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.[1][2][3] 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.
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| Host country | Sweden |
| Dates | 5–18 June |
| Teams | 12 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Norway (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Germany |
| Third place |  United States |
| Fourth place |  China |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 99 (3.81 per match) |
| Attendance | 112,213 (4,316 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ann Kristin Aarønes (6 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Hege Riise |
| Fair play award |  Sweden |
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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.[4]
Bulgaria was originally awarded hosting rights for the tournament, but had to relinquish the rights and FIFA ended up awarding the tournament to Sweden.[5] About 112,000 tickets were sold for the entire tournament.[6]
As a FIFA rules experiment, each team was allowed a two-minute time out each half.[7]
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.[1]
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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:
For a list of the squads that competed in the final tournament, see 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup squads.
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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.[8]
| Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
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The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[9]
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Germany
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Sweden (H)
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Japan
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Brazil
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 |
| Germany | 1–0 | Japan |
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Attendance: 3,824
Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
| Sweden | 0–1 | Brazil |
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Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)
| Sweden | 3–2 | Germany |
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 80' |
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42' |
Attendance: 5,855
Referee: Linda May Black (New Zealand)
| Brazil | 1–2 | Japan |
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Attendance: 2,286
Referee: Catherine Leann Hepburn (United States)
| Sweden | 2–0 | Japan |
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88' |
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Attendance: 7,811
Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
| Brazil | 1–6 | Germany |
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22' 42' (pen.) 78', 89' 90' |
Attendance: 3,203
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Norway
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  England
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Canada
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Nigeria
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 |
| Norway | 8–0 | Nigeria |
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49' 60', 90' 67' 76' (pen.) |
Report |
Attendance: 4,344
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
| England | 3–2 | Canada |
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76' (pen.) |
Report |
90+1' |
Attendance: 655
Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)
| Norway | 2–0 | England |
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37' |
Report |
Attendance: 5,520
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)
| Nigeria | 3–3 | Canada |
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60' 77' |
Report |
20' |
Attendance: 250
Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)
| Norway | 7–0 | Canada |
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12' 71', 89' 84' |
Report |
Attendance: 2,715
Referee: Maria Edilene Siqueira (Brazil)
| Nigeria | 2–3 | England |
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74' |
Report |
27' |
Attendance: 1,843
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | United States
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | China
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Denmark
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Australia
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |
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.[10]
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.[11] In the other game, Angela Iannotta scored Australia's first-ever World Cup goal, but China defeated the Matildas 4–2.[10]
| United States | 3–3 | China |
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34' 51' |
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74' 79' |
Attendance: 4,635
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)
| Denmark | 5–0 | Australia |
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25' 37' 86' |
Report |
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Bente Skogvang (Norway)
| United States | 2–0 | Denmark |
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49' |
Report |
Attendance: 2,704
Referee: Engage Camara (Guinea)
| China | 4–2 | Australia |
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54', 78' 90+3' |
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89' |
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Maria Edilene Siqueira (Brazil)
| United States | 4–1 | Australia |
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72' 90+2' (pen.) 90+4' |
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Attendance: 1,105
Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)
| China | 3–1 | Denmark |
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76' 90' |
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Attendance: 1,619
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)
| Pos | Grp | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | C | Denmark
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | A | Japan
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | B | Canada
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
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| 13 June – Västerås | |||||||||
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| Germany | 3 | ||||||||
| 15 June – Helsingborg | |||||||||
| England | 0 | ||||||||
| Germany | 1 | ||||||||
| 13 June – Helsingborg | |||||||||
| China | 0 | ||||||||
| Sweden | 1 (3) | ||||||||
| 18 June – Solna | |||||||||
| China (p) | 1 (4) | ||||||||
| Germany | 0 | ||||||||
| 13 June – Gävle | |||||||||
| Norway | 2 | ||||||||
| Japan | 0 | ||||||||
| 15 June – Västerås | |||||||||
| United States | 4 | ||||||||
| United States | 0 | ||||||||
| 13 June – Karlstad | |||||||||
| Norway | 1 | Third place play-off | |||||||
| Norway | 3 | ||||||||
| 17 June – Gävle | |||||||||
| Denmark | 1 | ||||||||
| China | 0 | ||||||||
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| United States | 2 | ||||||||
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| Japan | 0–4 | United States |
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45' 80' |
Attendance: 3,756
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)
| Norway | 3–1 | Denmark |
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64' 85' |
Report |
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Attendance: 4,655
Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)
| Germany | 3–0 | England |
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55' 82' |
Report |
Attendance: 2,317
Referee: Bente Skogvang (Norway)
| Sweden | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | China |
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| Penalties | ||
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3–4 |
Xie Huilin Chen Yufeng Shui Qingxia Liu Ailing |
Attendance: 7,537
Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)
| United States | 0–1 | Norway |
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| Report |
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Attendance: 2,893
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
| Germany | 1–0 | China |
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Report |
Attendance: 3,693
Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
| China | 0–2 | United States |
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| Report |
55' |
Attendance: 4,335
Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)
| Germany | 0–2 | Norway |
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| Report |
40' |
Attendance: 17,158
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[12]
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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| Hege Riise
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Gro Espeseth
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Ann Kristin Aarønes
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| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| Ann Kristin Aarønes
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Hege Riise
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Shi Guihong
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| 6 goals, 0 assists | 5 goals, 5 assists | 3 goals, 2 assists |
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
| Sweden
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There were 99 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.81 goals per match. Ann Kristin Aarønes of Norway won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals.
6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
Gitte Krogh Heidi Mohr Bettina Wiegmann Marianne Pettersen Kristin Sandberg Kristine Lilly Tiffeny Milbrett Tisha Venturini2 goals
Silvana Burtini Geri Donnelly Sun Wen Wei Haiying Gillian Coultard Karen Farley Maren Meinert Akemi Noda Rita Nwadike Adaku Okoroafor Linda Medalen Malin Andersson Mia Hamm1 goal
Sunni Hughes Angela Iannotta Pretinha Helen Stoumbos Liu Ailing Sun Qingmei Wang Liping Zhou Yang Christina Bonde Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen Christina Hansen Helle Jensen Marieanne Spacey Karen Walker Anouschka Bernhard Ursula Lohn Silvia Neid Birgit Prinz Martina Voss Patience Avre Gro Espeseth Tone Haugen Randi Leinan Tina Svensson Anneli Andelén Ulrika Kalte Pia Sundhage Lena Videkull Joy Fawcett Julie Foudy Debbie Keller Carla Overbeck6 assists
5 assists
3 assists
Tone Haugen Linda Medalen2 assists
Liu Ailing Shi Guihong Zhao Lihong Birgit Christensen Patricia Brocker Ursula Lohn Gro Espeseth Tina Svensson Malin Andersson Carin Jennings-Gabarra1 assist
Sunni Hughes Fanta Silvana Burtini Sun Qingmei Sun Wen Wei Haiying Jeanne Axelsen Annette Laursen Lene Madsen Karen Farley Hope Powell Marieanne Spacey Anouschka Bernhard Maren Meinert Heidi Mohr Martina Voss Bettina Wiegmann Nami Otake Rie Yamaki Patience Avre Maureen Mmadu Rita Nwadike Merete Myklebust Marianne Pettersen Heidi Støre Malin Flink Ulrika Kalte Helen Nilsson Joy Fawcett Kristine Lilly Tisha VenturiniSource: FIFA Technical Report[13]
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.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | B | Norway
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 18 | Champions |
| 2 | A | Germany
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 12 | Runners-up |
| 3 | C | United States
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 13 | Third place |
| 4 | C | China
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | A | Sweden (H)
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | B | England
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | |
| 7 | C | Denmark
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | |
| 8 | A | Japan
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
| 9 | A | Brazil
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | B | Canada
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 | |
| 11 | B | Nigeria
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 | |
| 12 | C | Australia
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |
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.
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