1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament

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]

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)

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]

Venues edit

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

Teams edit

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

Group stage edit

Group A edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Bracket edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

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

Norway  2–1  Brazil
Report

Third place play-off edit

China  0–0  Brazil
Report
Penalties
3–4

Final edit

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:
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 edit

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

See also edit

References edit