# 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the second and final stage of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States. It began on October 1, 2003, and ended with the final at the Home Depot Center, Carson, California on October 12, 2003. Germany, China, Norway, Brazil, Canada, Russia, Sweden, and defending champions United States. Canada, Germany, Sweden and the United States made it to the semi-finals. Sweden beat Canada 2–1 to reach the final, while Germany overcame the host country 3–0. The United States beat its neighbors for third place, and Germany beat Sweden 2–1 in the final in extra time.
This was the last World Cup to use the golden goal rule; it would be abolished in 2005 as the extra time play was restored.
All times listed below are in American time (EDT/UTC−4, PDT/UTC–7).

## Qualified teams

| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
| A | United States | Sweden |
| B | Brazil | Norway |
| C | Germany | Canada |
| D | China | Russia |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| October 1 – Foxborough | October 1 – Foxborough | | | |
| United States | 1 | | | |
| United States | 1 | October 5 – Portland | October 5 – Portland | | |
| Norway | 0 | October 5 – Portland | October 5 – Portland | |
| Norway | 0 | United States | 0 | |
| October 2 – Portland | October 2 – Portland | | United States | 0 | |
| October 2 – Portland | October 2 – Portland | Germany | 3 | |
| Germany | 7 | Germany | 3 | |
| Germany | 7 | | | | October 12 – Carson | October 12 – Carson |
| Russia | 1 | | | | October 12 – Carson | October 12 – Carson |
| Russia | 1 | | | | Germany (g.g.) | 2 |
| October 1 – Foxborough | October 1 – Foxborough | | | | | Germany (g.g.) | 2 |
| October 1 – Foxborough | October 1 – Foxborough | | | | Sweden | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | | | | Sweden | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | October 5 – Portland | October 5 – Portland | | | |
| Sweden | 2 | October 5 – Portland | October 5 – Portland | | | |
| Sweden | 2 | Sweden | 2 | | | |
| October 2 – Portland | October 2 – Portland | | Sweden | 2 | | | |
| October 2 – Portland | October 2 – Portland | Canada | 1 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| China | 0 | Canada | 1 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| China | 0 | | | | October 11 – Carson | October 11 – Carson |
| Canada | 1 | | | | October 11 – Carson | October 11 – Carson |
| Canada | 1 | | | | United States | 3 |
| | | | | | Canada | 1 |

## Quarter-finals
### Brazil vs Sweden

| GK | 1 | Andréia |
| DF | 3 | Juliana (c) | 52' |
| DF | 4 | Tânia |
| MF | 5 | Renata Costa |
| MF | 18 | Daniela | 37' |
| MF | 16 | Maycon |
| MF | 17 | Kátia |
| FW | 14 | Rosana |
| FW | 2 | Simone | | 58' |
| FW | 7 | Formiga | | 81' |
| FW | 10 | Marta |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Cristiane | | 58' |
| FW | 9 | Kelly | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Paulo Gonçalves ||
| GK | 12 | Sofia Lundgren | 43' |
| DF | 4 | Hanna Marklund |
| DF | 2 | Karolina Westberg |
| DF | 3 | Jane Törnqvist |
| DF | 7 | Sara Larsson | | 90' |
| DF | 18 | Frida Östberg |
| MF | 9 | Malin Andersson | | 72' |
| MF | 6 | Malin Moström (c) |
| MF | 17 | Anna Sjöström | 15' |
| FW | 10 | Hanna Ljungberg |
| FW | 11 | Victoria Svensson |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 15 | Therese Sjögran | | 72' |
| DF | 19 | Sara Call | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Marika Domanski-Lyfors ||
* Player of the Match:
* Malin Moström (Sweden)
* Assistant referees:
* Liu Hsiu-mei (Chinese Taipei)
* Hisae Yoshizawa (Japan)
* Fourth official:
* Tammy Ogston (Australia)

### United States vs Norway

| GK | 1 | Briana Scurry |
| DF | 3 | Christie Rampone |
| DF | 14 | Joy Fawcett |
| DF | 4 | Cat Whitehill |
| DF | 15 | Kate Markgraf |
| MF | 13 | Kristine Lilly |
| MF | 7 | Shannon Boxx |
| MF | 11 | Julie Foudy (c) | 81' |
| FW | 12 | Cindy Parlow | 72' |
| FW | 9 | Mia Hamm |
| FW | 20 | Abby Wambach |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 16 | Tiffeny Milbrett | 72' |
| DF | 2 | Kylie Bivens | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| April Heinrichs ||
| GK | 1 | Bente Nordby | 66' |
| DF | 2 | Brit Sandaune |
| DF | 3 | Ane Stangeland Horpestad |
| DF | 4 | Monica Knudsen |
| DF | 7 | Trine Rønning | | 24' |
| DF | 14 | Dagny Mellgren (c) |
| DF | 15 | Marit Fiane Christensen | | 77' |
| MF | 10 | Unni Lehn | 80' | 84' |
| MF | 8 | Solveig Gulbrandsen |
| MF | 20 | Lise Klaveness | 75' |
| FW | 11 | Marianne Pettersen |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Anita Rapp | | 24' |
| FW | 17 | Linda Ørmen | | 77' |
| MF | 6 | Hege Riise | 86' | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Åge Steen ||
* Player of the Match:
* Bente Nordby (Norway)
* Assistant referees:
* Elke Lüthi (Switzerland)
* Nelly Viennot (France)
* Fourth official:
* Tammy Ogston (Australia)

### Germany vs Russia

| GK | 1 | Silke Rottenberg |
| DF | 2 | Kerstin Stegemann |
| DF | 13 | Sandra Minnert |
| DF | 19 | Stefanie Gottschlich |
| DF | 17 | Ariane Hingst |
| MF | 10 | Bettina Wiegmann (c) | | 66' |
| MF | 18 | Kerstin Garefrekes |
| MF | 6 | Renate Lingor | | 82' |
| FW | 14 | Maren Meinert |
| FW | 11 | Martina Müller | | 57' |
| FW | 9 | Birgit Prinz |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 7 | Pia Wunderlich | 66' | 57' |
| DF | 4 | Nia Künzer | | 66' |
| MF | 16 | Viola Odebrecht | | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Tina Theune-Meyer ||
| GK | 12 | Alla Volkova |
| DF | 2 | Tatiana Zaytseva |
| DF | 3 | Marina Burakova (c) |
| DF | 4 | Marina Saenko |
| DF | 5 | Vera Stroukova |
| MF | 6 | Galina Komarova |
| MF | 7 | Tatiana Egorova | 75' |
| MF | 15 | Tatyana Skotnikova |
| MF | 8 | Alexandra Svetlitskaya | 34' |
| FW | 10 | Natalia Barbashina |
| FW | 11 | Olga Letyushova | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 19 | Elena Denchtchik | 34' |
| FW | 17 | Elena Danilova | 46' |
| DF | 16 | Marina Kolomiets | 75' |
| Manager: ||
| Yuri Bystritsky ||
* Player of the Match:
* Birgit Prinz (Germany)
* Assistant referees:
* Choi Soo-jin (South Korea)
* Irina Mirt (Romania)
* Fourth official:
* Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

### China PR vs Canada

| GK | 1 | Han Wenxia |
| DF | 3 | Li Jie |
| DF | 5 | Fan Yunjie |
| DF | 11 | Pu Wei |
| DF | 20 | Wang Liping |
| DF | 16 | Liu Yali | | 82' |
| MF | 6 | Zhao Lihong | | 58' |
| MF | 10 | Liu Ying | | 65' |
| MF | 14 | Bi Yan |
| FW | 7 | Bai Jie |
| FW | 9 | Sun Wen (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 15 | Ren Liping | | 58' |
| MF | 8 | Zhang Ouying | | 65' |
| FW | 13 | Teng Wei | 90+2' | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Ma Liangxing ||
| GK | 20 | Taryn Swiatek |
| DF | 6 | Sharolta Nonen |
| DF | 18 | Tanya Dennis |
| DF | 7 | Isabelle Morneau | | 12' |
| MF | 5 | Andrea Neil | 53' |
| MF | 16 | Brittany Timko |
| MF | 13 | Diana Matheson |
| MF | 15 | Kara Lang | 42' | 90' |
| FW | 2 | Christine Latham | | 73' |
| FW | 10 | Charmaine Hooper (c) | 76' |
| FW | 12 | Christine Sinclair |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 17 | Silvana Burtini | | 12' |
| MF | 9 | Rhian Wilkinson | | 73' |
| MF | 8 | Kristina Kiss | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Even Pellerud ||
* Player of the Match:
* Charmaine Hooper (Canada)
* Assistant referees:
* Karalee Sutton (United States)
* Sharon Wheeler (United States)
* Fourth official:
* Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

## Semi-finals
### United States vs Germany

| GK | 1 | Briana Scurry |
| DF | 2 | Kylie Bivens | 70' |
| DF | 14 | Joy Fawcett |
| DF | 4 | Cat Whitehill |
| DF | 15 | Kate Markgraf |
| MF | 13 | Kristine Lilly |
| MF | 7 | Shannon Boxx |
| MF | 11 | Julie Foudy (c) |
| FW | 12 | Cindy Parlow | 52' |
| FW | 9 | Mia Hamm |
| FW | 20 | Abby Wambach |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 10 | Aly Wagner | 52' |
| FW | 16 | Tiffeny Milbrett | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| April Heinrichs ||
| GK | 1 | Silke Rottenberg |
| DF | 2 | Kerstin Stegemann |
| DF | 13 | Sandra Minnert |
| DF | 19 | Stefanie Gottschlich |
| DF | 17 | Ariane Hingst |
| MF | 10 | Bettina Wiegmann (c) |
| MF | 18 | Kerstin Garefrekes |
| MF | 6 | Renate Lingor |
| MF | 7 | Pia Wunderlich |
| FW | 14 | Maren Meinert |
| FW | 9 | Birgit Prinz |
| Manager: ||
| Tina Theune-Meyer ||
* Player of the Match:
* Silke Rottenberg (Germany)
* Assistant referees:
* Denise Robinson (Canada)
* Lynda Bramble (Trinidad and Tobago)
* Fourth official:
* Cristina Ionescu (Romania)

### Sweden vs Canada

| GK | 1 | Caroline Jönsson |
| DF | 4 | Hanna Marklund |
| DF | 2 | Karolina Westberg |
| DF | 3 | Jane Törnqvist | 64' |
| DF | 5 | Kristin Bengtsson | | 75' |
| DF | 18 | Frida Östberg |
| MF | 9 | Malin Andersson (c) | | 70' |
| MF | 6 | Malin Moström |
| MF | 17 | Anna Sjöström | | 70' |
| FW | 10 | Hanna Ljungberg |
| FW | 11 | Victoria Svensson |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 20 | Josefine Öqvist | | 70' |
| MF | 15 | Therese Sjögran | | 70' |
| MF | 13 | Sara Johansson | | 75' |
| Manager: ||
| Marika Domanski-Lyfors ||
| GK | 20 | Taryn Swiatek |
| DF | 6 | Sharolta Nonen |
| DF | 18 | Tanya Dennis |
| MF | 5 | Andrea Neil |
| MF | 16 | Brittany Timko |
| MF | 13 | Diana Matheson |
| MF | 15 | Kara Lang |
| FW | 2 | Christine Latham | 74' |
| FW | 17 | Silvana Burtini | 55' |
| FW | 10 | Charmaine Hooper (c) |
| FW | 12 | Christine Sinclair |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Kristina Kiss | 55' |
| MF | 9 | Rhian Wilkinson | 74' |
| Manager: ||
| Even Pellerud ||
* Player of the Match:
* Victoria Svensson (Sweden)
* Assistant referees:
* Emilia Parviainen (Finland)
* Andi Regan (Northern Ireland)
* Fourth official:
* Tammy Ogston (Australia)

## Third place play-off

| GK | 1 | Briana Scurry |
| DF | 3 | Christie Rampone |
| DF | 14 | Joy Fawcett |
| DF | 4 | Cat Whitehill |
| DF | 15 | Kate Markgraf | 84' |
| MF | 13 | Kristine Lilly |
| MF | 7 | Shannon Boxx |
| MF | 11 | Julie Foudy (c) | 78' |
| FW | 12 | Cindy Parlow | 43' |
| FW | 9 | Mia Hamm |
| FW | 20 | Abby Wambach |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 16 | Tiffeny Milbrett | 43' |
| DF | 2 | Kylie Bivens | 78' |
| FW | 8 | Shannon MacMillan | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| April Heinrichs ||
| GK | 20 | Taryn Swiatek |
| DF | 6 | Sharolta Nonen |
| DF | 4 | Sasha Andrews | | 84' |
| MF | 5 | Andrea Neil | | 90' |
| MF | 8 | Kristina Kiss |
| MF | 16 | Brittany Timko |
| MF | 13 | Diana Matheson |
| MF | 15 | Kara Lang | 65' | 89' |
| FW | 2 | Christine Latham |
| FW | 10 | Charmaine Hooper (c) | 76' |
| FW | 12 | Christine Sinclair |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 7 | Isabelle Morneau | | 84' |
| MF | 9 | Rhian Wilkinson | | 89' |
| MF | 14 | Carmelina Moscato | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Even Pellerud ||
* Player of the Match:
* Shannon Boxx (United States)
* Assistant referees:
* Airlie Keen (Australia)
* Jacqueline Leleu (Australia)
* Fourth official:
* Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

## Final

| GK | 1 | Silke Rottenberg |
| DF | 2 | Kerstin Stegemann |
| DF | 13 | Sandra Minnert |
| DF | 19 | Stefanie Gottschlich |
| DF | 17 | Ariane Hingst |
| MF | 10 | Bettina Wiegmann (c) |
| MF | 18 | Kerstin Garefrekes | 76' |
| MF | 6 | Renate Lingor |
| MF | 7 | Pia Wunderlich | 88' |
| FW | 14 | Maren Meinert |
| FW | 9 | Birgit Prinz |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Martina Müller | 76' |
| DF | 4 | Nia Künzer | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Tina Theune-Meyer ||
| GK | 1 | Caroline Jönsson |
| DF | 4 | Hanna Marklund |
| DF | 2 | Karolina Westberg |
| DF | 3 | Jane Törnqvist |
| DF | 7 | Sara Larsson | 53' |
| DF | 18 | Frida Östberg |
| MF | 9 | Malin Andersson | 70' |
| MF | 6 | Malin Moström (c) |
| MF | 17 | Anna Sjöström | 53' |
| FW | 10 | Hanna Ljungberg |
| FW | 11 | Victoria Svensson |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 15 | Therese Sjögran | 53' |
| MF | 14 | Linda Fagerström | 53' |
| DF | 5 | Kristin Bengtsson | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| Marika Domanski-Lyfors ||
* Player of the Match:
* Bettina Wiegmann (Germany)
* Assistant referees:
* Irina Mirt (Romania)
* Katarzyna Nadolska (Poland)
* Fourth official:
* Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)