve in 1995 and the largest field in the tournament's history.<sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Qualifying_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Qualifying-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ghana_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Ghana women's national football team">Ghana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexico_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mexico women's national football team">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Korea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="North Korea women's national football team">North Korea</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team">Russia</a> all made their Women's World Cup debuts at the 1999 tournament, with Mexico being the first Spanish-speaking country to qualify while Russia being the first Slavic country to qualify.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-Capsule_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-Capsule-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the remaining twelve teams, three were returning for their second tournament; nine had participated in all three editions since 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-AP-Preview_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-Preview-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tournament's seven best quarter-finalists also <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">qualified</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">2000 Sydney Olympics</a> alongside hosts Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Olympics_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Olympics-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The United States was granted automatic qualification as the host. The remaining participants were determined through a series of six tournaments run by the continental confederations of world soccer from 1997 to 1998; these comprised 63 countries playing in 141 matches.<sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Qualifying_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Qualifying-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> FIFA allocated six berths to <a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)">Europe</a>; three to <a href="/wiki/1997_AFC_Women%27s_Championship" title="1997 AFC Women's Championship">Asia</a>; two to <a href="/wiki/1998_African_Women%27s_Championship" title="1998 African Women's Championship">Africa</a>; and one each to <a href="/wiki/1998_CONCACAF_Women%27s_Championship" title="1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship">North America</a> (excluding the hosts), <a href="/wiki/1998_OFC_Women%27s_Championship" title="1998 OFC Women's Championship">Oceania</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1998_South_American_Women%27s_Football_Championship" title="1998 South American Women's Football Championship">South America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CHI-Preview_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHI-Preview-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another berth (for Mexico) was determined by a play-off series between the second-place finishers in the North and South American tournaments.<sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Qualifying_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Qualifying-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50% vertical-align:top"> <ul><li><b>Africa (<a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">CAF</a>)</b> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team">Nigeria</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ghana_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Ghana women's national football team">Ghana</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Asia (<a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a>)</b> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="North Korea women's national football team">North Korea</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women's national football team">Japan</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>South America (<a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL" title="CONMEBOL">CONMEBOL</a>)</b> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team">Brazil</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Oceania (<a href="/wiki/Oceania_Football_Confederation" title="Oceania Football Confederation">OFC</a>)</b> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national soccer team">Australia</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td style="width:50% vertical-align:top"> <ul><li><b>Europe (<a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a>)</b> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Denmark women's national football team">Denmark</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team">Germany</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team">Russia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team">Norway</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team">Sweden</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Italy women's national football team">Italy</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>North America, Central America & Caribbean (<a href="/wiki/CONCACAF" title="CONCACAF">CONCACAF</a>)</b> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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<li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">United States</a> (host nation – automatically qualified)</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Draw">Draw</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Draw"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tournament's final draw took place on February 14, 1999, on a temporary outdoor stage at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes-199902Draw_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes-199902Draw-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was televised live by <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> during the halftime of an exhibition match between the United States women's team and the <a href="/wiki/World_XI" title="World XI">FIFA Women's World Stars</a> at the stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The United States lost the match 2–1, their first home defeat in more than 40 matches.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The draw was conducted using four pots of four teams each. The four <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Women%27s_World_Rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="FIFA Women's World Rankings">highest-ranked</a> teams, China, Germany, Norway, and the United States, were seeded into Pot A. The remaining pots were organized based on geographic location, with four European teams in Pot B, South America, Asia, and Oceania represented in Pot C, and North America and Africa in Pot D. The United States was placed in slot A1, separated from Canada and Mexico; similarly, China was separated from Japan and North Korea in the draw.<sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Draw_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Draw-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of the restrictions in seeding and pot placement, two of the World Cup groups each contained two European teams.<sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Draw_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Draw-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Group B was dubbed the "<a href="/wiki/Group_of_death" title="Group of death">group of death</a>" because it contained non-seeded Brazil, an Olympic semi-finalist, alongside Germany, Italy, and Mexico.<sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Summary07_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Summary07-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The teams drawn in Groups C and D were switched to place China's opening match at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, with hopes of attracting the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Chinese-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese-American">Chinese-American</a> community.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes-199902Draw_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes-199902Draw-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="15%">Pot A</th> <th width="15%">Pot B</th> <th width="15%">Pot C</th> <th width="15%">Pot D </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">United States</a> (A1) <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team">Germany</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team">Norway</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Denmark women's national football team">Denmark</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Italy women's national football team">Italy</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team">Russia</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team">Sweden</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national soccer team">Australia</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team">Brazil</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women's national football team">Japan</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="North Korea women's national football team">North Korea</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada women's national soccer team">Canada</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ghana_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Ghana women's national football team">Ghana</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexico_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mexico women's national football team">Mexico</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team">Nigeria</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Squads">Squads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Squads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_squads" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squads">1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squads</a></div> <p>Each team's squad for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of 20 players, the same as the 1995 tournament. The sixteen participating national associations were required to confirm their final rosters no later than June 9, 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three days after the deadline, the full rosters were published by FIFA on their website.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several teams, including the United States, Canada, and Mexico, drew much of their roster from U.S. college teams.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-Capsule_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-Capsule-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The oldest player at the tournament was Norwegian captain <a href="/wiki/Linda_Medalen" title="Linda Medalen">Linda Medalen</a>, who turned 34 before the opening matchday, while the youngest was 16-year-old <a href="/wiki/Ifeanyi_Chiejine" title="Ifeanyi Chiejine">Ifeanyi Chiejine</a> of Nigeria.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Match_officials">Match officials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Match officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1999 tournament was the first World Cup to feature a pool of 31 referees composed entirely of women—the result of a directive from FIFA president <a href="/wiki/Sepp_Blatter" title="Sepp Blatter">Sepp Blatter</a> approved the year before.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They worked in groups during matching and training and were divided between two base facilities in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. to reduce travel.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the tournament, several coaches raised concerns over the quality of the referee pool, particularly those chosen for geographic diversity.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of the group stage, several coaches had complained of inconsistent fouls and offside calls. This was blamed in part on the referees being inexperienced with working in front of large crowds.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a post-tournament report, FIFA stated that the trial of all-female referees had been successful and that further development would produce better results in future tournaments.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>FIFA published the final list of referees on April 13, 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From this list, only Ghanaian assistant referee Juliana Akuteye did not officiate at the tournament. American referee <a href="/wiki/Kari_Seitz" title="Kari Seitz">Kari Seitz</a> was selected in June as a replacement for another official who had been denied a <a href="/wiki/Travel_visa" title="Travel visa">travel visa</a> to the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Referees </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Confederation </th> <th>Referee </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Im_Eun-ju" title="Im Eun-ju">Im Eun-ju</a> (<a href="/wiki/Korea_Football_Association" title="Korea Football Association">South Korea</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zuo_Xiudi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zuo Xiudi (page does not exist)">Zuo Xiudi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_Football_Association" title="Chinese Football Association">China PR</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">CAF</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bola_Elizabeth_Abidoye&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bola Elizabeth Abidoye (page does not exist)">Bola Elizabeth Abidoye</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Football_Federation" title="Nigeria Football Federation">Nigeria</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fatou_Gaye&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fatou Gaye (page does not exist)">Fatou Gaye</a> (<a href="/wiki/Senegalese_Football_Federation" title="Senegalese Football Federation">Senegal</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF" title="CONCACAF">CONCACAF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sonia_Denoncourt" title="Sonia Denoncourt">Sonia Denoncourt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Canadian_Soccer_Association" title="Canadian Soccer Association">Canada</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Hunt" title="Sandra Hunt">Sandra Hunt</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Soccer_Federation" title="United States Soccer Federation">United States</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kari_Seitz" title="Kari Seitz">Kari Seitz</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Soccer_Federation" title="United States Soccer Federation">United States</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_Tovar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Virginia Tovar (page does not exist)">Virginia Tovar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mexican_Football_Federation" title="Mexican Football Federation">Mexico</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL" title="CONMEBOL">CONMEBOL</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marisela_de_Fuentes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marisela de Fuentes (page does not exist)">Marisela de Fuentes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Football_Federation" title="Venezuelan Football Federation">Venezuela</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maria_Edilene_Siqueira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maria Edilene Siqueira (page does not exist)">Maria Edilene Siqueira</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Football_Confederation" title="Brazilian Football Confederation">Brazil</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha_Toro_Pardo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Martha Toro Pardo (page does not exist)">Martha Toro Pardo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Colombian_Football_Federation" title="Colombian Football Federation">Colombia</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oceania_Football_Confederation" title="Oceania Football Confederation">OFC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Ogston" title="Tammy Ogston">Tammy Ogston</a> (<a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">Australia</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Katriina_Elovirta" title="Katriina Elovirta">Katriina Elovirta</a> (<a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Finland" title="Football Association of Finland">Finland</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elke_G%C3%BCnthner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elke Günthner (page does not exist)">Elke Günthner</a> (<a href="/wiki/German_Football_Association" title="German Football Association">Germany</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gitte_Nielsen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gitte Nielsen (page does not exist)">Gitte Nielsen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Danish_Football_Association" title="Danish Football Association">Denmark</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Petignat" title="Nicole Petignat">Nicole Petignat</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Football_Association" title="Swiss Football Association">Switzerland</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Assistant referees </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Confederation </th> <th>Assistant referee </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a> </td> <td>Lu Lijuan (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_Football_Association" title="Chinese Football Association">China PR</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ri Song-ok (<a href="/wiki/DPR_Korea_Football_Association" title="DPR Korea Football Association">North Korea</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hisae_Yoshizawa" title="Hisae Yoshizawa">Hisae Yoshizawa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association">Japan</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">CAF</a> </td> <td>Adeola Omoleye Adeyemi (<a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Football_Federation" title="Nigeria Football Federation">Nigeria</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Comfort Cofie (<a href="/wiki/Ghana_Football_Association" title="Ghana Football Association">Ghana</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF" title="CONCACAF">CONCACAF</a> </td> <td>Boni Bishop (<a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_Football_Association" title="Trinidad and Tobago Football Association">Trinidad and Tobago</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>María del Socorro Rodríguez (<a href="/wiki/Mexican_Football_Federation" title="Mexican Football Federation">Mexico</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jackeline Sáez Blanquice (<a href="/wiki/Panamanian_Football_Federation" title="Panamanian Football Federation">Panama</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL" title="CONMEBOL">CONMEBOL</a> </td> <td>Ana Bia Batista (<a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Football_Confederation" title="Brazilian Football Confederation">Brazil</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cleidy Mary Nunes Ribeiro (<a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Football_Confederation" title="Brazilian Football Confederation">Brazil</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ana Isabel Pérez Assante (<a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Football_Federation" title="Peruvian Football Federation">Peru</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> </td> <td>Susanne Borg (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_Football_Association" title="Swedish Football Association">Sweden</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wenche_Kleven" title="Ann Wenche Kleven">Ann Wenche Kleven</a> (<a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Football_Federation" title="Norwegian Football Federation">Norway</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Corrie Kruithof (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Football_Association" title="Royal Dutch Football Association">Netherlands</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ghislaine Peron-Labbé (<a href="/wiki/French_Football_Federation" title="French Football Federation">France</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preparations">Preparations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Preparations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The organizing committee for the 1999 tournament was led by chairwoman <a href="/wiki/Donna_de_Varona" title="Donna de Varona">Donna de Varona</a>, a former Olympian swimmer and co-founder of the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Sports_Foundation" title="Women's Sports Foundation">Women's Sports Foundation</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LAT-1997_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-1997-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and president <a href="/wiki/Marla_Messing" title="Marla Messing">Marla Messing</a>, an attorney and protégé of U.S. soccer president <a href="/wiki/Alan_Rothenberg" title="Alan Rothenberg">Alan Rothenberg</a> who had helped organize the 1994 men's World Cup in the United States. Headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Century_City,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Century City, California">Century City, California</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-Messing_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-Messing-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it had a $30 million budget for the tournament, a tenth of that for the men's tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-Flight_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-Flight-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was partially funded by a $2.5 million loan from the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Soccer_Foundation" title="U.S. Soccer Foundation">U.S. Soccer Foundation</a> using profits from the 1994 men's World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-SWSL_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWSL-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Messing submitted the committee's business plan for the tournament in September 1998, two days before giving birth.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The event attracted funding from several major corporate sponsors who had previously shied away from women's soccer, including: <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company" title="The Coca-Cola Company">Coca-Cola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fujifilm" title="Fujifilm">Fujifilm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gillette" title="Gillette">Gillette</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Allstate" title="Allstate">Allstate</a>; the companies, however, did not promote the tournament through advertising and tie-in campaigns like they did for the 1994 men's World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-Longman30_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Longman30-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tournament's official equipment sponsor was <a href="/wiki/Adidas" title="Adidas">Adidas</a>, who supplied the match balls and other equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A new <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup#Trophy" title="FIFA Women's World Cup">Women's World Cup Trophy</a> was commissioned for the tournament, designed by William Sawaya of Sawaya & Moroni.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It cost $30,000 to design and assemble the 4.6-kilogram (10 lb) trophy. Following a bureaucratic issue that prevented it from being displayed at the February draw, it was unveiled on April 19, 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> FIFA also organized several other business events during the tournament, including the FIFA Women's Football Symposium and an extraordinary session of the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Congress" title="FIFA Congress">FIFA Congress</a>. Both took place in Los Angeles before the final.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/United_States_bombing_of_the_Chinese_embassy_in_Belgrade" title="United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade">bombing of the Chinese embassy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a> a few weeks before the tournament, organizers feared the Chinese team would pull out of the World Cup. However, the team played as planned and reached the final, and the presidents of the United States and China exchanged congratulatory messages.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The closing of the U.S. embassy in Beijing also affected the visa process for the North Korean team and staff, as the country did not have formal diplomatic relations with the U.S., but their visas were approved in time for the tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media_and_marketing">Media and marketing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Media and marketing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All 32 matches were televised in the United States on <a href="/wiki/ESPN_on_ABC" title="ESPN on ABC">ABC</a>, ESPN, and <a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a>, of which 26 were live broadcasts and six were <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delayed</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The network also carried some matches in 70 other countries on its affiliated channels.<sup id="cite_ref-SWSL_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWSL-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lifetime_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Lifetime Television">Lifetime Television</a> produced several documentaries and special programs for the World Cup. <a href="/wiki/Eurosport" title="Eurosport">Eurosport</a> broadcast most matches live across 55 countries, while local broadcasters in several countries also carried matches.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association" title="Women's National Basketball Association">Women's National Basketball Association</a> (WNBA), the largest women's professional sports league in the country, rescheduled several games to avoid clashing with World Cup fixtures. It also cross-promoted the tournament during its television broadcasts.<sup id="cite_ref-SWSL_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWSL-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over 2,000 accredited journalists covered the event, including 950 writers, 410 photographers, and 600 broadcast personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several major newspapers in the United States sent reporters to cover matches, with credentialed staff growing in number as the tournament went on, while others declined to produce content beyond wire reports.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The official slogan of the tournament was "This is my game. This is my future. Watch me play." It was unveiled alongside the logo and branding in July 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT-1997_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-1997-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tickets were marketed primarily to young girls and their fathers, rather than the stereotypical "<a href="/wiki/Soccer_mom" title="Soccer mom">soccer mom</a>", and sold out quickly.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The organizing committee sponsored and arranged training camps and other events for youth soccer players in host cities. Some of these included appearances by members of the United States team to advertise the tournament and invite players and their families to attend matches.<sup id="cite_ref-SWSL_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWSL-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boy band <a href="/wiki/%27N_Sync" class="mw-redirect" title="'N Sync">'N Sync</a> and pop performers <a href="/wiki/B*Witched" title="B*Witched">B*Witched</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billie_Piper" title="Billie Piper">Billie</a> performed at the opening ceremony for the Women's World Cup at Giants Stadium;<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Billie's single "<a href="/wiki/Because_We_Want_To" title="Because We Want To">Because We Want To</a>" was chosen as the tournament's official song.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Lopez" title="Jennifer Lopez">Jennifer Lopez</a> performed at the closing ceremony before the final, where she also recorded an official <a href="/wiki/Music_video" title="Music video">music video</a> for her single "<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Get_Loud" title="Let's Get Loud">Let's Get Loud</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Group_stage">Group stage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Group stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sixteen participating teams were organized into four groups, labeled A to D, by the final draw on February 14, 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes-199902Draw_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes-199902Draw-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group stage consisted of 24 matches played in a <a href="/wiki/Round-robin_tournament" title="Round-robin tournament">round-robin</a> format, in which each team played one match against the other three in their group.<sup id="cite_ref-Dayton_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dayton-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw, and none for a defeat.<sup id="cite_ref-Tampa-Preview_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tampa-Preview-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The winners and runners-up from each group qualified for the first round of the knockout stage, which began with the quarter-finals on June 30, 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-Dayton_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dayton-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th><span class="anchor" id="Tiebreakers"></span> Tie-breaking criteria for group play </th></tr> <tr> <td>The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Points_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Points (association football)">Points</a> obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goal_difference" title="Goal difference">Goal difference</a> in all group matches;</li> <li>Number of goals scored in all group matches;</li> <li>Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;</li> <li>Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;</li> <li>Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;</li> <li>Drawing of lots.</li></ol> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Group_A">Group A</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Group A"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_A" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A">1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lilly356.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Soccer players Kristine Lilly and Mia Hamm standing over a ball while preparing to take a free kick." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Lilly356.jpg/220px-Lilly356.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Lilly356.jpg/330px-Lilly356.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Lilly356.jpg 2x" data-file-width="388" data-file-height="388" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kristine_Lilly" title="Kristine Lilly">Kristine Lilly</a> (left) and <a href="/wiki/Mia_Hamm" title="Mia Hamm">Mia Hamm</a> (right) both scored goals in the first two group 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normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team">Nigeria</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">5 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">−3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 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inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Denmark women's national football team">Denmark</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−7 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/archive/usa1999/groups/index.html#4646">FIFA</a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">(H)</span> Hosts</div> <p>Hosts and 1991 champions <a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">United States</a> were placed in Group A alongside <a href="/wiki/Denmark_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Denmark women's national football team">Denmark</a>, who were undefeated in European qualification, <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team">Nigeria</a>, champions of the African qualifying competition, and North Korea in their World Cup debut.<sup id="cite_ref-AP-Preview_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-Preview-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The United States defeated Denmark 3–0 in the opening match, played on June 19 in front of a record 78,972 at Giants Stadium, with goals scored by <a href="/wiki/Mia_Hamm" title="Mia Hamm">Mia Hamm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julie_Foudy" title="Julie Foudy">Julie Foudy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kristine_Lilly" title="Kristine Lilly">Kristine Lilly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following day at the Rose Bowl, North Korea lost 2–1 to Nigeria by conceding goals to <a href="/wiki/Mercy_Akide" title="Mercy Akide">Mercy Akide</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rita_Nwadike" title="Rita Nwadike">Rita Nwadike</a> in the second half.<sup id="cite_ref-AJC-June20_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AJC-June20-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The United States hosted Nigeria at Chicago's <a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a> for their second match. They fell behind in the second minute by conceding a goal to <a href="/wiki/Nkiru_Okosieme" title="Nkiru Okosieme">Nkiru Okosieme</a> after a defensive mistake. The Americans rallied and found an equalizer in the form of an <a href="/wiki/Own_goal" title="Own goal">own goal</a> scored by Ifeanyi Chiejine in the 19th minute. This initiated a 23-minute period where the home side scored six goals on their way to a 7–1 victory.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT-Nigeria_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-Nigeria-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> North Korea earned an <a href="/wiki/Upset_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Upset (sports)">upset victory</a> over Denmark in Portland, winning 3–1 with two first-half goals and another in the 73rd minute before a consolation goal by the Danes.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The North Korean victory denied the United States an instant berth in the quarter-finals. It also preserved the chances for all four teams in the group to finish in the top two places and qualify for the knockout stage.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT-Nigeria_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-Nigeria-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nigeria became the first African team to advance to the quarter-finals of a Women's World Cup with a 2–0 defeat of Denmark in their final group stage match. Nigeria's Super Falcons took the lead with a goal by Mercy Akide in the first half and added a second by Okosieme in the 81st minute, while Denmark had a goal disallowed and was unable to finish its chances.<sup id="cite_ref-AP-GER-BRA_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-GER-BRA-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The United States rested several of its starting players for its final group stage match against North Korea, but finished with a 3–0 victory with a goal from reserve striker <a href="/wiki/Shannon_MacMillan" title="Shannon MacMillan">Shannon MacMillan</a> and another two scored by midfielder <a href="/wiki/Tisha_Venturini" title="Tisha Venturini">Tisha Venturini</a> in the second half.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Americans finished first in Group A, with nine points, followed by Nigeria with six.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r997937747">.mw-parser-output .footballbox{clear:both;overflow:auto}.mw-parser-output .footballbox tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .footballbox time{display:block;overflow:auto}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .ftitle{text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fevent{width:100%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fevent,.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fright{margin-bottom:10px}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fdate,.mw-parser-output .footballbox .ftime{display:block}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fhome,.mw-parser-output .footballbox .faway{width:39%}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fscore{width:22%}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fgoals{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fhome,.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fhgoal{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .faway,.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fagoal{text-align:left}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fdate,.mw-parser-output .footballbox .ftime,.mw-parser-output .footballbox .frnd{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fleft,.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fright{float:left;padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fleft{width:15%;overflow:auto}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fevent{float:left;width:61%}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fevent,.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fright{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fright{font-size:85%;width:24%}}</style><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 19, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-19</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">15:00 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">United States</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_A#United_States_vs_Denmark" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A">3–0</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Denmark women's national football team">Denmark</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><style 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<span>17'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Foudy" title="Julie Foudy">Foudy</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>73'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristine_Lilly" title="Kristine Lilly">Lilly</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>89'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/21901">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Giants_Stadium" title="Giants Stadium">Giants Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 78,972</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Denoncourt" title="Sonia Denoncourt">Sonia Denoncourt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Canadian_Soccer_Association" title="Canadian Soccer Association">Canada</a>)</div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 20, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-20</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">18:30 <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−7</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="North Korea women's national football team">North Korea</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_A#North_Korea_vs_Nigeria" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A">1–2</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team">Nigeria</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Song-ok" title="Jo Song-ok">Jo Song-ok</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>74'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22149">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mercy_Akide" title="Mercy Akide">Akide</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>50'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rita_Nwadike" title="Rita Nwadike">Nwadike</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>79'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Rose Bowl (stadium)">Rose Bowl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 17,100</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Katriina_Elovirta" title="Katriina Elovirta">Katriina Elovirta</a> (<a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Finland" title="Football Association of Finland">Finland</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 24, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-24</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">19:00 <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">UTC−5</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">United States</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_A#United_States_vs_Nigeria" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A">7–1</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team">Nigeria</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ifeanyi_Chiejine" title="Ifeanyi Chiejine">I. Chiejine</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>19' (<a href="/wiki/Own_goal#Association_football" title="Own goal">o.g.</a>)</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mia_Hamm" title="Mia Hamm">Hamm</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>20'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiffeny_Milbrett" title="Tiffeny Milbrett">Milbrett</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>23'</span>, <span>83'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristine_Lilly" title="Kristine Lilly">Lilly</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>32'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Akers" title="Michelle Akers">Akers</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>39'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cindy_Parlow_Cone" title="Cindy Parlow Cone">Parlow</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>42'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22151">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nkiru_Okosieme" title="Nkiru Okosieme">Okosieme</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>2'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 65,080</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Nicole_Petignat" title="Nicole Petignat">Nicole Petignat</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Football_Association" title="Swiss Football Association">Switzerland</a>)</div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 24, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-24</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">18:00 <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−7</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="North Korea women's national football team">North Korea</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_A#North_Korea_vs_Denmark" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A">3–1</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Denmark women's national football team">Denmark</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jin_Pyol-hui" title="Jin Pyol-hui">Jin Pyol-hui</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>15'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Song-ok" title="Jo Song-ok">Jo Song-ok</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>39'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Kum-sil" title="Kim Kum-sil">Kim Kum-sil</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>73'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22148">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Janni_Johansen" title="Janni Johansen">Johansen</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>74'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address">Civic Stadium, Portland, Oregon</span></div><div>Attendance: 20,129</div><div>Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha_Liliana_Pardo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Martha Liliana Pardo (page does not exist)">Martha Liliana Pardo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Colombian_Football_Federation" title="Colombian Football Federation">Colombia</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 27, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-27</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">16:00 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team">Nigeria</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_A#Nigeria_vs_Denmark" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A">2–0</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Denmark women's national football team">Denmark</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mercy_Akide" title="Mercy Akide">Akide</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>25'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkiru_Okosieme" title="Nkiru Okosieme">Okosieme</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>81'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22152">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/FedExField" class="mw-redirect" title="FedExField">Jack Kent Cooke Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 22,109</div><div>Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Maria_Edilene_Siqueira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maria Edilene Siqueira (page does not exist)">Maria Edilene Siqueira</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Football_Confederation" title="Brazilian Football Confederation">Brazil</a>)</div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 27, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-27</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">19:00 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">United States</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_A#United_States_vs_North_Korea" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A">3–0</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="North Korea women's national football team">North Korea</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shannon_MacMillan" title="Shannon MacMillan">MacMillan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>56'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tisha_Venturini" title="Tisha Venturini">Venturini</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>68'</span>, <span>76'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22150">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Foxboro_Stadium" title="Foxboro Stadium">Foxboro Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foxborough,_Massachusetts" title="Foxborough, Massachusetts">Foxborough</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 50,484</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Katriina_Elovirta" title="Katriina Elovirta">Katriina Elovirta</a> (<a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Finland" title="Football Association of Finland">Finland</a>)</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Group_B">Group B</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Group B"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_B" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B">1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pretinha.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Soccer player Pretinha pictured holding the Pan-American Games torch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Pretinha.jpg/220px-Pretinha.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Pretinha.jpg/330px-Pretinha.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Pretinha.jpg/440px-Pretinha.jpg 2x" data-file-width="786" data-file-height="740" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pretinha" title="Pretinha">Pretinha</a> scored a <a href="/wiki/Hat-trick_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hat-trick (association football)">hat-trick</a> in Brazil's opening match against Mexico</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:right"><ul class="navbar-brackets"><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_group_tables" title="Template:1999 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_group_tables" title="Template talk:1999 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_group_tables" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1999 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team">Brazil</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="2">Advance to <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Knockout_stage">knockout stage</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team">Germany</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+6 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Italy women's national football team">Italy</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexico_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mexico women's national football team">Mexico</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−14 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/archive/usa1999/groups/index.html#4647">FIFA</a></div> <p>Group B, dubbed the tournament's "group of death",<sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Summary07_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Summary07-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> included 1995 runners-up <a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team">Germany</a>, Olympic semi-finalists <a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team">Brazil</a>, 1991 quarter-finalist <a href="/wiki/Italy_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Italy women's national football team">Italy</a>, and newcomers Mexico.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-Capsule_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-Capsule-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AP-Preview_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-Preview-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brazil opened the group stage with a 7–1 <a href="/wiki/Blowout_(sports)" title="Blowout (sports)">blowout win</a> over Mexico at Giants Stadium, scoring the final six goals of the match after it was tied at 1–1 ten minutes in. Forward <a href="/wiki/Pretinha" title="Pretinha">Pretinha</a> and midfielder <a href="/wiki/Sissi_(footballer)" title="Sissi (footballer)">Sissi</a> both scored <a href="/wiki/Hat-trick_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hat-trick (association football)">hat-tricks</a>, the former's completed in stoppage time and the latter in the 50th minute. <a href="/wiki/K%C3%A1tia_Cilene_Teixeira" class="mw-redirect" title="Kátia Cilene Teixeira">Kátia</a> scored from a penalty kick before half-time.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Italy and Germany played to a 1–1 draw the following day at the Rose Bowl, avoiding an upset for the Italians with a penalty kick scored by <a href="/wiki/Bettina_Wiegmann" title="Bettina Wiegmann">Bettina Wiegmann</a> in the 61st minute to level the match.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sissi scored twice for Brazil in their second match, a 2–0 victory against Italy in Chicago, earning the team a quarter-finals berth.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mexico was eliminated from the group in a 6–0 loss to Germany in Portland, having been outshot 43–2 and unable to force a save from German goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Silke_Rottenberg" title="Silke Rottenberg">Silke Rottenberg</a> until the 89th minute. <a href="/wiki/Inka_Grings" title="Inka Grings">Inka Grings</a> scored a hat-trick for the Germans, including the opening and closing goals of the match, while her teammates <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Smisek" title="Sandra Smisek">Sandra Smisek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ariane_Hingst" title="Ariane Hingst">Ariane Hingst</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Renate_Lingor" title="Renate Lingor">Renate Lingor</a> each scored one goal.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brazil and Germany played on the final matchday for first place in Group B, as the second-place team would be drawn against the United States in the quarter-finals. After conceding to Germany's <a href="/wiki/Birgit_Prinz" title="Birgit Prinz">Birgit Prinz</a> in the eighth minute, Brazil rallied from behind and took a 2–1 lead by the end of the first half on goals by Kátia and Sissi. A penalty kick, awarded to Germany in the first minute of the second half after Prinz was fouled in the box, was converted by Wiegmann to tie the match at 2–2. The Germans then took the lead on a deflected shot by <a href="/wiki/Steffi_Jones" title="Steffi Jones">Steffi Jones</a>, but a <a href="/wiki/Last-minute_goal" title="Last-minute goal">last-minute header</a> from substitute forward <a href="/wiki/Maycon_(footballer,_born_1977)" title="Maycon (footballer, born 1977)">Maycon</a> in stoppage time tied the match at 3–3. Brazil finished atop the group and would play Nigeria in the quarter-finals, while Germany advanced as the second-placed team to face the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Italy, who were already eliminated by the Brazil–Germany draw, defeated Mexico 2–0 at <a href="/wiki/Foxboro_Stadium" title="Foxboro Stadium">Foxboro Stadium</a> to finish the tournament with a 1–1–1 record.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 19, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-19</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">17:30 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team">Brazil</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_B#Brazil_vs_Mexico" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B">7–1</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexico_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mexico women's national football team">Mexico</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pretinha" title="Pretinha">Pretinha</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>3'</span>, <span>12'</span>, <span>90+1'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sissi_(footballer)" title="Sissi (footballer)">Sissi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>29'</span>, <span>42'</span>, <span>50'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A1tia_Cilene_Teixeira" class="mw-redirect" title="Kátia Cilene Teixeira">Kátia</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>35' (<a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">pen.</a>)</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22153">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maribel_Dom%C3%ADnguez" title="Maribel Domínguez">Domínguez</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>10'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Giants_Stadium" title="Giants Stadium">Giants Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 78,972</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Nicole_Petignat" title="Nicole Petignat">Nicole Petignat</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Football_Association" title="Swiss Football Association">Switzerland</a>)</div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 20, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-20</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">16:00 <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−7</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team">Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_B#Germany_vs_Italy" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B">1–1</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Italy women's national football team">Italy</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bettina_Wiegmann" title="Bettina Wiegmann">Wiegmann</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>61' (<a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">pen.</a>)</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22155">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrizia_Panico" title="Patrizia Panico">Panico</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>36'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Rose Bowl (stadium)">Rose Bowl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 17,100</div><div>Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bola_Elizabeth_Abidoye&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bola Elizabeth Abidoye (page does not exist)">Bola Elizabeth Abidoye</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Football_Federation" title="Nigeria Football Federation">Nigeria</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 24, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-24</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">17:00 <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">UTC−5</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team">Brazil</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_B#Brazil_vs_Italy" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B">2–0</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Italy women's national football team">Italy</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sissi_(footballer)" title="Sissi (footballer)">Sissi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>3'</span>, <span>63'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22157">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 65,080</div><div>Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gitte_Nielsen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gitte Nielsen (page does not exist)">Gitte Nielsen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Danish_Football_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Danish Football Union">Denmark</a>)</div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 24, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-24</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">20:30 <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−7</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team">Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_B#Germany_vs_Mexico" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B">6–0</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexico_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mexico women's national football team">Mexico</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inka_Grings" title="Inka Grings">Grings</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>10'</span>, <span>57'</span>, <span>90+2'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Smisek" title="Sandra Smisek">Smisek</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>45+1'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_Hingst" title="Ariane Hingst">Hingst</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>49'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renate_Lingor" title="Renate Lingor">Lingor</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>89'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22154">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Providence_Park" title="Providence Park">Civic Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 20,129</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Im_Eun-ju" title="Im Eun-ju">Im Eun-ju</a> (<a href="/wiki/Korea_Football_Association" title="Korea Football Association">South Korea</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 27, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-27</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">13:30 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team">Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_B#Germany_vs_Brazil" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B">3–3</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team">Brazil</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birgit_Prinz" title="Birgit Prinz">Prinz</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>8'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bettina_Wiegmann" title="Bettina Wiegmann">Wiegmann</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>46' (<a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">pen.</a>)</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steffi_Jones" title="Steffi Jones">Jones</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>58'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22158">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A1tia_Cilene_Teixeira" class="mw-redirect" title="Kátia Cilene Teixeira">Kátia</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>15'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sissi_(footballer)" title="Sissi (footballer)">Sissi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>20'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maycon_(footballer,_born_1977)" title="Maycon (footballer, born 1977)">Maycon</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>90+4'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/FedExField" class="mw-redirect" title="FedExField">Jack Kent Cooke Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 22,109</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Im_Eun-ju" title="Im Eun-ju">Im Eun-ju</a> (<a href="/wiki/Korea_Football_Association" title="Korea Football Association">South Korea</a>)</div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 27, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-27</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">16:30 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Mexico_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mexico women's national football team">Mexico</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_B#Mexico_vs_Italy" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B">0–2</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Italy women's national football team">Italy</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22156">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrizia_Panico" title="Patrizia Panico">Panico</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>37'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paola_Zanni" title="Paola Zanni">Zanni</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>51'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Foxboro_Stadium" title="Foxboro Stadium">Foxboro Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foxborough,_Massachusetts" title="Foxborough, Massachusetts">Foxborough</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 50,484</div><div>Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bola_Elizabeth_Abidoye&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bola Elizabeth Abidoye (page does not exist)">Bola Elizabeth Abidoye</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Football_Federation" title="Nigeria Football Federation">Nigeria</a>)</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Group_C">Group C</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Group C"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_C" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C">1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:right"><ul class="navbar-brackets"><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_group_tables" title="Template:1999 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_group_tables" title="Template talk:1999 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_group_tables" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1999 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team">Norway</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+11 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="2">Advance to <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Knockout_stage">knockout stage</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team">Russia</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+7 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada women's national soccer team">Canada</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women's national football team">Japan</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/archive/usa1999/groups/index.html#4648">FIFA</a></div> <p>Reigning World Cup champions <a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team">Norway</a> were seeded into Group C, which also had 1995 quarter-finalists <a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women's national football team">Japan</a>, North American qualification champions <a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada women's national soccer team">Canada</a>, and newcomers Russia, who qualified through the European play-offs.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-Capsule_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-Capsule-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CHI-Preview_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHI-Preview-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canada took the lead in the 32nd minute of its opening match against Japan, played at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, but conceded to Japanese forward <a href="/wiki/Nami_Otake" title="Nami Otake">Nami Otake</a> in the 64th minute and ended the match with a 1–1 draw.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Norway began its defense of the World Cup title in Massachusetts with a 2–1 win over the debuting Russians, with a goal by <a href="/wiki/Brit_Sandaune" title="Brit Sandaune">Brit Sandaune</a> off a 28th-minute corner kick taken by <a href="/wiki/Marianne_Pettersen" title="Marianne Pettersen">Marianne Pettersen</a>, who scored in the 68th minute and took nine more shots; <a href="/wiki/Galina_Komarova" title="Galina Komarova">Galina Komarova</a> scored a consolation goal for Russia in the 78th minute, one of just two shots on goal for the team during the entire match.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At Jack Kent Cooke Stadium near Washington, D.C., Norway became the first team to secure a place in the quarter-finals by winning 7–1 in a rout of Canada. Canada had tied the match at 1–1 with a goal in the 31st minute by <a href="/wiki/Charmaine_Hooper" title="Charmaine Hooper">Charmaine Hooper</a>, but Norwegian forward <a href="/wiki/Ann_Kristin_Aar%C3%B8nes" title="Ann Kristin Aarønes">Ann Kristin Aarønes</a>, who had scored the first goal in the eighth minute, restored her team's lead with a header in the 36th minute.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five Norwegian players scored in the second half, equaling the seven goals they scored against Canada in the first round of the 1995 tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-WPost-NORCAN_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPost-NORCAN-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four days after their defeat to Norway, the Russians earned their first World Cup win by defeating Japan 5–0 at Portland's Civic Stadium. The team scored four goals in the second half, including two by <a href="/wiki/Olga_Letyushova" title="Olga Letyushova">Olga Letyushova</a> and three throughout the match that were assisted by captain <a href="/wiki/Irina_Grigorieva_(footballer)" title="Irina Grigorieva (footballer)">Irina Grigorieva</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russia qualified for the quarter-finals with a 4–1 victory over Canada at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, finishing in second place with six points. Grigorieva scored Russia's first goal in the 54th minute and assisted on their second, the first of two goals scored by <a href="/wiki/Elena_Fomina" title="Elena Fomina">Elena Fomina</a>; Canada had reduced the deficit to 2–1 with a goal by Charmaine Hooper in the 76th minute, but Fomina's second in the 86th minute and a stoppage time goal from <a href="/wiki/Olga_Karasseva" title="Olga Karasseva">Olga Karasseva</a> finished off the match.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Norway finished unbeaten in the group stage by defeating Japan 4–0 at Soldier Field on June 26, benefiting from an early penalty kick and an own goal that were both conceded by <a href="/wiki/Hiromi_Ikeda" title="Hiromi Ikeda">Hiromi Isozaki</a>; Isozaki fouled <a href="/wiki/Monica_Knudsen" title="Monica Knudsen">Monica Knudsen</a> in the box in the seventh minute, leading to a penalty converted by <a href="/wiki/Hege_Riise" title="Hege Riise">Hege Riise</a> a minute later, and misplayed a cross by <a href="/wiki/Unni_Lehn" title="Unni Lehn">Unni Lehn</a> into her own goal in the 26th minute. The Norwegian team lost captain Linda Medalen and forward Ann Kristin Aarønes to injuries in the first half, but not before the latter had scored the team's third goal. The final goal of the match was scored in the 61st minute by <a href="/wiki/Dagny_Mellgren" title="Dagny Mellgren">Dagny Mellgren</a>, who headed in a cross produced by Lehn.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 19, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-19</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">19:00 <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−7</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women's national football team">Japan</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_C#Japan_vs_Canada" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C">1–1</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada women's national soccer team">Canada</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nami_Otake" title="Nami Otake">Otake</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>64'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22159">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Silvana_Burtini" title="Silvana Burtini">Burtini</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>32'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/CEFCU_Stadium" title="CEFCU Stadium">Spartan Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 23,298</div><div>Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Maria_Edilene_Siqueira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maria Edilene Siqueira (page does not exist)">Maria Edilene Siqueira</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Football_Confederation" title="Brazilian Football Confederation">Brazil</a>)</div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 20, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-20</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">16:00 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team">Norway</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_C#Norway_vs_Russia" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C">2–1</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team">Russia</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brit_Sandaune" title="Brit Sandaune">Sandaune</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>28'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marianne_Pettersen" title="Marianne Pettersen">Pettersen</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>68'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22161">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Galina_Komarova" title="Galina Komarova">Komarova</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>78'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Foxboro_Stadium" title="Foxboro Stadium">Foxboro Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foxborough,_Massachusetts" title="Foxborough, Massachusetts">Foxborough</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 14,873</div><div>Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zuo_Xiudi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zuo Xiudi (page does not exist)">Zuo Xiudi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_Football_Association" title="Chinese Football Association">China PR</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 23, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-23</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">18:00 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team">Norway</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_C#Norway_vs_Canada" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C">7–1</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada women's national soccer team">Canada</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Kristin_Aar%C3%B8nes" title="Ann Kristin Aarønes">Aarønes</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>8'</span>, <span>36'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unni_Lehn" title="Unni Lehn">Lehn</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>49'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hege_Riise" title="Hege Riise">Riise</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>54'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Medalen" title="Linda Medalen">Medalen</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>62'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marianne_Pettersen" title="Marianne Pettersen">Pettersen</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>76'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solveig_Gulbrandsen" title="Solveig Gulbrandsen">S. Gulbrandsen</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>87'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22160">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charmaine_Hooper" title="Charmaine Hooper">Hooper</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>31'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/FedExField" class="mw-redirect" title="FedExField">Jack Kent Cooke Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 16,448</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Tammy_Ogston" title="Tammy Ogston">Tammy Ogston</a> (<a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Federation Australia">Australia</a>)</div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 23, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-23</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">18:00 <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−7</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women's national football team">Japan</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_C#Japan_vs_Russia" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C">0–5</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team">Russia</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22163">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Larisa_Savina" title="Larisa Savina">Savina</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>29'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olga_Letyushova" title="Olga Letyushova">Letyushova</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>52'</span>, <span>90'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalia_Karasseva" title="Natalia Karasseva">N. Karasseva</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>58'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalia_Barbashina" title="Natalia Barbashina">Barbashina</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>80'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Providence_Park" title="Providence Park">Civic Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 17,668</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Hunt" title="Sandra Hunt">Sandra Hunt</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Soccer_Federation" title="United States Soccer Federation">United States</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 26, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-26</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">12:00 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada women's national soccer team">Canada</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_C#Canada_vs_Russia" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C">1–4</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team">Russia</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charmaine_Hooper" title="Charmaine Hooper">Hooper</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>76'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22164">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irina_Grigorieva_(footballer)" title="Irina Grigorieva (footballer)">Grigorieva</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>54'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elena_Fomina" title="Elena Fomina">Fomina</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>66'</span>, <span>86'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olga_Karasseva" title="Olga Karasseva">O. Karasseva</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>90+1'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Giants_Stadium" title="Giants Stadium">Giants Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 29,401</div><div>Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zuo_Xiudi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zuo Xiudi (page does not exist)">Zuo Xiudi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_Football_Association" title="Chinese Football Association">China PR</a>)</div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 26, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-26</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">18:30 <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">UTC−5</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team">Norway</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_C#Norway_vs_Japan" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C">4–0</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women's national football team">Japan</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hege_Riise" title="Hege Riise">Riise</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>8' (<a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">pen.</a>)</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiromi_Ikeda" title="Hiromi Ikeda">Isozaki</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>26' (<a href="/wiki/Own_goal#Association_football" title="Own goal">o.g.</a>)</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Kristin_Aar%C3%B8nes" title="Ann Kristin Aarønes">Aarønes</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>36'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagny_Mellgren" title="Dagny Mellgren">Mellgren</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>61'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22162">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 34,256</div><div>Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Marisela_Contreras&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marisela Contreras (page does not exist)">Marisela Contreras</a> (<a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Football_Federation" title="Venezuelan Football Federation">Venezuela</a>)</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Group_D">Group D</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Group D"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_D" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D">1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alicia_Ferguson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Soccer player Alicia Ferguson, wearing a yellow kit, prepares to control a ball during a match." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Alicia_Ferguson.jpg/150px-Alicia_Ferguson.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Alicia_Ferguson.jpg/225px-Alicia_Ferguson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Alicia_Ferguson.jpg/300px-Alicia_Ferguson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="541" data-file-height="917" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alicia_Ferguson" title="Alicia Ferguson">Alicia Ferguson</a> was sent off with a red card in the second minute of Australia's match against China, the fastest in tournament history</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:right"><ul class="navbar-brackets"><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_group_tables" 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difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="2">Advance to <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Knockout_stage">knockout stage</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team">Sweden</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ghana_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Ghana women's national football team">Ghana</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/archive/usa1999/groups/index.html#4649">FIFA</a></div> <p>Group D included 1995 semi-finalists and Olympic runners-up <a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a>, 1995's last-place team <a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national soccer team">Australia</a>, newcomers and African tournament runners-up Ghana, and previous hosts and semi-finalists <a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team">Sweden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-Capsule_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-Capsule-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In their opening match against Sweden at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, China conceded an early goal in the second minute to Swedish defender <a href="/wiki/Kristin_Bengtsson" title="Kristin Bengtsson">Kristin Bengtsson</a>. Forward <a href="/wiki/Jin_Yan_(footballer)" title="Jin Yan (footballer)">Jin Yan</a> scored the equalizer for China in the 17th minute and <a href="/wiki/Liu_Ailing" title="Liu Ailing">Liu Ailing</a> scored the winning goal in the 69th minute.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia and Ghana played to a 1–1 draw at Foxboro Stadium in the group's other opening match a day later, which began with a red card shown to Ghanaian midfielder <a href="/wiki/Barikisu_Tettey-Quao" title="Barikisu Tettey-Quao">Barikisu Tettey-Quao</a> in the 25th minute.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ghanaian goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Memunatu_Sulemana" title="Memunatu Sulemana">Memunatu Sulemana</a> made 11 saves to keep the match scoreless until the 74th minute, when Matildas captain <a href="/wiki/Julie_Murray" title="Julie Murray">Julie Murray</a> scored to break the deadlock. Ghana equalized less than two minutes later with a finish by substitute <a href="/wiki/Nana_Gyamfuah" title="Nana Gyamfuah">Nana Gyamfuah</a> following a rebound off Australian goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Tracey_Wheeler" title="Tracey Wheeler">Tracey Wheeler</a>'s save, securing a point in the group standings.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sweden took an early lead in its second match, played against Australia at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium near Washington, D.C., with a header in the eighth minute by <a href="/wiki/Jane_T%C3%B6rnqvist" title="Jane Törnqvist">Jane Törnqvist</a> off a corner kick and a tap-in goal by <a href="/wiki/Hanna_Ljungberg" title="Hanna Ljungberg">Hanna Ljungberg</a> twelve minutes later. Julie Murray's goal in the 32nd minute reduced the deficit to 2–1 at half-time, but Ljungberg scored again in the 69th minute because of a defensive error by Australia, confirming a 3–1 victory for the Swedes.<sup id="cite_ref-WPost-NORCAN_98-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPost-NORCAN-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Wen_(footballer)" title="Sun Wen (footballer)">Sun Wen</a> completed a hat-trick in the first 54 minutes of China's match against Ghana, which ended in a 7–0 victory at Portland's Civic Stadium and clinched the team's quarter-finals berth. Ghana lost defender <a href="/wiki/Regina_Ansah" title="Regina Ansah">Regina Ansah</a> to a red card in the 52nd minute and three of her teammates earned three yellow cards for other fouls. The Chinese continued to score in the second half, including a pair by <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Ouying" title="Zhang Ouying">Zhang Ouying</a> in the 82nd minute and at the beginning of stoppage time, while <a href="/wiki/Zhao_Lihong" title="Zhao Lihong">Zhao Lihong</a> added another stoppage time goal a minute later.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>China closed out its group stage by defeating Australia 3–1, extending its winning streak to three matches and outscoring its opponents 12–2. Australian forward <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Ferguson" title="Alicia Ferguson">Alicia Ferguson</a> was sent off for a foul in the second minute, which remains the fastest red card in Women's World Cup history.<sup id="cite_ref-Statistics_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statistics-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sun Wen scored her first goal in the 39th minute and followed with a second shortly after half-time, having received passes from Zhao Lihong for both goals. <a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Salisbury" title="Cheryl Salisbury">Cheryl Salisbury</a> reduced the deficit to 2–1 with her strike in the 66th minute, ending a 253-minute <a href="/wiki/Shutout" title="Shutout">shutout</a> streak for Chinese goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Gao_Hong_(footballer)" title="Gao Hong (footballer)">Gao Hong</a>. The Chinese ultimately won 3–1 after an assurance goal was scored by <a href="/wiki/Liu_Ying_(footballer)" title="Liu Ying (footballer)">Liu Ying</a> in the 73rd minute.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sweden advanced to the quarter-finals with a 2–0 victory over Ghana in Chicago, relying on two goals scored by early substitute <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Sandell_Svensson" title="Victoria Sandell Svensson">Victoria Svensson</a> in the 58th and 86th minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 19, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-19</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">17:00 <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−7</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_D#China_PR_vs_Sweden" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D">2–1</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team">Sweden</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jin_Yan_(footballer)" title="Jin Yan (footballer)">Jin Yan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>17'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Ailing" title="Liu Ailing">Liu Ailing</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>69'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22165">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kristin_Bengtsson" title="Kristin Bengtsson">Bengtsson</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>2'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/CEFCU_Stadium" title="CEFCU Stadium">Spartan Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 23,298</div><div>Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_Tovar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Virginia Tovar (page does not exist)">Virginia Tovar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mexican_Football_Federation" title="Mexican Football Federation">Mexico</a>)</div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 20, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-20</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">19:30 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national soccer team">Australia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_D#Australia_vs_Ghana" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D">1–1</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ghana_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Ghana women's national football team">Ghana</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Murray" title="Julie Murray">Murray</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>74'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22167">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nana_Gyamfuah" title="Nana Gyamfuah">Gyamfuah</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>76'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Foxboro_Stadium" title="Foxboro Stadium">Foxboro Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foxborough,_Massachusetts" title="Foxborough, Massachusetts">Foxborough</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 14,873</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Kari_Seitz" title="Kari Seitz">Kari Seitz</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Soccer_Federation" title="United States Soccer Federation">United States</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 23, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-23</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">20:30 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national soccer team">Australia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_D#Australia_vs_Sweden" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D">1–3</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team">Sweden</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Murray" title="Julie Murray">Murray</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>32'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22166">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jane_T%C3%B6rnqvist" title="Jane Törnqvist">Törnqvist</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>8'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanna_Ljungberg" title="Hanna Ljungberg">Ljungberg</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>21'</span>, <span>69'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/FedExField" class="mw-redirect" title="FedExField">Jack Kent Cooke Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 16,448</div><div>Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fatou_Gaye&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fatou Gaye (page does not exist)">Fatou Gaye</a> (<a href="/wiki/Senegalese_Football_Federation" title="Senegalese Football Federation">Senegal</a>)</div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 23, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-23</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">20:30 <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−7</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_D#China_PR_vs_Ghana" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D">7–0</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ghana_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Ghana women's national football team">Ghana</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Wen_(footballer)" title="Sun Wen (footballer)">Sun Wen</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>9'</span>, <span>21'</span>, <span>54'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jin_Yan_(footballer)" title="Jin Yan (footballer)">Jin Yan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>16'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Ouying" title="Zhang Ouying">Zhang Ouying</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>82'</span>, <span>90+1'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhao_Lihong" title="Zhao Lihong">Zhao Lihong</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>90+2'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22169">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Providence_Park" title="Providence Park">Civic Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 17,668</div><div>Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Elke_G%C3%BCnthner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elke Günthner (page does not exist)">Elke Günthner</a> (<a href="/wiki/German_Football_Association" title="German Football Association">Germany</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 26, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-26</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">14:30 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_D#China_PR_vs_Australia" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D">3–1</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national soccer team">Australia</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Wen_(footballer)" title="Sun Wen (footballer)">Sun Wen</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>39'</span>, <span>51'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Ying_(footballer)" title="Liu Ying (footballer)">Liu Ying</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>73'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22170">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Salisbury" title="Cheryl Salisbury">Salisbury</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>66'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Giants_Stadium" title="Giants Stadium">Giants Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 29,401</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Hunt" title="Sandra Hunt">Sandra Hunt</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Soccer_Federation" title="United States Soccer Federation">United States</a>)</div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 26, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-26</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">16:00 <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">UTC−5</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Ghana_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Ghana women's national football team">Ghana</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Group_D#Ghana_vs_Sweden" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D">0–2</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team">Sweden</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22168">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Sandell_Svensson" title="Victoria Sandell Svensson">Svensson</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>58'</span>, <span>86'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 34,256</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Denoncourt" title="Sonia Denoncourt">Sonia Denoncourt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Canadian_Soccer_Association" title="Canadian Soccer Association">Canada</a>)</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Knockout_stage">Knockout stage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Knockout stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_knockout_stage" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage">1999 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage</a></div> <p>The knockout stage of the Women's World Cup consisted of three <a href="/wiki/Single-elimination" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-elimination">single-elimination</a> rounds leading to a final and a third-place playoff. Following a tie in regulation time, two 15-minute periods of <a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)" title="Overtime (sports)">extra time</a> would be used to determine a winner. For the first time in Women's World Cup history, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_goal" title="Golden goal">golden goal</a> would be used during extra time to instantly decide the winner in <a href="/wiki/Sudden_death_(sport)" title="Sudden death (sport)">sudden death</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If the score remained tied at the end of extra time, a <a href="/wiki/Penalty_shootout_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Penalty shootout (association football)">penalty shootout</a> would ensue.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WPost-Third_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPost-Third-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bracket">Bracket</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Bracket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.9em 2em 1em 1em;border:0;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa"><a href="#Quarterfinals">Quarterfinals</a></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa"><a href="#Semifinals">Semifinals</a></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa"><a href="#Final">Final</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td width="170"> </td><td width="40"> </td><td width="15"> </td><td width="20"> </td><td width="170"> </td><td width="40"> </td><td width="15"> </td><td width="20"> </td><td width="170"> </td><td width="40"> </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">July 1 – <a href="/wiki/FedExField" class="mw-redirect" title="FedExField">Landover</a></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="7"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="3"></td><td rowspan="7"></td><td rowspan="13"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">United States</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>3</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">July 4 – <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Stadium" title="Stanford Stadium">Stanford</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team">Germany</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">2 </td><td rowspan="6" style="border:3px solid;border-left:0"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">United States</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>2</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">July 1 – <a href="/wiki/FedExField" class="mw-redirect" title="FedExField">Landover</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="12" style="border-width:3px 0 3px;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team">Brazil</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">0 </td><td rowspan="12" style="border:3px solid;border-left:0"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team">Brazil</a> <span style="font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Golden_goal_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden goal (association football)">g.g.</a>)</span></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>4</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="6"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">July 10 – <a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Rose Bowl (stadium)">Pasadena</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team">Nigeria</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">3 </td><td rowspan="6"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">United States</a> <span style="font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)" title="Penalty shoot-out (association football)">p</a>)</span></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>0 (5)</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">June 30 – <a href="/wiki/CEFCU_Stadium" title="CEFCU Stadium">San Jose</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="11" style="border-width:3px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">0 (4) </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team">Norway</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>3</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">July 4 – <a href="/wiki/Foxboro_Stadium" title="Foxboro Stadium">Foxborough</a></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team">Sweden</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">1 </td><td rowspan="6" style="border:3px solid;border-left:0"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team">Norway</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">0</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">June 30 – <a href="/wiki/CEFCU_Stadium" title="CEFCU Stadium">San Jose</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="5"></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>5 </b></td><td rowspan="5"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa"><a href="#Third_place_play-off">Third place playoff</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>2</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="6"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">July 10 – <a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Rose Bowl (stadium)">Pasadena</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team">Russia</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">0 </td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team">Brazil</a> <span style="font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)" title="Penalty shoot-out (association football)">p</a>)</span></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>0 (5)</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="8"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team">Norway</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">0 (4) </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Quarterfinals">Quarterfinals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Quarterfinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first match of a quarterfinals doubleheader at Spartan Stadium in San Jose featured China and Russia, the only team to debut at the tournament and also advance to the knockout stage.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> China advanced with a 2–0 victory over Russia, with goals by <a href="/wiki/Pu_Wei" title="Pu Wei">Pu Wei</a> and Jin Yan, while their opponents did not manage a shot towards goal until stoppage time.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second match of the doubleheader, between neighboring rivals Norway and Sweden, began with a scoreless first half and ended with four goals scored in the second half for a 3–1 Norwegian win. Norway opened the scoring with a header by Ann Kristin Aarønes in the 51st minute, which was followed by a goal from Marianne Pettersen in the 58th minute and a penalty scored by Hege Riise in the 72nd minute; Sweden scored a consolation goal by way of a run and shot from <a href="/wiki/Malin_Mostr%C3%B6m" title="Malin Moström">Malin Moström</a> in the 90th minute.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next doubleheader, at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium near Washington, D.C., began with a match between the United States and Germany played in front of 54,642, including U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, First Lady <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Clinton" title="Chelsea Clinton">Chelsea Clinton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> U.S. defender <a href="/wiki/Brandi_Chastain" title="Brandi Chastain">Brandi Chastain</a> scored an own goal in the fifth minute after a miscommunication with goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Briana_Scurry" title="Briana Scurry">Briana Scurry</a>, but the Americans found an equalizing goal eleven minutes later from <a href="/wiki/Tiffeny_Milbrett" title="Tiffeny Milbrett">Tiffeny Milbrett</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-GER_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-GER-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany retook the lead in first-half stoppage time on a strike by Bettina Wiegmann that beat Scurry from 22 yards (20 m). Chastain redeemed herself by scoring the second equalizing goal for the U.S. in the 49th minute, finishing a corner kick that was taken by Mia Hamm.<sup id="cite_ref-WPost-GER_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPost-GER-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Defender <a href="/wiki/Joy_Fawcett" title="Joy Fawcett">Joy Fawcett</a>'s header off a corner kick in the 66th minute proved to be the game-winning goal, allowing the United States to advance with a 3–2 defeat of the Germans.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-GER_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-GER-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The second match at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, featuring Brazil and Nigeria, was the first in FIFA Women's World Cup history to be decided by a golden goal in extra time.<sup id="cite_ref-Sissi_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sissi-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cidinha" title="Cidinha">Cidinha</a> scored twice in the first 22 minutes of the match and was joined by <a href="/wiki/Elissandra_Regina_Cavalcanti" class="mw-redirect" title="Elissandra Regina Cavalcanti">Nenê</a> in the 35th minute to give Brazil a 3–0 lead at half-time. Nigeria substituted goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Ann_Chiejine" title="Ann Chiejine">Ann Chiejine</a> for <a href="/wiki/Judith_Chime" title="Judith Chime">Judith Chime</a> and began pressing its attackers early in the second half. The Super Falcons scored their first goal in the 63rd minute, <a href="/wiki/Prisca_Emeafu" title="Prisca Emeafu">Prisca Emeafu</a> taking advantage of a defensive mistake, and added a second through Nkiru Okosieme's shot off a rebound in the 72nd minute. <a href="/wiki/Nkechi_Egbe" title="Nkechi Egbe">Nkechi Egbe</a> scored the equalizing goal for Nigeria in the 85th minute with a far-post strike from 14 yards (13 m). The goal forced sudden death extra time, which Nigeria would play with only 10 players after forward <a href="/wiki/Patience_Avre" title="Patience Avre">Patience Avre</a> was ejected in the 87th minute for receiving a second yellow card.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brazilian midfielder Sissi, who had assisted two of the first-half goals, scored the golden goal from 22 yards (20 m) in the 104th minute to win the match 4–3 for Brazil.<sup id="cite_ref-Sissi_123-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sissi-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The top seven quarterfinalists also <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">qualified</a> for the 2000 Summer Olympics alongside hosts Australia, who were eliminated in the group stage.<sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Olympics_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Olympics-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Olympics qualification was determined by a series of tiebreakers, beginning with the margin of defeat in the quarterfinal match, followed by goals scored in the quarterfinal and group stage performance.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Russia and Sweden both lost by two goals, the Swedes had scored in their defeat while Russia did not, leaving them as the only quarterfinalist to not qualify for the Olympics.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 30, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-30</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">17:00 <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−7</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_knockout_stage#China_PR_vs_Russia" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage">2–0</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team">Russia</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pu_Wei" title="Pu Wei">Pu Wei</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>37'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jin_Yan_(footballer)" title="Jin Yan (footballer)">Jin Yan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>56'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22171">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/CEFCU_Stadium" title="CEFCU Stadium">Spartan Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 21,411</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Nicole_Petignat" title="Nicole Petignat">Nicole Petignat</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Football_Association" title="Swiss Football Association">Switzerland</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">June 30, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-06-30</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">19:30 <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−7</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team">Norway</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_knockout_stage#Norway_vs_Sweden" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage">3–1</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team">Sweden</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Kristin_Aar%C3%B8nes" title="Ann Kristin Aarønes">Aarønes</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>51'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marianne_Pettersen" title="Marianne Pettersen">Pettersen</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>58'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hege_Riise" title="Hege Riise">Riise</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>72' (<a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">pen.</a>)</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22177">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malin_Mostr%C3%B6m" title="Malin Moström">Moström</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>90+1'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/CEFCU_Stadium" title="CEFCU Stadium">Spartan Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 21,411</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Im_Eun-ju" title="Im Eun-ju">Im Eun-ju</a> (<a href="/wiki/Korea_Football_Association" title="Korea Football Association">South Korea</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">July 1, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-07-01</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">19:00 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">United States</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_knockout_stage#United_States_vs_Germany" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage">3–2</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team">Germany</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tiffeny_Milbrett" title="Tiffeny Milbrett">Milbrett</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>16'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandi_Chastain" title="Brandi Chastain">Chastain</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>49'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joy_Fawcett" title="Joy Fawcett">Fawcett</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>66'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22178">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brandi_Chastain" title="Brandi Chastain">Chastain</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>5' (<a href="/wiki/Own_goal#Association_football" title="Own goal">o.g.</a>)</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bettina_Wiegmann" title="Bettina Wiegmann">Wiegmann</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>45+1'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/FedExField" class="mw-redirect" title="FedExField">Jack Kent Cooke Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 54,642</div><div>Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha_Liliana_Pardo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Martha Liliana Pardo (page does not exist)">Martha Liliana Pardo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Colombian_Football_Federation" title="Colombian Football Federation">Colombia</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">July 1, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-07-01</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">21:30 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team">Brazil</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_knockout_stage#Brazil_vs_Nigeria" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage">4–3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Association_football" title="Overtime (sports)">a.e.t.</a>/<a href="/wiki/Golden_goal#Association_football" title="Golden goal">g.g.</a>)</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team">Nigeria</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cidinha" title="Cidinha">Cidinha</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>4'</span>, <span>22'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elissandra_Regina_Cavalcanti" class="mw-redirect" title="Elissandra Regina Cavalcanti">Nenê</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>35'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sissi_(footballer)" title="Sissi (footballer)">Sissi</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Golden goal"><img alt="gold-colored soccer ball" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Soccerball_shade_gold.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade_gold.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Soccerball_shade_gold.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade_gold.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Soccerball_shade_gold.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade_gold.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span> <span>104'</span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22179">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prisca_Emeafu" title="Prisca Emeafu">Emeafu</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>63'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkiru_Okosieme" title="Nkiru Okosieme">Okosieme</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>72'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkechi_Egbe" title="Nkechi Egbe">Egbe</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>85'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/FedExField" class="mw-redirect" title="FedExField">Jack Kent Cooke Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 54,642</div><div>Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_Tovar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Virginia Tovar (page does not exist)">Virginia Tovar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mexican_Football_Federation" title="Mexican Football Federation">Mexico</a>)</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Semifinals">Semifinals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Semifinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The semifinals played on <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)" title="Independence Day (United States)">U.S. Independence Day</a> were organized as doubleheaders with the host Major League Soccer teams, the New England Revolution and the San Jose Clash. Both teams played regular season matches afterwards against the <a href="/wiki/MetroStars" class="mw-redirect" title="MetroStars">MetroStars</a> and <a href="/wiki/D.C._United" title="D.C. United">D.C. United</a>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The United States faced Brazil at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Stadium" title="Stanford Stadium">Stanford Stadium</a> in the San Francisco Bay Area in front of 73,123 spectators. The U.S. began the match with an early lead, following a mistimed catch from Brazilian goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Marlisa_Wahlbrink" class="mw-redirect" title="Marlisa Wahlbrink">Maravilha</a> that allowed <a href="/wiki/Cindy_Parlow_Cone" title="Cindy Parlow Cone">Cindy Parlow</a> to score from a header in the fifth minute. Brazil responded with several shots in the second half that required goalkeeper Briana Scurry to make three major saves to preserve the lead.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On a counterattack in the 80th minute, U.S. striker Mia Hamm drew a penalty kick on a foul from Brazilian captain <a href="/wiki/Elane_Rego_dos_Santos" class="mw-redirect" title="Elane Rego dos Santos">Elane</a>. Veteran midfielder <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Akers" title="Michelle Akers">Michelle Akers</a>, who had stayed on despite two serious head collisions, converted the penalty kick to give the United States a 2–0 victory.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the second semifinal, played before 28,986 attendees at Foxboro Stadium in Massachusetts, China defeated reigning champions Norway in a 5–0 rout that matched the team's worst-ever margin of defeat.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT-SF2_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-SF2-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sun Wen opened the scoring in the third minute, with a rebounded shot off a save by goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Bente_Nordby" title="Bente Nordby">Bente Nordby</a>. This was followed by a right-footed volley by Liu Ailing eleven minutes later off a corner kick, increasing the team's lead to 2–0. Liu scored her second goal in the 51st minute, hitting a left-footed volley from 15 yards (14 m), and <a href="/wiki/Fan_Yunjie" title="Fan Yunjie">Fan Yunjie</a> scored China's fourth goal in the 65th minute with another volley off a free kick taken by Sun.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> China was awarded a penalty kick in the 72nd minute for a handball in the Norwegian box. Sun converted it, scoring her seventh goal of the tournament to tie Sissi as the leading goalscorer.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT-SF2_133-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-SF2-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">July 4, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-07-04</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">13:30 <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−7</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">United States</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_knockout_stage#United_States_vs_Brazil" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage">2–0</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team">Brazil</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cindy_Parlow_Cone" title="Cindy Parlow Cone">Parlow</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>5'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Akers" title="Michelle Akers">Akers</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>80' (<a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">pen.</a>)</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22181">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Stadium" title="Stanford Stadium">Stanford Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stanford,_California" title="Stanford, California">Stanford</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 73,123</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Katriina_Elovirta" title="Katriina Elovirta">Katriina Elovirta</a> (<a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Finland" title="Football Association of Finland">Finland</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">July 4, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-07-04</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">19:30 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team">Norway</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_knockout_stage#Norway_vs_China_PR" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage">0–5</a></th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22180">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Wen_(footballer)" title="Sun Wen (footballer)">Sun Wen</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>3'</span>, <span>72' (<a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">pen.</a>)</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Ailing" title="Liu Ailing">Liu Ailing</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>14'</span>, <span>51'</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fan_Yunjie" title="Fan Yunjie">Fan Yunjie</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>65'</span></span></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Foxboro_Stadium" title="Foxboro Stadium">Foxboro Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foxborough,_Massachusetts" title="Foxborough, Massachusetts">Foxborough</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 28,986</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Denoncourt" title="Sonia Denoncourt">Sonia Denoncourt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Canadian_Soccer_Association" title="Canadian Soccer Association">Canada</a>)</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_place_playoff">Third place playoff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Third place playoff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The third-place playoff, contested by Norway and Brazil, was the first part of a doubleheader with the final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena kicking off in the morning.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT-Third_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-Third-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Norway had the majority of chances to score during the match, but Maravilha saved all of their shots to preserve her shutout. Pretinha had two chances to score for Brazil and take the lead, but they were denied by Norwegian goalkeeper Bente Nordby late in the second half.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After remaining scoreless through regulation time and stoppage time, the match advanced straight into a penalty shootout; the standard golden goal extra time was skipped due to the constraints of television scheduling ahead of the final.<sup id="cite_ref-WPost-Third_115-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPost-Third-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pretinha missed the opening penalty for Brazil, but the remaining five taken by her teammates were all converted; Norway lost its lead in the shootout with a miss in the third round by <a href="/wiki/Silje_J%C3%B8rgensen" title="Silje Jørgensen">Silje Jørgensen</a>, and the shootout ended 5–4 in Brazil's favor after the sixth round following a miss by Ann Kristin Aarønes and a successful shot by <a href="/wiki/Formiga_(footballer,_born_1978)" title="Formiga (footballer, born 1978)">Formiga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WPost-Third_115-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPost-Third-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LAT-Third_135-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-Third-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">July 10, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-07-10</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">10:15 <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−7</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team">Brazil</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_knockout_stage#Third_place_play-off" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage">0–0</a> Not/ (<a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Association_football" title="Overtime (sports)">a.e.t.</a>)</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team">Norway</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22182">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"></td> </tr><tr><th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)" title="Penalty shoot-out (association football)">Penalties</a></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pretinha" title="Pretinha">Pretinha</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty missed"><img alt="soccer ball with red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Soccerball_shade_cross.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Soccerball_shade_cross.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Soccerball_shade_cross.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cidinha" title="Cidinha">Cidinha</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A1tia_Cilene_Teixeira" class="mw-redirect" title="Kátia Cilene Teixeira">Kátia</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maycon_(footballer,_born_1977)" title="Maycon (footballer, born 1977)">Maycon</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elissandra_Regina_Cavalcanti" class="mw-redirect" title="Elissandra Regina Cavalcanti">Nenê</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Formiga_(footballer,_born_1978)" title="Formiga (footballer, born 1978)">Formiga</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span></li></ul></div></td> <th>5–4</th> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hege_Riise" title="Hege Riise">Riise</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marianne_Pettersen" title="Marianne Pettersen">Pettersen</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty missed"><img alt="soccer ball with red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Soccerball_shade_cross.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Soccerball_shade_cross.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Soccerball_shade_cross.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Silje_J%C3%B8rgensen" title="Silje Jørgensen">Jørgensen</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brit_Sandaune" title="Brit Sandaune">Sandaune</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Solveig_Gulbrandsen" title="Solveig Gulbrandsen">S. Gulbrandsen</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty missed"><img alt="soccer ball with red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Soccerball_shade_cross.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Soccerball_shade_cross.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Soccerball_shade_cross.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ann_Kristin_Aar%C3%B8nes" title="Ann Kristin Aarønes">Aarønes</a></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Rose Bowl (stadium)">Rose Bowl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 90,185</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Im_Eun-ju" title="Im Eun-ju">Im Eun-ju</a> (<a href="/wiki/Korea_Football_Association" title="Korea Football Association">South Korea</a>)</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final">Final</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_final" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final">1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brandi_Chastain_ESPNWeekend2010-094_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Brandi Chastain holding a microphone with an ESPN logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Brandi_Chastain_ESPNWeekend2010-094_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Brandi_Chastain_ESPNWeekend2010-094_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Brandi_Chastain_ESPNWeekend2010-094_%28cropped%29.jpg/225px-Brandi_Chastain_ESPNWeekend2010-094_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Brandi_Chastain_ESPNWeekend2010-094_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Brandi_Chastain_ESPNWeekend2010-094_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1058" data-file-height="1228" /></a><figcaption>U.S. defender <a href="/wiki/Brandi_Chastain" title="Brandi Chastain">Brandi Chastain</a> scored the winning penalty in the final</figcaption></figure> <p>The 1999 final at the Rose Bowl was played in front of 90,185 spectators, claimed to be a world record for a women's sports event,<sup id="cite_ref-WPost-A1_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPost-A1-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while its U.S. television broadcast averaged 17.9 million viewers and peaked at 40 million.<sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Summary07_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Summary07-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT-2015TV_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2015TV-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two finalists, the United States and China, had previously met in the gold medal match at the 1996 Summer Olympics in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, which the U.S. won 2–1.<sup id="cite_ref-WPost-A1_137-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPost-A1-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With several unsuccessful attempts at the goal made by the hosts, the match was scoreless after regulation time and moved into extra time. China shot twice towards the U.S. goal in extra time, but saves by midfielder Kristine Lilly and goalkeeper Briana Scurry preserved the tie until the end of extra time.<sup id="cite_ref-WPost-D1_139-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPost-D1-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the ensuing penalty shootout, the first four players scored on their shots before Liu Ying had her attempt in the third round saved by Scurry. Scurry was accused of cheating by multiple media outlets because she had intentionally stepped ahead of the goal line before saving Liu's shot, but stated that "everybody does it".<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lilly and Mia Hamm successfully converted their penalties and gave the Americans a lead, but Zhang Ouying and Sun Wen were able to convert theirs and keep it tied 4–4.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT-Final_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-Final-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brandi Chastain, who had missed a penalty kick in the <a href="/wiki/1999_Algarve_Cup" title="1999 Algarve Cup">Algarve Cup</a> against the Chinese months earlier, beat goalkeeper Gao Hong and won the shootout 5–4 for the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-WPost-D1_139-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPost-D1-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chastain celebrated by removing her jersey and revealing her <a href="/wiki/Sports_bra" title="Sports bra">sports bra</a> underneath, creating one of the most iconic moments in women's sports history as it appeared on the covers of major magazines and newspapers.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chicago2009_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chicago2009-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time><div class="fdate">July 10, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-07-10</span>)</span></div><div class="ftime">12:50 <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−7</a>)</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">United States</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore"><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_knockout_stage#Final" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage">0–0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Association_football" title="Overtime (sports)">a.e.t.</a>)</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/usa1999/match-center/22183">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"></td> </tr><tr><th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)" title="Penalty shoot-out (association football)">Penalties</a></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carla_Overbeck" title="Carla Overbeck">Overbeck</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joy_Fawcett" title="Joy Fawcett">Fawcett</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristine_Lilly" title="Kristine Lilly">Lilly</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mia_Hamm" title="Mia Hamm">Hamm</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandi_Chastain" title="Brandi Chastain">Chastain</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span></li></ul></div></td> <th>5–4</th> <td class="fagoal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Xie_Huilin" title="Xie Huilin">Xie Huilin</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Qiu_Haiyan" title="Qiu Haiyan">Qiu Haiyan</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty missed"><img alt="soccer ball with red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Soccerball_shade_cross.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Soccerball_shade_cross.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Soccerball_shade_cross.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liu_Ying_(footballer)" title="Liu Ying (footballer)">Liu Ying</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Ouying" title="Zhang Ouying">Zhang Ouying</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Penalty scored"><img alt="soccer ball with check mark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/13px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/20px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Soccerball_shad_check.svg/26px-Soccerball_shad_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Wen_(footballer)" title="Sun Wen (footballer)">Sun Wen</a></li></ul></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Rose Bowl (stadium)">Rose Bowl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 90,185</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Nicole_Petignat" title="Nicole Petignat">Nicole Petignat</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Football_Association" title="Swiss Football Association">Switzerland</a>)</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath_and_legacy">Aftermath and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Aftermath and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1999 Women's World Cup is regarded as a watershed moment in the history of U.S. women's soccer because of its cultural impact and the great public interest it generated.<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It had a total attendance of 1.194 million spectators and averaged 37,319 per match. This remained the highest total attendance for any Women's World Cup until <a href="/wiki/2015_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="2015 FIFA Women's World Cup">2015</a>, which had more matches.<sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Gamble_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Gamble-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tournament's merchandise sales and television ratings were especially high in the U.S., including several matches that set record for ESPN and ESPN2.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final held the record for the largest domestic television audience for a soccer match until the <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014 men's World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The organizing committee reported an estimated profit of $4 million on its $30 million operating budget, making the tournament a financial success.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The United States became the first team to win two Women's World Cups as well as the first to simultaneously hold the World Cup and Olympic titles.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT-Final_141-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-Final-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team, nicknamed the "99ers" and regarded as the best to have been produced by the U.S. women's soccer program,<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> became instant celebrities and appeared on <a href="/wiki/Late-night_talk_show" title="Late-night talk show">late-night talk shows</a> and news programs.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team went on a months-long victory tour following the final, which was originally self-organized due to a pay dispute with the United States Soccer Federation. They appeared in national advertising campaigns for several major companies.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the team finished as silver medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics behind Norway, the U.S. team would go on to win gold medals at the three subsequent Olympics.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The United States finished third at the next two editions of the Women's World Cup and as runners-up to Japan in <a href="/wiki/2011_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="2011 FIFA Women's World Cup">2011</a> before winning their third World Cup title in 2015 and fourth in <a href="/wiki/2019_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="2019 FIFA Women's World Cup">2019</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several members of the 2011, 2015, and 2019 teams cited the 1999 tournament as providing inspiration during their pursuit of a professional career in the sport.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Christie_Rampone" class="mw-redirect" title="Christie Rampone">Christie Rampone</a> was the last member of the 1999 team to retire, doing so in 2017 after earning 311 <a href="/wiki/Cap_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cap (association football)">caps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The organizers and supporters of the Women's World Cup had hoped to ride the momentum from the tournament's popularity to form a professional women's soccer league akin to Major League Soccer, which was established after the 1994 men's World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_United_Soccer_Association" title="Women's United Soccer Association">Women's United Soccer Association</a> (WUSA) was formed in January 2000 and began play in April 2001 with eight teams and the support of the United States Soccer Federation.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league's $40 million, five-year budget lasted only one season while its attendance and television ratings struggled to meet projections and investor demands.<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league played three full seasons before folding in September 2003 with losses estimated at $90 million and an average attendance of 6,667 in its final season.<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league's teams continued playing in exhibition matches, but eventually folded, while <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Soccer" title="Women's Professional Soccer">another professional league</a> was founded in 2007 and folded after three seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League" title="National Women's Soccer League">National Women's Soccer League</a> was established in 2012 and is the longest-running women's soccer league in U.S. history, drawing on greater financial and planning support from the United States Soccer Federation.<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>China was originally awarded the rights to host the <a href="/wiki/2003_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="2003 FIFA Women's World Cup">2003 tournament</a>, but the <a href="/wiki/SARS" title="SARS">SARS</a> outbreak forced them to withdraw as hosts.<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The United States stepped in to host the tournament, which was organized in three months and was used unsuccessfully to prevent the WUSA from folding.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tampa-Party_177-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tampa-Party-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2003 tournament used smaller venues, including several <a href="/wiki/Soccer-specific_stadium" title="Soccer-specific stadium">soccer-specific stadiums</a> built for Major League Soccer teams, and its television broadcasts competed against American football and baseball games that were scheduled at the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It averaged an attendance of 20,525 and ended with a victory for Germany over Sweden at the <a href="/wiki/Home_Depot_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Home Depot Center">Home Depot Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Carson,_California" title="Carson, California">Carson, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_awards" title="FIFA Women's World Cup awards">FIFA Women's World Cup awards</a></div> <p>Chinese striker Sun Wen was awarded the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_awards" title="FIFA Women's World Cup awards">Golden Ball</a> as the tournament's best player.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also shared the Golden Shoe with Brazilian midfielder Sissi as the tournament's joint top goalscorers with seven goals and three assists for both players.<sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Award1_182-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Award1-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sissi also won the Silver Ball, while American veteran Michelle Akers won the Bronze Ball. Ann Kristin Aarønes won the Bronze Shoe with four goals and one assist. China won the FIFA Fair Play Award for its disciplinary record during the tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Summary07_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Summary07-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Award1_182-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Award1-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tournament's awards were presented at the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Player_of_the_Year" title="FIFA World Player of the Year">FIFA World Player of the Year</a> ceremony on January 24, 2000, in <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:33%">Golden Ball </th> <th style="width:33%">Silver Ball </th> <th style="width:33%">Bronze Ball </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Wen_(footballer)" title="Sun Wen (footballer)">Sun Wen</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sissi_(footballer)" title="Sissi (footballer)">Sissi</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Akers" title="Michelle Akers">Michelle Akers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Golden Shoe </th> <th>Bronze Shoe </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sissi_(footballer)" title="Sissi (footballer)">Sissi</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Wen_(footballer)" title="Sun Wen (footballer)">Sun Wen</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ann_Kristin_Aar%C3%B8nes" title="Ann Kristin Aarønes">Ann Kristin Aarønes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">7 goals, 3 assists </td> <td>4 goals, 1 assist </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">FIFA Fair Play Award </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All-Star_Team">All-Star Team</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: All-Star Team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sixteen members of the Women's World Cup All-Star Team were announced on July 8, 1999, including seven players from China and five from the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the first all-star team to be chosen during the World Cup by FIFA officials.<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0 auto"> <tbody><tr> <th>Goalkeepers </th> <th>Defenders </th> <th>Midfielders </th> <th>Forwards </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gao_Hong_(footballer)" title="Gao Hong (footballer)">Gao Hong</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Briana_Scurry" title="Briana Scurry">Briana Scurry</a> </p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wang_Liping_(footballer)" title="Wang Liping (footballer)">Wang Liping</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wen_Lirong" title="Wen Lirong">Wen Lirong</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Doris_Fitschen" title="Doris Fitschen">Doris Fitschen</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brandi_Chastain" title="Brandi Chastain">Brandi Chastain</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carla_Overbeck" title="Carla Overbeck">Carla Overbeck</a> </p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sissi_(footballer)" title="Sissi (footballer)">Sissi</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liu_Ailing" title="Liu Ailing">Liu Ailing</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Zhao_Lihong" title="Zhao Lihong">Zhao Lihong</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bettina_Wiegmann" title="Bettina Wiegmann">Bettina Wiegmann</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Akers" title="Michelle Akers">Michelle Akers</a> </p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jin_Yan_(footballer)" title="Jin Yan (footballer)">Jin Yan</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Wen_(footballer)" title="Sun Wen (footballer)">Sun Wen</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ann_Kristin_Aar%C3%B8nes" title="Ann Kristin Aarønes">Ann Kristin Aarønes</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mia_Hamm" title="Mia Hamm">Mia Hamm</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Goalscorers">Goalscorers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Goalscorers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A total of 123 goals were scored at the Women's World Cup, setting a new tournament record, and averaged 3.84 per match. 74 different players scored goals, including three own goals and four hat-tricks. <a href="/wiki/Sissi_(footballer)" title="Sissi (footballer)">Sissi</a> of Brazil and <a href="/wiki/Sun_Wen_(footballer)" title="Sun Wen (footballer)">Sun Wen</a> of China PR won the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_World_Cup_Golden_Boot" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's World Cup Golden Boot">Golden Shoe</a> award for scoring seven goals, while <a href="/wiki/Ann_Kristin_Aar%C3%B8nes" title="Ann Kristin Aarønes">Ann Kristin Aarønes</a> of Norway finished third with four goals.<sup id="cite_ref-Statistics_109-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statistics-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Goals_186-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Goals-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p><p><b>7 goals</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width:25em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sissi_(footballer)" title="Sissi (footballer)">Sissi</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Wen_(footballer)" title="Sun Wen (footballer)">Sun Wen</a></li></ul></div> <p><b>4 goals</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width:25em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ann_Kristin_Aar%C3%B8nes" title="Ann Kristin Aarønes">Ann Kristin Aarønes</a></li></ul></div> <p><b>3 goals</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width:25em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pretinha" title="Pretinha">Pretinha</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jin_Yan_(footballer)" title="Jin Yan (footballer)">Jin Yan</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liu_Ailing" title="Liu Ailing">Liu Ailing</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Inka_Grings" title="Inka Grings">Inka Grings</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bettina_Wiegmann" title="Bettina Wiegmann">Bettina Wiegmann</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nkiru_Okosieme" title="Nkiru Okosieme">Nkiru Okosieme</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marianne_Pettersen" title="Marianne Pettersen">Marianne Pettersen</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hege_Riise" title="Hege Riise">Hege Riise</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tiffeny_Milbrett" title="Tiffeny Milbrett">Tiffeny Milbrett</a></li></ul></div> <p><b>2 goals</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width:25em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national soccer team"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Julie_Murray" title="Julie Murray">Julie Murray</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cidinha" title="Cidinha">Cidinha</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/K%C3%A1tia_Cilene_Teixeira" class="mw-redirect" title="Kátia Cilene Teixeira">Kátia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada women's national soccer team"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Charmaine_Hooper" title="Charmaine Hooper">Charmaine Hooper</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Ouying" title="Zhang Ouying">Zhang Ouying</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Italy women's national football team"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Patrizia_Panico" title="Patrizia Panico">Patrizia Panico</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mercy_Akide" title="Mercy Akide">Mercy Akide</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="North Korea women's national football team"><img alt="North Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jo_Song-ok" title="Jo Song-ok">Jo Song-ok</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elena_Fomina" title="Elena Fomina">Elena Fomina</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Olga_Letyushova" title="Olga Letyushova">Olga Letyushova</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hanna_Ljungberg" title="Hanna Ljungberg">Hanna Ljungberg</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team"><img alt="Sweden" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Akers" title="Michelle Akers">Michelle Akers</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mia_Hamm" title="Mia Hamm">Mia Hamm</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kristine_Lilly" title="Kristine Lilly">Kristine Lilly</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cindy_Parlow_Cone" title="Cindy Parlow Cone">Cindy Parlow</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tisha_Venturini" title="Tisha Venturini">Tisha Venturini</a></li></ul></div> <p><b>1 goal</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width:25em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national soccer team"><img 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maycon_(footballer,_born_1977)" title="Maycon (footballer, born 1977)">Maycon</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nen%C3%AA_(footballer,_born_1976)" title="Nenê (footballer, born 1976)">Nenê</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada women's national soccer team"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Silvana_Burtini" title="Silvana Burtini">Silvana Burtini</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fan_Yunjie" title="Fan Yunjie">Fan Yunjie</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liu_Ying_(footballer)" title="Liu Ying (footballer)">Liu Ying</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pu_Wei" title="Pu Wei">Pu Wei</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Zhao_Lihong" title="Zhao Lihong">Zhao Lihong</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Denmark women's national football team"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Janni_Johansen" title="Janni Johansen">Janni Johansen</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ariane_Hingst" title="Ariane Hingst">Ariane Hingst</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Steffi_Jones" title="Steffi Jones">Steffi Jones</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Renate_Lingor" title="Renate Lingor">Renate Lingor</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Birgit_Prinz" title="Birgit Prinz">Birgit Prinz</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Smisek" title="Sandra Smisek">Sandra Smisek</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ghana_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Ghana women's national football team"><img alt="Ghana" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nana_Gyamfuah" title="Nana Gyamfuah">Nana Gyamfuah</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Italy women's national football team"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Paola_Zanni" title="Paola Zanni">Paola Zanni</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women's national football team"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nami_Otake" title="Nami Otake">Nami Otake</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mexico women's national football team"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maribel_Dom%C3%ADnguez" title="Maribel Domínguez">Maribel Domínguez</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nkechi_Egbe" title="Nkechi Egbe">Nkechi Egbe</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Prisca_Emeafu" title="Prisca Emeafu">Prisca Emeafu</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rita_Nwadike" title="Rita Nwadike">Rita Nwadike</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="North Korea women's national football team"><img alt="North Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jin_Pyol-hui" title="Jin Pyol-hui">Jin Pyol-hui</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="North Korea women's national football team"><img alt="North Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kim_Kum-sil" title="Kim Kum-sil">Kim Kum-sil</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Solveig_Gulbrandsen" title="Solveig Gulbrandsen">Solveig Gulbrandsen</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Unni_Lehn" title="Unni Lehn">Unni Lehn</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Linda_Medalen" title="Linda Medalen">Linda Medalen</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dagny_Mellgren" title="Dagny Mellgren">Dagny Mellgren</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brit_Sandaune" title="Brit Sandaune">Brit Sandaune</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Natalia_Barbashina" title="Natalia Barbashina">Natalia Barbashina</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Irina_Grigorieva_(footballer)" title="Irina Grigorieva (footballer)">Irina Grigorieva</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Natalia_Karasseva" title="Natalia Karasseva">Natalia Karasseva</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Olga_Karasseva" title="Olga Karasseva">Olga Karasseva</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Galina_Komarova" title="Galina Komarova">Galina Komarova</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Larisa_Savina" title="Larisa Savina">Larisa Savina</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kristin_Bengtsson" title="Kristin Bengtsson">Kristin Bengtsson</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Malin_Mostr%C3%B6m" title="Malin Moström">Malin Moström</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jane_T%C3%B6rnqvist" title="Jane Törnqvist">Jane Törnqvist</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brandi_Chastain" title="Brandi Chastain">Brandi Chastain</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Joy_Fawcett" title="Joy Fawcett">Joy Fawcett</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Julie_Foudy" title="Julie Foudy">Julie Foudy</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shannon_MacMillan" title="Shannon MacMillan">Shannon MacMillan</a></li></ul></div> <p><b>1 own goal</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width:25em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women's national football team"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hiromi_Ikeda" title="Hiromi Ikeda">Hiromi Isozaki</a> (against Norway)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ifeanyi_Chiejine" title="Ifeanyi Chiejine">Ifeanyi Chiejine</a> (against United States)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brandi_Chastain" title="Brandi Chastain">Brandi Chastain</a> (against Germany)</li></ul></div><p><small>Source: FIFA<sup id="cite_ref-FIFA-Goals_186-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-Goals-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assists">Assists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Assists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>4 assists</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width:25em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Irina_Grigorieva_(footballer)" title="Irina Grigorieva (footballer)">Irina Grigorieva</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Julie_Foudy" title="Julie Foudy">Julie Foudy</a></li></ul></div> <p><b>3 assists</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width:25em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sissi_(footballer)" title="Sissi (footballer)">Sissi</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Wen_(footballer)" title="Sun Wen (footballer)">Sun Wen</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Unni_Lehn" title="Unni Lehn">Unni Lehn</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Olga_Letyushova" title="Olga Letyushova">Olga Letyushova</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shannon_MacMillan" title="Shannon MacMillan">Shannon MacMillan</a></li></ul></div> <p><b>2 assists</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width:25em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nen%C3%AA_(footballer,_born_1976)" title="Nenê (footballer, born 1976)">Nenê</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pu_Wei" title="Pu Wei">Pu Wei</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Zhao_Lihong" title="Zhao Lihong">Zhao Lihong</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Smisek" title="Sandra Smisek">Sandra Smisek</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marianne_Pettersen" title="Marianne Pettersen">Marianne Pettersen</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brandi_Chastain" title="Brandi Chastain">Brandi Chastain</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mia_Hamm" title="Mia Hamm">Mia Hamm</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tiffeny_Milbrett" title="Tiffeny Milbrett">Tiffeny Milbrett</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cindy_Parlow_Cone" title="Cindy Parlow Cone">Cindy Parlow</a></li></ul></div> <p><b>1 assist</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width:25em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national soccer team"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Julie_Murray" title="Julie Murray">Julie Murray</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elane_Rego_dos_Santos" class="mw-redirect" title="Elane Rego dos Santos">Elane</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Raquel_de_Souza_Noronha" class="mw-redirect" title="Raquel de Souza Noronha">Raquel</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada women's national soccer team"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Geri_Donnelly" title="Geri Donnelly">Geri Donnelly</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada women's national soccer team"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Charmaine_Hooper" title="Charmaine Hooper">Charmaine Hooper</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada women's national soccer team"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Neil" title="Andrea Neil">Andrea Neil</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada women's national soccer team"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sharolta_Nonen" title="Sharolta Nonen">Sharolta Nonen</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jin_Yan_(footballer)" title="Jin Yan (footballer)">Jin Yan</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liu_Ying_(footballer)" title="Liu Ying (footballer)">Liu Ying</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wang_Liping_(footballer)" title="Wang Liping (footballer)">Wang Liping</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Doris_Fitschen" title="Doris Fitschen">Doris Fitschen</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maren_Meinert" title="Maren Meinert">Maren Meinert</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Birgit_Prinz" title="Birgit Prinz">Birgit Prinz</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pia_Wunderlich" title="Pia Wunderlich">Pia Wunderlich</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ghana_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Ghana women's national football team"><img alt="Ghana" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vivian_Mensah" title="Vivian Mensah">Vivian Mensah</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Italy women's national football team"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Antonella_Carta" title="Antonella Carta">Antonella Carta</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women's national football team"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tamaki_Uchiyama" title="Tamaki Uchiyama">Tamaki Uchiyama</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mercy_Akide" title="Mercy Akide">Mercy Akide</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Patience_Avre" title="Patience Avre">Patience Avre</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rita_Nwadike" title="Rita Nwadike">Rita Nwadike</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="North Korea women's national football team"><img alt="North Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> Jo Jong-ran</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="North Korea women's national football team"><img alt="North Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jo_Song-ok" title="Jo Song-ok">Jo Song-ok</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ann_Kristin_Aar%C3%B8nes" title="Ann Kristin Aarønes">Ann Kristin Aarønes</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Silje_J%C3%B8rgensen" title="Silje Jørgensen">Silje Jørgensen</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Monica_Knudsen" title="Monica Knudsen">Monica Knudsen</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brit_Sandaune" title="Brit Sandaune">Brit Sandaune</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Natalia_Barbashina" title="Natalia Barbashina">Natalia Barbashina</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Natalia_Karasseva" title="Natalia Karasseva">Natalia Karasseva</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Malin_Andersson" title="Malin Andersson">Malin Andersson</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kristin_Bengtsson" title="Kristin Bengtsson">Kristin Bengtsson</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Malin_Mostr%C3%B6m" title="Malin Moström">Malin Moström</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Sandell_Svensson" title="Victoria Sandell Svensson">Victoria Svensson</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Joy_Fawcett" title="Joy Fawcett">Joy Fawcett</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kristine_Lilly" title="Kristine Lilly">Kristine Lilly</a></li></ul></div><p><small>Source: FIFA<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tournament_ranking">Tournament ranking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Tournament ranking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span style="font-size:85%;">Per statistical convention in soccer, matches decided in <a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Association_football" title="Overtime (sports)">extra time</a> are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by <a href="/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)" title="Penalty shoot-out (association football)">penalty shoot-outs</a> are counted as draws.</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Group">Grp</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Final result </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFD700;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFD700;"><a href="#Group_A">A</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFD700;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">United States</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(H)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFD700;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFD700;">5 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFD700;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFD700;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFD700;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFD700;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFD700;">+15 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFD700;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFD700;" rowspan="1">Champions </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#C0C0C0;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#C0C0C0;"><a href="#Group_D">D</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women's national football team">China</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#C0C0C0;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#C0C0C0;">5 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#C0C0C0;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#C0C0C0;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#C0C0C0;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#C0C0C0;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#C0C0C0;">+17 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#C0C0C0;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#C0C0C0;" rowspan="1">Runners-up </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CD7F32;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CD7F32;"><a href="#Group_B">B</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CD7F32;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Brazil women's national football team">Brazil</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CD7F32;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CD7F32;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CD7F32;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CD7F32;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CD7F32;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CD7F32;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CD7F32;">+7 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CD7F32;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CD7F32;" rowspan="1">Third place </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="#Group_C">C</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Norway women's national football team">Norway</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">+8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;" rowspan="1">Fourth place </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#BBBBBB; line-height:3pt;"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">5 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="#Group_C">C</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team">Russia</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">5 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">+5 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;" rowspan="4">Eliminated in<br /><a href="#Quarter-finals">quarter-finals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="#Group_D">D</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden women's national football team">Sweden</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">+1 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="#Group_A">A</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Nigeria women's national football team">Nigeria</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">−4 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="#Group_B">B</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team">Germany</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">+5 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">5 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#BBBBBB; line-height:3pt;"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="#Group_B">B</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Italy women's national football team">Italy</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;" rowspan="8">Eliminated in<br /><a href="#Group_stage">group stage</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="#Group_A">A</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="North Korea women's national football team">North Korea</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">−2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="#Group_D">D</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national soccer team">Australia</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">−4 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="#Group_C">C</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada women's national soccer team">Canada</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">−9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="#Group_D">D</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ghana_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Ghana women's national football team">Ghana</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">−9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="#Group_C">C</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women's national football team">Japan</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">−9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="#Group_A">A</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Denmark women's national football team">Denmark</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">−7 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="#Group_B">B</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexico_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mexico women's national football team">Mexico</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">−14 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">0 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: FIFA Technical Report<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-weight:bold">(H)</span> Hosts</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: See 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href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification" title="2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification" title="2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification" title="2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification" title="2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification" title="2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification" title="2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification">2023</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2027_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_qualification" class="mw-redirect" title="2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification">2027</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_finals" title="List of FIFA Women's World Cup finals">Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_final" title="1991 FIFA Women's World Cup final">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_final" title="1995 FIFA Women's World Cup final">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_final" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_final" title="2003 FIFA Women's World Cup final">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_final" title="2007 FIFA Women's World Cup final">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_final" title="2011 FIFA Women's World Cup final">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_final" title="2015 FIFA Women's World Cup final">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_final" title="2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_final" title="2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Squads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_squads" title="1991 FIFA Women's World Cup squads">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_squads" title="1995 FIFA Women's World Cup squads">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_squads" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squads">1999</a></li> <li><a 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