USA: 1-Briana Scurry; 14-Joy Fawcett, 4-Carla Overbeck, 8-Linda Hamilton; 5-Tiffany Roberts, 11-Julie Foudy, 15-Tisha Venturini, 13-Kristine Lilly; 9-Mia Hamm, 12-Carin Gabarra, 10-Michelle Akers (16-Tiffeny Milbrett, 18, 3-Holly Manthei, 76).

Subs Not Used: 2-Thori Staples, 6-Debbie Keller, 7-Sarah Rafanelli, 17-Jennifer Lalor, 18-Saskia Webber, 19-Amanda Cromwell, 20-Mary Harvey.

Head Coach: Tony DiCicco.

CHN: 1-Zhong Honglian, 2-Liping Wang, 3-Fan Yunjie, 5-Zhou Yang, 9-Sun Wen, 11-Sun Qingmei (8-Shui Qingxia, 84), 12-Wen Jirong, 13-Niu Lijie, 15-Shi Guihong (7-Wei Haiying, 35), 16-Chen Yufeng (10-Liu Ailing, 47), 17-Zhao Lihong.

Subs Not Used: 4-Yu Honggi, 6-Zhou Hua, 14-Xie Huilin, 18-Man Yanling, 19-Li Ying, 20-Gao Hong.

Head Coach: Ma Yuanan.

Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Asst. Referee #1: Christine Frai (Germany)

Asst. Referee #2: Ana Bia Batista (Brazil)

Notes:
Seven minutes into the match, Michelle Akers injured her knee and suffered a concussion in a head-to-head collision with a Chinese player. She did not play again until the semifinals.