2003 Four Nations Tournament (women's football)

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2003 Four Nations Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates23–29 January 2003
Teams4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) (in Yiwu, Wuhan, Shanghai host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored13 (2.17 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Norway.svg Dagny Mellgren
(2 goals)
2002
2004

The 2003 Four Nations Tournament was the third edition of this invitational women's football tournament held in China with four national teams participating in a round robin format. It was held from January 23 to 29, 2003, in the cities of Yiwu, Wuhan and Shanghai. [1]

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Final standings

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 320143+16
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 312031+25
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 30212312
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 30214622
Source: [ citation needed ]

Match results

China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg0–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg1–3Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Dagny Mellgren Soccerball shade.svg42' [2] Thori Bryan Soccerball shade.svg24'
Tiffeny Milbrett Soccerball shade.svg64'
Heather O'Reilly Soccerball shade.svg87'
Meihu Sports Centre, Yiwu
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Zhang Dongqing (China)

Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Martina Müller Soccerball shade.svg36'
Linda Bresonik Soccerball shade.svg87' (pen.)
Dagny Mellgren Soccerball shade.svg28'
Anita Rapp Soccerball shade.svg73'
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg2–0Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Fan Yunjie Soccerball shade.svg19'
Sun Wen Soccerball shade.svg36'
[3]
Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Rebekka Kirchner (Germany)

United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Devvyn Hawkins Soccerball shade.svg16' [4]
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bente Skogvang (Norway)
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg1–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Teng Wei Soccerball shade.svg26' Unni Lehn Soccerball shade.svg47'

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.17 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

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