2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003
Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	September 20 – October 12
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	107 (3.34 per match)
Attendance	679,666 (21,240 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Birgit Prinz (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Birgit Prinz
Best goalkeeper	Silke Rottenberg
Fair play award	China
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The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial championship of women's national soccer teams organized by FIFA. It was held in the United States from September 20 to October 12, 2003, at six venues in six cities across the country. The tournament was won by Germany, who became the first country to win both the men's and women's World Cup.

China was originally awarded the right to host the tournament, which would have taken place from September 23 to October 11 in four cities. A severe outbreak of SARS in early 2003 affected Guangdong in southern China and prompted FIFA to move the Women's World Cup to the United States, who had hosted the previous edition in 1999. China was instead granted hosting rights for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and financial compensation while the United States Soccer Federation made new arrangements to host at smaller stadiums.