2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates10 – 30 September
Teams16
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)
Attendance1,156,955 (36,155 per match)
Top scorer(s) Marta (7 goals)

The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fifth FIFA Women's World Cup and it took place in China. The winners were Germany.[1]

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Team advanced to the Round of 16
Team advanced or got eliminated

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany 3 2 1 0 13 0 +13 7
England 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5 5
Japan 3 1 1 1 3 4 –1 4
 Argentina 3 0 0 3 1 18 –17 0

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 North Korea 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
Sweden 3 1 1 1 3 4 –1 4
 Nigeria 3 0 1 2 1 4 –3 1

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Norway 3 2 1 0 10 4 +6 7
 Australia 3 1 2 0 7 4 +3 5
Canada 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
 Ghana 3 0 0 3 3 15 –12 0

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9
China PR 3 2 0 1 5 6 –1 6
 Denmark 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
 New Zealand 3 0 0 3 0 9 –9 0

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
September 22 — Wuhan        
   Germany   3
September 26 — Tianjin
  North Korea   0  
   Germany   3
September 23 — Wuhan
     Norway   0  
   Norway   1
September 30 — Shanghai
   China   0  
   Germany   2
September 22 — Tianjin
     Brazil   0
   United States   3
September 27 — Hangzhou
   England   0  
   United States   0
September 23 — Tianjin
     Brazil   4  
   Brazil   3
   Australia   2  

Third place match

Norway 1 – 4 United States
R. Gulbrandsen  63' Report Wambach  30'46'
Chalupny  58'
O'Reilly  59'
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 32,068
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

Final

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

Goal scorers

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

  • Kelly Smith
  • Renate Lingor
  • Lisa De Vanna

3 goals

2 goals

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

1 goal

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

Own goal

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

References

  1. FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-08. Retrieved 2015-06-18.