2002 Four Nations Tournament (women's football)

2002 Four Nations Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Guangzhou
Dates	23–27 January 2002
Teams	4 (from 3 confederations)
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The 2002 Four Nations Tournament was an invitational women's football tournament held in China with four national teams participating in a round robin format. It was held in Guangzhou from January 23 to 25, 2002. Olympic champion Norway won the tournament with two wins and one loss, followed by Germany and world champion United States, while the hosts were last despite winning their first game. ^[1]

Final standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Germany	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
United States	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
China	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Match results

23 January 2002

Norway	1–0	United States
Unni Lehn 4'	[2]

Huadu, Guangzhou

23 January 2002

China	2–1	Germany
Zhang Ouying 44' Pu Wei 80'		Ariane Hingst 81'

Huadu, Guangzhou

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25 January 2002

Germany	0–0	United States
	[3]

Ying Tung, Guangzhou

25 January 2002

Norway	3–0	China
Trine Rønning 9' Solveig Gulbrandsen 16' Anita Rapp 47'

Ying Tung, Guangzhou

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27 January 2002

Germany	3–1	Norway
Kerstin Garefrekes 50' Birgit Prinz 57' Bettina Wiegmann 75'		Solveig Gulbrandsen 12'

Tianhe, Guangzhou

27 January 2002

United States	2–0	China
Julie Foudy 3' Tiffeny Milbrett 16'	[4]

Tianhe, Guangzhou

References

1. Results in RSSSF.com
2. "U.S. Women Fall to Norway, 1-0, to Open Four Nations Tournament". U.S.Soccer.
3. "U.S. Women Tie Germany, 0–0, at Four Nations Tournament". U.S.Soccer.
4. "U.S. Women Defeat China, 2–0, to Finish Four Nations Tournament". U.S.Soccer.