1995 FIFA Women's World Cup final

The 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup final was a football match that took place at Råsunda Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden on 18 June 1995.^[1] It pitted Germany and Norway to determine the winner of the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. Norway won 2–0 with goals from Hege Riise and Marianne Pettersen.^[2]

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup final

Råsunda Stadium in Solna hosted the final.
Event	1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
Germany Norway 0 2
Date	18 June 1995 (1995-06-18)
Venue	Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Referee	Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)
Attendance	17,158
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Background

The match was contested by 1991 finalists Norway, who had defeated previous winners the United States, and Germany, who had defeated China in the semi-final.^[3]

Route to the final

Germany		Round	Norway
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Japan	1–0	Match 1	Nigeria	8–0
Sweden	2–3	Match 2	England	2–0
Brazil	6–1	Match 3	Canada	7–0
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Germany 3 6 2  Sweden (H) 3 6 3  Japan 3 3 4  Brazil 3 3 Source: FIFA (H) Hosts		Final standings	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Norway 3 9 2  England 3 6 3  Canada 3 1 4  Nigeria 3 1 Source: FIFA
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
England	3–0	Quarter-finals	Denmark	3–1
China	1–0	Semi-finals	United States	1–0

Match

Details

18 June 1995 (1995-06-18)

18:00 CEST

Germany	0–2	Norway
	Report	Riise 37' Pettersen 40'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 17,158

Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Germany[4]

Norway[4]

GK 1 Manuela Goller SW 5 Ursula Lohn CB 3 Birgitt Austermühl CB 2 Anouschka Bernhard  2' DM 8 Bettina Wiegmann RM 6 Maren Meinert  86' CM 10 Silvia Neid (c) CM 7 Martina Voss LM 4 Dagmar Pohlmann  75' CF 9 Heidi Mohr CF 16 Birgit Prinz  42' Substitutions: FW 11 Patricia Brocker  42' MF 18 Pia Wunderlich  75' MF 19 Sandra Smisek  86' Manager: Gero Bisanz

GK 1 Bente Nordby RB 2 Tina Svensson CB 5 Nina Nymark Andersen CB 3 Gro Espeseth (c) LB 13 Merete Myklebust DM 4 Anne Nymark Andersen  22' CM 6 Hege Riise CM 7 Tone Haugen RW 16 Marianne Pettersen LW 11 Ann Kristin Aarønes  70' CF 10 Linda Medalen  58' Manager: Even Pellerud

Assistant referees: Gitte Holm (Denmark) Maria Rodríguez (Mexico)

Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

• Germany at the FIFA Women's World Cup
• Norway at the FIFA Women's World Cup