1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Norway (1st title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	United States
Fourth place	China PR
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	Hege Riise
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The FIFA Women's World Cup 1995 was held in Sweden and won by Norway.

Venues

Gävle Helsingborg Karlstad Västerås Solna 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup (Sweden)

Strömvallen, Gävle Capacity: 7,300 Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Capacity: 17,200 Tingvalla IP, Karlstad Capacity: 5,000 Arosvallen, Västerås Capacity: 10,000 Råsunda, Solna Capacity: 36,800

Teams

Qualifying countries

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:

Squads

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

Match officials

First round

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Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Germany	6	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5
Sweden	6	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2
Japan	3	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
Brazil	3	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5

June 5, 1995 18:00	Sweden	0 – 1	Brazil	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 14500 Referee: Denoncourt (Canada)
		(Report)	Roseli  37'

June 5, 1995 14:00	Germany	1 – 0	Japan	Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 3824 Referee: Mathabela (South Africa)
	Neid  23'	(Report)

June 7, 1995 19:00	Sweden	3 – 2	Germany	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 5855 Referee: Black (New Zealand)
	Andersson  65' (pen.)  86' Sundhage  80'	(Report)	Wiegmann  9' (pen.) Lohn  42'

June 7, 1995 19:00	Brazil	1 – 2	Japan	Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 2286 Referee: Hepburn (USA)
	Pretinha  7'	(Report)	Noda  13'  45'

June 9, 1995 19:00	Sweden	2 – 0	Japan	Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 7811 Referee: Mathabela (South Africa)
	Videkull  66' Andelen  88'	(Report)

June 9, 1995 19:00	Brazil	1 – 6	Germany	Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 3203 Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg)
	Roseli  19'	(Report)	Prinz  5' Meinert  22' Wiegmann  42' (pen.) Mohr  78'  89' Bernhard  90'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Norway	9	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17
England	6	3	2	0	1	6	6	0
Canada	1	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8
Nigeria	1	3	0	1	2	5	14	−9

June 6, 1995	Norway	8 – 0	Nigeria	Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 4344 Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg)
	Sandberg  30'  44'  82' Riise  49' Aarønes  60'  90' Medalen  67' Svensson  76' (pen.)	(Report)

June 6, 1995	England	3 – 2	Canada	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 655 Referee: Oedlund (Sweden)
	Coultard  51' (pen.)  85' Spacey  76' (pen.)	(Report)	Stoumbos  87' Donnelly  90+1'

June 8, 1995	Norway	2 – 0	England	Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 5520 Referee: Gamboa Martinez (Chile)
	Haugen  7' Riise  37'	(Report)

June 8, 1995	Nigeria	3 – 3	Canada	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 250 Referee: Un-Prasert (Thailand)
	Nwadike  26' Avre  60' Okoroafor  77'	(Report)	Burtini  12'  55' Donnelly  20'

June 10, 1995	Norway	7 – 0	Canada	Strömvallen, Gävle Attendance: 2715 Referee: Siqueira (Brazil)
	Aarønes  4'  21'  90+3' Riise  12' Pettersen  71'  89' Leinan  84'	(Report)

June 10, 1995	Nigeria	2 – 3	England	Tingvallen, Karlstad Attendance: 1843 Referee: Jonsson (Sweden)
	Okoroafor  13' Nwadike  74'	(Report)	Farley  10'  38' Walker  27'

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	7	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5
China PR	7	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4
Denmark	3	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1
Australia	0	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10

June 6, 1995	United States	3 – 3	China PR	Strömvallen, Gävle Attendance: 4635 Referee: Jonsson (Sweden)
	Venturini  22' Milbrett  34' Hamm  51'	(Report)	Liping  38' Wei  74' Sun  79'

June 6, 1995	Denmark	5 – 0	Australia	Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 1500 Referee: Skovgang (Norway)
	Krogh  12', 48' Nielsen  25' Jensen  37' Hansen  86'	(Report)

June 8, 1995	United States	2 – 0	Denmark	Strömvallen, Gävle Attendance: 2740 Referee: Camara (Guinea)
	Lilly  9' Milbrett  49'	(Report)

June 8, 1995	China PR	4 – 2	Australia	Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 1500 Referee: Sequeira (Brazil)
	Zhou  23' Shi  54', 78' Liu  90+3'	(Report)	Iannotta  25' Hughes  89'

June 10, 1995	United States	4 – 1	Australia	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 1150 Referee: Prasert (Thailand)
	Foudy  69' Fawcett  72' Overbeck  90+2' (pen.) Keller  90+4'	(Report)	Casagrande  54'

June 10, 1995	China PR	3 – 1	Denmark	Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 1619 Referee: Martinez (Chile)
	Shi  21' Sun  76' Wei  90'	(Report)	Bonde  44'

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	13 June — Arosvallen
	Germany	3
					15 June — Olympia Stadion
	England	0
					Germany	1
	13 June — Olympia Stadion
					China PR	0
	Sweden	1 (3)
									18 June — Råsunda
	China PR	1 (4)
									Germany	0
	13 June — Strömvallen
									Norway	2
	United States	4
					15 June — Arosvallen
	Japan	0
					United States	0			Third place
	13 June — Tingvallen
					Norway	1
	Norway	3							China PR	0
	Denmark	1							United States	2
									17 June — Strömvallen

Quarterfinals

June 13, 1995	Germany	3 – 0	England	Arosvallen Attendance: 2,317
	Voss  41' Meinert  55' Mohr  82'	(Report)

June 13, 1995	Sweden	1 –1 (a.e.t.)	China PR	Olympia Stadion Attendance: 7,537
	Kalte  90+3' (pen.)	(Report)	Sun Q.  29'
		Penalties
	Andersson Videkull Pohjanen Sundhage Nessvold	3 – 4	Wen Huilin Yufeng Qingxia Ailing

June 13, 1995	United States	4 – 0	Japan	Strömvallen Attendance: 3,756
	Lilly  8', 42' Milbrett  45' Venturini  80'	(Report)

June 13, 1995	Norway	3 – 1	Denmark	Tingvallen Attendance: 4,655
	Espeseth  21' Medalen  64' Riise  85'	(Report)	Krogh  86'

Semifinals

June 15, 1995	Germany	1 – 0	China PR	Olympia Stadion Attendance: 3,693
	Wiegmann  88'	(Report)

June 15, 1995	United States	0 – 1	Norway	Arosvallen Attendance: 2,893
		(Report)	Aarønes  10'

Third Place

June 17, 1995	China PR	0 – 2	United States	Strömvallen Attendance: 4,335
		(Report)	Venturini  24' Hamm  55'

Final

June 18, 1995	Germany	0 – 2	Norway	Råsunda Attendance: 17,158 Referee: Ingrid Jonsson
		(Report)	Riise  37' Pettersen  40'

Awards

1995 Women's World Cup Winners
Norway First title

Golden Shoe Winner:	Golden Ball Winner:	FIFA Fair Play Trophy:
Ann-Kristin Aarønes	Hege Riise	Sweden

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Ann-Kristin Aarønes

5 goals

• Hege Riise

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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