2007 FIFA Women's World Cup final

The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup final was an association football match which determined the winner of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was played on 30 September 2007 at the Hongkou Football Stadium, in Shanghai, China and won by Germany, who defeated Brazil 2–0.^[2][3]

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup final

Hongkou Football Stadium in Shanghai hosted the final.
Event	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
Germany Brazil 2 0
Date	30 September 2007 (2007-09-30)
Venue	Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai
Player of the Match	Nadine Angerer (Germany)
Referee	Tammy Ogston (Australia)
Attendance	31,000[1]
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Finalists

The match was between Germany, who had won the previous Women's World Cup final and Brazil, who had never won a major world title, or indeed even reached the finals of a Women's World Cup. This was the first time in the history of the Women's World Cup that a European and South American had met each other in the final. Germany had not conceded a single goal in the whole competition whereas Brazil were free-scoring. Led by striker Marta, who had scored 7 goals, Brazil had scored seventeen goals in their route to the final, including four against title-rivals United States in the semi-finals. It was considered as "the rematch of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final", except it was the men's teams.

Route to the final

Further information: 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Germany		Round	Brazil
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Argentina	11–0	Match 1	New Zealand	5–0
England	0–0	Match 2	China	4–0
Japan	2–0	Match 3	Denmark	1–0
Group A winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Germany 3 7 2  England 3 5 3  Japan 3 4 4  Argentina 3 0 Source: FIFA		Final standing	Group D winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Brazil 3 9 2  China (H) 3 6 3  Denmark 3 3 4  New Zealand 3 0 Source: FIFA (H) Hosts
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
North Korea	3–0	Quarterfinals	Australia	3–2
Norway	3–0	Semifinals	United States	4–0

Match

Details

30 September 2007 (2007-09-30)

20:00 CST

Germany	2–0	Brazil
Prinz 52' Laudehr 86'	Report

Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 31,000^[1]

Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

Germany[4]

Brazil[4]

GK 1 Nadine Angerer RB 2 Kerstin Stegemann CB 5 Annike Krahn CB 17 Ariane Hingst LB 6 Linda Bresonik  63' CM 14 Simone Laudehr CM 10 Renate Lingor RW 18 Kerstin Garefrekes  7' AM 9 Birgit Prinz (c) LW 7 Melanie Behringer  74' CF 8 Sandra Smisek  80' Substitutions: FW 16 Martina Müller  74' MF 19 Fatmire Bajramaj  80' Manager: Silvia Neid

GK 1 Andréia CB 3 Aline (c)  88' CB 5 Renata Costa CB 4 Tânia  81' RM 2 Elaine CM 8 Formiga CM 20 Ester  63' LM 9 Maycon AM 7 Daniela  59' CF 11 Cristiane CF 10 Marta Substitutions: DF 6 Rosana  63' MF 18 Pretinha  81' FW 15 Kátia  88' Manager: Jorge Barcellos

Assistant referees: María Isabel Tovar (Mexico) Rita Muñoz (Mexico) Fourth official: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)

See also

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