2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international association football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007.[1] Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but the outbreak of SARS in that country forced that event to be moved to the United States. FIFA immediately granted the 2007 event to China, which meant that no new host nation was chosen competitively until the voting was held for the 2011 Women's World Cup.

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
2007年女子世界杯足球赛
2007 Nián nǚzǐ shìjièbēi zúqiú sài
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates10–30 September
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place United States
Fourth place Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored111 (3.47 per match)
Attendance1,190,971 (37,218 per match)
Top scorer(s) Marta (7 goals)
Best player(s) Marta
Best goalkeeper Nadine Angerer
Fair play award Norway

The tournament opened with a record-breaking match in Shanghai, as Germany beat Argentina 11–0 to register the biggest win and the highest scoring match in Women's World Cup history, records which stood until 2019. The tournament ended with Germany defeating Brazil 2–0 in the final, having never surrendered a goal in the entire tournament. The Germans became the first national team in FIFA Women's World Cup history to retain their title.

The golden goal rule for extra time in knockout matches was eliminated by FIFA, although no matches went to extra time (and therefore, none required a penalty shootout).

Teams
Africa (CAF)
  •  Nigeria
  •  Ghana
Asia (AFC)
  •  China (host nation – automatically qualified)
  •  Australia
  •  North Korea
  •  Japan (defeated Mexico in AFC–CONCACAF playoffs)
North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)
Europe (UEFA)
  •  Norway
  •  Sweden
  •  Germany
  •  Denmark
  •  England
Oceania (OFC)
  •  New Zealand
South America (CONMEBOL)

Venues

The venues selected to host the competition were:[2]

Tianjin
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup (China)
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium
Capacity: 60,000
Wuhan
Wuhan Stadium
Capacity: 60,000
Hangzhou Chengdu Shanghai
Yellow Dragon Sports Center Chengdu Sports Centre Hongkou Stadium
Capacity: 51,000 Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 33,000

Match officials

FIFA's Refereeing Department selected 14 referees and 22 assistant referees from around the world to officiate the 32 games that made up the final tournament.[3] Candidate referees for the tournament were placed under scrutiny from 2005 onwards and attended a series of training camps. Candidates refereeing standards were regularly monitored at various tournaments around the globe before a final list was prepared.[4] This was followed by a training camp in the Canary Islands in January 2007 and a final period of preparation and training at the home of FIFA in Zurich in May.[5][6] No referees were chosen from the Oceania Football Confederation at the finals. The original selection group was made up of 42 entrants,[7] 6 of which failed fitness tests resulting in the final group of 36 being confirmed for China.[8] The United States was the only country represented by two referees.[6]

Unlike the men's tournaments, the quartets of match officials do not necessarily come from the same country or confederation. This selection system was explained by Sonia Denoncourt, the head of women's refereeing at FIFA's Refereeing Department, "We don't have as many referees among the women and we certainly don't want to sacrifice quality. What we are looking for above all is compatibility on the field of play and the closest possible language links in the team selected for each game. The most important thing for us is that the referees have a good performance in the match."[4] A fourth official was chosen from those referees not officiating a game at that time.

The referees stayed together throughout the competition at their hotel base in Shanghai.[4] From there they travelled to the various venues for their designated games, before returning to base camp to continue with their specialised training programmes.[4] As well as fitness training, they attended regular theory sessions and reviewed previous matches to try to identify possible errors and improve their performance levels. A psychologist was also assigned to the group to help with their mental preparations ahead of games.

Draw

The group draw took place on 22 April 2007 at the Guanggu Science and Technology Exhibition Centre in Wuhan after the completion of the qualifying rounds.[9]

FIFA automatically seeded the host and defending champions, slotting China and Germany into Group D and Group A, respectively.[10] The FIFA Women's World Ranking for March 2007 was used to determine the teams to occupy the other seeded positions, B1 and C1.[11] United States were ranked first, Germany second and Norway third,[12] so the United States and Norway were also seeded.

Also, no two teams from the same confederation could draw each other, except for those from UEFA, where a maximum of two teams from UEFA could be drawn into the same group. Group B quickly became dubbed the group of death[13] since three of the top five teams in the world were drawn in this group – the USA (1st), Sweden (3rd) and North Korea (5th), according to the June 2007 FIFA Women's World Rankings, the last to be released before the tournament. The same four teams were drawn together in Group A in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup,[13] on that occasion the US and Sweden progressed to the knockout stages.

Group stage
Participating countries and their results

All times are local (UTC+8).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 13 0 +13 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  England 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5 5
3  Japan 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  Argentina 3 0 0 3 1 18 −17 0
Source: FIFA
Germany 11–0 Argentina
  • Behringer 12', 24'
  • Garefrekes 17'
  • Prinz 29', 45+1', 59'
  • Lingor 51', 90+1'
  • Smisek 57', 70', 79'
 Report
Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 28,098[15]
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)
Japan 2–2 England
  • Miyama 55', 90+5'
 Report
  • K. Smith 81', 83'
Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 27,146[15]
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)
Argentina 0–1 Japan
Report
  • Nagasato 90+1'
Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 27,730[15]
Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
England 0–0 Germany
Report
Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 27,730[15]
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
Germany 2–0 Japan
  • Prinz 21'
  • Lingor 87' (pen.)
 Report
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 39,817[15]
Referee: Adriana Correa (Colombia)
England 6–1 Argentina
  • González 9' (o.g.)
  • J. Scott 10'
  • Williams 50' (pen.)
  • K. Smith 64', 77'
  • Exley 90' (pen.)
 Report
  • González 60'
Chengdu Sports Centre Stadium, Chengdu
Attendance: 30,730[15]
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  North Korea 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3  Sweden 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  Nigeria 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: FIFA

The four teams were also paired in the same group in 2003.

United States 2–2 North Korea
  • Wambach 50'
  • O'Reilly 69'
 Report
  • Kil Son-hui 58'
  • Kim Yong-ae 62'
Chengdu Sports Centre Stadium, Chengdu
Attendance: 35,100[15]
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
Nigeria 1–1 Sweden
  • Uwak 82'
 Report
  • Svensson 50'
Chengdu Sports Centre Stadium, Chengdu
Attendance: 35,100[15]
Referee: Niu Huijun (China PR)
Sweden 0–2 United States
Report
  • Wambach 34' (pen.), 58'
Chengdu Sports Centre Stadium, Chengdu
Attendance: 35,600[15]
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)
North Korea 2–0 Nigeria
  • Kim Kyong-hwa 17'
  • Ri Kum-suk 21'
 Report
Chengdu Sports Centre Stadium, Chengdu
Attendance: 35,600[15]
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)
Nigeria 0–1 United States
Report
  • Chalupny 1'
Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 6,100[15]
Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)
North Korea 1–2 Sweden
  • Ri Un-suk 22'
 Report
  • Schelin 4', 54'
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 33,196[15]
Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 2 1 0 10 4 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Australia 3 1 2 0 7 4 +3 5
3  Canada 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
4  Ghana 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
Source: FIFA
Ghana 1–4 Australia
  • Amankwa 70'
 Report
  • Walsh 15'
  • De Vanna 57', 81'
  • Garriock 69'
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 30,752[15]
Referee: Adriana Correa (Colombia)
Norway 2–1 Canada
  • R. Gulbrandsen 52'
  • Stangeland Horpestad 81'
 Report
  • Chapman 33'
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 30,752[15]
Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)
Canada 4–0 Ghana
  • Sinclair 16', 62'
  • Schmidt 55'
  • Franko 77'
 Report
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 33,835[15]
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
Australia 1–1 Norway
  • De Vanna 83'
 Report
  • R. Gulbrandsen 5'
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 33,835[15]
Referee: Niu Huijun (China PR)
Norway 7–2 Ghana
  • Storløkken 4'
  • R. Gulbrandsen 39', 59', 62'
  • Stangeland Horpestad 45' (pen.)
  • Herlovsen 56'
  • Klaveness 69'
 Report
  • Bayor 73'
  • Okoe 80' (pen.)
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou[note 2]
Attendance: 43,817[15]
Referee: Jennifer Bennett (United States)
Australia 2–2 Canada
  • McCallum 53'
  • Salisbury 90+2'
 Report
  • Tancredi 1'
  • Sinclair 85'
Chengdu Sports Centre Stadium, Chengdu
Attendance: 29,300[15]
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  China (H) 3 2 0 1 5 6 −1 6
3  Denmark 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4  New Zealand 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: FIFA
(H) Host
New Zealand 0–5 Brazil
Report
  • Daniela 10'
  • Cristiane 54'
  • Marta 74', 90+3'
  • Renata Costa 86'
Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium, Wuhan
Attendance: 50,800[15]
Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)
China 3–2 Denmark
  • Li Jie 31'
  • Bi Yan 50'
  • Song Xiaoli 88'
 Report
  • Nielsen 51'
  • Sørensen 87'
Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium, Wuhan
Attendance: 50,800[15]
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)
Denmark 2–0 New Zealand
  • K. Pedersen 61'
  • Sørensen 66'
 Report
Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium, Wuhan
Attendance: 54,000[15]
Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)
Brazil 4–0 China
  • Marta 42', 70'
  • Cristiane 47', 48'
 Report
Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium, Wuhan
Attendance: 54,000[15]
Referee: Jennifer Bennett (United States)
China 2–0 New Zealand
  • Li Jie 57'
  • Xie Caixia 79'
 Report
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 55,832[15]
Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
Brazil 1–0 Denmark
  • Pretinha 90+1'
 Report
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 43,817[15]
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 September – Wuhan
 
 
 Germany3
 
26 September – Tianjin
 
 North Korea0
 
 Germany3
 
23 September – Wuhan
 
 Norway0
 
 Norway1
 
30 September – Shanghai
 
 China0
 
 Germany2
 
22 September – Tianjin
 
 Brazil0
 
 United States3
 
27 September – Hangzhou
 
 England0
 
 United States0
 
23 September – Tianjin
 
 Brazil4 Third place play-off
 
 Brazil3
 
30 September – Shanghai
 
 Australia2
 
 Norway1
 
 
 United States4
 

Quarter-finals
Germany 3–0 North Korea
  • Garefrekes 44'
  • Lingor 67'
  • Krahn 72'
 Report
Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium, Wuhan
Attendance: 37,200[15]
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)
United States 3–0 England
  • Wambach 48'
  • Boxx 57'
  • Lilly 60'
 Report
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 29,586[15]
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
Norway 1–0 China
  • Herlovsen 32'
 Report
Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium, Wuhan
Attendance: 52,000[15]
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)
Brazil 3–2 Australia
  • Formiga 4'
  • Marta 23' (pen.)
  • Cristiane 75'
 Report
  • De Vanna 36'
  • Colthorpe 68'
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 35,061[15]
Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

Semi-finals
Germany 3–0 Norway
  • Rønning 42' (o.g.)
  • Stegemann 72'
  • Müller 75'
 Report
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 53,819[15]
Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
United States 0–4 Brazil
Report
  • Osborne 20' (o.g.)
  • Marta 27', 79'
  • Cristiane 56'
Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou
Attendance: 47,818[15]
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

Third place play-off
Norway 1–4 United States
  • R. Gulbrandsen 63'
 Report
  • Wambach 30', 46'
  • Chalupny 58'
  • O'Reilly 59'
Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 31,000[15]
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

Final
Germany 2–0 Brazil
  • Prinz 52'
  • Laudehr 86'
 Report
Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 31,000[15]
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[20][21][22] FIFA.com shortlisted ten goals for users to vote on as the Goal of the Tournament.[23] The Most Entertaining Team award was also decided by a poll on FIFA.com.[24][25][26]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Marta Birgit Prinz Cristiane
Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
Marta Abby Wambach Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
7 goals, 5 assists 6 goals, 1 assist 6 goals, 0 assists
Best Goalkeeper
Nadine Angerer
Goal of the Tournament
Marta
79' for 4–0 in Semi-finals vs United States (27 September)
FIFA Fair Play Award
 Norway
Most Entertaining Team
 Brazil

All-Star Team
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Nadine Angerer
Bente Nordby

Ariane Hingst
Li Jie
Ane Stangeland Horpestad
Kerstin Stegemann

Daniela
Formiga
Kelly Smith
Renate Lingor
Ingvild Stensland
Kristine Lilly

Lisa De Vanna
Marta
Cristiane
Birgit Prinz

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 111 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.47 goals per match. Marta of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals.

7 goals

6 goals

  • Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
  • Abby Wambach

5 goals

  • Cristiane
  • Birgit Prinz

4 goals

  • Lisa De Vanna
  • Kelly Smith
  • Renate Lingor

3 goals

  • Christine Sinclair
  • Sandra Smisek

2 goals

  • Li Jie
  • Cathrine Paaske Sørensen
  • Melanie Behringer
  • Kerstin Garefrekes
  • Aya Miyama
  • Isabell Herlovsen
  • Ane Stangeland Horpestad
  • Lotta Schelin
  • Lori Chalupny
  • Heather O'Reilly

1 goal

  • Eva González
  • Lauren Colthorpe
  • Heather Garriock
  • Collette McCallum
  • Cheryl Salisbury
  • Sarah Walsh
  • Daniela
  • Formiga
  • Pretinha
  • Renata Costa
  • Candace Chapman
  • Martina Franko
  • Sophie Schmidt
  • Melissa Tancredi
  • Bi Yan
  • Song Xiaoli
  • Xie Caixia
  • Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen
  • Katrine Pedersen
  • Vicky Exley
  • Jill Scott
  • Fara Williams
  • Annike Krahn
  • Simone Laudehr
  • Martina Müller
  • Kerstin Stegemann
  • Anita Amankwa
  • Adjoa Bayor
  • Florence Okoe
  • Yūki Nagasato
  • Cynthia Uwak
  • Kil Son-hui
  • Kim Kyong-hwa
  • Kim Yong-ae
  • Ri Kum-suk
  • Ri Un-suk
  • Lise Klaveness
  • Lene Storløkken
  • Victoria Svensson
  • Shannon Boxx
  • Kristine Lilly

1 own goal

  • Eva González (against England)
  • Trine Rønning (against Germany)
  • Leslie Osborne (against Brazil)

Assists

3 assists

2 assists

  • Heather Garriock
  • Cristiane
  • Formiga
  • Marta
  • Melanie Behringer
  • Sandra Smisek
  • Camilla Huse
  • Leni Larsen Kaurin
  • Cat Whitehill

1 assist

  • Dianne Alagich
  • Lisa De Vanna
  • Caitlin Munoz
  • Sarah Walsh
  • Daniela
  • Elaine
  • Candace Chapman
  • Kristina Kiss
  • Christine Sinclair
  • Ma Xiaoxu
  • Zhou Gaoping
  • Stine Dimun
  • Katrine Pedersen
  • Johanna Rasmussen
  • Karen Carney
  • Rachel Yankey
  • Simone Laudehr
  • Birgit Prinz
  • Kerstin Stegemann
  • Adjoa Bayor
  • Gunhild Følstad
  • Solveig Gulbrandsen
  • Siri Nordby
  • Ingvild Stensland
  • Frida Östberg
  • Therese Sjögran
  • Victoria Svensson
  • Lori Chalupny
  • Abby Wambach

Source: FIFA Technical Report

Tournament ranking

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.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A  Germany 6 5 1 0 21 0 +21 16 Champions
2 D  Brazil 6 5 0 1 17 4 +13 15 Runners-up
3 B  United States 6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 13 Third place
4 C  Norway 6 3 1 2 12 11 +1 10 Fourth place
5 D  China (H) 4 2 0 2 5 7 −2 6 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6 C  Australia 4 1 2 1 9 7 +2 5
7 A  England 4 1 2 1 8 6 +2 5
8 B  North Korea 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4
9 C  Canada 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4 Eliminated in
group stage
10 A  Japan 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
10 B  Sweden 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
12 D  Denmark 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
13 B  Nigeria 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
14 D  New Zealand 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
15 C  Ghana 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
16 A  Argentina 3 0 0 3 1 18 −17 0
Source: FIFA Technical Report[27]
(H) Host

Coverage

Numerous TV stations around the world provided coverage of the tournament. One notable example is the Chinese-language channel CCTV-5, which also broadcast over the internet via TVUnetworks.

Monetary rewards

For the first time in FIFA Women's World Cup history, all teams received monetary bonuses according to the round they reached (all in USD):[28]

  • Champions: $1,000,000
  • Runners-up: $800,000
  • Third place: $650,000
  • Fourth place: $550,000
  • Quarter-finalists: $300,000
  • First round exit: $200,000

Other rewards

UEFA used the FIFA Women's World Cup as its qualifying tournament for the 2008 Olympic women's tournament. The best three performing UEFA teams will qualify for the Olympics. Originally it was thought that, should England make the top three European teams, they would compete under the United Kingdom banner. However, on 6 September 2007, FIFA issued a press release indicating that England are ineligible to participate in the 2008 Olympics as England does not have its own Olympic Committee.[29] For the determination of the ranking only first through fourth place, quarterfinal elimination or group phase elimination count. If there is a need to make a distinction between teams eliminated in the quarterfinal or between teams eliminated in the group phase these teams will meet in a play-off match. In no case will the points or goals (difference) count for teams eliminated before the semi-final.

Germany and Norway qualified for the Olympics at the World Cup, whereas Denmark and Sweden had to enter a play-off for the third Olympics spot. Sweden won both legs of the playoffs with a total of 7–3 on aggregate to qualify for the Olympics.

Controversies

Kenneth Heiner-Møller and Danish players accused the Chinese hosts of harassment and covert surveillance prior to China's first round match against Denmark. China's Swedish coach Marika Domanski-Lyfors and her assistant Pia Sundhage were unaware of the incidents and Heiner-Møller absolved them of any blame, although he refused to shake hands after the match.[30]

Notes
  1. The two matches that were originally scheduled on 18 September[16] were moved to a day earlier to due to commemorations for the Mukden Incident.[17]
  2. The Norway v Ghana match, originally scheduled on 19 September at Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai, was postponed by FIFA to the following day and moved to Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou, due to Typhoon Wipha.[18] FIFA also delayed the Australia v Canada match, originally scheduled on 19 September to the following day. This was to allow for simultaneous kick-off times on the final matchday of the group, after it was confirmed that weather conditions would not affect the rescheduling.[19]
  3. The Brazil v Denmark match, originally scheduled on 19 September was postponed to the following day due to Typhoon Wipha.[18] FIFA also delayed the China PR v New Zealand match, originally scheduled on 19 September. This was to allow for simultaneous kick-off times on the final matchday of the group, after it was confirmed that weather conditions would not affect the rescheduling.[19]

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