Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| A |  United States |  Nigeria |
| B |  Brazil |  Germany |
| C |  Norway |  Russia |
| D |  China |  Sweden |
The knockout stage of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on June 30 with the quarter-finals and ended on July 10, 1999, with the final match, held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. A total of eight teams (the top two teams from each group) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. [1]
All times listed are local time.
In all knockout matches apart from the third-place play-off, if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. If the third-place play-off was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, no extra time would be played, and the match would immediately be decided by a penalty shoot-out.
The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| A | United States | Nigeria |
| B | Brazil | Germany |
| C | Norway | Russia |
| D | China | Sweden |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| July 1 – Landover | ||||||||||
| United States | 3 | |||||||||
| July 4 – Stanford | ||||||||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||
| July 1 – Landover | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||||||
| Brazil (g.g.) | 4 | |||||||||
| July 10 – Pasadena | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 3 | |||||||||
| United States (p) | 0 (5) | |||||||||
| June 30 – San Jose | ||||||||||
| China | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| Norway | 3 | |||||||||
| July 4 – Foxborough | ||||||||||
| Sweden | 1 | |||||||||
| Norway | 0 | |||||||||
| June 30 – San Jose | ||||||||||
| China | 5 | Third place playoff | ||||||||
| China | 2 | |||||||||
| July 10 – Pasadena | ||||||||||
| Russia | 0 | |||||||||
| Brazil (p) | 0 (5) | |||||||||
| Norway | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| Norway | 0–5 | China |
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The Ghana women's national football team has represented Ghana at the FIFA Women's World Cup on three occasions: in 1999, 2003, and 2007.
The Nigeria women's national football team has represented Nigeria at the FIFA Women's World Cup at all nine stagings of the tournament, one of seven teams to do so. Despite the rich history, however, Nigeria's successes have been rather modest, having only progressed to the knockout phase in three occasions.
The Germany women's national football team has represented Germany at the FIFA Women's World Cup on nine occasions in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. They have won the title twice and were runners-up once. They also reached the fourth place in 1991 and in 2015.
The Norway women's national football team has represented Norway at the FIFA Women's World Cup on nine occasions in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. They were runners up in 1991. They won the following tournament in 1995. They also reached the fourth place in 1999 and in 2007.
The China women's national football team has represented China at the FIFA Women's World Cup on eight occasions in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, 2019 and 2023, finishing as runners up once (1999) and once in fourth place (1995).
The Brazil women's national football team has represented Brazil at the FIFA Women's World Cup on all nine occasions to date. As the most successful women's national football team in South America, Brazil is also the best-performing South American team at the FIFA Women's World Cup, reaching two podium finishes.
The North Korea women's national football team has represented North Korea at the FIFA Women's World Cup at four stagings of the tournament; they appeared in every edition from 1999 to 2011.
Group A of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup took place from June 19 to 27, 1999. The group consisted of Denmark, Nigeria, North Korea and the hosts United States.
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The Canada women's national soccer team has represented Canada at eight of the nine staging's of the FIFA Women's World Cup. The inaugural tournament in 1991 is currently the only edition for which they failed to qualify.
The Russia women's national football team has represented Russia at the FIFA Women's World Cup on two occasions, in 1999 and 2003.
The Mexico women's national football team has represented Mexico at the FIFA Women's World Cup on three occasions, in 1999, 2011, and 2015.
The Denmark women's national football team has represented Denmark at the FIFA Women's World Cup on five occasions, in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2007 and 2023.
