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1991

China
1991-11-16 → 1991-11-30
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Champion
United States
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12
Teams
26
Matches
99
Total goals
3.81/match
510,000
Attendance
🥈
Norway
Runner-up
🥇
United States
Champion
🥉
Sweden
Third

Awards & marks

Top scorer
Michelle Akers-Stahl
United States · 10 goals
Best player
Carin Jennings
United States

Stadiums & venues

6 venues · 26 matches · click any marker for details
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New Plaza Stadium
Foshan
5 matches
Ying Tung Stadium
Guangzhou
5 matches
Tianhe Stadium
Guangzhou
4 matches
Guangdong Provincial Stadium
Guangzhou
4 matches
Jiangmen Stadium
Jiangmen
4 matches
Zhongshan Stadium
Zhongshan
4 matches
GET /matches?year=1991 · GET /stadiums

Squad composition — domestic vs foreign-based

Where each player's club is based. Sorted by % playing abroad. Pre-1990s WCs lean heavily domestic; modern CONMEBOL squads lean heavily abroad.

12 teams · club→country map covers ~72% of historical clubs
China PR
100% abroad
0 dom · 18 abroadof 18
Chinese Taipei
100% abroad
0 dom · 3 abroad · 15 unkof 18
Denmark
11% abroad
16 dom · 2 abroadof 18
Norway
6% abroad
17 dom · 1 abroadof 18
Japan
6% abroad
17 dom · 1 abroadof 18
Italy
6% abroad
17 dom · 1 abroadof 18
New Zealand
0% abroad
18 dom · 0 abroadof 18
Brazil
0% abroad
18 dom · 0 abroadof 18
Sweden
0% abroad
18 dom · 0 abroadof 18
United States
0% abroad
18 dom · 0 abroadof 18
Germany
0% abroad
18 dom · 0 abroadof 18
Nigeria
0% abroad
18 dom · 0 abroadof 18
Derived from squad[i].club.country on GET /tournaments/1991

Confederation breakdown

12 qualifying teams

United States's road to the title

Every match United States played, group stage through the final
6W0D0L·25 GF5 GA·6 matches
  1. Group BWvs Sweden1991-11-173–2
  2. Group BWvs Brazil1991-11-195–0
  3. Group BWvs Japan1991-11-213–0
  4. QFWvs Chinese Taipei1991-11-247–0
  5. SFWvs Germany1991-11-275–2
  6. FinalWvs Norway1991-11-302–1