1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D

Group D of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup took place from June 19 to 26, 1999. The group consisted of Australia, China PR, Ghana and Sweden.^[1]

Three of these teams were also drawn together in Group D of the next World Cup in 2003 (the exception was Sweden, whose place was taken by fellow Europeans Russia).

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Australia	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1
4	Ghana	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

All times listed are local time.

China PR vs Sweden

June 19, 1999 (1999-06-19)

17:00 PDT (UTC−7)

China	2–1	Sweden
Jin Yan 17' Liu Ailing 69'	Report	Bengtsson 2'

Spartan Stadium, San Jose

Attendance: 23,298

Referee: Virginia Tovar (Mexico)

Australia vs Ghana

June 20, 1999 (1999-06-20)

19:30 EDT (UTC−4)

Australia	1–1	Ghana
Murray 74'	Report	Gyamfuah 76'

Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 14,873

Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

Australia vs Sweden

June 23, 1999 (1999-06-23)

20:30 EDT (UTC−4)

Australia	1–3	Sweden
Murray 32'	Report	Törnqvist 8' Ljungberg 21', 69'

Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover

Attendance: 16,448

Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)

China PR vs Ghana

June 23, 1999 (1999-06-23)

20:30 PDT (UTC−7)

China	7–0	Ghana
Sun Wen 9', 21', 54' Jin Yan 16' Zhang Ouying 82', 90+1' Zhao Lihong 90+2'	Report

Civic Stadium, Portland

Attendance: 17,668

Referee: Elke Günthner (Germany)

China PR vs Australia

June 26, 1999 (1999-06-26)

14:30 EDT (UTC−4)

China	3–1	Australia
Sun Wen 39', 51' Liu Ying 73'	Report	Salisbury 66'

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 29,401

Referee: Sandra Hunt (United States)

Ghana vs Sweden

June 26, 1999 (1999-06-26)

16:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Ghana	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Svensson 58', 86'

Soldier Field, Chicago

Attendance: 34,256

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

See also

• Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup
• China at the FIFA Women's World Cup
• Ghana at the FIFA Women's World Cup
• Sweden at the FIFA Women's World Cup