1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification qualifier. Brazil won the tournament. The runners-up of CONMEBOL's and CONCACAF's qualifications played for one berth. 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification The qualification process for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup saw 67 teams from the six FIFA confederations compete for the 16 places in the tournament's finals. The places were divided as follows: The two African teams to qualify to the World Cup were the two finalists of the 1998 CAF Women's Championship, Nigeria and Ghana. The three Asian teams to qualify to the World Cup were the two finalists and the third-placed of the 1997 AFC Women's
1994 FIFA World Cup Final Brazilian team dedicated their win to the late triple Formula One motor racing world champion Ayrton Senna, who had died in an accident at that year's San Marino Grand Prix in Italy two and a half months before. With Italy finishing as runners-up, Franco Baresi became the sixth player in history to win gold, silver and bronze medals at the FIFA World Cup. In what was, and still is as of 2018, the only World Cup Final ever not to have a goal scored, the game would come to be defined by missed opportunities. Chances were few and far between