The FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 was held on in the United States and won by the host team. The final between the U.S. and China, held at on July 10 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California was the most-attended women's sports event in history with an official attendance of 90,185. The final was scoreless after extra time and won by the U.S. in a penalty shootout, with Brandi Chastain scoring the tournament-winning spotkick. Prior to the winning penalty kick, U.S. goalkeeper Brianna Scurry made a critical save to provide Chastain a chance to score the winning goal.

Venues

• Chicago — Soldier Field
• East Rutherford — Giants Stadium
• Foxborough — Foxboro Stadium
• Palo Alto — Stanford Stadium
• Pasadena — Rose Bowl
• Portland, Oregon — Civic Stadium
• San Jose, California — Spartan Stadium
• Landover, Maryland — Jack Kent Cooke Stadium

Teams

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

Africa (CAF) Asia (AFC) South America (CONMEBOL) Oceania (OCF)

Europe (UEFA) North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF) (host nation — automatically qualified)

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squads.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	9	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12
	6	3	2	0	1	5	8	−3
	3	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2
	0	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	7	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8
	5	3	1	2	0	10	4	+6
	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
	0	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14

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Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	9	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11
	6	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7
	1	3	0	1	2	3	12	−9
	1	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9

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Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	9	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10
	6	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
	1	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4
	1	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9

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Knockout stages

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

Third Place

Final

Awards

Golden Shoe Winner	Golden Ball Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Sissi Sun Wen	Sun Wen

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Sissi
• Sun Wen4 goals
• Ann-Kristin Aarønes3 goals
• Pretinha
• Jin Yan
• Liu Ailing
• Bettina Wiegmann
• Inka Grings
• Nkiru Okosieme
• Hege Riise
• Marianne Pettersen
• Tiffeny Milbrett2 goals
• Julie Murray
• Cidinha
• Kátia
• Charmaine Hooper
• Zhang Ouying
• Patrizia Panico
• Jo Song Ok
• Mercy Akide
• Elena Fomina
• Olga Letuchova
• Hanna Ljungberg

2 goals (cont.)

• Victoria Svensson
• Cindy Parlow
• Kristine Lilly
• Mia Hamm
• Michelle Akers
• Tisha Venturini1 goal
• Cheryl Salisbury
• Maicon
• Nenê
• Silvana Burtini
• Fan Yunjie
• Liu Ying
• Pu Wei
• Zhao Lihong
• Janni Johansen
• Ariane Hingst
• Birgit Prinz
• Renate Lingor
• Sandra Smisek
• Nana Gyamfua
• Otake Nami
• Jin Pyol Hui
• Kim Kum Sil
• Maribel Domínguez
• Brandi Chastain

1 goal (cont.)

• Steffi Jones
• Nkechi Egbe
• Prisca Emeafu
• Rita Nwadike
• Brit Sandaune
• Dagny Mellgren
• Linda Medalen
• Solveig Gulbrandsen
• Unni Lehn
• Paola Zanni
• Galina Komarova
• Irina Grigorieva
• Larissa Savina
• Natalia Barbachina
• Natalia Karasseva
• Olga Karasseva
• Jane Tornqvist
• Kristin Bengtsson
• Malin Moström
• Brandi Chastain
• Joy Fawcett
• Julie Foudy
• Shannon MacMillanOwn goals
• Isozaki Hiromi (for Norway)
• Ifeanyichukwu Chiejine (for USA)

References

New York Times: WOMEN'S WORLD CUP; Scurry Admits Bending Rule