International football competition
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 , Canada , the Netherlands and the United States also reached the final stages.
The tournament took place in 4 cities in the province of Guangdong : Guangzhou , Foshan , Jiangmen and Panyu .
12 national teams participated in the tournament, all invited by FIFA.
Europe (UEFA ) North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF )
Group stage [ edit ] Group A [ edit ] (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 ] 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 ] 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 ] Knockout stage [ edit ] Bracket [ edit ] Quarter-finals [ edit ] Semi-finals [ edit ] Third place play-off [ edit ] All-Star Team [ edit ] The all star team was voted by the Chinese press .
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
Worldwide Asia Africa North America, Central America and the Caribbean South America Oceania Europe Non-FIFA Games Invitationals