1999 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 30 June with the quarter-finals and ended on 10 July 1999 with the final match, held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. A total of eight teams (the top two teams from each group) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament.^[1]

All times listed are local time.

Format[]

In all knockout matches apart from the third-place play-off, if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. If the third-place play-off was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, no extra time would be played, and the match would immediately be decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Qualified teams[]

The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	United States	Nigeria
B	Brazil	Germany
C	Norway	Russia
D	China PR	Sweden

Bracket[]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

1 July – Landover

United States	3
		4 July – Stanford
Germany	2
		United States	2
1 July – Landover
		Brazil	0
Brazil (g.g.)	4
				10 July – Pasadena
Nigeria	3
				United States (p)	0 (5)
30 June – San Jose
				China PR	0 (4)
Norway	3
		4 July – Foxborough
Sweden	1
		Norway	0
30 June – San Jose
		China PR	5	Third place play-off
China PR	2
				10 July – Pasadena
Russia	0
				Brazil (p)	0 (5)

				Norway	0 (4)

Quarter-finals[]

China PR vs Russia[]

30 June 1999

17:00 PDT (UTC−7)

China PR	2–0	Russia
Pu Wei 37' Jin Yan 56'	Report

Spartan Stadium, San Jose

Attendance: 21,411

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

Norway vs Sweden[]

30 June 1999

19:30 PDT (UTC−7)

Norway	3–1	Sweden
Aarønes 51' Pettersen 58' Riise 72' (pen.)	Report	Moström 90+1'

Spartan Stadium, San Jose

Attendance: 21,411

Referee: Im Eun-ju (South Korea)

United States vs Germany[]

1 July 1999

19:00 EDT (UTC−4)

United States	3–2	Germany
Milbrett 16' Chastain 49' Fawcett 66'	Report	Chastain 5' (o.g.) Wiegmann 45+1'

Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover

Attendance: 54,642

Referee: (Colombia)

Brazil vs Nigeria[]

1 July 1999

21:30 EDT (UTC−4)

Brazil	4–3 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Nigeria
Cidinha 4', 22' Nenê 35' Sissi 104'	Report	Emeafu 63' Okosieme 72' Egbe 85'

Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover

Attendance: 54,642

Referee: (Mexico)

Semi-finals[]

United States vs Brazil[]

4 July 1999

13:30 PDT (UTC−7)

United States	2–0	Brazil
Parlow 5' Akers 80' (pen.)	Report

Stanford Stadium, Stanford

Attendance: 73,123

Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

Norway vs China PR[]

4 July 1999

19:30 EDT (UTC−4)

Norway	0–5	China PR
	Report	Sun Wen 3', 72' (pen.) Liu Ailing 14', 51' Fan Yunjie 65'

Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 28,986^[2]

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Third place play-off[]

10 July 1999

10:15 PDT (UTC−7)

Brazil	0–0	Norway
	Report
Penalties
Pretinha Cidinha Kátia Maycon Nenê Formiga	5–4	Riise Pettersen Jørgensen Sandaune S. Gulbrandsen Aarønes

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 90,185

Referee: Im Eun-ju (South Korea)

Final[]

10 July 1999

12:50 PDT (UTC−7)

United States	0–0 (a.e.t./g.g.)	China PR
	Report
Penalties
Overbeck Fawcett Lilly Hamm Chastain	5–4	Xie Huilin Qiu Haiyan Liu Ying Zhang Ouying Sun Wen

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 90,185

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

United States^[3]

China PR^[3]


GK	1	Briana Scurry
RB	14	Joy Fawcett
CB	4	Carla Overbeck (c)
CB	20	Kate Sobrero
LB	6	Brandi Chastain
DM	10	Michelle Akers	74'	91'
CM	11	Julie Foudy
CM	13	Kristine Lilly
RW	9	Mia Hamm
CF	12	Cindy Parlow		57'
LW	16	Tiffeny Milbrett		115'
Substitutions:
MF	8	Shannon MacMillan		57'
MF	7	Sara Whalen		91'
MF	15	Tisha Venturini		115'
Manager:
Tony DiCicco


GK	18	Gao Hong
RB	11	Pu Wei		59'
CB	12	Wen Lirong
CB	3	Fan Yunjie
LB	14	Bai Jie
RM	2	Wang Liping
CM	10	Liu Ailing	80'
CM	13	Liu Ying
LM	6	Zhao Lihong		114'
CF	9	Sun Wen (c)
CF	8	Jin Yan		119'
Substitutions:
FW	7	Zhang Ouying	70'	59'
MF	15	Qiu Haiyan		114'
DF	5	Xie Huilin		119'
Manager:
Ma Yuanan

Assistant referees:
Ghislaine Labbe (France)
Ana Pérez (Peru)
Fourth official:
Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

References[]

^ Shannon, David (25 June 2015). "Women's World Cup 1999 (USA)". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
^ Elliott, Helene (5 July 1999). "China Has No Trouble With Norway". Los Angeles Times. p. D8. Retrieved 13 May 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b DiCicco, Tony (May 2000). "How they won the cup" (PDF). unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup – Final. ABC Sports (Television production). Pasadena, California: American Broadcasting Company. 10 July 1999.

External links[]

FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 at FIFA.com

[1] Shannon, David (25 June 2015). "Women's World Cup 1999 (USA)". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[LAT-SF2-2] Elliott, Helene (5 July 1999). "China Has No Trouble With Norway". Los Angeles Times. p. D8. Retrieved 13 May 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

[usa-chn_line-ups-3] DiCicco, Tony (May 2000). "How they won the cup" (PDF). unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup – Final. ABC Sports (Television production). Pasadena, California: American Broadcasting Company. 10 July 1999.

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