2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

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The FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 will be held in China from September 10-September 30 2007.[1] Originally, China was to host the 2003 Women's World Cup, 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 means that no new host nation will be chosen competitively until voting is held for the 2011 Women's World Cup. The 2007 Championship is seen as a prelude to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, for which China is preparing at an accelerated pace with a high budget and much fanfare.

The tournament opened with a record-breaking match in Shanghai; holders Germany beat Argentina 11-0 to register the biggest win and the highest scoring match in Women's World Cup history.

Qualification

See main article: FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 qualification

16 nations will participate in the Women's World Cup finals. As the host, China will automatically qualify, having saved its automatic entry in 2003. The remaining fifteen berths were divided as follows, with at least one going to each of the six FIFA confederations: five to Europe, 2.5 to Asia (plus hosts China), two to Africa, two to South America, 2.5 to North America, Central America and the Caribbean and one to Oceania. The half spot indicates that the 16th qualifier was determined through a play-off between the third placed teams from Asia (Japan) and CONCACAF (Mexico), with the Japanese team coming out victorious.

Teams

Africa (CAF)
Asia (AFC)
North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)
Europe (UEFA)
Oceania (OFC)
South America (CONMEBOL)

Venues

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup (China)

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

City Venues Capacity
Tianjin Tianjin Olympics Center Stadium 60,000
Wuhan Wuhan Sports Center Stadium 55,000
Hangzhou Zhejiang Dragon Stadium 52,000
Chengdu Chengdu Sports Center 40,000
Shanghai Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium 34,000 (upgrade progress)

Squads

For a list of all players that participated in the final tournament, see FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 squads.

Referees

For a list of the international referees that are officiating at the 2007 tourmament, see Official FIFA Referees list

Monetary rewards

For the first time in FIFA Women's World Cup history, all teams will get monetary bonuses according to the round they reach (all in USD): [3]

  • 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 is using 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. If England places in the top three, it will compete in Beijing as "Great Britain". While FIFA recognizes the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom as separate sporting entities, the International Olympic Committee recognizes the UK as a single entity under the name "Great Britain".

Draw

The group draw took place on 22 April 2007 in Wuhan after the completion of the qualifying rounds. FIFA automatically seeds the host and defending champions, slotting (China) and (Germany) into Group D and Group A, respectively. [3]

The FIFA Women's World Ranking for March 2007 will determine the other two positions, B1 and C1.[4] Of those teams not already seeded, United States and Norway are the highest-ranked teams and will thus be seeded.

Also, no two teams from the same confederation can draw each other, except for those from UEFA, where a maximum of two teams from UEFA may be drawn into the same group.

These restrictions helped make Group B arguably the most brutal group of death in women's football history. Three of the top five teams in the June 2007 FIFA Women's World Rankings, the last to be released before the tournament, are in this group—the USA (1), Sweden (3) and Korea DPR (5).

Groups

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Germany 3 1 1 0 0 11 0 +11
 England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Argentina 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 -11
Germany 11–0 Argentina
Correa 12' (o.g.) 90+1' (o.g.)
Garefrekes 17'
Behringer 24'
Prinz 29' 45+1' 59'
Lingor 51'
Smisek 57' 70' 79'		 Report
Attendance: 28,098
Referee: Tammy Ogston Australia
England v Japan
Germany v England
Argentina v Japan
Argentina v England
Japan v Germany

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States v North Korea
Sweden v Nigeria
United States v Sweden
North Korea v Nigeria
North Korea v Sweden
Nigeria v United States

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway v Canada
Australia v Ghana
Norway v Australia
Canada v Ghana
Canada v Australia
Ghana v Norway

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
China v Denmark
Brazil v New Zealand
China v Brazil
Denmark v New Zealand
Denmark v Brazil
New Zealand v China

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
September 22 - Wuhan
 
 
1st A
 
September 26 - Tianjin
 
2nd B
 
 
 
September 22 - Wuhan
 
 
 
1st C
 
September 30 - Shanghai
 
2nd D
 
 
 
September 23 - Tianjin
 
 
 
1st B
 
September 27 - Hangzhou
 
2nd A
 
 
 
September 23 - Tianjin
 
 Third place
 
1st D
 
September 30 - Shanghai
 
2nd C
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals

1st Group A–2nd Group B
1st Group B–2nd Group A
1st Group C–2nd Group D
1st Group D–2nd Group C

Semifinals

Quarterfinal 1–Quarterfinal 3
Quarterfinal 2–Quarterfinal 4

Third place playoff

2nd Semifinal 1–2nd Semifinal 2

Final

Winner Semifinal 1–Winner Semifinal 2

References and notes

  1. ^ Emblem for World Cup 2007 Launched, from china.org.cn, retrieved 7 July 2006
  2. ^ Soccer: China Set up LOC for Women's World Cup, from Xinhua News Agency, retrieved 25 September 2006
  3. ^ a b FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 on target. Retrieved on October 18, 2006.
  4. ^ FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 on target. Retrieved on April 5 2007
  5. ^ a b Moved from September 18, 2007 Match schedule amended

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