The 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament, or International Women's Football Tournament, was organised by FIFA in China from 1 to 12 June 1988. The competition was a test to study if a global women's World Cup was feasible following the experience of non-FIFA invitational competitions such as the Mundialito (1981–88) and the Women's World Invitational Tournament (1978–87).Raising Their Game: Passing the test. Shared by FIFA through its YouTube channel. The competition was a success and on 30 June FIFA approved the establishment of an official World Cup for 1991, which would also be held in China.FIFA pone K.O. a México El Mundo Deportivo, 01/07/88

Twelve national teams took part in the competition – four from UEFA, three from AFC, two from CONCACAF and one from CONMEBOL, CAF and OFC. European champion Norway defeated Sweden 1–0 in the final to win the tournament, while Brazil clinched the bronze by beating the hosts in a penalty shootout. Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and the United States also reached the final stages.Results in RSSSF.com

Venues The tournament took place in 4 cities in the province of Guangdong: Guangzhou, Foshan, Jiangmen and Panyu.

Teams 12 national teams participated in the tournament, all invited by FIFA.

Africa (CAF)

Asia (AFC)

South America (CONMEBOL)

Oceania (OFC) Europe (UEFA)

North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Group stage Group A TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA (H)633001113311173331114203003117

The matches of China were held in Guangzhou. The rest of the matches of this group were held in Foshan.

Group B TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA432011124320182432014303003016

All matches held in Jiangmen.

Group C TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA53210514312063331112203003310

All matches held in Panyu.

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Knockout stage Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

SWEDEN: GK 1Elisabeth LeidingeDF 3 Marie KarlssonDF 4Pia SyrénDF 5Eva Zeikfalvy MF 6Ingrid Johansson (c)MF 7 Pia SundhageMF 9Pärnilla LarssonFW 11 Anneli GustafssonFW 13 Anneli AndelénFW 14 Helen Johansson MF 16 Gunilla AxénSubstitutes:MF 8Camilla Andersson DF 14Tina Nilsson FW 10Lena VidekullGK 12Ing-Marie OlssonMF 17Anette PalmManager:Gunilla PaijkullNORWAY: GK 1 Hege LudvigsenDF 2Cathrine ZaborowskiDF 3Liv StrædetMF 4 Bjørg StorhaugDF 5 Gunn NyborgDF 6Toril Hoch-Nielsen MF 7 Tone HaugenMF 8 Heidi Støre (c)FW 9Birthe HegstadFW 10Ellen ScheelFW 11Linda Medalen Substitutes:GK 12Reidun SethFW 13Lisbeth BakkenFW 14Turid Storhaug MF 15Agnete CarlsenFW 16Sissel Grude Managers:Dag Steinar VestlundErling Hokstad

All-Star Team The all star team was voted by the Chinese press. Elisabeth Leidinge Liv Strædet Marie Karlsson Heidi Støre Eva Zeikfalvy Roseli Linda Medalen Carin Jennings Sun Qingmei Cebola Ellen Scheel

See also 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

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