2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final

Event	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
Germany Brazil 2 0
Date	30 September 2007
Venue	Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai
Player of the Match	Nadine Angerer
Referee	Tammy Ogston (Australia)
Attendance	31,000

The final of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was played between Germany and Brazil. The match took place at the Hongkou Football Stadium, in Shanghai, China, on 30 September 2007.^[1]

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", except it was the men's teams.

Route to the final

Germany began their campaign to retain the trophy with the highest world cup win in history, Argentina lost 11–0.

Germany		Round	Brazil
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Argentina	11–0	Match 1	New Zealand	5–0
England	0–0	Match 2	China PR	4–0
Japan	2–0	Match 3	Denmark	1–0
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD  Germany 7 3 2 1 0 13 0 +13  England 5 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5  Japan 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1  Argentina 0 3 0 0 3 1 18 −17		Final standing	Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD  Brazil 9 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10  China PR 6 3 2 0 1 5 6 −1  Denmark 3 3 1 0 2 4 4 0  New Zealand 0 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
North Korea	3–0	Quarterfinals	Australia	3–2
Norway	3–0	Semifinals	United States	4–0

Match details

Germany  v  Brazil

30 September 2007 20:00

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

Hongkou Stadium Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

Germany

Brazil

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

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

References

External links

• Official FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 site

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