1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup USA '99
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	19 June – 10 July
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	; United States (2nd title);
Runners-up	; China PR;
Third place	; Brazil;
Fourth place	; Norway;
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	123 (3.84 per match)
Attendance	1,194,215 (37,319 per match)
Top scorer(s)	; Sissi ; Sun Wen ; (7 goals)
Best player(s)	; Sun Wen;
	; ← 1995 ; ; 2003 → ;

The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in the United States and won by the host team.^[1]^[2] The final between the U.S. and China, held on 10 July at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, was the most-attended women's sports event in history with an official attendance of 90,185.^[3] U.S. President Bill Clinton was among those in attendance. The final was scoreless after extra time and won by the U.S. in a penalty shootout.^[4]^[5] This remains the only Women's World Cup tournament in which the host nation has won.

An official music video of the number Let's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez was filmed live at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Host selection[edit]

On 31 May 1996, the FIFA Executive Committee awarded as the tournament to the United States.^[6] They became the second country to host both men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the men's less than two years before the selection.

Venues[edit]


Rose Bowl Location: Pasadena (Los Angeles), California Capacity: 90,185	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium Location: Landover, Maryland (Washington, D.C.) Capacity: 80,116	Giants Stadium Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey (New York City) Capacity: 78,972	Stanford Stadium Location: Stanford (San Francisco), California Capacity: 73,123
Chicago East Rutherford Foxborough Stanford Pasadena Portland San Jose Landover 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup (the US)

Soldier Field Location: Chicago Capacity: 65,080	Foxboro Stadium Location: Foxborough (Boston), Massachusetts Capacity: 54,456	Spartan Stadium Location: San Jose, California Capacity: 31,218	Civic Stadium Location: Portland, Oregon Capacity: 20,129

Teams[edit]

16 teams participated in the final tournament. The teams were:

Africa (CAF)
- Nigeria
- Ghana

Asia (AFC)
- North Korea
- China PR
- Japan

South America (CONMEBOL)
- Brazil

Oceania (OFC)
- Australia

Europe (UEFA)
- Denmark
- Germany
- Russia
- Norway
- Sweden
- Italy

North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)
- Canada
- Mexico
- United States (host nation – automatically qualified)

Squads[edit]

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squads.

Match officials[edit]

Africa

Cofie Comfort

Bola Elizabeth Abidoye

Omoleye Adeyemi Adeola

Fatou Gaye

Asia

Lu Lijuan

Zuo Xiudi

Hisae Yoshizawa

Im Eun Ju

Ri Song Ok

North, Central America and Caribbean

Sonia Denoncourt

Maria Rodríguez

Virginia Tovar

Jackeline Blanquice

Boni Bishop

Kari Seitz

Sandra Hunt

South America

Ana Beatriz Batista

Cleidy Mary Ribeiro

Maria Edilene Siqueira

Martha Liliana Pardo

Ana Isabel Pérez

Marisela de Fuentes

Europe

Gitte Nielsen

Katriina Elovirta

Petteri Kari

Ghislaine Labbe

Elke Günthner

Corrie Kruithof

Ann Wenche Kleven

Nicole Petignat

Susanne Borg

Oceania

Tammy Ogston

Draw[edit]

The group draw took place at the Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California on 14 February 1999.^[7]^[8]

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Qualifying countries

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	13	1	+12	9
2	Nigeria	3	2	1	5	8	−3	6
3	North Korea	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Denmark	3	0	3	1	8	−7	0

(H): Host.

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19 June 1999

15:00

Denmark	0–3	United States
	Report	Hamm 17' Foudy 73' Lilly 89'

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 78,972

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

20 June 1999