Lights and shadows second edition Women’s World Cup The shortest of the event, held in Sweden from 5-18 June 1995. If China 1991 was a novelty, this second World Cup in Northern Europe marked the celebration of women’s football at the highest level..
The competition served as a qualifying process for the eight teams that made it to the quarterfinals for the 1996 Olympic Games held in Atlanta. As in the men’s match, a three-point system was applied for the win, and unlike the first raid, the matches lasted a total of ninety minutes with the option of a two-minute break in each half.
revenge against the USA
However, the competition reached extremely low scores and Lowest attendance of all time Women’s World Cup, and media coverage was notoriously limited. The finale was not even televised. The lack of media attention, the distance between selected cities and the lack of standardized transport, as well as the public interest, have also affected.
Nine of the twelve teams participating had played in the first edition in China, and of the rookies, only England made it past the first stage. Norway beat the USA, which was the hangman in the previous final, in the semi-finals and defeated Germany in the grand final in Solna, Stockholm. It was the consolidation of the best Norwegian team in history.
Riise, MVP to selector
Hege Riise became the tournament’s second top scorer with five goals less than Aarones, and was named MVP of the tournament. After Martin Sjögren, widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation, resigned after his poor performance at the Euro Cup in England last summer, Riise took the helm and will lead Norway at this year’s World Cup.