# 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 13 June with the quarter-finals and ended on 18 June 1995 with the final match, held at the Råsunda Stadium in Solna. A total of eight teams (the top two teams from each group, along with the two best third-placed teams) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament.
All times listed are local, CEST (UTC+2).

## Format

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
The quarter-final match-ups depended on the two third-placed teams which qualified. FIFA set out the following schedule for the semi-finals:
* Match 23: Winner Match 19 v Winner Match 20
* Match 24: Winner Match 21 v Winner Match 22
The third place play-off match-up was:
* Match 25: Loser Match 23 v Loser Match 24
The final match-up was:
* Match 26: Winner Match 23 v Winner Match 24

### Combinations of matches in the quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, all matches were played on 13 June 1995. The specific match-ups and schedule depended on which two third-placed teams qualified for the quarter-finals:
| Third-placed teams qualify from groups | Third-placed teams qualify from groups | Third-placed teams qualify from groups | Match 19 Västerås 20:15 | Match 20 Helsingborg 20:15 | Match 21 Gävle 17:15 | Match 22 Karlstad 17:15 |
| A | B | | 1A v 3B | 2A v 1C | 3A v 1B | 2B v 2C |
| A | | C | 1A v 2B | 2A v 2C | 3A v 1C | 1B v 3C |
| | B | C | 1A v 3B | 2A v 1C | 1B v 3C | 2B v 2C |

## Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the three groups, plus the two best-placed third teams, qualified for the knockout stage.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up | Third-placed teams (Best two qualify) |
| A | Germany | Sweden | Japan |
| B | Norway | England | — |
| C | United States | China | Denmark |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 13 June – Västerås | 13 June – Västerås | | | |
| Germany | 3 | | | |
| Germany | 3 | 15 June – Helsingborg | 15 June – Helsingborg | | |
| England | 0 | 15 June – Helsingborg | 15 June – Helsingborg | |
| England | 0 | Germany | 1 | |
| 13 June – Helsingborg | 13 June – Helsingborg | | Germany | 1 | |
| 13 June – Helsingborg | 13 June – Helsingborg | China | 0 | |
| Sweden | 1 (3) | China | 0 | |
| Sweden | 1 (3) | | | | 18 June – Solna | 18 June – Solna |
| China (p) | 1 (4) | | | | 18 June – Solna | 18 June – Solna |
| China (p) | 1 (4) | | | | Germany | 0 |
| 13 June – Gävle | 13 June – Gävle | | | | | Germany | 0 |
| 13 June – Gävle | 13 June – Gävle | | | | Norway | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | | | | Norway | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | 15 June – Västerås | 15 June – Västerås | | | |
| United States | 4 | 15 June – Västerås | 15 June – Västerås | | | |
| United States | 4 | United States | 0 | | | |
| 13 June – Karlstad | 13 June – Karlstad | | United States | 0 | | | |
| 13 June – Karlstad | 13 June – Karlstad | Norway | 1 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Norway | 3 | Norway | 1 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Norway | 3 | | | | 17 June – Gävle | 17 June – Gävle |
| Denmark | 1 | | | | 17 June – Gävle | 17 June – Gävle |
| Denmark | 1 | | | | China | 0 |
| | | | | | United States | 2 |

## Quarter-finals
### Japan vs United States

| GK | 1 | Junko Ozawa |
| DF | 2 | Yumi Tomei |
| DF | 3 | Rie Yamaki | 72' |
| DF | 4 | Maki Haneta |
| DF | 6 | Kae Nishina |
| DF | 12 | Yumi Obe |
| MF | 8 | Asako Takakura |
| MF | 9 | Futaba Kioka |
| MF | 11 | Etsuko Handa | | 46' |
| FW | 10 | Akemi Noda |
| FW | 17 | Tamaki Uchiyama |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 16 | Nami Otake | | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Tamotsu Suzuki ||
| GK | 1 | Briana Scurry |
| DF | 4 | Carla Overbeck |
| DF | 8 | Linda Hamilton |
| DF | 14 | Joy Fawcett |
| MF | 5 | Tiffany Roberts | 47' |
| MF | 9 | Mia Hamm | | 61' |
| MF | 11 | Julie Foudy |
| MF | 13 | Kristine Lilly | | 68' |
| MF | 15 | Tisha Venturini | | 80' |
| FW | 12 | Carin Jennings |
| FW | 16 | Tiffeny Milbrett |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 6 | Debbie Keller | | 61' |
| DF | 2 | Thori Staples | | 68' |
| MF | 19 | Amanda Cromwell | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Tony DiCicco ||

### Norway vs Denmark

| GK | 1 | Bente Nordby |
| DF | 2 | Tina Svensson |
| DF | 3 | Gro Espeseth |
| DF | 13 | Merete Myklebust |
| MF | 4 | Anne Nymark Andersen |
| MF | 6 | Hege Riise |
| MF | 7 | Tone Haugen |
| MF | 8 | Heidi Støre |
| FW | 10 | Linda Medalen | 23' |
| FW | 11 | Ann Kristin Aarønes | | 76' |
| FW | 16 | Marianne Pettersen | | 84' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 19 | Agnete Carlsen | | 76' |
| FW | 15 | Randi Leinan | | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Even Pellerud ||
| GK | 1 | Dorthe Larsen |
| DF | 3 | Kamma Flæng |
| DF | 4 | Lene Terp |
| DF | 5 | Katrine Pedersen |
| DF | 6 | Rikke Holm | 90' |
| MF | 2 | Louise Hansen | | 63' |
| MF | 9 | Helle Jensen |
| MF | 10 | Birgit Christensen |
| MF | 12 | Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen |
| MF | 19 | Jeanne Axelsen | | 46' |
| FW | 14 | Lene Madsen | | 86' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Gitte Krogh | | 46' |
| MF | 7 | Annette Laursen | | 63' |
| MF | 15 | Christina Bonde | | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Keld Gantzhorn ||

### Germany vs England

| GK | 1 | Manuela Goller |
| DF | 2 | Anouschka Bernhard |
| DF | 4 | Dagmar Pohlmann |
| DF | 14 | Sandra Minnert |
| MF | 5 | Ursula Lohn |
| MF | 6 | Maren Meinert | 85' |
| MF | 7 | Martina Voss |
| MF | 8 | Bettina Wiegmann |
| MF | 10 | Silvia Neid |
| FW | 9 | Heidi Mohr |
| FW | 16 | Birgit Prinz | 67' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Patricia Brocker | 67' |
| MF | 18 | Pia Wunderlich | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Gero Bisanz ||
| GK | 1 | Pauline Cope |
| DF | 3 | Tina Mapes | | 79' |
| DF | 5 | Clare Taylor | | 87' |
| DF | 11 | Brenda Sempare | 70' |
| MF | 6 | Gillian Coultard | | 46' |
| MF | 7 | Marieanne Spacey |
| MF | 8 | Debbie Bampton |
| MF | 10 | Karen Burke |
| MF | 12 | Kerry Davis |
| FW | 9 | Karen Farley |
| FW | 14 | Karen Walker |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 20 | Becky Easton | 57' | 46' |
| DF | 17 | Louise Waller | | 79' |
| DF | 4 | Samantha Britton | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Ted Copeland ||

### Sweden vs China PR

| GK | 1 | Elisabeth Leidinge |
| DF | 4 | Pia Sundhage |
| DF | 5 | Kristin Bengtsson | 65' |
| MF | 6 | Anna Pohjanen |
| MF | 7 | Lena Videkull |
| MF | 8 | Susanne Hedberg |
| MF | 9 | Malin Andersson |
| MF | 16 | Eva Zeikfalvy | 46' |
| FW | 10 | Anneli Andelén | 71' |
| FW | 11 | Ulrika Kalte |
| FW | 18 | Helen Nilsson |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 14 | Åsa Lönnqvist | 46' |
| DF | 13 | Annika Nessvold | 65' |
| MF | 17 | Malin Flink | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| Bengt Simonsson ||
| GK | 20 | Gao Hong |
| DF | 3 | Fan Yunjie |
| DF | 12 | Wen Lirong |
| MF | 2 | Wang Liping | | 103' |
| MF | 5 | Zhou Yang |
| MF | 10 | Liu Ailing | 77' |
| MF | 11 | Sun Qingmei |
| MF | 14 | Xie Huilin | 22' |
| MF | 17 | Zhao Lihong | | 119' |
| FW | 9 | Sun Wen |
| FW | 15 | Shi Guihong | | 51' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Wei Haiying | | 51' |
| MF | 8 | Shui Qingxia | | 103' |
| MF | 16 | Chen Yufeng | | 119' |
| Manager: ||
| Ma Yuanan ||

## Semi-finals
### United States vs Norway

| GK | 1 | Briana Scurry |
| DF | 4 | Carla Overbeck |
| DF | 8 | Linda Hamilton |
| DF | 14 | Joy Fawcett |
| MF | 5 | Tiffany Roberts | 53' |
| MF | 9 | Mia Hamm |
| MF | 11 | Julie Foudy |
| MF | 13 | Kristine Lilly |
| MF | 15 | Tisha Venturini |
| FW | 10 | Michelle Akers |
| FW | 12 | Carin Jennings |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 16 | Tiffeny Milbrett | 53' |
| Manager: ||
| Tony DiCicco ||
| GK | 1 | Bente Nordby |
| DF | 2 | Tina Svensson | 6' |
| DF | 3 | Gro Espeseth |
| DF | 5 | Nina Nymark Andersen |
| DF | 13 | Merete Myklebust |
| MF | 4 | Anne Nymark Andersen |
| MF | 6 | Hege Riise |
| MF | 7 | Tone Haugen | | 69' |
| MF | 8 | Heidi Støre | 22' 76' |
| FW | 10 | Linda Medalen |
| FW | 11 | Ann Kristin Aarønes |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 16 | Marianne Pettersen | | 69' |
| Manager: ||
| Even Pellerud ||

### Germany vs China PR

| GK | 1 | Manuela Goller |
| DF | 2 | Anouschka Bernhard |
| DF | 3 | Birgitt Austermühl |
| DF | 4 | Dagmar Pohlmann |
| MF | 5 | Ursula Lohn |
| MF | 6 | Maren Meinert |
| MF | 7 | Martina Voss |
| MF | 8 | Bettina Wiegmann |
| MF | 10 | Silvia Neid |
| FW | 9 | Heidi Mohr |
| FW | 16 | Birgit Prinz | 83' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 18 | Pia Wunderlich | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Gero Bisanz ||
| GK | 20 | Gao Hong |
| DF | 3 | Fan Yunjie | | 86' |
| DF | 12 | Wen Lirong | 52' |
| MF | 2 | Wang Liping |
| MF | 5 | Zhou Yang |
| MF | 10 | Liu Ailing |
| MF | 11 | Sun Qingmei |
| MF | 14 | Xie Huilin |
| MF | 17 | Zhao Lihong |
| FW | 9 | Sun Wen |
| FW | 15 | Shi Guihong | 65' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 16 | Chen Yufeng | | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Ma Yuanan ||

## Third place play-off

| GK | 20 | Gao Hong |
| DF | 3 | Fan Yunjie | | 72' |
| DF | 12 | Wen Lirong |
| DF | 13 | Niu Lijie |
| MF | 2 | Wang Liping |
| MF | 10 | Liu Ailing |
| MF | 11 | Sun Qingmei |
| MF | 14 | Xie Huilin | 45' |
| MF | 17 | Zhao Lihong |
| FW | 9 | Sun Wen | | 59' |
| FW | 15 | Shi Guihong |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Wei Haiying | | 59' |
| MF | 16 | Chen Yufeng | | 72' |
| Manager: ||
| Ma Yuanan ||
| GK | 1 | Briana Scurry |
| DF | 2 | Thori Staples |
| DF | 4 | Carla Overbeck |
| DF | 8 | Linda Hamilton | 54' |
| DF | 14 | Joy Fawcett |
| MF | 9 | Mia Hamm |
| MF | 11 | Julie Foudy |
| MF | 13 | Kristine Lilly |
| MF | 15 | Tisha Venturini |
| FW | 12 | Carin Jennings | 80' |
| FW | 16 | Tiffeny Milbrett | 68' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 5 | Tiffany Roberts | 54' |
| FW | 6 | Debbie Keller | 68' |
| FW | 7 | Sarah Rafanelli | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Tony DiCicco ||

## Final

| Germany | Norway |
| GK | 1 | Manuela Goller |
| SW | 5 | Ursula Lohn |
| CB | 3 | Birgitt Austermühl |
| CB | 2 | Anouschka Bernhard | 2' |
| DM | 8 | Bettina Wiegmann |
| CM | 10 | Silvia Neid (c) |
| CM | 7 | Martina Voss |
| RM | 6 | Maren Meinert | | 86' |
| LM | 4 | Dagmar Pohlmann | | 75' |
| CF | 9 | Heidi Mohr |
| CF | 16 | Birgit Prinz | | 42' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Patricia Brocker | | 42' |
| MF | 18 | Pia Wunderlich | | 75' |
| MF | 19 | Sandra Smisek | | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Gero Bisanz ||
| GK | 1 | Bente Nordby |
| RB | 2 | Tina Svensson |
| CB | 5 | Nina Nymark Andersen |
| CB | 3 | Gro Espeseth (c) |
| LB | 13 | Merete Myklebust |
| DM | 4 | Anne Nymark Andersen | 22' |
| CM | 6 | Hege Riise |
| CM | 7 | Tone Haugen |
| RW | 16 | Marianne Pettersen |
| LW | 11 | Ann Kristin Aarønes | 70' |
| CF | 10 | Linda Medalen | 58' |
| Manager: ||
| Even Pellerud ||
* Assistant referees:
* Gitte Holm (Denmark)
* Maria Rodríguez (Mexico)