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	History of the Women's World Cup
		The FIFA Women's World Cup's has been contested on four occasions with the USA earning two championships (China '91 and USA '99), Germany one (USA '03) and Norway one (Sweden '95).
		The United States became the first nation to host two Women's World Cups when the Sever Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak forced the event to be moved from China in 2003.
		In the 1995 Women's World Cup Norway only allowed one (1) goal throughout the entire tournament (outscoring their opponents 23-1 in six matches).
	www.soccerhall.org /history/Womens_World_Cup_History.htm (242 words)

	FIFA Women's World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Organised by FIFA, the sport's governing body, the World Cup tournament was first held in 1991.
		The FIFA Women's World Cup came as an idea of a FIFA official during the 1986 Men's World Cup in Mexico.
		The 1999 and 2003 Women's World Cup were both celebrated in the United States; in 2003 China was supposed to host it but it was moved because of SARS.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FIFA_Women's_World_Cup (263 words)

	Womens World Cup...A Soccer-Gift-Magazine.com Guide
		The positive impression was perpetuated when the FIFA Referees' Committee appointed women to officiate as referees and to serve on the touchline for one of the matches.
		Women's soccer ventured its first hesitant steps at the end of the last century but, in spite of widespread popularity over the past twenty years, it is still very much in its infancy.
		The 1995 Womens World Cup in Sweden was anticipated as the consecration of the success which the women's game enjoyed at the inaugural championship in China in 1991.
	www.soccer-gift-magazine.com /womens-world-cup.html (1293 words)

	- NCAA Sports.com
		Women's soccer took root abroad as early as the 1920s in China and the 1930s in Europe, though women were banned from playing the sport for several years in England, Germany and the Netherlands.
		Women's soccer is among the most popular Division I sports that the NCAA sponsors for women, and only basketball (324), cross country (320), tennis (312) and volleyball (311) have more teams at this level.
		Women's players in the '70s and '80s usually had to wear their own gear to practice and couldn't get clothes to wear, since none of the sports apparel suppliers were making women's sports clothes yet.
	www.ncaasports.com /soccer/womens/story/6892630 (1949 words)

	Soccerphile :: FIFA Women's Soccer World Cup 2003
		Originally slated to be held in China the Women's World Cup [WWC] was moved to the USA due to the SARS scare.
		Women's football has come a long way in recent years and it is to be hoped the media will take notice of the improvements in the women's game.
		Argentina - debutantes in the FIFA Women's World Cup.
	www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/news/womens_world_cup.html (368 words)

	Womens Soccer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The explosion of grassroots soccer for girls and women has created a generation of athletes who are not only ready to take their place on the world stage of sports, they are prepared to be leaders in business, politics and society.
		The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup is about soccer at its highest level as well as a celebration of the new role of young women in sports and society.
		The theme of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup is designed to capture the importance of the event to the women who will compete and to the girls in the stands who aspire to compete in the future.
	www.pennine.com /askriggfc/women.html (259 words)

	pseudorandom: Women's World Cup to the US
		Women's World Cup to the US A few weeks ago, I blogged about FIFA's decision to move the Women's World Cup out of China due to SARS concerns:
		Anyway, given how political FIFA is, and given the appearance of taking an event away from China and moving it to the US, it seems almost certain they'll award it to Australia.
		Fifa president Sepp Blatter said the success of the tournament when it was last held in the United States four years ago had influenced the decision.
	www.boosman.com /blog/2003/05/womens_world_cup_to_the_us.html (362 words)

	The world's top fifa women s world cup websites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The FIFA Women's World Cup is the most important competition in international football (soccer) for women.
		The Women's Football World Cup, known more commonly as the Women's World Cup, is a tournament that reunites 16 female national football teams each four years, to compete for that sport's women's world championship.
		The Women's World Cup came as an idea of a FIFA official during the 1986 Men's World Cup in Mexico.
	dirs.org /wiki-article-tab.cfm/fifa_women_s_world_cup (263 words)

	Tencent National Supporter of FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 \| Huliq: Breaking News
		FIFA is pleased to announce that Tencent Limited is the first Chinese company to sign up as a National Supporter for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 in China.
		The FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 will bring together the top sixteen teams from the six confederations at five different venues (Shanghai, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Tianjin and Wuhan), where they will compete for the ultimate prize in women's football.
		In 1999, the FIFA Women's World Cup was broadcast to 67 countries.
	www.huliq.com /2749/tencent-named-first-national-supporter-of-fifa-womens-world-cup-china-2007 (600 words)

	SI.com - Soccer - US - U.S. tops first FIFA women's world rankings - Wednesday July 16, 2003 11:54 PM
		FIFA, which has ranked men's national teams for 10 years, unveiled its first women's rankings in advance of the final draw for this fall’s Women's World Cup.
		FIFA is instituting the women's rankings in an effort to boost the popularity of women's soccer, officials said.
		FIFA has high hopes that the rankings will spark further interest in the sport, while also providing an accurate yardstick for comparing the more than 100 national teams that are currently active.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/us/news/2003/07/16/fifa_ranks (587 words)

	USATODAY.com - FIFA moves Women's World Cup from China because of SARS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		FIFA's executive committee said the United States and Australia have expressed interest in staging the tournament, which is scheduled for Sept. 23-Oct. 11.
		Also, FIFA tentatively expanded the number of teams in the men's 2006 World Cup in Germany from 32 to 36.
		The world badminton championships in England were postponed because many Asians were expected to compete.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/world/2003-05-03-womens-cup-sars_x.htm (523 words)

	Macarthur Rams Womens Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Of the Qantas Matildas 20-member team, captain Cheryl Salisbury is set to become the one Australian to have played in all three Women’s World Cups finals tournaments for which Australia has qualified, having played in Sweden 1995 and USA 1999.
		Sacha Wainwright is a survivor from the 1995 World Cup.
		The sixteen nations to contest the 4th FIFA Women’s World Cup - USA 2003 are Australia, Norway, Germany, Sweden, Russia, France, USA, Canada, Nigeria, Ghana, Brazil, Argentina, China, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan.
	www.ramswomen.com /newspages/national03.htm (673 words)

	USATODAY.com - U.S., FIFA discuss Women's World Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The only profit in the 12-year history of the women's event came when the USA was host in 1999, making it two successful Cups on American soil in nine years.
		The United States was host of the 1999 Women's World Cup and won the final, played at the Rose Bowl in California before a crowd of 90,000.
		FIFA's executive committee decided Saturday to move the event — originally scheduled for Sept. 23 to Oct. 11 — because of the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/world/2003-05-06-womens-world-cup_x.htm (533 words)

	Fifa womens world cup - Full Guide - Qantas Matildas and the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Women's Team went to the quaterfinals of the 2nd FIFA Women's World Cup.
		FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying has ended for the year, with England, Germany and Norway on maximum points from three games.
		FIFA's internal network isn't connected to the World Cup network, either, the 2003 Women's World Cup, in China, and the next men's World Cup, in 2006.
	supershopcart.com /sst/fifa-womens-world-cup.html (503 words)

	Weekly Soccer Observer \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Women's football in New Zealand is governed by the Women's Committee under the 1999 Constitution of NZSoccer, but this has in the interim been suspended.
		NZSoccer curently appoints the coach of the national team previously known as the SWANZ and is responsible for its participation of the FIFA Women's World Cup, FIFA U19 Women's World Cup competitions.
		The national body also runs the annual Federation Tournament which has since replaced the Women's Provincial championship and the annual club competition previously known as the SWANZ Cup but now renamed Uncle Toby's Knock-Out Cup which is usually staged as the curtain-raiser to the prestigious Bluebird Chatham Cup Final.
	www.sgnonline.com /~subria/other/women.html (119 words)

	The 3rd Womens World Cup - USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was won by the USA for the second time in its short history.
		This year the competition took on the added importance of serving as qualification for the September 2000 Olympics 8-nation women's soccer competition held in Sydney, Australia.
		The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to be played in four cities in China - Shanghai, Hangzhou, Wuhan and Chengdu - from 28 September to 16 October 2003, with 16 teams taking part.
	www.sportscheduler.co.sz /womens_world_cup99.htm (159 words)

	Al Jazeera English - Sport - Us Unhappy With World Cup Draw
		China hosted the inaugural Women's World Cup in 1991 and was scheduled to hold the 2003 edition before the SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome), outbreak prompted a move to the United States.
		The US are the most successful World Cup team, winning the first title in 1991 and again in 1999 and reaching the semi-finals in the other two editions.
		Their 1999 victory gave women's football its most iconic moment to date, when a record crowd and huge TV audience watched a thrilling penalties win over China.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/1CD81A18-1136-428B-92CC-BC25420CE87D.htm (445 words)

	USA Message Board Forums - FIFA pays men for World Cup, not women
		FIFA offers no money to the Women's World Cup champion, though FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Wednesday it is under discussion for the future.
		FIFA hopes to break even on the Women's World Cup, which was organized in 4 months after being moved from China because of the threat of SARS.
		I don't mean to denigrate the women, but in the US women's soccer is taken far more seriously than in most other countries, while with men's soccer it's just the opposite.
	forums.unitedsoccerathletes.com /messageview.cfm?catid=4&threadid=443 (528 words)

	US-Norway to renew rivalry in Women's World Cup quarter-finals
		In 1995, Norway knocked the US out of the World Cup in the semi-finals - the only loss the Americans had ever suffered in the tournament.
		Canada will face a stiff test in their first-ever Women's World Cup quarter-final when they meet the Group D winners - the 1999 World Cup runners-up.
		Russia will be playing in their second straight Women's World Cup quarter-final, after advancing with victories over Australia and Ghana and a 1-0 loss to China.
	quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/bx/Qfbl-wc2003-women.RkH3_DSU.html (739 words)

	ussoccer.com - Nike U.S. Women's Cup
		With the ill-fated tournament prepared to continue on September 11 after three games had been completed, the world was stunned by the tragic events of that day across America and the teams were left stranded in Ohio, before they (and a nation) could eventually return to their families and a normal routine.
		Nike U.S. Women’s Cup ’98 was held in four East-coast venues, with the U.S. Women continuing their undefeated run by soundly beating three 1999 Women’s World Cup qualifying teams — Mexico (9-0), Russia (4-0) and Brazil (3-0).
		The tournament was a fitting preview of the 1995 Women’s World Cup in Sweden, with all four competitors advancing to the final four in Sweden.
	www.ussoccer.com /teams/womens/nuswc/index.jsp.html (710 words)

	Women's World Cup Draw
		Japan, whose best ever showing at the World Cup was the quarter-finals in 1995, had to beat Mexico in a playoff to qualify, after finishing behind Australia and Korea in Asia.
		China have slipped in the past few years -- they were runners-up in 1999 but were eliminated in the quarters in 2003 -- although they regained their continental title in the 2006 Asian Cup.
		Their best performance so far was finishing third in 1999, and they have a good chance this year too, with Marta, the FIFA Women's Player of the Year in 2006.
	www.oleole.com /blogs/footiegirl/posts/womens-world-cup-draw-1 (826 words)

	Virtual Soccer's Column for 06/06/99 # 166
		According to Yonhap, Yun was a member of the North Korea team that competed in the 1973 Asian preliminary rounds for the World Cup.
		The Brazilian triple World Cup winner was responsible for changing the country's law when, as Brazil's sports minister from 1995 to 1998, he introduced legislation effective March 2000 to make Brazilian soccer clubs more business-oriented.
		Prior to the 19998 World Cup more than 300 Brazilian players were identified as working professionally outside their native land.
	www.virtual-soccer.com /colum99/colum166.html (3087 words)

	Sports Venue Technology - 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
		In May 2003 the FIFA Emergency Committee took the decision to relocate the 4th FIFA Women's World Cup, originally due to be played in China, to the USA.
		In June 2003 the six stadiums to host the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States were announced.
		In 1994, the World Cup was introduced to the American public for the first time, resulting in the highest attended event in FIFA history.
	www.sportsvenue-technology.com /projects/fifa_2003_womens (814 words)

	FIFA.com - Goal Programme - Chinese Football Association - 2003
		The fact that China qualified for the final competition of a FIFA World Cup for the first time in 2002 is testimony to the progress that Chinese football has made in recent years.
		Their biggest triumphs so far have been silver medals at the Womens Olympic Football Tournament Atlanta 96 and at the FIFA Womens World Cup 1999 in the USA.
		In 1991, Sun Qingmei was voted the best player in the Womens World Cup and Sun Wen the female player of the century in the year 2000.
	www.fifa.com /associations/association=chn/goalprogramme/index.html (320 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Adidas Womens World Cup Official USA 99 at Epinions.com
		It is the official match ball for the Women's World Cup 1999 in the United States.
		This Adidas soccer ball was the ball used in the Women's World Cup Official 99''.
		The womens World cup was a great succes this year for the United States Womens Soccer team.
	www.epinions.com /sprt-Soccer-Adidas_Womens_World_Cup_Official_USA_99/display_~reviews (469 words)

	Womens World Cup 2003
		It wasn't the U.S. women at their very best, but good enough to advance to the semifinals with a 1-0 win over Norway, which pitted the #1 and #2 ranked teams on the FIFA World Rankings against one another.
		Chastain, the heroine of the United States' 1999 victory in the World Cup with her penalty-kick goal against China, was injured in the first half as the Americans beat Sweden 3-1.
		The U.S. Soccer Federation, which is organizing the event after FIFA, the world soccer governing body, switched it from China because of the SARS virus, hoped to have the host team open at Giants Stadium.
	www.southernsoccerscene.com /worldcup2k3.htm (7397 words)

	1999 womens world cup soccer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		They married in 1999, and their divorce was finalized in 2001.
		Woody Woodward, the Seattle Mariners' general manager for 11 seasons from 1989 to 1999, was giving some insider tips to 25 kids from the South Sound Academy on Wednesday afternoon, and he was wanting to make a swap.
		FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter has reinforced the pledge made at the 1996 FIFA Congress in Zurich by JoÃ£o Havelange for each of the member associations (regardless of size or resources) to receive one million USD Dollars, and each confederation to receive ten million Dollars over the period 1999 - 2002.
	soccer.gatherhelp.info /1999-womens-world-cup-soccer-r.html (448 words)

	Queensland Football
		Of the 32 available spots in the 2006 World Cup, 14 are allocated to UEFA national teams.
		The UEFA Intertoto Cup is a summer competition, previously operated by several Central European football associations, which was relaunched by UEFA in 1995 as a qualifying competition for the UEFA Cup.
		The European/South American Cup was jointly organised with CONMEBOL between the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores winners.
	qldfootball.com /index.php?option=com_fifaworldcup&page=UEFA.html (945 words)

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