1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Final

The **1991 FIFA Women's World Cup final** happened on 30th November 1991 in Guangzhou, China. It was a football match between Norway and the United States to decide who would win the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. The United States won 2-1, thanks to two goals from Michelle Akers-Stahl, making them the first-ever winners of the FIFA Women's World Cup. Norway, who had lost 4-0 to China PR in the group stage, made an impressive comeback to reach the final. They beat Italy and their historical rivals, Sweden, in the knockout rounds. The United States, on the other hand, remained unbeaten in the competition and defeated Germany 5-2 in the semi-final.

## Path to the final

|colspan="2" style="width:1*"|Norway|Round|colspan="2" style="width:1*"|United States||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Opponent|Result|Group stage|Opponent|Result||||
|align="left"||0–4|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Match 1|align="left"||3–2|
|align="left"||4–0|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Match 2|align="left"||5–0|
|align="left"||2–1|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Match 3|align="left"||3–0|
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<div class="center"></div>|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Final standings|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<div class="center"></div>|||
|Opponent|Result|Knockout stage|Opponent|Result||||
|align="left"||3–2|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Quarter-finals|align="left"||7–0|
|align="left"||4–1|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Semi-finals|align="left"||5–2|

### Details

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<section begin="Line-ups" />

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|GK|**1**|Reidun Seth|||||
|SW|**8**|Heidi Støre (c)|||||
|CB|**16**|Tina Svensson|||||
|CB|**4**|Gro Espeseth|||||
|CB|**5**|Gunn Nyborg|||||
|DM|**2**|Cathrine Zaborowski|||||
|CM|**7**|Tone Haugen|||||
|CM|**6**|Agnete Carlsen|||||
|RW|**9**|Hege Riise|||||
|CF|**10**|Linda Medalen|||||
|LW|**11**|Birthe Hegstad|||||
|colspan="3"|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**13**|Liv Strædet|||||
|colspan="3"|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan="3"|Even Pellerud|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**1**|Mary Harvey|||||
|SW|**4**|Carla Werden|||||
|CB|**9**|Mia Hamm|||||
|CB|**14**|Joy Biefeld|||||
|CB|**8**|Linda Hamilton|||||
|DM|**11**|Julie Foudy|||||
|CM|**3**|Shannon Higgins|||||
|CM|**13**|Kristine Lilly|||||
|RW|**2**|April Heinrichs (c)|||||
|CF|**10**|Michelle Akers-Stahl|||||
|LW|**12**|Carin Jennings|||||
|colspan="3"|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan="3"|Anson Dorrance|}|||||

## Infobox (football match)

- **title**: 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup final
- **image**: Tianhe Stadium.jpg
- **image size**: 250
- **caption**: Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou hosted the final.
- **event**: 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
- **team1**: Norway women's national football team, Norway
- **team1score**: 1
- **team2**: United States women's national soccer team, United States
- **team2score**: 2
- **stadium**: Tianhe Stadium
- **city**: Guangzhou
- **referee**: Vadim Zhuk
- **attendance**: 63,000
- **next**: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup final, 1995