USA: 1-Briana Scurry; 6-Brandi Chastain, 4-Carla Overbeck, 14-Joy Fawcett; 13-Kristine Lilly, 11-Julie Foudy, 15-Tisha Venturini (3-Cindy Parlow, 63), 5-Tiffany Roberts; 8-Shannon MacMillan, 10-Michelle Akers, 16-Tiffeny Milbrett (12-Carin Gabarra, 30).

Subs Not Used: 2-Mary Harvey, 7-Staci Wilson, 9-Mia Hamm, 17-Amanda Cromwell, 18-Thori Staples, 20-Saskia Webber.

Head Coach: Tony DiCicco.

CHN: 16-Gao Hong, 2-Liping Wang, 3-Fan Yunjie, 5-Xie Huilin, 6-Zhao Lihong, 8-Shui Qingxia (14-Chen Yufeng, 53), 9-Sun Wen, 10-Liu Ailing, 11-Sun Qingmei, 12-Wen Lirong, 15-Shi Guihong (7-Wei Haiying, 88).

Subs Not Used: 1-Zhong Honglian, 4-Yu Honggi, 13-Liu Ying, 18-Zhang Yan, 20-Niu Lijie.

Head Coach: Ma Yuanan.

Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Asst. Referee #1: Mohamed Osamn

Asst. Referee #2: Carlos Velazquez

Fourth Official: Gamal Ghandour

Notes:
With both the USA and China already guaranteed a berth into the medal rounds, both teams' main goal in this match was to avoid injuries (i.e. Tony DiCicco removing Tiffeny Milbrett after 30 minutes) and not to show their opponent too much. The USA finished second in their group to China due to a lesser goal differential (China +6, USA +4) after both nations posted 2-0-1 records during the opening round.

Mia Hamm, who sprained her left ankle two days earlier against Sweden, did not see action against China.