World Cup

1991 World Cup: China

• U.S.A. Champions
• Norway runner up
• Sweden 3rd place
• November 30th U.S.A. beat Norway 2–1 in Final
• Michelle Akers scores winning goal
• 65,000 fans watched at Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium

1995 World Cup: Sweden

• Norway Champions
• Germany runner up
• U.S.A. 3rd place
• June 18th, Norway beat Germany 2–0 in Final
• 17,000 fans watched

1999 World Cup: U.S.A

• U.S.A. Champions
• China runner up
• Brazil 3rd place
• July 10th, U.S.A. beat China 5–4 in penalty kicks
• 90,185 fans watched at the Rose bowl in Pasadena, Ca.
• Kristine Lilly heads the ball of the line to keep the U.S. alive.
• Carla Overbeck, Joy Fawcett, Kristine Lilly, Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain took the penalty kicks
• Brandi Chastain scored the last penalty kick to win.

2003 World Cup: U.S.A. (S.A.R.S. China was host)

• Germany Champions
• Sweden runner up
• U.S.A. 3rd place
• October 12th, Germany beat Sweden in overtime 2–1
• Game was at the Home Depot Center in Carson Ca.

2007 World Cup: China

• Germany Champions
• Brazil runner up
• U.S.A 3rd place
• September 30th, Germany defeats Brazil 2–0 in Shanghai China.
• Game was played at Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium in Shanghai China.

2011 World Cup: Germany

• Japan Champions
• USA runner up
• Sweden 3rd place
• July 17th, Japan defeats the U.S in Pk’s in Frankfurt Germany.
• The game ended 1-1. Went into overtime, overtime ended 2-2.  Went to Pk’s.  Japan won 3-1 on pk’s.
• attendance at this game was 48,817.