2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

2007年女子世界杯足球赛 2007 Nián nǚzǐ shìjièbēi zúqiú sài
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	10–30 September
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
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	1,190,971 (37,218 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marta (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Marta
Best goalkeeper	Nadine Angerer
Fair play award	Norway
← 2003 2011 →

The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007.^[1] Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but the outbreak of SARS in that country forced that event to be moved to the United States. FIFA immediately granted the 2007 event to China, which meant that no new host nation was chosen competitively until the voting was held for the 2011 Women's World Cup.^[2]

The tournament opened with a record-breaking match in Shanghai, as Germany beat Argentina 11–0 to register the biggest win and the highest scoring match in Women's World Cup history, records which stood until 2019. The tournament ended with Germany defeating Brazil 2–0 in the final, having never conceded a goal in the entire tournament.^[3] The Germans became the first national team in FIFA Women's World Cup history to retain their title.

The golden goal rule for extra time in knockout matches was eliminated by FIFA, although no matches went to extra time (and therefore, none required a penalty shoot-out).