USA 2 Norway 1
Women's World Cup
Tianhe Stadium; Guangzhou, China
Attendance: 63,000
1991.11.30
 
Scoring Summary
 
  1 2 F
USA 1 1 2
NOR 1 0 1
 
USA Michelle Akers-Stahl (Shannon Higgins) 20'
NOR Linda Medalen 29'
USA Michelle Akers-Stahl (Shannon Higgins) 78'
 
Lineups
 
Head Coach: Anson Dorrance.
 
NOR: 1-Reidun Seth, 2-Cathrine Zaborowski (13-Liv Stradedet, 79), 4-Gro Espeseth, 5-Gunn Nyborg, 6-Agnete Carlsen, 7-Tone Haugen, 8-Heidi Store, 9-Hege Riise, 10-Linda Medalen, 11-Birthe Hegstad, 16-Tina Svensson.
Subs Not Used: 3-Trine Stenberg, 12-Bente Nordby, 14-Margunn Humlestol, 15-Anette Igland, 17-Ellen Scheel, 18-Hilde Stromsvold.
Head Coach: Even Pellerud.
 
Misconduct Summary
 
USA Michelle Akers-Stahl (caution) 54'
 
Officials
 
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
Asst. Referee #1: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)
Asst. Referee #2: Gertrud Regus (Germany)
 
Notes:
USA wins the inaugural Women's World Cup. Norway finishes second and Sweden third after a 4-0 victory over Germany (Swedish goals scored by Anneli Andelen 7', Pia Sundhage 11', Lena Videkull 29' and Helen Nilsson 43').
 
Carin Jennings won the Golden Ball as the tournament MVP and the Silver Shoe, awarded to the tournament's second leading scorer. Michelle Akers-Stahl took home the Silver Ball (tournament's second MVP) and the Golden Shoe (tournament's leading scorer). Norway's Linda Medalen won the Bronze Ball and the Bronze Shoe.