2007 FIFA Women's World Cup facts for kids

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2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	10 – 30 September
Teams	16
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	111 (3.47 per match)
Attendance	1,156,955 (36,155 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marta (7 goals)
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The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fifth FIFA Women's World Cup and it took place in China. The winners were Germany.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	13	0	+13	7
England	3	1	2	0	8	3	+5	5
Japan	3	1	1	1	3	4	–1	4
Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	18	–17	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
North Korea	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
Sweden	3	1	1	1	3	4	–1	4
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	1	4	–3	1

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	7
Australia	3	1	2	0	7	4	+3	5
Canada	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
Ghana	3	0	0	3	3	15	–12	0

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9
China PR	3	2	0	1	5	6	–1	6
Denmark	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	0	9	–9	0

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	September 22 — Wuhan
	Germany	3
					September 26 — Tianjin
	North Korea	0
					Germany	3
	September 23 — Wuhan
					Norway	0
	Norway	1
									September 30 — Shanghai
	China	0
									Germany	2
	September 22 — Tianjin
									Brazil	0
	United States	3
					September 27 — Hangzhou
	England	0
					United States	0
	September 23 — Tianjin
					Brazil	4
	Brazil	3
	Australia	2

Third place match

30 September 2007 17:00	Norway	1 – 4	United States	Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 32,068 Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)
	R. Gulbrandsen  63'	Report	Wambach  30', 46' Chalupny  58' O'Reilly  59'

Final

30 September 2007 20:00	Germany	2 – 0	Brazil	Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)
	Prinz  52' Laudehr  86'	Report

Goal scorers

7 goals

• Marta

6 goals

• Abby Wambach
• Ragnhild Gulbrandsen

5 goals

• Cristiane
• Birgit Prinz

4 goals

• Kelly Smith
• Renate Lingor
• Lisa De Vanna

3 goals

• Sandra Smisek
• Christine Sinclair

2 goals

• Melanie Behringer
• Kerstin Garefrekes
• Aya Miyama
• Cathrine Paaske Sørensen
• Lotta Schelin
• Ane Stangeland Horpestad
• Isabell Herlovsen
• Li Jie
• Lori Chalupny
• Heather O'Reilly

1 goal

• Shannon Boxx
• Kristine Lilly
• Kil Son-Hui
• Kim Yong-Ae
• Kim Kyong-Hwa
• Ri Kum-Suk
• Ri Un Suk
• Victoria Svensson
• Cynthia Uwak
• Sarah Walsh
• Heather Garriock
• Collette McCallum
• Cheryl Salisbury
• Lauren Colthorpe
• Anita Amankwa
• Adjoa Bayor
• Florence Okoe
• Daniela
• Renata Costa
• Pretinha
• Formiga
• Candace-Marie Chapman
• Sophie Schmidt
• Martina Franko
• Melissa Tancredi
• Lene Storløkken
• Lise Klaveness
• Bi Yan
• Song Xiaoli
• Xie Caixia
• Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen
• Katrine Pedersen
• Yuki Nagasato
• Jill Scott
• Fara Williams
• Vicky Exley
• Eva Nadia González
• Annike Krahn
• Kerstin Stegemann
• Martina Müller
• Simone Laudehr

Own goal

• Eva Nadia González (against England)
• Trine Rønning (against Germany)
• Leslie Osborne (against Brazil)

Images for kids

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  Participating countries and their results

See also

In Spanish: Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol de 2007 para niños