1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament

1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament
	Official poster
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	1–12 June
Teams	12 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Norway
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	China PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	81 (3.12 per match)

The 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament, or International Women's Football Tournament, was organised by FIFA in China from 1 to 12 June 1988. The competition was a test to study if a global women's World Cup was feasible following the experience of non-FIFA invitational competitions such as the Mundialito (1981–88) and the Women's World Invitational Tournament (1978–87).^[1] The competition was a success and on 30 June FIFA approved the establishment of an official World Cup for 1991, which would also be held in China.^[2]

Twelve national teams took part in the competition – four from UEFA, three from AFC, two from CONCACAF and one from CONMEBOL, CAF and OFC. European champion Norway defeated Sweden 1–0 in the final to win the tournament, while Brazil clinched the bronze by beating the hosts in a penalty shootout. Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and the United States also reached the final stages.^[3]

Venues[]

The tournament took place in 4 cities in the province of Guangdong: Guangzhou, Foshan, Jiangmen and Panyu.

Teams[]

12 national teams participated in the tournament, all invited by FIFA.

Africa (CAF)
- Ivory Coast
Asia (AFC)
- China PR
- Japan
- Thailand
South America (CONMEBOL)
- Brazil
Oceania (OFC)
- Australia

Europe (UEFA)
North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)
- Canada
- United States

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
China PR (H)	6	3	3	0	0	11	1
Canada	3	3	1	1	1	7	3
Netherlands	3	3	1	1	1	4	2
Ivory Coast	0	3	0	0	3	1	17

(H): Hosts

The matches of China were held in Guangzhou. The rest of the matches of this group were held in Foshan.


1 June 1988
China	2–0	Canada
Netherlands	3–0	Côte d'Ivoire
3 June 1988
China	1–0	Netherlands
Canada	6–0	Côte d'Ivoire
6 June 1988
Canada	1–1	Netherlands
China	8–1	Côte d'Ivoire

Group B[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA
Brazil	4	3	2	1	11	2
Norway	4	3	2	1	8	2
Australia	4	3	2	1	4	3
Thailand	0	3	0	3	0	16

All matches held in Jiangmen.


1 June 1988
Norway	4–0	Thailand
Australia	1–0	Brazil
3 June 1988
Brazil	2–1	Norway
Australia	3–0	Thailand
6 June 1988
Norway	3–0	Australia
Brazil	9–0	Thailand

Group C[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Sweden	5	3	2	1	0	5	1
United States	4	3	1	2	0	6	3
Czechoslovakia	3	3	1	1	1	2	2
Japan	0	3	0	0	3	3	10

All matches held in Panyu.


1 June 1988
United States	5–2	Japan
Sweden	1–0	Czechoslovakia	SvFF Report (in Swedish)
3 June 1988
Sweden	1–1	United States	SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Czechoslovakia	2–1	Japan
6 June 1988
Czechoslovakia	0–0	United States
Sweden	3–0	Japan	SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Ranking of third-placed teams[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Australia	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	4
2	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	4	2	2	3
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3

Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

8 June — Guangzhou

Sweden	1
		10 June — Panyu
Canada	0
		Sweden	2
8 June — Guangzhou
		China PR	1
China PR	7
				12 June — Guangzhou
Australia	0
				Sweden	0
8 June — Foshan
				Norway	1
Brazil	2
		10 June — Guangzhou
Netherlands	1
		Brazil	1
8 June — Panyu
		Norway	2	Third place
United States	0
				12 June — Guangzhou
Norway	1
				Brazil	0 (4)

				China PR	0 (3)

Quarter-finals[]

8 June 1988

Sweden	1–0	Canada
Sundhage	SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

8 June 1988

China PR	7–0	Australia

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

8 June 1988

Brazil	2–1	Netherlands

New Plaza Stadium, Foshan

8 June 1988

Norway	1–0	United States

Ying Tung Stadium, Panyu

Semi-finals[]

10 June 1988

Sweden	2–1	China PR
Johansson	SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Ying Tung Stadium, Panyu

10 June 1988

Norway	2–1	Brazil

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Third place play-off[]

12 June 1988

Brazil	0–0	China PR

Penalties
	4–3

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Final[]

12 June 1988

Sweden	0–1	Norway
	Norway Report Sweden Report SvFF Report	Medalen 58'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 30,000 (according to Norway)
35,000 (according to Sweden)

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

Sweden

Norway


SWEDEN:
GK	1	Elisabeth Leidinge
DF	3	Marie Karlsson
DF	4
DF	5	Eva Zeikfalvy
MF	6	Ingrid Johansson (c)
MF	7	Pia Sundhage
MF	9	Pärnilla Larsson
FW	11
FW	13	Anneli Andelén
FW	14	Helen Johansson
MF	16	Gunilla Axén
Substitutes:
MF	8	Camilla Andersson
DF	14
FW	10	Lena Videkull
GK	12	Ing-Marie Olsson
MF	17
Manager:
Gunilla Paijkull


NORWAY:
GK	1
DF	2	Cathrine Zaborowski
DF	3	Liv Strædet
MF	4
DF	5	Gunn Nyborg
DF	6
MF	7	Tone Haugen
MF	8	Heidi Støre (c)
FW	9	Birthe Hegstad
FW	10	Ellen Scheel
FW	11	Linda Medalen
Substitutes:
GK	12	Reidun Seth
FW	13	Lisbeth Bakken
FW	14
MF	15	Agnete Carlsen
FW	16	Sissel Grude
Managers:
Erling Hokstad

All-Star Team[]

The all star team was voted by the Chinese press.^[3]

References[]

^ Raising Their Game: Passing the test. Shared by FIFA through its YouTube channel.
^ FIFA pone K.O. a México El Mundo Deportivo, 01/07/88
^ ^a ^b Results in RSSSF.com

[1] Raising Their Game: Passing the test. Shared by FIFA through its YouTube channel.

[2] FIFA pone K.O. a México El Mundo Deportivo, 01/07/88

[rsssf-3] Results in RSSSF.com

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1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament

Contents

Venues[]

Teams[]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Group B[]

Group C[]

Ranking of third-placed teams[]

Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

Quarter-finals[]

Semi-finals[]

Third place play-off[]

Final[]

All-Star Team[]

See also[]

References[]