FIFA Women's World Cup 1995 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The FIFA Women's World Cup 1995 was held in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

and won by Norway

Norway women's national football team

The Norway women's national football team represents Norway in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway, are former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams...

Venues

	Strömvallen Strömvallen Strömvallen is a football stadium in Gävle, Sweden. It is the home ground of Gefle IF. The stadium holds 7,302 people and was built in 1923.- External links :*... , Gävle Gävle Gävle is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 71,033 inhabitants in 12/31 2010. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland , having received its charter in 1446 from Christopher of Bavaria.-History:It is believed that the name Gävle... Capacity: 7,300 Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Helsingborg Helsingborg is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 97,122 inhabitants in 2010. Helsingborg is the centre of an area in the Øresund region of about 320,000 inhabitants in north-west Scania, and is Sweden's closest point to Denmark, with the Danish city... Capacity: 17,200 Tingvalla IP Tingvalla IP Tingvalla Idrottsplats, Tingvalla IP, is a stadium in Karlstad, Sweden and is the home ground of the football team Carlstad United and the American football team Carlstad crusaders. It is also used for athletic events and other sports and gatherings.... , Karlstad Karlstad Karlstad is a city, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants... Capacity: 5,000 Arosvallen Arosvallen Arosvallen is a multi-use stadium in Västerås, Sweden. It is mostly used for football games. It is the home stadium for the division 1 American football team Västerås Roedeers.... , Västerås Västerås Västerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm... Capacity: 10,000 Råsunda Råsunda Stadium Råsunda Fotbollstadion, also Råsundastadion, Råsunda Stadium or just Råsunda, is a Swedish national football stadium. It is located in Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm and named after Råsunda, a zone of Solna.-History:... , Solna Solna Municipality Solna Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, located just north of the capital Stockholm. Its seat is located in the 'city' of Solna.... Capacity: 36,800

Teams

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

Africa (CAF
Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...

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Asia (AFC
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...

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South America (CONMEBOL
CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...

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Oceania (OCF
Oceania Football Confederation
The Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international association football, consisting of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and island nations such as Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific Island countries...

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Europe (UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

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} (qualified automatically as hosts)

North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

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Squads

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

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup squads

Below are the rosters for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup tournament in Sweden.-=Head coach: Ademar Fonseca:=Head coach: Gero Bisanz-=Head coach: Tamotsu Suzuki:=...

Match officials

Africa Engage Camara Mamadou Toure Petros Mathabela Mohamed Hamid Osman

Asia Hisae Yoshizawa Young Jeon Pirom Un-Prasert

Pirom Un-Prasert

Pirom Un-Prasert is a retired international football referee from Thailand, best known for refereeing two matches in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.-References:*...

North, Central America and Caribbean Sonia Denoncourt

Sonia Denoncourt

Sonia Denoncourt is a retired football referee from Canada.Denoncourt became the first female FIFA accredited referee in 1994. She went on to referee the 1995, 1999 and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cups as well as the 1996 and 2000 Olympic football tournaments...

Maria Rodríguez

Maria Rodriguez

Maria Rodriguez may refer to:*Maria Rodriguez , Village President of Long Grove, Illinois and U.S. Congressional candidate*María Rodríguez , Venezuelan folk singer...

Peter Kelly Catherine Leann Hepburn

Oceania Linda May Black
South America Ana Bia Batista Maria Edilene Siqueira Eduardo Gamboa Manuel Yupanqui Souza

Europe Gitte Holm Corinne Lagrange Christine Frai Alain Hamer

Alain Hamer

Alain Hamer is a Luxembourgan football referee. He has refereed over 50 matches in the UEFA Champions League, the first in 2000-01. He has also refereed a match in the African Cup of Nations and close to 30 matches in the French Ligue 1...

Bente Skogvang Veronika Schluchter-Maerki Eva Ödlund Ingrid Jonsson
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Group A

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Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
6	3	2	1	9	4
6	3	2	1	5	3
3	3	1	2	2	4	−2
3	3	1	2	3	8	−5

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Group B

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Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	3	3	0	0	17	0
6	3	2	0	1	6	6	0
1	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8
1	3	0	1	2	5	14	−9

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Group C

5
Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
7	3	2	1	0	9	4
7	3	2	1	0	10	6
3	3	1	0	2	6	5
0	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10

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Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third Place

Final

Awards

Golden Shoe Winner:	Golden Ball Winner:	FIFA Fair Play Trophy:
Ann-Kristin Aarønes Ann-Kristin Aarønes Ann Kristin "Anka" Aarønes is a retired Norwegian footballer.She first played for Spjelkavik IL, then for Trondheims-Ørn and the Norwegian national team. Later she played for the WUSA's New York Power, during the first season.Aarønes played 111 international matches for Norway between 1990 and...	Hege Riise Hege Riise Hege Riise is a female footballer from Norway.-Club career:Riise started playing football at age 6 and played in a boys' team until age 14....

Goalscorers

6 goals Ann-Kristin Aarønes

Ann-Kristin Aarønes

Ann Kristin "Anka" Aarønes is a retired Norwegian footballer.She first played for Spjelkavik IL, then for Trondheims-Ørn and the Norwegian national team. Later she played for the WUSA's New York Power, during the first season.Aarønes played 111 international matches for Norway between 1990 and...

5 goals Hege Riise

Hege Riise

Hege Riise is a female footballer from Norway.-Club career:Riise started playing football at age 6 and played in a boys' team until age 14....

3 goals

Gitte Krogh Shi Guihong

Shi Guihong

Shi Guihong is a female Chinese football player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.In 1996 she won the silver medal with the Chinese team. She played all five matches and scored two goals.-External links:*...

Bettina Wiegmann

Bettina Wiegmann is a retired German football midfielder. She scored 51 goals in 154 caps for the German national team between 1989 and 2003. In 1997 she was selected German Female Footballer of the Year....

Heidi Mohr

Heidi Mohr is a former German footballer. As a footballer she was renowned for her speed and her ability to shoot with both feet. In 1999 she was voted Europe's Footballer of the Century.-Club career:...

Kristin Sandberg

Kristin Sandberg is a former Norwegian football player and World Champion.She played on the Norwegian team that won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.-References:...

Marianne Pettersen

Marianne Iren Pettersen is a Norwegian footballer. She was a forward for the club Asker, whom she joined from Gjelleråsen after the 1996 season, and became the top scorer with 36 goals in the 1998 season of 18 matches. For the Norwegian national team, she debuted in 1994, scoring against Italy....

Kristine Lilly

Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey is a retired American soccer player who last played for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and was a member of the United States women's national soccer team for 24 years...

Tiffeny Milbrett Tisha Venturini

Tisha Venturini

Tisha Venturini-Hoch is a former American soccer player and current National Spokesperson for Produce for Better Health.-Career:...

2 goals

Gillian Coultard

Gillian Coultard

Gillian Coultard is a retired English football player, and former England captain. She is England Women's most capped international, with 119 appearances; she is also the highest capped outfield England international ever, with only goalkeeper Peter Shilton gaining more with 125...

Karen Farley

Karen Farley is a former English women's international footballer.-Club career:In 1995 and 1996 Farley was playing her club football in Sweden...

Roseli De Belo Akemi Noda

Akemi Noda

Akemi Noda is a former Japanese female football player.Noda played for the Japan women's national football team at the 1991 and 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. She also participated for Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:...

Geri Donnelly
Silvana Burtini Sun Wen Wei Haiying

Wei Haiying

Wei Haiying is a female Chinese football player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.In 1996 she won the silver medal with the Chinese team. She played four matches including the final and scored two goals.-External links:*...

Maren Meinert

Maren Meinert is a retired German football midfielder/striker and currently the coach for the German U-20 Women's squad...

Adaku Okoroafor
Rita Nwadike Linda Medalen

Linda Medalen

Linda Medalen is a former Norwegian footballer.She was one of Norway's most celebrated women footballers, finishing her international career with 152 caps, scoring 64 goals. She was on the Norwegian team that won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.She played most of her career in Norway with Asker...

Malin Andersson Mia Hamm

Mia Hamm

Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm is a retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female,...

1 goal

Karen Walker

Karen Walker (footballer)

Karen Walker is an English former international football centre-forward. She played for Doncaster Belles for 17 years, starting at the age of 16, and began playing for England as a teenager, making 83 appearances and scoring a record 40 goals until she retired from international football in...

Marie Anne Spacey Angela Iannotta Lisa Casagrande Sunni Hughes Pretinha Anne Nielsen Christina Hansen Christine Bonde Helle Jensen Helen Stoumbos
Liu Ailing

Liu Ailing

Liu Ailing is a female Chinese football player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.In 1996 she won the silver medal with the Chinese team. She played all five matches and scored one goal....

Sun Qingmei

Sun Qingmei is a female Chinese football player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.In 1996 she won the silver medal with the Chinese team. She played all five matches and scored three goals.-External links:*...

Wang Liping

Wang Liping (footballer)

Wang Liping is a female Chinese football player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.In 1996 she won the silver medal with the Chinese team. She played all five matches....

Zhou Yang Anouschka Bernhard Birgit Prinz

Birgit Prinz

Birgit Prinz is a former German female professional association football player. She last played for 1. FFC Frankfurt and the German national team. Prinz is one of the game's most prolific strikers and the FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals . She has been named FIFA...

Martina Voss

Martina Voss-Tecklenburg is a retired German football midfielder and lately was head coach for women's football club FCR 2001 Duisburg in Germany's top flight, the Fußball-Bundesliga. Her contract was ended on 17 February 2011...

Silvia Neid

Silvia Neid is a former professional soccer player, and, since July 2005, has served as the head coach of the Germany women's national football team after having been assistant to Tina Theune-Meyer for some time...

Ursula Lohn Patience Avre Gro Espeseth

Gro Espeseth

Gro Espeseth is a former Norwegian footballer, world champion and olympic champion.She played for the clubs Sandviken and Trondheims-Ørn, debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1991, and played 105 matches for the national team.She received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in...

Randi Leinan

Randi Leinan is a former Norwegian football player and World Champion.She played on the Norwegian team that won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sweden.-References:...

Tina Svensson

Tina Svensson is a former Norwegian footballer, world champion and olympic medalist.She debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1990, and played 57 matches for the national team....

Tone Haugen

Tone Haugen is a former Norwegian footballer, world champion and olympic medalist.She debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1984, and played 90 matches for the national team....

Anneli Andelen Lena Videkull Pia Sundhage

Pia Sundhage

Pia Mariane Sundhage is a Swedish former professional football player who is currently the head coach of the United States Women's National Team. While she played most of her career as a forward, she had stints as a midfielder as well as a sweeper.- Club :...

Ulrika Kalte Carla Overbeck Debbie Keller Joy Fawcett Julie Foudy

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