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1995 FIFA Women's World Cup#Quarter-finals

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{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = FIFA Women's World Cup

| year = 1995

| other_titles = Världsmästerskapet i fotboll för damer 1995

| country = Sweden

| dates = {{Nowrap|5–18 June}}

| image = 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.png

| size =

| caption = Official logo

| num_teams = 12

| confederations = 6

| venues = 5

| cities = 5

| champion_other = {{fbw|NOR}}

| count = 1

| second_other = {{fbw|GER}}

| third_other = {{fbw|USA}}

| fourth_other = {{fbw|CHN}}

| matches = 26

| goals = 99

| attendance = {{#expr: 3824 + 14500 + 5855 + 2286 + 7811 + 3203 + 4344 + 655 + 5520 + 250 + 2715 + 1843 + 4635 + 1500 + 2704 + 1500 + 1105 + 1619 + 3756 + 4655 + 2317 + 7537 + 2893 + 3693 + 4335 + 17158}}

| top_scorer = {{fbwicon|NOR}} Ann Kristin Aarønes {{nowrap|(6 goals)}}

| player = {{fbwicon|NOR}} Hege Riise

| fair_play = {{fbw|SWE}}

| prevseason = 1991

| nextseason = 1999

}}

The 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, the second edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in Sweden and won by Norway, who became the first European nation to win the Women's World Cup.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/13/sports/women-s-world-cup-norway-s-rivalry-with-us-is-intense.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=WOMEN'S WORLD CUP; Norway's Rivalry With U.S. Is Intense|work=The New York Times|date=13 June 1999 |access-date=2 August 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/06/19/norway-women-win-world-cup/ |title=Norway Women Win World Cup – Chicago Tribune |publisher=Articles.chicagotribune.com |date=19 June 1995 |access-date=2 August 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7kRzEKGpJg&feature=BFp&list=WL42C4FC89F763B0C6 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928085919/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7kRzEKGpJg&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2014-09-28 | url-status=dead|title=Raising Their Game: Enjoying it in 1995 |publisher=YouTube |date=14 June 2012 |access-date=2 August 2012}} The tournament featured 12 women's national teams from six continental confederations. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams and two best third-ranked teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the final at Råsunda Stadium on 18 June 1995.

Sweden became the first country to host both men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the men's in 1958.

Australia, Canada, and England made their debuts in the competition. The tournament also hosted as qualification for the 1996 Summer Olympics, with the eight quarter-finalists being invited to the Olympics. In the second edition of the Women's World Cup, matches were lengthened to the standard 90 minutes, and three points were awarded for a win.{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Jean |title=A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football |page=4 |quote=Some of the terms and conditions had been changed this time: 90 minutes of play instead of 80 in China, a full group of 20 players instead of 18, three points for a win, and the experiment with time out. |isbn=978-1-84788-345-2 |date=1 November 2007 |publisher=Berg Publishers}}

Summary

Bulgaria was originally awarded hosting rights for the tournament, but had to relinquish the rights and FIFA ended up awarding the tournament to Sweden.{{cite web |url=https://sites.duke.edu/wcwp/tournament-guides/world-cup-2015-guide/history-of-the-womens-world-cup/1995-womens-world-cup/ |title=1995 Women's World Cup |first=Anthony |last=Russo|date=12 April 2015 }} About 112,000 tickets were sold for the entire tournament.{{cite web |url=https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/1999/06-13/0038_women_s_world_cup__soccer_s_bigge.html |title=WOMEN'S WORLD CUP: Soccer's biggest event a week away |date=13 June 1999 |publisher=Kitsap Sun}}

As a FIFA rules experiment, each team was allowed a two-minute time out each half.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1995/06/04/womens-world-cup-95-sweden/ad46f472-3c83-4128-b2f5-eb87ffcad7ec/?noredirect=on |title=Women's World Cup '95 Sweden |first=Steven |last=Goff |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=4 June 1995}}

Norway won the 1995 title, with one in four Norwegians watching the game on television. Norway's team plane was escorted back to Oslo by two F-16s on their way to a victory celebration.

Venues

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{{Location map~|Sweden South|lat=60.673056|long=17.1275|label=Gävle|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Sweden South|lat=56.049444|long=12.706944|label=Helsingborg}}

{{Location map~|Sweden South|lat=59.386694|long=13.4935|label=Karlstad|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Sweden South|lat=59.620556|long=16.541111|label=Västerås|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Sweden South|lat=59.362742|long=17.996308|label=Solna|position=bottom}}

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Teams

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

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  • Africa (CAF)
  • {{fbw|NGA}}
  • Asia (AFC)
  • {{fbw|CHN}}
  • {{fbw|JPN|1947}}
  • South America (CONMEBOL)
  • {{fbw|BRA}}
  • Oceania (OFC)
  • {{fbw|AUS}}

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  • Europe (UEFA)
  • {{fbw|DEN}}
  • {{fbw|ENG}}
  • {{fbw|GER}}
  • {{fbw|NOR}}
  • {{fbw|SWE}} (qualified automatically as hosts)
  • North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)
  • {{fbw|CAN}}
  • {{fbw|USA}}

Squads

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

Match officials

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|+ Referees

Confederation

! Referee

colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Female officials
rowspan="2" | CONCACAF

| Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Catherine Leann Hepburn (United States)
CONMEBOL

| Maria Edilene Siqueira (Brazil)

OFC

| Linda May Black (New Zealand)

rowspan="3" | UEFA

| Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Eva Ödlund (Sweden){{efn|Also served as an assistant referee for one match.}}
Bente Skogvang (Norway)
colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Male officials
AFC

| Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)

rowspan="2" | CAF

| Engage Camara (Guinea)

Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
CONMEBOL

| Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

UEFA

| Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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|+ Assistant referees

Confederation

! Assistant referee

colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Female officials
AFC

| Hisae Yoshizawa (Japan)

CONCACAF

| María del Socorro Rodríguez (Mexico)

CONMEBOL

| Ana Bia Batista (Brazil)

rowspan="4" | UEFA

| Christine Frai (Germany)

Gitte Holm (Denmark)
Corinne Lagrange (France)
Veronika Schluchter-Märki (Switzerland)
colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Male officials
AFC

| Jeon Young-hyun (South Korea)

rowspan="2" | CAF

| Amir Osman Mohamed Hamid (Sudan)

Mamadou Touré (Mali)
CONCACAF

| Peter Kelly (Trinidad and Tobago)

CONMEBOL

| Manuel Yupanqui Souza (Peru)

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Notes

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Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 18 February 1995 in a public ceremony at the Elite Hotel Marina Plaza in Helsingborg, Sweden. The draw was conducted by Sepp Blatter, then the FIFA General Secretary, and assisted by Swedish internationals Tomas Brolin and Kristin Bengtsson, winners of the 1994 Guldbollen and Diamantbollen, respectively. There was no television coverage of the draw.{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/statistical-kit-the-official-draw-for-the-fifa-women-s-world-cup-france-2019tm.pdf?cloudid=jetdflkk8l5do8ph8p9e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830183813/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/statistical-kit-the-official-draw-for-the-fifa-women-s-world-cup-france-2019tm.pdf?cloudid=jetdflkk8l5do8ph8p9e |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 August 2020 |title=Statistical Kit – The Draw for the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |format=PDF |page=39 |date=6 December 2018 |access-date=8 January 2020}}

Group stage

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{{Anchor|Tiebreakers}} Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:{{cite book |title=Regulations of the 2nd FIFA World Championship for Women's Football 1995 |page=18 |publisher=FIFA |year=1995}}

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Drawing of lots.

=Group A=

{{Main|1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A}}

{{1995 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables|Group A|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

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=Group B=

{{Main|1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B}}

{{1995 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables|Group B|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

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=Group C=

{{Main|1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C}}

{{1995 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables|Group C|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

Group C started with back-and-forth 3–3 draw between the United States and China with the Chinese coming back from a 3–1 deficit. Denmark's opening 5–0 win over Australia, in which Sonia Gegenhuber was sent off in the 45th minute for the Aussies, ultimately led to their securing one of the best third place runner up spots as they would lose their next two matches.{{cite web |url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/1995A.html |title=Matildas Internationals for 1995 |author=Peter Georgaras |author2=Steve Darby |author3=Andre Kruger |author4=Thomas Esamie |website=OzFootball}}

United States goalkeeper Brianna Scurry was sent off in the 88th minute of the second group game against Denmark. With all three substitutions used, U.S. manager Tony DiCicco called upon striker Mia Hamm to play goalkeeper. Hamm made two saves over eight minutes of stoppage time to secure the 2–0 win.{{cite web |url=https://the18.com/soccer-videos/mia-hamm-playing-goalie-1995-womens-world-cup |title=TBT: Remember When Mia Hamm Played Goalie at the Women's World Cup? |first=Travis |last=Yoesting |date=4 April 2019 |website=the18.com}} In the other game, Angela Iannotta scored Australia's first-ever World Cup goal, but China defeated the Matildas 4–2.

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=Ranking of third-placed teams=

{{1995 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables|3rd place}}

Knockout stage

{{Main|1995 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage}}

=Bracket=

{{#lst:1995 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage|Bracket}}

=Quarter-finals=

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=Semi-finals=

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=Third place play-off=

{{#lst:1995 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage|TPP}}

=Final=

{{Main|1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Final}}

{{#lst:1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Final|Final}}

Awards

{{See also|FIFA Women's World Cup awards}}

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[https://web.archive.org/web/20150702170243/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/archive/sweden1995/awards/index.html Awards 1995]

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style="width:33%"|Golden Ball

!style="width:33%"|Silver Ball

!style="width:33%"|Bronze Ball

{{fbwicon|NOR}} Hege Riise

|{{fbwicon|NOR}} Gro Espeseth

|{{fbwicon|NOR}} Ann Kristin Aarønes

Golden Shoe

!Silver Shoe

!Bronze Shoe

{{fbwicon|NOR}} Ann Kristin Aarønes

|{{fbwicon|NOR}} Hege Riise

|{{fbwicon|CHN}} Shi Guihong

6 goals, 0 assists

|5 goals, 5 assists

|3 goals, 2 assists

colspan="3"|FIFA Fair Play Award
colspan="3"|{{fbw|SWE}}

Statistics

=Goalscorers=

{{Goalscorers

|goals=99 |matches=26

|further=Ann Kristin Aarønes of Norway won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals.

|6 goals=

|5 goals=

|3 goals=

|2 goals=

|1 goal=

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=Assists=

{{Goalscorers

|assists=yes

|source=FIFA Technical Report{{cite book |title=Statistics – 2nd FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995 |work=FIFA |year=1995 |location=Zürich}}

|6 assists=

|5 assists=

|3 assists=

|2 assists=

|1 assist=

}}

=Tournament ranking=

{{small|Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams eliminated in the quarter-finals are ranked by their quarter-final goal differential.}}

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete |source=FIFA Technical Report{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/67fcb54ae7f99b39/original/k8tckmrzgvizypwyyyvf-pdf.pdf |title=FIFA Women's World Cup 1995 – Technical Report, Part 1: Table |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |page=14 (15 of PDF) |access-date=1 July 2019}}

|status_SWE=H

|team1=NOR |team2=GER |team3=USA |team4=CHN |team5=SWE |team6=ENG |team7=DEN |team8=JPN |team9=BRA |team10=CAN |team11=NGA |team12=AUS

|win_AUS=0 |draw_AUS=0 |loss_AUS=3 |gf_AUS=3 |ga_AUS=13

|win_BRA=1 |draw_BRA=0 |loss_BRA=2 |gf_BRA=3 |ga_BRA=8

|win_CAN=0 |draw_CAN=1 |loss_CAN=2 |gf_CAN=5 |ga_CAN=13

|win_CHN=2 |draw_CHN=2 |loss_CHN=2 |gf_CHN=11|ga_CHN=10

|win_DEN=1 |draw_DEN=0 |loss_DEN=3 |gf_DEN=7 |ga_DEN=8

|win_ENG=2 |draw_ENG=0 |loss_ENG=2 |gf_ENG=6 |ga_ENG=9

|win_GER=4 |draw_GER=0 |loss_GER=2 |gf_GER=13|ga_GER=6

|win_JPN=1 |draw_JPN=0 |loss_JPN=3 |gf_JPN=2 |ga_JPN=8

|win_NGA=0 |draw_NGA=1 |loss_NGA=2 |gf_NGA=5 |ga_NGA=14

|win_NOR=6 |draw_NOR=0 |loss_NOR=0 |gf_NOR=23|ga_NOR=1

|win_SWE=2 |draw_SWE=1 |loss_SWE=1 |gf_SWE=6 |ga_SWE=4

|win_USA=4 |draw_USA=1 |loss_USA=1 |gf_USA=15|ga_USA=5

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|name_BRA={{fbw|BRA}}

|name_CAN={{fbw|CAN}}

|name_CHN={{fbw|CHN}}

|name_DEN={{fbw|DEN}}

|name_ENG={{fbw|ENG}}

|name_GER={{fbw|GER}}

|name_JPN={{fbw|JPN|1947}}

|name_NGA={{fbw|NGA}}

|name_NOR={{fbw|NOR}}

|name_SWE={{fbw|SWE}}

|name_USA={{fbw|USA}}

|show_groups=T

|group_AUS=C

|group_BRA=A

|group_CAN=B

|group_CHN=C

|group_DEN=C

|group_ENG=B

|group_GER=A

|group_JPN=A

|group_NGA=B

|group_NOR=B

|group_SWE=A

|group_USA=C

|res_col_header=Final result

|col_1st=#FFD700 |text_1st=Champions

|col_2nd=#C0C0C0 |text_2nd=Runners-up

|col_3rd=#CD7F32 |text_3rd=Third place

|text_4th=Fourth place

|text_QF=Eliminated in
quarter-finals

|text_GS=Eliminated in
group stage

|split4=yes |split8=yes

|result1=1st |result2=2nd |result3=3rd |result4=4th |result5=QF |result6=QF |result7=QF |result8=QF |result9=GS |result10=GS |result11=GS |result12=GS

}}

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20150608000049/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/archive/sweden1995/index.html FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995], FIFA.com
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20111226233843/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/17/wwc%5f95%5ftr%5fpart1%5f259.pdf FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20111227001939/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/15/wwc%5f95%5ftr%5fpart2%5f258.pdf (Part 2)]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20150424023918/http://www.oppetarkiv.se/etikett/titel/VM_i_fotboll_-_damer/ SVT's open archive]

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