2007 Women's World Cup
| 2007年女子世界杯足球赛 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | China |
| Dates | 10 – 30 September |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Germany (2nd title)
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| Runners-up |
 Brazil
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| Third place |
 United States
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| Fourth place |
 Norway
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 111 (3.47 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,156,955 (36,155 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Marta (7 goals) |
| Best player |
Marta
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| Best goalkeeper |
Nadine Angerer
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The FIFA Women's World Cup 2007, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international association football competition for women held in China from September 10, 2007 – September 30, 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 Women's World Cup, but the outbreak of SARS in that country forced that event to be moved to the United States. FIFA immediately granted the 2007 event to China, which means that no new host nation was chosen competitively until the voting was held for the 2011 Women's World Cup.
The tournament opened with a record-breaking match in Shanghai, as Germany beat Argentina 11–0 to register the biggest win and the highest scoring match in Women's World Cup history. The tournament ended with Germany defeating Brazil 2–0 in the final, having never surrendered a goal in the entire tournament. The Germans became the first national team in FIFA Women's World Cup history to obtain two consecutive titles.
The venues selected to host the competition are:
The group draw took place on 22 April 2007 in Wuhan after the completion of the qualifying rounds.
FIFA automatically seeded the host and defending champions, slotting China and Germany into Group D and Group A, respectively. The FIFA Women's World Ranking for March 2007 was used to determine the teams to occupy the other seeded positions, B1 and C1.United States were ranked first, Germany second and Norway third, so the United States and Norway were also seeded.
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