1996 Viitaniemi Women's World Cup

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1996 Women's World Cup
1996 Viitaniemi Women's World Cup
File:ViitaniemiWomenWorldCup1996.png
The official emblem
Tournament details
Host country Caspiaa
DatesJuly 11th - July 28th, 1996
Teams32
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Constantio (1st title)
Runners-up Vœyetska
Third place Albarine
Fourth place Saint Offeat
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
1997

The 1996 Women's World Cup, also called the 1996 Viitaniemi Women's World Cup, was an international football tournament contested by women's national teams which took place between 11-28th July, 1996 in Viitaniemi, Caspiaa. It was the innaugural Women's World Cup tournament and involved 32 teams, of which all came through qualifying competitions at the start of the event from an original 64 national teams. In the final match, Constantio defeated Vœyetska 2-0 for their first victory.

Teams

The qualified teams, listed by region, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the World Cup rankings before the tournament were:

Venues

Opening Ceremony

Group Stages

Qualifying Rounds

64 competing countries were divided into eight groups of eight teams (groups A to H). Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin best two-out-of-three, with the top four teams advancing to the knockout stage with the Round of 32.

Knockout Stage

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third-Place

Final

Sponsorship

World Cup partners World Cup sponsors National supporters

Media