2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	10 – 30 September
Teams	16
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 played	32
Goals scored	111 (3.47 per match)
Attendance	1,156,955 (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.

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

30 September 2007

17:00

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

30 September 2007

20:00

Germany	2 – 0	Brazil
Prinz  52' Laudehr  86'	Report

Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 31,000

Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

Goal scorers

7 goals

• Marta

6 goals

• Abby Wambach
• Ragnhild Gulbrandsen

5 goals

• Cristiane
• Birgit Prinz

4 goals

• Kelly Smith
• Renate Lingor
• Lisa De Vanna

3 goals

• Sandra Smisek
• Christine Sinclair

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)