# 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament

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). 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.
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.

## Venues

The tournament took place in 4 cities in the province of Guangdong: Guangzhou, Foshan, Jiangmen and Panyu.

## Teams

12 national teams participated in the tournament, all invited by FIFA.
| Africa (CAF)  Ivory Coast Asia (AFC)  China  Japan  Thailand South America (CONMEBOL)  Brazil Oceania (OFC)  Australia | Europe (UEFA)  Czechoslovakia  Netherlands  Norway  Sweden North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)  Canada  United States |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| China (H) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Ivory Coast | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
    (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

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Brazil | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| Norway | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Australia | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Thailand | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
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

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Sweden | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| United States | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 8 June — Guangzhou | 8 June — Guangzhou | | | |
| Sweden | 1 | | | |
| Sweden | 1 | 10 June — Panyu | 10 June — Panyu | | |
| Canada | 0 | 10 June — Panyu | 10 June — Panyu | |
| Canada | 0 | Sweden | 2 | |
| 8 June — Guangzhou | 8 June — Guangzhou | | Sweden | 2 | |
| 8 June — Guangzhou | 8 June — Guangzhou | China | 1 | |
| China | 7 | China | 1 | |
| China | 7 | | | | 12 June — Guangzhou | 12 June — Guangzhou |
| Australia | 0 | | | | 12 June — Guangzhou | 12 June — Guangzhou |
| Australia | 0 | | | | Sweden | 0 |
| 8 June — Foshan | 8 June — Foshan | | | | | Sweden | 0 |
| 8 June — Foshan | 8 June — Foshan | | | | Norway | 1 |
| Brazil | 2 | | | | Norway | 1 |
| Brazil | 2 | 10 June — Guangzhou | 10 June — Guangzhou | | | |
| Netherlands | 1 | 10 June — Guangzhou | 10 June — Guangzhou | | | |
| Netherlands | 1 | Brazil | 1 | | | |
| 8 June — Panyu | 8 June — Panyu | | Brazil | 1 | | | |
| 8 June — Panyu | 8 June — Panyu | Norway | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 0 | Norway | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 0 | | | | 12 June — Guangzhou | 12 June — Guangzhou |
| Norway | 1 | | | | 12 June — Guangzhou | 12 June — Guangzhou |
| Norway | 1 | | | | Brazil | 0 (4) |
| | | | | | China | 0 (3) |

### Final

| Sweden | Norway |
SWEDEN: :
| GK | 1 | Elisabeth Leidinge |
| DF | 3 | Marie Karlsson |
| DF | 4 | Pia Syrén |
| DF | 5 | Eva Zeikfalvy |
| MF | 6 | Ingrid Johansson (c) |
| MF | 7 | Pia Sundhage |
| MF | 9 | Pärnilla Larsson |
| FW | 11 | Anneli Gustafsson |
| FW | 13 | Anneli Andelén |
| FW | 14 | Helen Johansson |
| MF | 16 | Gunilla Axén |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 8 | Camilla Andersson |
| DF | 14 | Tina Nilsson |
| FW | 10 | Lena Videkull |
| GK | 12 | Ing-Marie Olsson |
| MF | 17 | Anette Palm |
| Manager: |||
| Gunilla Paijkull ||||
NORWAY: :
| GK | 1 | Hege Ludvigsen |
| DF | 2 | Cathrine Zaborowski |
| DF | 3 | Liv Strædet |
| MF | 4 | Bjørg Storhaug |
| DF | 5 | Gunn Nyborg |
| DF | 6 | Toril Hoch-Nielsen |
| MF | 7 | Tone Haugen |
| MF | 8 | Heidi Støre (c) |
| FW | 9 | Birthe Hegstad |
| FW | 10 | Ellen Scheel |
| FW | 11 | Linda Medalen |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 12 | Reidun Seth |
| FW | 13 | Lisbeth Bakken |
| FW | 14 | Turid Storhaug |
| MF | 15 | Agnete Carlsen |
| FW | 16 | Sissel Grude |
| Managers: |||
| Dag Steinar Vestlund Erling Hokstad ||||

## All-Star Team

The all star team was voted by the Chinese press.
* Elisabeth Leidinge
* Liv Strædet
* Marie Karlsson
* Heidi Støre
* Eva Zeikfalvy
* Roseli
* Linda Medalen
* Carin Jennings
* Sun Qingmei
* Cebola
* Ellen Scheel