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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = FIFA Women's World Cup
| year           = 2007
| other_titles   = 2007年女子世界杯足球赛<br />2007 Nián nǚzǐ shìjièbēi zúqiú sài
| image          = 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.svg
| size           = {{Logo size|FIFA canvas}}
| country        = China
| dates          = {{Nowrap|10–30 September}}
| num_teams      = 16
| confederations = 6
| venues         = 5
| cities         = 5
| champion_other = {{fbw|GER}}
| count          = 2
| second_other   = {{fbw|BRA}}
| third_other    = {{fbw|USA}}
| fourth_other   = {{fbw|NOR}}
| matches        = 32
| goals          = 111
| attendance     = {{#expr: <!--Group A--> 28098 + 27146 + 27730 + 27730 + 39817 + 30730 <!--Group B-->+ 35100 + 35100 + 35600 + 35600 + 6100 + 33196 <!--Group C-->+ 30752 + 30752 + 33835 + 33835 + 43817 + 29300 <!--Group D-->+ 50800 + 50800 + 54000 + 54000 + 55832 + 43817 <!--Quarter-finals-->+ 37200 + 29586 + 52000 + 35061 <!--Semi-finals-->+ 53819 + 47818 <!--Third place-->+ 31000 <!--Final-->+ 31000}}
| top_scorer     = {{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]] {{nowrap|(7 goals)}}
| player         = {{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
| goalkeeper     = {{fbwicon|GER}} [[Nadine Angerer]]
| fair_play      = {{fbw|NOR}}
| prevseason     = [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003]]
| nextseason     = [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup|2011]]
}}

The '''2007 FIFA Women's World Cup''', the fifth edition of the [[FIFA Women's World Cup]], was an international [[association football|football]] competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007.<ref>[http://www.china.org.cn/english/sports/162732.htm Emblem for World Cup 2007 Launched], from china.org.cn, retrieved 7 July 2006</ref> Originally, China was to host the [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003 edition]], but the [[2002–04 SARS outbreak|outbreak]] of [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome|SARS]] in that country forced that event to be moved to the United States. [[FIFA]] immediately granted the 2007 event to China, which meant that no new host nation was chosen competitively until the voting was held for the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup|2011 Women's World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greene |first=Nick |date=2021-09-12 |title=When the Women's World Cup Swapped Host Countries Because of SARS |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64796/when-womens-world-cup-swapped-host-countries-because-sars |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref>

The tournament opened with a record-breaking match in [[Shanghai]], as [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]] beat [[Argentina women's national football team|Argentina]] 11–0 to register the biggest win and the highest scoring match in [[FIFA Women's World Cup|Women's World Cup]] history, records which stood until 2019. The tournament ended with Germany defeating [[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]] 2–0 in the [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup final|final]], having never conceded a goal in the entire tournament. The Germans became the first national team in [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] history to retain their title.

The [[golden goal]] rule for extra time in knockout matches was eliminated by FIFA, although no matches went to extra time (and therefore, none required a [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]]).

==Teams==
{{Main|2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification}}

The qualified teams, listed by region, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the [[FIFA Women's World Ranking]] before the tournament were:<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA Women's Ranking - 15 June 2007 |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/women?dateId=ranking_20070615 |publisher=FIFA |access-date=18 June 2023}}</ref>
{| table width=72%
| width=60% valign=top |
;Africa ([[Confederation of African Football|CAF]])
* {{fbw|NGA}} (24)
* {{fbw|GHA}} (47)

;Asia ([[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]])
* {{fbw|CHN}} (11) (host nation – automatically qualified)
* {{fbw|AUS}} (15)
* {{fbw|PRK}} (5)
* {{fbw|JPN}} (10) (defeated [[Mexico women's national football team|Mexico]] in AFC–CONCACAF playoffs)

;North America, Central America & Caribbean ([[CONCACAF]])
* {{fbw|CAN}} (9)
* {{fbw|USA}} (1)

| width=40% valign=top |
;Europe ([[UEFA]])
* {{fbw|NOR}} (4)
* {{fbw|SWE}} (3)
* {{fbw|GER}} (2)
* {{fbw|DEN}} (6)
* {{fbw|ENG}} (12)

;Oceania ([[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]])
* {{fbw|NZL}} (23)

;South America ([[CONMEBOL]])
* {{fbw|ARG}} (29)
* {{fbw|BRA}} (8)
|}

==Venues==
The venues selected to host the competition were:<ref>[http://service.china.org.cn/link/wcm/Show_Text?info_id=179735&p_qry=women%20and%20football Soccer: China Set up LOC for Women's World Cup] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521061928/http://service.china.org.cn/link/wcm/Show_Text?info_id=179735&p_qry=women%20and%20football |date=21 May 2011 }}, from Xinhua News Agency, retrieved 25 September 2006</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Tianjin]] || colspan="3" rowspan="8"| {{StadiumWorldCup2007WomenChina}}
|-
| [[Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''60,000'''
|-
| [[File:Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium.jpg|200px]]
|-
! [[Wuhan]]
|-
| [[Wuhan Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''60,000'''
|-
| [[File:Wuhan_Sport_Centre_01.jpg|200px]]
|-
! [[Hangzhou]]
! [[Chengdu]]
! [[Shanghai]]
|-
| [[Yellow Dragon Sports Center]]
| [[Chengdu Sports Centre]]
| [[Hongkou Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''51,000'''
| Capacity: '''40,000'''
| Capacity: '''33,000'''
|-
| [[File:Hangzhou-yellow-dragon-stad.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Chengdu Sports Center.JPG|200px]]
| [[File:Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai.jpg|200px]]
|}

==Squads==
{{for|a list of all players that participated in the final tournament|2007 FIFA Women's World Cup squads}}

==Match officials==
FIFA's Refereeing Department selected 14 [[Referee (association football)|referee]]s and 22 [[Assistant referee (association football)|assistant referee]]s from around the world to officiate the 32 games that made up the final tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/referees/index.html |title=Referees |accessdate=29 September 2007 |publisher=[[FIFA]] |year=2007 |work=FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827184238/http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/referees/index.html |archivedate=27 August 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Candidate referees for the tournament were placed under scrutiny from 2005 onwards and attended a series of training camps. Candidates refereeing standards were regularly monitored at various tournaments around the globe before a final list was prepared.<ref name="refs ready">{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/news/newsid=590439.html#women+referees+ready |title=Women referees at the ready |accessdate=28 September 2007 |publisher=[[FIFA]] |work=FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 |date=7 September 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912041213/http://fifa.com/womenworldcup/news/newsid%3D590439.html |archivedate=12 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> This was followed by a training camp in the [[Canary Islands]] in January 2007 and a final period of preparation and training at the home of FIFA in [[Zürich]] in May.<ref name="usatoday">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2007-05-09-104503252_x.htm |title=Women refs put through their paces ahead of 2008 World Cup |accessdate=30 September 2007 |publisher=[[USA Today]] |author=Sheila Norman-Culp |work=Soccer |date=9 May 2007}}</ref><ref name="training camp">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_1114112.html |title=Bennett and Seitz Named to Represent U.S. Soccer as Referees at 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup |accessdate=29 September 2007 |publisher=[[United States Soccer Federation|US Soccer]] |work=Referees |date=28 July 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012210249/http://ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_1114112.html |archivedate=12 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> No referees were chosen from the [[Oceania Football Confederation]] at the finals. The original selection group was made up of 42 entrants,<ref name="cbs">{{Cite web |url=http://cbs.sportsline.com/soccer/story/10232789/1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104183756/http://cbs.sportsline.com/soccer/story/10232789/1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 January 2013 |title=Women's World Cup Referees List |accessdate=29 September 2007 |publisher=[[CBS Sports]] |work=Soccer |date=21 June 2007}}</ref> 6 of which failed fitness tests resulting in the final group of 36 being confirmed for China.<ref name="fitness">{{cite web |url=http://www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=09/10/2007&qrTitle=Chinese%20referees%20for%20Falcons%E2%80%99%20opener%20Women%20World%20Cup&qrColumn=SPORTS |title=Chinese referees for Falcons' opener Women World Cup |publisher=The Tide Online |date=10 September 2007 |access-date=29 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717041526/http://www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=09%2F10%2F2007&qrTitle=Chinese%20referees%20for%20Falcons%E2%80%99%20opener%20Women%20World%20Cup&qrColumn=SPORTS |archive-date=17 July 2011 }}</ref> The United States was the only country represented by two referees.<ref name="training camp"/>

Unlike the men's tournaments, the quartets of match officials do not necessarily come from the same country or confederation. This selection system was explained by Sonia Denoncourt, the head of women's refereeing at FIFA's Refereeing Department, "We don't have as many referees among the women and we certainly don't want to sacrifice quality. What we are looking for above all is compatibility on the field of play and the closest possible language links in the team selected for each game. The most important thing for us is that the referees have a good performance in the match."<ref name="refs ready"/> A [[fourth official]] was chosen from those referees not officiating a game at that time.

The referees stayed together throughout the competition at their hotel base in Shanghai.<ref name="refs ready"/> From there they travelled to the various venues for their designated games, before returning to base camp to continue with their specialised training programmes.<ref name="refs ready"/> As well as fitness training, they attended regular theory sessions and reviewed previous matches to try to identify possible errors and improve their performance levels. A psychologist was also assigned to the group to help with their mental preparations ahead of games.

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Referees
|-
! Confederation
! Referee
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
| [[Pannipar Kamnueng]] ([[Football Association of Thailand|Thailand]])
|-
| [[Niu Huijun]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China PR]])
|-
| [[Tammy Ogston]] ([[Football Australia|Australia]])
|-
| [[Mayumi Oiwa]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[CONCACAF]]
| [[Jennifer Bennett (referee)|Jennifer Bennett]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
|-
| [[Dianne Ferreira-James]] ([[Guyana Football Federation|Guyana]])
|-
| [[Kari Seitz]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
|-
| [[CONMEBOL]]
| [[Adriana Correa]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[UEFA]]
| [[Christine Baitinger|Christine Beck]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
|-
| [[Dagmar Damková]] ([[Football Association of the Czech Republic|Czech Republic]])
|-
| [[Gyöngyi Gaál]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])
|-
| [[Jenny Palmqvist]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
|-
| [[Nicole Petignat]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Fourth officials
|-
! Confederation
! Referee
|-
| [[CONMEBOL]]
| [[Estela Álvarez]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])
|}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Assistant referees
|-
! Confederation
! Assistant referee
|-
| rowspan="7" | [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
| Fu Hongjue ([[Chinese Football Association|China PR]])
|-
| [[Sarah Ho]] ([[Football Australia|Australia]])
|-
| Airlie Keen ([[Football Australia|Australia]])
|-
| Kim Kyoung-min ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]])
|-
| Liu Hongjuan ([[Chinese Football Association|China PR]])
|-
| [[Liu Hsiu-mei]] ([[Chinese Taipei Football Association|Chinese Taipei]])
|-
| [[Hisae Yoshizawa]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
| [[Tempa Ndah]] ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]])
|-
| [[Souad Oulhaj]] ([[Royal Moroccan Football Federation|Morocco]])
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[CONCACAF]]
| Cynette Jeffery ([[Guyana Football Federation|Guyana]])
|-
| Cindy Mohammed ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Association|Trinidad and Tobago]])
|-
| Rita Muñoz ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
|-
| María Isabel Tovar ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
|-
| [[CONMEBOL]]
| [[Rosa Canales]] ([[Ecuadorian Football Federation|Ecuador]])
|-
| rowspan="8" | [[UEFA]]
| Susanne Borg ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
|-
| [[Cristina Cini]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
|-
| Miriam Dräger ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
|-
| Corinne Lagrange ([[French Football Federation|France]])
|-
| Irina Mirt ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]])
|-
| [[Hege Lanes Steinlund]] ([[Norwegian Football Federation|Norway]])
|-
| María Luisa Villa Gutiérrez ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
|-
| Karine Vives Solana ([[French Football Federation|France]])
|}
{{col-end}}

==Draw==
The group draw took place on 22 April 2007 at the Guanggu Science and Technology Exhibition Centre in [[Wuhan]] after the completion of the qualifying rounds.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/y=2007/m=1/news=wuhan-promises-final-draw-drama-109860.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702182840/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/y=2007/m=1/news=wuhan-promises-final-draw-drama-109860.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 July 2015 |title=Wuhan promises Final Draw drama |publisher=FIFA.com |date=17 January 2003}}</ref>

FIFA automatically seeded the host and defending champions, slotting [[China women's national football team|China]] and [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]] into Group D and Group A, respectively.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/fifa-women-world-cup-china-2007-target-111057 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608230415/https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/fifa-women-world-cup-china-2007-target-111057 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 June 2019 |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 on target |date=2 February 2007 |access-date=16 September 2007}}</ref> The FIFA Women's World Ranking for March 2007 was used to determine the teams to occupy the other seeded positions, B1 and C1.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070626142241/http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=111057.html FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 on target]. Retrieved on 16 September 2007.</ref> [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] were ranked first, Germany second and [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]] third,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070604173129/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=f/fullranking.html#confederation=0&rank=517 FIFA Women's World Ranking March 2007] Retrieved on 16 September 2007.</ref> so the United States and Norway were also seeded.

Also, no two teams from the same confederation could draw each other, except for those from UEFA, where a maximum of two teams from UEFA could be drawn into the same group. Group B quickly became dubbed the [[group of death]]<ref name="espn">{{cite news |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/print?id=424508&type=story |title=U.S. women face Group of Death scenario again |first=Graham |last=Hays |publisher=ESPNsoccernet |date=23 April 2007 |access-date=17 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525153029/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/print?id=424508&type=story |archive-date=25 May 2011 }}</ref> since three of the top five teams in the world were drawn in this group – the USA (1st), Sweden (3rd) and [[North Korea women's national football team|North Korea]] (5th), according to the June 2007 [[FIFA Women's World Rankings]], the last to be released before the tournament. The same four teams were drawn together in Group A in the [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup]],<ref name="espn"/> on that occasion the US and Sweden progressed to the knockout stages.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width=15% | Pot 1 !! width=15% | Pot 2 !! width=15% | Pot 3 !! width=15% | Pot 4 !! width=15% | Pot X
|-
| {{fbw|CHN}} (D1) <br /> {{fbw|GER}} (A1) <br /> {{fbw|NOR}} <br /> {{fbw|USA}}
|| {{fbw|AUS}} <br /> {{fbw|JPN}} <br /> {{fbw|PRK}}
|| {{fbw|DEN}} <br /> {{fbw|ENG}} <br /> {{fbw|SWE}}
|| {{fbw|ARG}} <br /> {{fbw|GHA}} <br /> {{fbw|NZL}} <br /> {{fbw|NGR}}
|| {{fbw|BRA}} <br /> {{fbw|CAN}}
|}

==Group stage==
[[File:FIFA Womens World Cup 2007.png|thumb|upright=2.5|Participating countries and their results]]

All times are local ([[UTC+8]]).

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! {{Anchor|Tiebreakers}} Tie-breaking criteria for group play
|-
|The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/76fedc4617b1aa01/original/fioy9eopdwdnbx177c2h-pdf.pdf |title=Regulations FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=23 September 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923152236/https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/fioy9eopdwdnbx177c2h.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2019}}</ref>

# [[Points (association football)|Points]] obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
# [[Goal difference]] in all group matches;
# Number of goals scored in all group matches;
# Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
# Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
# Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
# Fair play criteria based on yellow and red cards received;
# Drawing of lots.
|}

===Group A===
{{Main|2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A}}
{{2007 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables|Group A|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A|A1}}
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A|A2}}
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{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A|A3}}
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A|A4}}
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{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A|A5}}
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A|A6}}

===Group B===
{{Main|2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B}}
{{2007 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables|Group B|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

The four teams were also paired in the [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A|same group]] in 2003.

{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B|B1}}
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B|B2}}
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{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B|B3}}
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B|B4}}
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{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B|B5}}
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B|B6}}

===Group C===
{{Main|2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C}}
{{2007 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables|Group C|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C|C1}}
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C|C2}}
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{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C|C3}}
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C|C4}}
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{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C|C5}}
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C|C6}}

===Group D===
{{Main|2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D}}
{{2007 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables|Group D|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D|D1}}
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D|D2}}
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{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D|D3}}
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D|D4}}
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{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D|D5}}
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D|D6}}

==Knockout stage==
{{Main|2007 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage}}

===Bracket===
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage|Bracket}}

===Quarter-finals===
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage|QF1}}
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{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage|QF2}}
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{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage|QF3}}
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{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage|QF4}}

===Semi-finals===
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage|SF1}}
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{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage|SF2}}

===Third place play-off===
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage|TPP}}

===Final===
{{Main|2007 FIFA Women's World Cup final}}
{{#lst:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final|Final}}

==Awards==
{{See also|FIFA Women's World Cup awards}}

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150629184320/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/archive/china2007/awards/index.html Awards 2007]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/technicaldevp/72/72/89/fwwc_china07_report_neu_081010.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402070402/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/technicaldevp/72/72/89/fwwc%5fchina07%5freport%5fneu%5f081010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2013 |title=FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 – Technical Report: Official FIFA Awards |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |pages=74–75 |access-date=16 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/germany-set-the-record-straight-609720 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608140259/https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/germany-set-the-record-straight-609720 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 June 2019 |title=Germany set the record straight |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=2 October 2007 |access-date=17 July 2019}}</ref> FIFA.com shortlisted ten goals for users to vote on as the Goal of the Tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/china2007/video/goalofthetournament.html |title=Goal of the Tournament |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=17 July 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018064529/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/china2007/video/goalofthetournament.html |archive-date=18 October 2011}}</ref> The Most Entertaining Team award was also decided by a poll on FIFA.com.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fifa.com/womenworldcup/teams/mostentertainingteam.html |title=Most entertaining team |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=17 July 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011150939/http://fifa.com/womenworldcup/teams/mostentertainingteam.html |archive-date=11 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/marta-sweeps-the-board-609039 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608151628/https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/marta-sweeps-the-board-609039 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 June 2019 |title=Marta sweeps the board |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=30 September 2007 |access-date=17 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/loc/mediainfo_officialfifaawards_wwc2007_21911.pdf |title=Official FIFA Awards: Marta wins Golden Ball and Golden Shoe |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=17 July 2019 |archive-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702173903/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/loc/mediainfo_officialfifaawards_wwc2007_21911.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center;"
|-
!style="width:33%"|Golden Ball
!style="width:33%"|Silver Ball
!style="width:33%"|Bronze Ball
|-
|{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
|{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Cristiane Rozeira|Cristiane]]
|-
!Golden Shoe
!Silver Shoe
!Bronze Shoe
|-
|{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
|{{fbwicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]
|{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Ragnhild Gulbrandsen]]
|-
|7 goals, 5 assists
|6 goals, 1 assist
|6 goals, 0 assists
|-
!colspan="3"|Best Goalkeeper
|-
|colspan="3"|{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Nadine Angerer]]
|-
!colspan="3"|Goal of the Tournament
|-
|colspan="3"|{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
|-
|colspan="3"|{{goal|79}} for 4–0 in [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage#United States vs Brazil|Semi-finals]] vs [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] (27 September)
|-
!colspan="3"|FIFA Fair Play Award
|-
|colspan="3"|{{fbw|NOR}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Most Entertaining Team
|-
|colspan="3"|{{fbw|BRA}}
|}

===All-Star Team===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Goalkeepers
! Defenders
! Midfielders
! Forwards
|-
| align=left valign=top |
{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Nadine Angerer]] <br />
{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Bente Nordby]]
| align=left valign=top |
{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Ariane Hingst]] <br />
{{fbwicon|CHN}} [[Li Jie (footballer)|Li Jie]] <br />
{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Ane Stangeland Horpestad]] <br />
{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Kerstin Stegemann]]
| align=left valign=top |
{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Daniela Alves Lima|Daniela]] <br />
{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Formiga (footballer, born 1978)|Formiga]] <br />
{{fbwicon|ENG}} [[Kelly Smith]] <br />
{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Renate Lingor]] <br />
{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Ingvild Stensland]] <br />
{{fbwicon|USA}} [[Kristine Lilly]]
| align=left valign=top |
{{fbwicon|AUS}} [[Lisa De Vanna]] <br />
{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]] <br />
{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Cristiane (footballer)|Cristiane]] <br />
{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|}

==Statistics==

===Goalscorers===
{{Goalscorers
|goals=111 |matches=32
|further=[[Marta (footballer)|Marta]] of Brazil won the [[FIFA Women's World Cup awards#Golden Boot|Golden Shoe]] award for scoring seven goals.

|7 goals=
*{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]

|6 goals=
*{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Ragnhild Gulbrandsen]]
*{{fbwicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]

|5 goals=
*{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Cristiane Rozeira|Cristiane]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]

|4 goals=
*{{fbwicon|AUS}} [[Lisa De Vanna]]
*{{fbwicon|ENG}} [[Kelly Smith]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Renate Lingor]]

|3 goals=
*{{fbwicon|CAN}} [[Christine Sinclair]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Sandra Smisek]]

|2 goals=
*{{fbwicon|CHN}} [[Li Jie (footballer)|Li Jie]]
*{{fbwicon|DEN}} [[Cathrine Paaske Sørensen]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Melanie Behringer]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Kerstin Garefrekes]]
*{{fbwicon|JPN}} [[Aya Miyama]]
*{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Isabell Herlovsen]]
*{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Ane Stangeland Horpestad]]
*{{fbwicon|SWE}} [[Lotta Schelin]]
*{{fbwicon|USA}} [[Lori Chalupny]]
*{{fbwicon|USA}} [[Heather O'Reilly]]

|1 goal=
*{{fbwicon|ARG}} [[Eva González (Argentine footballer)|Eva González]]
*{{fbwicon|AUS}} [[Lauren Colthorpe]]
*{{fbwicon|AUS}} [[Heather Garriock]]
*{{fbwicon|AUS}} [[Collette McCallum]]
*{{fbwicon|AUS}} [[Cheryl Salisbury]]
*{{fbwicon|AUS}} [[Sarah Walsh]]
*{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Daniela Alves Lima|Daniela]]
*{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Formiga (footballer, born 1978)|Formiga]]
*{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Pretinha]]
*{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Renata Costa]]
*{{fbwicon|CAN}} [[Candace Chapman]]
*{{fbwicon|CAN}} [[Martina Franko]]
*{{fbwicon|CAN}} [[Sophie Schmidt]]
*{{fbwicon|CAN}} [[Melissa Tancredi]]
*{{fbwicon|CHN}} [[Bi Yan]]
*{{fbwicon|CHN}} [[Song Xiaoli]]
*{{fbwicon|CHN}} [[Xie Caixia]]
*{{fbwicon|DEN}} [[Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen]]
*{{fbwicon|DEN}} [[Katrine Pedersen]]
*{{fbwicon|ENG}} [[Vicky Exley]]
*{{fbwicon|ENG}} [[Jill Scott (footballer)|Jill Scott]]
*{{fbwicon|ENG}} [[Fara Williams]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Annike Krahn]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Simone Laudehr]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Martina Müller (footballer)|Martina Müller]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Kerstin Stegemann]]
*{{fbwicon|GHA}} [[Anita Amankwa]]
*{{fbwicon|GHA}} [[Adjoa Bayor]]
*{{fbwicon|GHA}} [[Florence Okoe]]
*{{fbwicon|JPN}} [[Yūki Nagasato]]
*{{fbwicon|NGA}} [[Cynthia Uwak]]
*{{fbwicon|PRK}} [[Kil Son-hui]]
*{{fbwicon|PRK}} [[Kim Kyong-hwa]]
*{{fbwicon|PRK}} [[Kim Yong-ae]]
*{{fbwicon|PRK}} [[Ri Kum-suk]]
*{{fbwicon|PRK}} [[Ri Un-suk]]
*{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Lise Klaveness]]
*{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Lene Storløkken]]
*{{fbwicon|SWE}} [[Victoria Sandell Svensson|Victoria Svensson]]
*{{fbwicon|USA}} [[Shannon Boxx]]
*{{fbwicon|USA}} [[Kristine Lilly]]

|1 own goal=
*{{fbwicon|ARG}} [[Eva González (Argentine footballer)|Eva González]] (against England)
*{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Trine Rønning]] (against Germany)
*{{fbwicon|USA}} [[Leslie Osborne]] (against Brazil)
}}

===Assists===
{{Goalscorers
|assists=yes
|source=FIFA Technical Report

|3 assists=
*{{fbwicon|CAN}} [[Kara Lang]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Kerstin Garefrekes]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Renate Lingor]]
*{{fbwicon|USA}} [[Kristine Lilly]]

|2 assists=
*{{fbwicon|AUS}} [[Heather Garriock]]
*{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Cristiane Rozeira|Cristiane]]
*{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Formiga (footballer, born 1978)|Formiga]]
*{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Melanie Behringer]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Sandra Smisek]]
*{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Camilla Huse]]
*{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Leni Larsen Kaurin]]
*{{fbwicon|USA}} [[Cat Whitehill]]

|1 assist=
*{{fbwicon|AUS}} [[Dianne Alagich]]
*{{fbwicon|AUS}} [[Lisa De Vanna]]
*{{fbwicon|AUS}} [[Caitlin Munoz]]
*{{fbwicon|AUS}} [[Sarah Walsh]]
*{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Daniela Alves Lima|Daniela]]
*{{fbwicon|BRA}} [[Elaine Estrela Moura|Elaine]]
*{{fbwicon|CAN}} [[Candace Chapman]]
*{{fbwicon|CAN}} [[Kristina Kiss]]
*{{fbwicon|CAN}} [[Christine Sinclair]]
*{{fbwicon|CHN}} [[Ma Xiaoxu]]
*{{fbwicon|CHN}} [[Zhou Gaoping]]
*{{fbwicon|DEN}} [[Stine Dimun]]
*{{fbwicon|DEN}} [[Katrine Pedersen]]
*{{fbwicon|DEN}} [[Johanna Rasmussen]]
*{{fbwicon|ENG}} [[Karen Carney]]
*{{fbwicon|ENG}} [[Rachel Yankey]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Simone Laudehr]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
*{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Kerstin Stegemann]]
*{{fbwicon|GHA}} [[Adjoa Bayor]]
*{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Gunhild Følstad]]
*{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Solveig Gulbrandsen]]
*{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Siri Nordby]]
*{{fbwicon|NOR}} [[Ingvild Stensland]]
*{{fbwicon|SWE}} [[Frida Östberg]]
*{{fbwicon|SWE}} [[Therese Sjögran]]
*{{fbwicon|SWE}} [[Victoria Sandell Svensson|Victoria Svensson]]
*{{fbwicon|USA}} [[Lori Chalupny]]
*{{fbwicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]
}}

===Tournament ranking===
{{small|Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-outs]] are counted as draws.}}
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete |source=FIFA Technical Report<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/technicaldevp/72/72/89/fwwc_china07_report_neu_081010.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402070402/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/technicaldevp/72/72/89/fwwc%5fchina07%5freport%5fneu%5f081010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2013 |title=FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 – Technical Report: Rankings |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |page=65 (66 of PDF) |access-date=1 July 2019}}</ref>
|status_CHN=H

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|pos_SWE=10

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|win_PRK=1 |draw_PRK=1 |loss_PRK=2 |gf_PRK=5 |ga_PRK=7
|win_NOR=3 |draw_NOR=1 |loss_NOR=2 |gf_NOR=12|ga_NOR=11
|win_SWE=1 |draw_SWE=1 |loss_SWE=1 |gf_SWE=3 |ga_SWE=4
|win_USA=4 |draw_USA=1 |loss_USA=1 |gf_USA=12|ga_USA=7

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|name_AUS={{fbw|AUS}}
|name_BRA={{fbw|BRA}}
|name_CAN={{fbw|CAN}}
|name_CHN={{fbw|CHN}}
|name_DEN={{fbw|DEN}}
|name_ENG={{fbw|ENG}}
|name_GER={{fbw|GER}}
|name_GHA={{fbw|GHA}}
|name_JPN={{fbw|JPN}}
|name_NZL={{fbw|NZL}}
|name_NGA={{fbw|NGA}}
|name_PRK={{fbw|PRK}}
|name_NOR={{fbw|NOR}}
|name_SWE={{fbw|SWE}}
|name_USA={{fbw|USA}}

<!--Groups-->
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|group_ARG=[[#Group A|A]]
|group_AUS=[[#Group C|C]]
|group_BRA=[[#Group D|D]]
|group_CAN=[[#Group C|C]]
|group_CHN=[[#Group D|D]]
|group_DEN=[[#Group D|D]]
|group_ENG=[[#Group A|A]]
|group_GER=[[#Group A|A]]
|group_GHA=[[#Group C|C]]
|group_JPN=[[#Group A|A]]
|group_NZL=[[#Group D|D]]
|group_NGA=[[#Group B|B]]
|group_PRK=[[#Group B|B]]
|group_NOR=[[#Group C|C]]
|group_SWE=[[#Group B|B]]
|group_USA=[[#Group B|B]]

<!--Final result column definitions-->
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|col_1st=#FFD700 |text_1st=Champions
|col_2nd=#C0C0C0 |text_2nd=Runners-up
|col_3rd=#CD7F32 |text_3rd=Third place
|text_4th=Fourth place
|text_QF=Eliminated in<br />[[#Quarter-finals|quarter-finals]]
|text_GS=Eliminated in<br />[[#Group stage|group stage]]
|split4=yes |split8=yes
|result1=1st |result2=2nd |result3=3rd |result4=4th |result5=QF |result6=QF |result7=QF |result8=QF |result9=GS |result10=GS |result11=GS |result12=GS |result13=GS |result14=GS |result15=GS |result16=GS
}}

== Marketing ==

=== Sponsorships ===

Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 |url=http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/organisation/partners/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001111203/http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/organisation/partners/index.html |archive-date=1 October 2007 |access-date=12 April 2024 |website=FIFA.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!FIFA partners
!National Supporters
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* [[Adidas]]
* [[The Coca-Cola Company|Coca-Cola]]
* [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]]
* [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]]–[[Kia Motors|Kia]]
* [[Sony]]
* [[Visa Inc.|Visa]]
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
* [[Du-Bang Insurance]]
* [[Tencent QQ]]
|}

==Coverage==
Numerous TV stations around the world provided coverage of the tournament. One notable example is the Chinese-language channel [[CCTV-5]], which also broadcast over the internet via [[TVUnetworks]].

==Monetary rewards==
For the first time in FIFA Women's World Cup history, all teams received monetary bonuses according to the round they reached (all in [[United States dollar|USD]]):<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061017032721/http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,123767,00.html FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 on target]. Retrieved on 18 October 2006.  </ref>
* Champions: $1,000,000
* Runners-up: $800,000
* Third place: $650,000
* Fourth place: $550,000
* Quarter-finalists: $300,000
* First round exit: $200,000

===Other rewards===
[[UEFA]] used the FIFA Women's World Cup as its qualifying tournament for the [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2008 Olympic women's tournament]]. The best three performing UEFA teams would qualify for the Olympics. Originally it was thought that, should [[England women's national football team|England]] make the top three European teams, they would compete under the [[United Kingdom national football team|United Kingdom]] banner. However, on 6 September 2007, FIFA issued a press release indicating that England were ineligible to participate in the 2008 Olympics as England does not have its own Olympic Committee.<ref name="no olympic team">{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=589029.html#three+european+teams+will+book+their+spot+beijing+2008 |title=Three European teams will book their spot to Beijing 2008 |access-date=3 October 2007 |publisher=[[FIFA]] |work=FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 |date=6 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001150320/http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/organisation/media/newsid%3D589029.html#three+european+teams+will+book+their+spot+beijing+2008 |archive-date=1 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
For the determination of the ranking only first through fourth place, quarterfinal elimination or group phase elimination counted. If there was a need to make a distinction between teams eliminated in the quarterfinal or between teams eliminated in the group phase these teams would meet in a play-off match. In no case would the points or goal difference count for teams eliminated before the semi-final.

Germany and Norway qualified for the Olympics at the World Cup, whereas Denmark and Sweden had to enter a play-off for the third Olympics spot. Sweden won both legs of the playoffs with a total of 7–3 on aggregate to qualify for the Olympics.

==Controversies==

Kenneth Heiner-Møller and Danish players accused the Chinese hosts of harassment and covert surveillance prior to China's first round match against Denmark. China's Swedish coach [[Marika Domanski-Lyfors]] and her assistant [[Pia Sundhage]] were unaware of the incidents and Heiner-Møller absolved them of any blame, although he refused to shake hands after the match.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/grant_wahl/08/01/denmark/1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805093028/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/grant_wahl/08/01/denmark/1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 August 2008 |title=Danish coach accuses Chinese of spying at 2007 Women's World Cup |access-date=24 July 2013 |author=Grant Wahl |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=1 August 2008}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150608000043/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/archive/china2007/index.html FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007], FIFA.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402070402/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/technicaldevp/72/72/89/fwwc%5fchina07%5freport%5fneu%5f081010.pdf FIFA Technical Report]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071003002638/http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1666987,00.html Photos: FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007] on Time.com

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