2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = FIFA Women's World Cup
year = 2003
other_titles = USA 2003


size = 250px
country = USA
caption = Official Logo
name =
teams = 99
num_teams = 16
champion_other = fbw|GER
second_other = fbw|SWE
third_other = fbw|USA
count = 1
matches = 32
goals = 107
attendance = 656789
top_scorer = flagicon|GER Birgit Prinz
7 GoalsThe FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 was held in the United States and won by Germany. The tournament was originally scheduled for China. On May 3, 2003 the tournament was abruptly moved to the United States, as a result of the 2003 SARS outbreak in China [ [http://www.ussoccer.com/history/host/fwwc03.jsp.html The Official Site of U.S. Soccer - 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup ] ] . Because the United States had hosted the 1999 World Cup, it was thought the United States could best organize the tournament in the little time remaining before the October scheduled start. In addition, women's soccer boosters in the United States hoped that interest generated by the tournament would save the U.S. women's professional league, the Women's United Soccer Association, from folding.

In compensation for losing the tournament, China retained its automatic qualification as host, and was named as host for the 2007 event. (China was eventually defeated by Canada in the quarterfinals of the 2003 competition.)

Mostly due to the rescheduling of the tournament on short notice, FIFA and the United States Soccer Federation were forced to creatively schedule matches. Nine doubleheaders were scheduled in group play (similar to the 1999 format). They also had to abandon the modern practice of scheduling the final matches of the group stage to kick off simultaneously. In Groups A and D, the final matches were scheduled as the two ends of a doubleheader. The final matches in Groups B and C were also scheduled as doubleheaders, but split between two cities, with a Group B match in each city followed by a Group C match. The four quarterfinals were also scheduled as two doubleheaders, and both semifinals were also a doubleheader.

Venues

* Carson, California — The Home Depot Center
* Columbus, Ohio — Columbus Crew Stadium
* Foxboro, Massachusetts — Gillette Stadium
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Lincoln Financial Field
* Portland, Oregon — PGE Park
* Washington, D.C. — RFK Stadium

Teams

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

footballbox
date = September 20, 2003
team1 = fbw-rt|NOR
score = 2 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=6929/matches/match=69290001/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|FRA
goals1 = Rapp goal|47
Mellgren goal|66
goals2 =
stadium = Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
attendance = 24,346----footballbox
date = September 21, 2003
team1 = fbw-rt|BRA
score = 3 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=6929/matches/match=69290006/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|KOR
goals1 = Marta goal|14|pen.
Kátia goal|55 goal|62
goals2 =
stadium = RFK Stadium, Washington
attendance = 34,144----footballbox
date = September 24, 2003
team1 = fbw-rt|NOR
score = 1 – 4
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=6929/matches/match=69290009/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|BRA
goals1 = Pettersen goal|45
goals2 = Daniela goal|26
Rosana goal|37
Marta goal|59
Kátia goal|68
stadium = RFK Stadium, Washington
attendance = 16,316----footballbox
date = September 24, 2003
team1 = fbw-rt|FRA
score = 1 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=6929/matches/match=69290010/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|KOR
goals1 = Pichon goal|84
goals2 =
stadium = RFK Stadium, Washington
attendance = 16,316----footballbox
date = September 27, 2003
team1 = fbw-rt|KOR
score = 1 – 7
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=6929/matches/match=69290017/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|NOR
goals1 = Kim goal|75
goals2 = Gulbrandsen goal|5
Mellgren goal|24 goal|31
Pettersen goal|40
Sandaune goal|52
Ørmen goal|80 goal|90
stadium = Gillette Stadium, Boston
attendance = 14,356----footballbox
date = September 27, 2003
team1 = fbw-rt|FRA
score = 1 – 1
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=6929/matches/match=69290019/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|BRA
goals1 = Pichon goal|90+2
goals2 = Kátia goal|58
stadium = RFK Stadium, Washington
attendance = 17,618

Group C

Top Scorers

;7 goals
*flagicon|GER Birgit Prinz

;5 goals
*flagicon|GER Maren Meinert

;4 goals
*flagicon|GER Kerstin Garefrekes
*flagicon|BRA Kátia

;3 goals
*flagicon|BRA Marta
*flagicon|CAN Christine Latham
*flagicon|CAN Christine Sinclair
*flagicon|JPN Mio Otani
*flagicon|JPN Homare Sawa
*flagicon|NOR Dagny Mellgren
*flagicon|SWE Hanna Ljungberg
*flagicon|SWE Victoria Svensson
*flagicon|USA Abby Wambach

;2 goals
*flagicon|AUS Heather Garriock
*flagicon|CAN Charmaine Hooper
*flagicon|CAN Kara Lang
*flagicon|CHN Bai Jie
*flagicon|FRA Marinette Pichon
*flagicon|GER Sandra Minnert
*flagicon|GER Martina Müller
*flagicon|GER Bettina Wiegmann
*flagicon|GHA Alberta Sackey
*flagicon|PRK Jin Pyol Hui
*flagicon|NOR Marianne Pettersen
*flagicon|SWE Malin Moström
*flagicon|USA Shannon Boxx
*flagicon|USA Mia Hamm
*flagicon|USA Kristine Lilly
*flagicon|USA Cindy Parlow
*flagicon|USA Cat Reddick

;1 goal
*flagicon|ARG Yanina Gaitán
*flagicon|AUS Kelly Golebiowski
*flagicon|BRA Daniela
*flagicon|BRA Rosana
*flagicon|CHN Sun Wen
*flagicon|GER Stefanie Gottschlich
*flagicon|GER Conny Pohlers
*flagicon|GER Pia Wunderlich
*flagicon|JPN Emi Yamamoto
*flagicon|PRK Ri Un Gyong
*flagicon|KOR Kim Jin Hee
*flagicon|NOR Solveig Gulbrandsen
*flagicon|NOR Linda Ørmen
*flagicon|NOR Anita Rapp
*flagicon|NOR Brit Sandaune
*flagicon|RUS Natalia Barbachina
*flagicon|RUS Elena Fomina
*flagicon|RUS Olga Letyushova
*flagicon|RUS Marina Saenko
*flagicon|SWE Josephine Oeqvist
*flagicon|USA Julie Foudy
*flagicon|USA Tiffeny Milbrett

;Own Goals (1)
*flagicon|AUS Diane Alagich (Playing against fbw|RUS)

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