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The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the first ever edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup

The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the...

. It was held in Guangdong

Guangdong

Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...

, China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

and won by the United States. It was originally called the Women's World Championship.

Venues

Foshan Foshan Foshan is a city in central Guangdong province in southern China. The prefectural area under the city's jurisdiction over an area of about 3,840 km² and a population of 5.4 million of which 1.1 million reside in the city proper ....	Jiangmen Jiangmen Jiangmen , is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province in southern China with a population of about 4.48 million in 2010. The 3 urban districts are now part of Guangzhou - Shenzhen built up area.-Names:...	Zhongshan Zhongshan Zhongshan , also spelled Chungshan and historically known as Xiangshan or Siangshan, is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province in southern China. Zhongshan, one of the few cities in China with an eponymous name, is named after Dr. Sun Yat-sen who was...
Yuexiu Yuexiu District Yuexiu District is a district in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It was located at the west of Tianhe District and the east of Liwan District. It was the commercial, political and cultural centre of Guangdong province. The area is famous for its high quality education. The Guangdong provincial... , Guangzhou Guangzhou Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...	Tianhe, Guangzhou Guangzhou Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...	Panyu, Guangzhou Guangzhou Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
Guangdong Provincial Stadium Guangdong Provincial Stadium Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 25,000 people.The stadium is best reached by taking Guangzhou Metro Line 1 to Martyrs' Park Station....	Tianhe Stadium Tianhe Stadium Tianhe Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a seating capacity of 58,500.- History :...	Ying Tung Stadium
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 15,000
New Plaza Stadium New Plaza Stadium New Plaza Stadium was a multi-use stadium in Foshan, China. It was used mostly for football matches and was one of the six stadiums used for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. The stadium was a capacity of 14,000 people....	Jiangmen Stadium Jiangmen Stadium Jiangmen Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Jiangmen, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was one of the six stadiums used for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. The stadium has a capacity of 13,000 people....	Zhongshan Stadium Zhongshan Stadium Zhongshan Sports Center Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Zhongshan, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was one of the six stadiums used for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 people. The stadium are all-seaters with multi-color seats...
Capacity: 14,000	Capacity: 13,000	Capacity: 12,000

Teams

Twelve teams qualified for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup final tournament. Each of the six FIFA confederations had at least one representative.

Africa (CAF
Confederation of African Football
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Asia (AFC
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...

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South America (CONMEBOL
CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...

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Oceania (OFC
Oceania Football Confederation
The Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international association football, consisting of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and island nations such as Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific Island countries...

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Europe (UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

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North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

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Squads

For a list of the squads that disputed the final tournament, see 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup squads

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup squads

Below are the rosters for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup tournament in China.- China:Head coach: Shang Ruihua-=Head coach: Keld Gantzhorn:=Head coach: Dave Boardman-=Head coach: Even Pellerud...

Match officials

Africa Omer Yengo Fethi Boucetta

Fethi Boucetta

-Determined not to have been an Enemy Combatant:The Washington Post reports that Boucetta was one of 38 detainees who was determined not to have been an enemy combatant during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.They report that Boucetta has been released....

Asia Dai Yuguang Haiseng Li Jun Lu

Jun Lu

Lu Jun is a soccer referee from China. He supervised two matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, one between Croatia and Mexico in Niigata, and another between Poland and the United States in Daejeon...

Xuezhi Wang Yu Jingyin Zuo Xiudi Raja Shrestha Gyanu

North, Central America and Caribbean Rafael Rodriguez Medina Maria Herrera Garcia
South America Claudia Vasconcelos Salvador Imperatore John Jairo Toro

Europe Gertrud Regus Nikakis Vassilios James McCluskey Ingrid Jonsson Vadim Zhuk

Vadim Zhuk

Vadim Zhuk is a retired football referee from Belarus.Zhuk refereed a game between Brazil and the United States at the 1991 Women's World Cup, and the 1996 UEFA Cup Final between FC Girondins de Bordeaux and FC Bayern München....

Oceania Linda May Black
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Group A

Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	3	2	1	0	10	3	7
4	3	2	0	1	6	5	1
3	3	1	1	1	6	4	2
0	3	0	0	3	1	11

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Group B

Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
6	3	3	0	11	2	9
4	3	2	1	12	3	9
2	3	1	2	1	7
0	3	0	3	0	12

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Group C

Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
6	3	3	0	9	0	9
4	3	2	1	6	2	4
2	3	1	2	2	8
0	3	0	3	0	7

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Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third Place

Final

Awards

Golden Shoe Winner:	Golden Ball Winner:	FIFA Fair Play Trophy:
Michelle Akers Michelle Akers Michelle Akers is a former leading American association football player, who starred in the historic 1991 and 1999 Women's World Cup victory by the U.S.. She won the Golden Boot as the top scorer in the 1991 tournament...	Carin Jennings

Goalscorers

10 goals Michelle Akers

Michelle Akers

Michelle Akers is a former leading American association football player, who starred in the historic 1991 and 1999 Women's World Cup victory by the U.S.. She won the Golden Boot as the top scorer in the 1991 tournament...

7 goals Heidi Mohr

Heidi Mohr

Heidi Mohr is a former German footballer. As a footballer she was renowned for her speed and her ability to shoot with both feet. In 1999 she was voted Europe's Footballer of the Century.-Club career:...

6 goals Linda Medalen

Linda Medalen

Linda Medalen is a former Norwegian footballer.She was one of Norway's most celebrated women footballers, finishing her international career with 152 caps, scoring 64 goals. She was on the Norwegian team that won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.She played most of her career in Norway with Asker...

Carin Jennings

5 goals Lena Videkull

4 goals Liu Ailing

Liu Ailing

Liu Ailing is a female Chinese football player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.In 1996 she won the silver medal with the Chinese team. She played all five matches and scored one goal....

Pia Sundhage

Pia Mariane Sundhage is a Swedish former professional football player who is currently the head coach of the United States Women's National Team. While she played most of her career as a forward, she had stints as a midfielder as well as a sweeper.- Club :...

April Heinrichs Carolina Morace

Carolina Morace

Carolina Morace is theformer football coach for the Canadian national women's team and former player of the women's Italian national team...

3 goals Bettina Wiegmann

Bettina Wiegmann

Bettina Wiegmann is a retired German football midfielder. She scored 51 goals in 154 caps for the German national team between 1989 and 2003. In 1997 she was selected German Female Footballer of the Year....

Tina Svensson

Tina Svensson is a former Norwegian footballer, world champion and olympic medalist.She debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1990, and played 57 matches for the national team....

Anneli Andelen

2 goals

Marianne Jensen Susan MacKensie Agnete Carlsen

Agnete Carlsen

Agnete Carlsen is a former Norwegian footballer, world champion and olympic medalist.She debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1988, and played 97 matches for the national team. She played at the first Women's World Cup in China 1991, and won a silver medal with the Norwegian team, after...

Helen Nilsson Mia Hamm

Mia Hamm

Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm is a retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female,...

1 goal

Elane Rego dos Santos Ma Li Sun Qingmei

Sun Qingmei

Sun Qingmei is a female Chinese football player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.In 1996 she won the silver medal with the Chinese team. She played all five matches and scored three goals.-External links:*...

Sun Wen Wei Haiying

Wei Haiying

Wei Haiying is a female Chinese football player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.In 1996 she won the silver medal with the Chinese team. She played four matches including the final and scored two goals.-External links:*...

Wu Weiying Zhou Yang Lim Meei-chun Chou Tai-ying

Chou Tai-ying

Chou Tai-ying is a Taiwanese female football coach and former player. She is considered the most successful Taiwanese footballer so far. She was Chinese Taipei's key player in the 1980s and early 1990s, winning three AFC Women's Asian Cups and two OFC Women's Championships...

Gudrun Göttschlich
Silvia Neid

Silvia Neid

Silvia Neid is a former professional soccer player, and, since July 2005, has served as the head coach of the Germany women's national football team after having been assistant to Tina Theune-Meyer for some time...

Britta Unsleber

Britta Unsleber is former German international football player. The defender was capped 54 times for Germany, scoring 13 goals. She won two German championships and five cups with FSV Frankfurt. She also won a championship at TSV Siegen...

Feriana Ferraguzzi Rita Guarino Adele Marsiletti Raffaella Saimaso Susanne Hedberg Ingrid Johansson Malin Lundgren
Lisbet Kolding Hanne Nissen Annette Thychosen Kim Barbara Nye Birthe Hegstad

Birthe Hegstad

Birthe Hegstad is a former Norwegian football player who played for Klepp IL and for Norway women's national football team....

Hege Riise

Hege Riise is a female footballer from Norway.-Club career:Riise started playing football at age 6 and played in a boys' team until age 14....

Joy Biefield Julie Foudy Wendy Gebauer
Own goals Julia Campbell

Julia Campbell (footballer)

Julia Petryce Campbell is a former New Zealand association football player who represented her country.Campbell made her Football Ferns debut in a 3–0 win over a Hawaii XI on 12 December 1987 and ended her international career with 29 caps and 3 goals to her credit.Campbell represented New Zealand...

(for Norway) Sayuri Yamaguchi (for Sweden)

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