1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament

1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament
Official poster
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates1–12 June
Teams12 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Norway
Runners-up Sweden
Third place Brazil
Fourth place China
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored81 (3.12 per match)

The 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament, or International Women's Football Tournament, was organised 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,[3] Canada, the Netherlands and the United States also reached the final stages.[4]

Venues

The tournament took place in 4 cities in the province of Guangdong: Guangzhou, Foshan, Jiangmen and Panyu.

Teams

12 national teams participated in the tournament, all invited by FIFA.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 China (H) 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
(H): Hosts

The matches of China were held in Guangzhou. The rest of the matches of this group were held in Foshan.

1 June 1988
China 2–0 Canada
Netherlands 3–0 Côte d'Ivoire
3 June 1988
China 1–0 Netherlands
Canada 6–0 Côte d'Ivoire
6 June 1988
Canada 1–1 Netherlands
China 8–1 Côte d'Ivoire

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

All matches held in Jiangmen.

1 June 1988
Norway 4–0 Thailand
Australia 1–0 Brazil
3 June 1988
Brazil 2–1 Norway
Australia 3–0 Thailand
6 June 1988
Norway 3–0 Australia
Brazil 9–0 Thailand

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

All matches held in Panyu.

1 June 1988
United States 5–2 Japan
Sweden 1–0 Czechoslovakia SvFF Report (in Swedish)
3 June 1988
Sweden 1–1 United States SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Czechoslovakia 2–1 Japan
6 June 1988
Czechoslovakia 0–0 United States
Sweden 3–0 Japan SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Australia 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 4
2  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 3
3  Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3

Knockout stage

Bracket

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

Quarter-finals

Sweden 1–0 Canada
Sundhage SvFF Report (in Swedish)
China 7–0 Australia
Brazil 2–1 Netherlands
 Report
Norway 1–0 United States

Semi-finals

Sweden 2–1 China
Johansson
Gustafsson		 SvFF Report (in Swedish) Niu Lijie
Norway 2–1 Brazil
 Report

Third place play-off

China 0–0 Brazil
Report
Penalties
 3–4

Final

Sweden 0–1 Norway
Norway Report
Sweden Report
SvFF Report		 Medalen 58'
Attendance: 30,000 (according to Norway)
35,000 (according to Sweden)
Sweden
Norway
Sweden
SWEDEN:
GK 1 Elisabeth Leidinge
DF 3 Marie Karlsson
DF 4 Pia Syrén
DF 5 Eva Zeikfalvy downward-facing red arrow
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 downward-facing red arrow
MF 16 Gunilla Axén
Substitutes:
MF 8 Camilla Andersson upward-facing green arrow
DF 14 Tina Nilsson upward-facing green arrow
FW 10 Lena Videkull
GK 12 Ing-Marie Olsson
MF 17 Anette Palm
Manager:
Gunilla Paijkull
Norway
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 downward-facing red arrow
MF 7 Tone Haugen
MF 8 Heidi Støre (c)
FW 9 Birthe Hegstad
FW 10 Ellen Scheel
FW 11 Linda Medalen downward-facing red arrow
Substitutes:
GK 12 Reidun Seth
FW 13 Lisbeth Bakken
FW 14 Turid Storhaug upward-facing green arrow
MF 15 Agnete Carlsen
FW 16 Sissel Grude upward-facing green arrow
Managers:
Dag Steinar Vestlund
Erling Hokstad

All-Star Team

The all star team was voted by the Chinese press.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Raising Their Game: Passing the test. Shared by FIFA through its YouTube channel.
  2. ^ FIFA pone K.O. a México El Mundo Deportivo, 01/07/88
  3. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/may/28/the-matilda-effect-fiona-crawford-book-extract-australia-matildas-football-team-fifa-womens-world-cup
  4. ^ a b Results in RSSSF.com