2003 FIFA women's world cup

Tournament details Host country	 USA Teams	16 Final positions Champions	 Germany (1st title) Runners-up	 Sweden Third place	 United States Fourth place	 Canada Tournament statistics Matches played	32 Goals scored	107 (3.34 per match) Attendance	656,789 (20,525 per match) Top scorer(s)	 Birgit Prinz (7 goals) Best player	 Birgit Prinz ← 1999 2007 →

Qualifying countries The FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 was held in the United States and won by Germany.[1] The tournament was originally scheduled for China. On 3 May 2003 the tournament was abruptly moved to the United States, as a result of the 2003 SARS outbreak in China.[2] Because the United States had hosted the 1999 World Cup, it was thought the United States could best organize the tournament in the little time remaining before the October scheduled start. In addition, women's soccer boosters in the United States hoped that interest generated by the tournament would save the U.S. women's professional league, the Women's United Soccer Association, from foldin