2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

USA 2003
Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	20 September – 12 October
Teams	16
Venue(s)	6
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	107 (3.34 per match)
Attendance	656,789 (20,525 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Birgit Prinz (7 goals)
Best player	Birgit Prinz

The FIFA Women's World Cup 2003, the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in the United States and won by Germany.^[1] The tournament was originally scheduled for China. On 3 May 2003 the tournament was abruptly moved to the United States, as a result of the 2003 SARS outbreak in China.^[2] Because the United States had hosted the 1999 World Cup, it was thought the United States could best organize the tournament in the little time remaining before the October scheduled start. In addition, women's soccer boosters in the United States hoped that interest generated by the tournament would save the U.S. women's professional league, the Women's United Soccer Association, from folding.^[3]

In compensation for losing the tournament, China retained its automatic qualification as host, and was named as host for the 2007 event.^[3][4][5][6]

Mostly due to the rescheduling of the tournament on short notice, FIFA and the United States Soccer Federation were forced to creatively schedule matches. Nine doubleheaders were scheduled in group play (similar to the 1999 format). They also had to abandon the modern practice of scheduling the final matches of the group stage to kick off simultaneously. In Groups A and D, the final matches were scheduled as the two ends of a doubleheader. The final matches in Groups B and C were also scheduled as doubleheaders, but split between two cities, with a Group B match in each city followed by a Group C match. The four quarterfinals were also scheduled as two doubleheaders, and both semifinals were also a doubleheader.^[7]

Venues

Home Depot Center Location: Carson, California Capacity: 27,000	Columbus Crew Stadium Location: Columbus, Ohio Capacity: 23,000	Gillette Stadium Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts Capacity: 22,385
Carson Columbus Foxborough Philadelphia Portland Washington 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup (the US)
Lincoln Financial Field Location: Philadelphia Capacity: 68,500	PGE Park Location: Portland, Oregon Capacity: 27,700	RFK Stadium Location: Washington, D.C. Capacity: 55,000

Teams

Qualifying countries

16 teams participated in the final tournament. The teams were:

Africa (CAF)  Nigeria  Ghana Asia (AFC)  North Korea  China PR (retained automatic qualification as original host)  South Korea  Japan South America (CONMEBOL)  Brazil  Argentina

Europe (UEFA)  France  Germany  Russia  Norway  Sweden Oceania (OFC)  Australia North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)  Canada  United States

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup squads.

Match officials

Africa Xonam Agboyi Desiree Perpetue Bola Elizabeth Abidoye Florence Biagui Asia Zhang Dongqing Hisae Yoshizawa Im Eun-Ju Choi Soo Jin Hong Kum-Nyo Liu Hsiu-mei North, Central America & Caribbean Sonia Denoncourt Denise Robinson Lynda Bramble Jennifer Bennett[8] Sandra Hunt[9] Kari Seitz Karalee Sutton Sharon Wheeler

South America Florencia Romano Alejandra Cercato Sabrina Lois Sueli Tortura Cleidy Mary Ribeiro Marlei Silva Europe Andi Regan Katriina Elovirta Emilia Parviainen Nelly Viennot Katarzyna Nadolska Cristina Babadac Cristina Ionescu Irina Mirt Nicole Petignat Elke Lüthi Oceania Tammy Ogston Airlie Keen Jacqueline Leleu

First round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9
Sweden	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
North Korea	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
Nigeria	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

20 September 2003
Nigeria	0–3	North Korea	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
21 September 2003
United States	3–1	Sweden	RFK Stadium, Washington
25 September 2003
Sweden	1–0	North Korea	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
United States	5–0	Nigeria	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
28 September 2003
Sweden	3–0	Nigeria	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
North Korea	0–3	United States	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Norway	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
France	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
South Korea	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

20 September 2003
Norway	2–0	France	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
21 September 2003
Brazil	3–0	South Korea	RFK Stadium, Washington
24 September 2003
Norway	1–4	Brazil	RFK Stadium, Washington
France	1–0	South Korea	RFK Stadium, Washington
27 September 2003
South Korea	1–7	Norway	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
France	1–1	Brazil	RFK Stadium, Washington

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9
Canada	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
Japan	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1	3
Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

20 September 2003
Germany	4–1	Canada	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
Japan	6–0	Argentina	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
24 September 2003
Germany	3–0	Japan	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
Canada	3–0	Argentina	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
27 September 2003
Canada	3–1	Japan	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
Argentina	1–6	Germany	RFK Stadium, Washington

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China PR	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
Russia	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Ghana	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
Australia	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

21 September 2003
Australia	1–2	Russia	The Home Depot Center, Carson
China PR	1–0	Ghana	The Home Depot Center, Carson
25 September 2003
Ghana	0–3	Russia	The Home Depot Center, Carson
China PR	1–1	Australia	The Home Depot Center, Carson
28 September 2003
Ghana	2–1	Australia	PGE Park, Portland
China PR	1–0	Russia	PGE Park, Portland

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 October — Foxborough
	United States	1
					5 October — Portland
	Norway	0
					United States	0
	2 October — Portland
					Germany	3
	Germany	7
									12 October — Carson
	Russia	1
									Germany	2
	1 October — Foxborough
									Sweden	1
	Brazil	1
					5 October — Portland
	Sweden	2
					Sweden	2			Third place
	2 October — Portland
					Canada	1			11 October — Carson
	China PR	0
									United States	3
	Canada	1
									Canada	1

Quarterfinals

United States  v  Norway

1 October 2003 19:30

United States	1–0	Norway
Wambach  24'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro Attendance: 25,103 Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

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Brazil  v  Sweden

1 October 2003 16:30

Brazil	1–2	Sweden
Marta  44' (pen.)	(Report)	Svensson  23' Andersson  53'

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro Attendance: 25,103 Referee: Zhang Dongqing (China)

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Germany  v  Russia

2 October 2003 19:30

Germany	7–1	Russia
Müller  25' Minnert  57' Wunderlich  60' Garefrekes  62', 85' Prinz  80', 89'	(Report)	Danilova  70'

PGE Park, Portland Attendance: 20,021 Referee: Im Eun-Ju (Korea)

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China PR  v  Canada

2 October 2003 22:30

China PR	0–1	Canada
	(Report)	Hooper  7'

PGE Park, Portland Attendance: 20,021 Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

Semifinals

Germany  v  United States

5 October 2003 19:30

Germany	3–0	United States
Garefrekes  15' Meinert  90+1' Prinz  90+3'	(Report)

PGE Park, Portland Attendance: 27,623 Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

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Canada  v  Sweden

5 October 2003 22:30

Canada	1–2	Sweden
Lang  64'	(Report)	Moström  79' Öqvist  86'

PGE Park, Portland Attendance: 27,623 Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

Third place match

United States  v  Canada

11 October 2003 15:30

United States	3–1	Canada
Lilly  22' Boxx  51' Milbrett  80'	(Report)	Sinclair  38'

The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 25,253 Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

Final

Germany  v  Sweden

12 October 2003 13:00

Germany	2–1 (asdet)	Sweden
Meinert  46' Künzer  98'	(Report)	Ljungberg  41'

The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 26,137 Referee: Cristina Babadac (Romania)

Awards

Golden Shoe Winner	Golden Ball Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Birgit Prinz	Birgit Prinz	China PR

All-star team

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Silke Rottenberg	Wang Liping Sandra Minnert Joy Fawcett	Bettina Wiegmann Malin Moström Shannon Boxx	Charmaine Hooper Maren Meinert Birgit Prinz Victoria Svensson

Goal scorers

Birgit Prinz of Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 107 goals were scored by 56 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

7 goals

• Birgit Prinz

4 goals

• Kerstin Garefrekes
• Maren Meinert
• Kátia Cilene

3 goals

Marta Christine Latham Christine Sinclair

Mio Otani Homare Sawa Dagny Mellgren

Hanna Ljungberg Victoria Svensson Abby Wambach

2 goals

Heather Garriock Charmaine Hooper Kara Lang Bai Jie Marinette Pichon Sandra Minnert

Martina Müller Bettina Wiegmann Alberta Sackey Jin Pyol Hui Linda Ørmen Marianne Pettersen

Malin Moström Shannon Boxx Mia Hamm Kristine Lilly Cindy Parlow Cat Reddick

1 goal

Yanina Gaitán Kelly Golebiowski Daniela Rosana Sun Wen Stefanie Gottschlich Nia Künzer Conny Pohlers

Pia Wunderlich Emi Yamamoto Ri Un-Gyong Kim Jin-hee Solveig Gulbrandsen Anita Rapp Brit Sandaune Natalia Barbachina

Elena Danilova Elena Fomina Olga Letyushova Marina Saenko Malin Andersson Josefine Öqvist Julie Foudy Tiffeny Milbrett

Own goal

• Dianne Alagich (for Russia)

Tournament ranking

Teams outside of the top four were ranked by points gained across all matches. Goal differences were used thereafter.^[10]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	6	6	0	0	25	4	+21	18
2	Sweden	6	4	0	2	10	7	+3	12
3	United States	6	5	0	1	15	5	+10	15
4	Canada	6	3	0	3	10	10	0	9
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Brazil	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	7
6	China PR	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	7
7	Norway	4	2	0	2	10	6	+4	6
8	Russia	4	2	0	2	6	9	–3	6
Eliminated at the group stage
9	France	3	1	1	1	2	3	–1	4
10	Japan	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1	3
11	North Korea	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	3
12	Ghana	3	1	0	2	2	5	–3	3
13	Australia	3	0	1	2	3	5	–2	1
14	South Korea	3	0	0	3	1	11	–10	0
15	Nigeria	3	0	0	3	0	11	–11	0
16	Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	15	–14	0

References

1. Jere Longman (13 Oct 2003). "SOCCER; Golden Goal Proves Magical as Germany Captures Women's World Cup". New York Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2012.
2. Jones, Grahame L. (7 Apr 2003). "SARS Threatens Staging of Women's World Cup". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2012.
3. Jere Longman (27 May 2003). "SOCCER; U.S. Replaces China As Host of Soccer's Women's World Cup". New York Times. Retrieved 1 Nov 2012.
4. Jones, Grahame L. (17 Jun 2003). "World Cup Leans to the West". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2012.
5. "China paid $1.5m for losing women's world cup". www.smh.com.au. 20 Sep 2003. Retrieved 30 Oct 2012.
6. "SI.com – Soccer – China 'respects' decision to move women's World Cup – Sunday May 04, 2003 07:46 AM". Sports Illustrated. 4 May 2003. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 30 Oct 2012.
7. Jere Longman (17 Sep 2003). "SOCCER; The Group Dynamics of the Women's World Cup". New York Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2012.
8. "Match Report". FIFAworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2004.
9. "Match Report". FIFAworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2004.
10. "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 – Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 2015-11-30.

External links

• FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report