1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament

The 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament, or International Women's Football Tournament, was an invitational international women's football tournament organized by FIFA in China from 1 to 12 June 1988. The competition was a test to study if a global women's World Cup was feasible following the experience of non-FIFA invitational competitions such as the Mundialito (1981–88) and the Women's World Invitational Tournament (1978–87).^[1] The competition was a success and on 30 June FIFA approved the establishment of an official World Cup for 1991, which would also be held in China.^[2]

Twelve national teams took part in the competition – four from UEFA, three from AFC, two from CONCACAF and one from CONMEBOL, CAF and OFC. European champion Norway defeated Sweden 1–0 in the final to win the tournament, while Brazil clinched the bronze by beating the hosts in a penalty shootout. Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and the United States also reached the final stages.^[3]

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
China PR	6	3	3	0	0	11	1
Canada	3	3	1	1	1	7	3
Netherlands	3	3	1	1	1	4	2
Ivory Coast	0	3	0	0	3	1	17

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Brazil	4	3	2	0	1	11	2
Norway	4	3	2	0	1	8	2
Australia	4	3	2	0	1	4	3
Thailand	0	3	0	0	3	0	16

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Sweden	5	3	2	1	0	5	1
United States	4	3	1	2	0	6	3
Czechoslovakia	3	3	1	1	1	2	2
Japan	0	3	0	0	3	3	10

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	8 June — Guangzhou
	Sweden	1
					10 June — Panyu
	Canada	0
					Sweden	2
	8 June — Guangzhou
					China PR	1
	China PR	7
									12 June — Guangzhou
	Australia	0
									Sweden	0
	8 June — Foshan
									Norway	1
	Brazil	2
					10 June — Guangzhou
	Netherlands	1
					Brazil	1			Third place
	8 June — Panyu
					Norway	2
	United States	0							Brazil	0 (4)
	Norway	1							China PR	0 (3)
									12 June — Guangzhou

Match details

Sweden  v  Norway

12 June 1988

Sweden	0 – 1	Norway
	Norway Report Sweden Report	Medalen  58'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou Attendance: 30,000 (according to Norway) 35,000 (according to Sweden) Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

Sweden

Norway

SWEDEN: GK 1 Elisabeth Leidinge DF 3 Marie Karlsson DF 4 Pia Syrén DF 5 Eva Zeikfalvy MF 6 Ingrid Johansson (c) MF 7 Pia Sundhage MF 9 Pärnilla Larsson FW 11 Anneli Gustafsson FW 13 Anneli Andelén FW 14 Helen Johansson MF 16 Gunilla Axén Substitutes: MF 8 Camilla Andersson DF 14 Tina Nilsson FW 10 Lena Videkull GK 12 Ing-Marie Olsson MF 17 Anette Palm Manager: Gunilla Paijkull

NORWAY: GK 1 Hege Ludvigsen DF 2 Cathrine Zaborowski DF 3 Liv Strædet MF 4 Bjørg Storhaug DF 5 Gunn Nyborg DF 6 Toril Hoch-Nielsen MF 7 Tone Haugen MF 8 Heidi Støre (c) FW 9 Birthe Hegstad FW 10 Ellen Scheel FW 11 Linda Medalen Substitutes: GK 12 Reidun Seth FW 13 Lisbeth Bakken FW 14 Turid Storhaug MF 15 Agnete Carlsen FW 16 Sissel Grude Managers: Dag Steinar Vestlund Erling Hokstad

All-Star Team

The all star team was voted by the Chinese press.^[3]

• Elisabeth Leidinge
• Liv Strædet
• Marie Karlsson
• Heidi Støre
• Eva Zeikfalvy
• Roseli
• Linda Medalen
• Carin Jennings
• Sun Qingmei
• Cebola
• Ellen Scheel

References

International women's association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year
Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)
Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, COSAFA)
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17
South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17
Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17
Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17
Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
See also Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football