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updated 8‐Jul‐2011 FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP GERMANY 2011TM OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE FIFA WOMEN’S TM WORLD CUP GERMANY 2011 CONTENTS Media information 2 FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011 schedule 3 Venues & Match officials 4 Qualification / World Cup lead-up 5 Country profiles 9 Head to head 25 History of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 28 Match officials 28 Australia's squad 32 Player profiles 33 Coach profile 43 Australian national team history 45 Copyright Football Federation Australia 2011. All rights reserved. No portion of this product may be reproduced electronically, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of Football Federation Australia. OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP GERMANY 2011TM A publication of Football Federation Australia Content and layout by Andrew Howe OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP GERMANY 2011 1 MEDIA INFORMATION FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP GERMANY 2011 – AUSTRALIAN MEDIA CONTACTS FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 Football Federation Australia Westfield Matildas Media Officer tel: (+61) 02 8020 4000 MARK JENSEN email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Head of Corporate Affairs and Communications tel (in Germany): +49 1578 904 7807 Kyle Patterson: [email protected] WESTFIELD MATILDAS / FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TIME DIFFERENCE GERMANY 2011 KEY DATES (AEST) GERMANY – AUSTRALIA 26 Jun Opening match: Nigeria v France 11pm AEST During June–July 2011, 30 Jun Australia v Brazil, Group C match 2:15am AEST Germany times are: 03 Jul Australia v Equatorial Guinea, Group C match 10pm AEST 8 hours behind AEST (NSW/Vic/Qld/Tas/ACT) 07 Jul Australia v Norway, Group C match 2am AEST 7.5 hours behind ACST (SA/NT) 07 Jul First round concludes 6 hours behind AWST (WA) 10-11 Jul Quarter finals 2am/4:45am/9pm (10th), 1:30am (11th) AEST 14 Jul Semi finals 2am & 4:45am AEST Based on Germany time (UTC +2hrs), the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 17 Jul Third-place play-off 1:30am AEST runs from 26 June to 17 July 2011 18 Jul Final 4:45am AEST FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP GERMANY 2011 OVERVIEW GROUP STAGE: four groups of four teams, league format (three points for a win, one point for a draw), top two progress to the Knockout stage, losers eliminated (24 matches) Group A Group B Group C Group D Germany Japan United States Brazil Canada New Zealand Korea DPR Australia Nigeria Mexico Colombia Norway France England Sweden Equatorial Guinea KNOCKOUT STAGE: winners progress to next stage, losers eliminated (8 matches) Quarter finals Semi finals FINAL (4 matches) —> (2 matches) —> & 3rd-place play-off FINAL TOURNAMENT FORMAT Group stage rankings Knockout stages The ranking of each team in each group will be determined by In the Knockout stages, a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches; if a match is level at the b) goal difference in all group matches; end of normal playing c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches. time, extra time of two If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above, their rankings will be determined by: periods of 15 minutes d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; each shall be played e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; & followed, if necessary, f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned; by penalty kicks to g) fair play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated; determine the winner. h) drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee. AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION COVERAGE DAILY HIGHLIGHTS 9:00pm 27 Jun–17 Jul SBSTWO WEB COVERAGE Germany v Canada 1:30am 27 Jun LIVE SBSONE Australia v Brazil 1:45am 30 Jun LIVE SBSONE www.fifa.com/womensworldcup Australia v Equatorial Guinea 9:30pm 3 Jul LIVE SBSTWO the official website of the Australia v Norway 2:00am 7 Jul LIVE SBSONE FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011TM Quarter-final 1 2:00am 10 Jul LIVE SBSONE www.footballaustralia.com.au Quarter-final 2 4:30am 10 Jul LIVE SBSONE the official website of Quarter-final 3 8:30pm 10 Jul LIVE SBSTWO Football Federation Australia Quarter-final 4 1:15am 11 Jul LIVE SBSTWO Semi-final 1 2:00am 14 Jul LIVE SBSONE www.sbs.com.au/theworldgame Semi-final 2 4:30am 14 Jul LIVE SBSONE SBS The World Game website Final 4:00am 18 Jul LIVE SBSONE OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP GERMANY 2011 2 FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP GERMANY 2011 SCHEDULE GROUP STAGE Sun 26-Jun 23:00 NIGERIA 01FRANCE Sinsheim [2] Mon 27-Jun 02:00 GERMANY 21CANADA Berlin [1] Fri 01-Jul 02:00 CANADA 04FRANCE Bochum [10] Group A Fri 01-Jul 04:45 GERMANY 10NIGERIA Frankfurt/Main [9] Wed 06-Jul 04:45 FRANCE 24GERMANY Moenchengladbach [17] Wed 06-Jul 04:45 CANADA 01NIGERIA Dresden [18] Mon 27-Jun 23:00 JAPAN 21NEW ZEALAND Bochum [3] Tue 28-Jun 02:00 MEXICO 11ENGLAND Wolfsburg [4] Fri 01-Jul 23:00 JAPAN 40MEXICO Leverkusen [11] Group B Sat 02-Jul 02:15 NEW ZEALAND 12ENGLAND Dresden [12] Wed 06-Jul 02:15 ENGLAND 20JAPAN Augsburg [19] Wed 06-Jul 02:15 NEW ZEALAND 22MEXICO Sinsheim [20] Tue 28-Jun 23:00 COLOMBIA 01SWEDEN Leverkusen [6] Wed 29-Jun 02:15 UNITED STATES 20KOREA DPR Dresden [5] Sat 02-Jul 22:00 KOREA DPR 01SWEDEN Augsburg [14] Group C Sun 03-Jul 02:00 UNITED STATES 30COLOMBIA Sinsheim [13] Thu 07-Jul 04:45 SWEDEN 21UNITED STATES Wolfsburg [21] Thu 07-Jul 04:45 KOREA DPR 00COLOMBIA Bochum [22] Wed 29-Jun 23:00 NORWAY 10EQUATORIAL GUINEA Augsburg [8] Thu 30-Jun 02:15 BRAZIL 10AUSTRALIA Moenchengladbach [7] Sun 03-Jul 22:00 AUSTRALIA 32EQUATORIAL GUINEA Bochum [16] Group D Mon 04-Jul 02:15 BRAZIL 30NORWAY Wolfsburg [15] Thu 07-Jul 02:00 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 03BRAZIL Frankfurt/Main [23] Thu 07-Jul 02:00 AUSTRALIA 21NORWAY Leverkusen [24] AEST* Venue Match # Group A w d l f a pts Group C w d l f a pts Germany 3 0 0 7 3 9 Sweden 3 0 0 4 1 9 France 2 0 1 7 4 6 United States 2 0 1 6 2 6 Nigeria 1 0 2 1 2 3 Korea DPR 0 1 2 0 3 1 Canada 0 0 3 1 7 0 Colombia 0 1 2 0 4 1 Group B w d l f a pts Group D w d l f a pts England 2 1 0 5 2 7 Brazil 3 0 0 7 0 9 Japan 2 0 1 6 3 6 AUSTRALIA 2 0 1 5 4 6 Mexico 0 2 1 3 7 2 Norway 1 0 2 2 5 3 New Zealand 0 1 2 4 6 1 Equatorial Guinea 0 0 3 2 7 0 SECOND STAGE QUARTER FINALS Sun 10-Jul 02:00 ENGLAND FRANCE Leverkusen Quarter-final 1 [26] Sun 10-Jul 04:45 GERMANY JAPAN Wolfsburg Quarter-final 2 [25] Sun 10-Jul 21:00 SWEDEN AUSTRALIA Augsburg Quarter-final 3 [27] Mon 11-Jul 01:30 BRAZIL UNITED STATES Dresden Quarter-final 4 [28] SEMI FINALS Thu 14-Jul 02:00 QUARTER-FINAL 1 QUARTER-FINAL Moenchengladbach Semi-final 1 [30] Thu 14-Jul 04:45 QUARTER-FINAL 2 QUARTER-FINAL Frankfurt/Main Semi-final 2 [29] 3rd PLACE Sun 17-Jul 01:30 LOSER SEMI 2 LOSER SEMI 1 Sinsheim [31] FINAL Mon 18-Jul 04:45 WINNER SEMI 2 WINNER SEMI 1 Frankfurt/Main [32] *Date/Time displayed in AEST. SA and NT subtract 30 minutes. WA subtract 2 hours. OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP GERMANY 2011 3 FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP GERMANY 2011 VENUES AUGSBURG (capacity: 24,661) FIFA Women's World Cup Stadium BERLIN (capacity: 73,067) Olympiastadion BOCHUM (capacity: 20,556) FIFA Women's World Cup Stadium DRESDEN (capacity: 25,582) Rudolf-Harbig Stadion FRANKFURT (capacity: 48,837) FIFA Women's World Cup Stadium LEVERKUSEN (capacity: 29,708) FIFA Women's World Cup Stadium MOENCHENGLADBACH (capacity: 45,860) Stadion Im Borussia-Park SINSHEIM (capacity: 25,515) Rhein-Neckar Arena WOLFSBURG (capacity: 26,062) Arena Im Allerpark FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP GERMANY 2011 MATCH OFFICIALS Asia Referees: Cha Sung Mi (Korea Republic), Etsuko Fukano (Japan), Jacqui Melksham (Australia) Assistant referees: Allyson Flynn (Australia), Sarah Ho (Australia), Kim Kyoung Min (Korea Republic), Widiya Shamsuri (Malaysia), Saori Takahashi (Japan), Zhang Lingling (China) Europe Referees: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic), Gyoengyi Gaal (Hungary), Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland), Thalia Mitsi (Germany), Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine), Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden), Christina Pedersen (Norway), Esther Staubli (El Salvador), Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany) Assistant referees: Natalie Walker (England), Cristina Cini (Italy), Anu Jokela (Finland), Helen Karo (Sweden), Anna Nystrom (Sweden), Tonja Paavola (Finland), Yolanda Parga Rodriguez (Spain), Katrin Rafalski (Germany), Lada Rojc (Croatia), Hege Steinlund (Norway), Maria Luisa Villa Gutierrez (Spain), Marina Wozniak (Germany) North, Central America and Caribbean Referees: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico), Carol Anne Chenard (Canada), Kari Seitz (USA) Assistant referees: Emperatriz Ayala (Slovenia), Mayte Chavez (Mexico), Marlene Duffy (USA), Cindy Mohammed (Trinidad & Tobago), Rita Munoz (Mexico), Veronica Perez (USA) South America Referees: Estela Alvarez (Argentina), Silvia Reyes (Peru) Assistant referees: Mariana Corbo (Uruguay), Yoly Garcia (Venezuela), Marlene Leyton (Peru), Maria Rocco (Argentina) Africa Referee: Therese Neguel (Cameroon) Assistant referees: Tempa Ndah (Benin), Lidwine Rakotozafinoro (Madagascar) Oceania Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji) Assistant referees: Jacqui Stephenson (New Zealand), Lata Tuifutuna (Tonga) OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP GERMANY 2011 4 THE ROAD TO THE FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP GERMANY 2011 Asia (AFC) 3 places Europe (UEFA) 4.5 places First round First stage (group winners progress to play-offs) 2010 AFC Women's Asian