1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national soccer teams. It was hosted as well as won by the United States and took place from June 19 to July 10, 1999, at eight venues across the country. The tournament was the most successful FIFA Women's World Cup in terms of attendance, television ratings, and public interest.
Kristine Lilly (left) and Mia Hamm (right) both scored goals in the first two group stage matches for the United States
Pretinha scored a hat-trick in Brazil's opening match against Mexico
Alicia Ferguson was sent off with a red card in the second minute of Australia's match against China, the fastest in tournament history
U.S. defender Brandi Chastain scored the winning penalty in the final
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's international governing body. The competition has been held every four years and one year after the men's FIFA World Cup since 1991, when the inaugural tournament, then called the FIFA Women's World Championship, was held in China. Under the tournament's current format, national teams vie for the remaining 31 slots in a three-year qualification phase. The host nation's team is automatically entered as the first slot. The tournament, called the World Cup Finals, is contested at venues within the host nation(s) over about one month.
Marta of Brazil is the all-time leading scorer of the senior FIFA World Cups.