ESPN’s critically-acclaimed presentation of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa has earned a total of 38 awards from some of the most prestigious organizations in media.  The achievement represents the highest collection of industry awards for one event in the network’s history.

On May 2, ESPN’s FIFA World Cup won three Sports Emmy Awards, highlighted by the championship match, Spain vs. Netherlands on ABC from July 10, which received honors in the esteemed Live Special category.  Highlights of awards garnered to-date:

Sports Emmy Awards (May 2, 2011):

Presented for the 32^nd year by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in New York for excellence in sports television and media.

• Live Special: 2010 FIFA World Cup (ABC) – Final Match: Spain vs. Netherlands
• Writing: 2010 FIFA World Cup (ESPN/ABC)
• Music: 2010 FIFA World Cup: U2 & Soweto Gospel Choir (ESPN/ESPN2/ABC)

NAMIC Vision Awards (May 5, 2011):

The National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) Awards honor original, multi-platform programming that depicts the lives, spirit and contributions of people of color and best reflects the diversity of the global viewing audience.

• Animation: Day One Open
• Digital Media – Long Form: Umlando – Through My Father’s Eyes – A 10-part series featuring the introspective exploration of South African history and culture by legendary jazz musician Hugh Masekela and his son, ESPN 2010 World Cup reporter Sal Masekela
• Digital Media – Short Form: Voices of South Africa – Short video stories narrating important aspects of South African traditions and culture
• News/Informational: “Youth Day” – Special FIFA World Cup coverage of Youth Day in South Africa, an annual holiday commemorating events of the Soweto Uprising of June 16, 1976, and its symbolism to the anti-Apartheid struggle
• Sports: “Sports Features” – A collection of features commissioned and produced for South Africa 2010 programming.

New York Festivals Awards (April 12, 2011):

The New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards recognize outstanding work in news, sports, documentary, information, entertainment program, and others.

In the ceremony held in Las Vegas, ESPN’s 2010 FIFA World Cup was honored with seven Gold, four Silver and six Bronze medals in a wide range of event production categories including music, editing, animation, graphics, features and journalism.

PromaxBDA Sports Media Marketing Awards (November 18, 2010):

The Sports Media Marketing Awards is a premier competition dedicated to maximizing the effectiveness and supporting the success of marketing, promotion and advertising professionals involved in the sports media marketing community.

• Gold: Interactive – Best Application (Facebook, iPhone, mobile or otherwise):  2010 FIFA World Cup iPhone Application
• Gold: Interactive – Best Rich Media Promotional Content: 2010 FIFA World Cup – Team Mural and Video Units
• Gold: Craft – Best Use of Editing: 2010 FIFA World Cup – “United :60” campaign spot
• Silver: Integrated Media – Outstanding Overall Integrated Marketing Campaign: 2010 FIFA World Cup

OBIE Awards – Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Inc. (April 2011):

OBIEs are presented by OAAA, the leading trade association representing the outdoor advertising industry in the United States.

• Silver OBIE – Multi-format Campaign: 2010 FIFA World Cup.

International ANDY Awards (April 2011):

Established in 1964 by the ADVERTISING club of New York, the ANDY Awards honor creativity in advertising and recognizes the contributions of individuals and companies who create the work and raising craftsmanship standards in advertising.

• Gold – Illustration: 2010 FIFA World Cup “One Game Changes Everything” campaign
• Silver – Media: 2010 FIFA World Cup “One Game Changes Everything” campaign.

The One Show Entertainment:

The Award is presented by The One Club, an organization that promotes excellence in creative advertising

• Merit – Branded Content/Events: 2010 FIFA World Cup “One Game Changes Everything” Gallery Event

The CableFaxies Awards (May 12, 2011):

The awards salute the year’s most outstanding communications (public relations and marketing) initiatives and programs by one of the industry leading publications – CableFAX.

• Media Event – Programmers: 2010 FIFA World Cup Media Relations.

ESPN Inc.’s 2010 FIFA World Cup Coverage in the United States

South Africa 2010 was ESPN’s seventh FIFA World Cup and its most comprehensive. All 64 matches aired live and in high definition on the combined networks of ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC. ESPN3.com featured English-language simulcasts of matches on ESPN and ESPN2 as well as matches in five other languages (Portuguese, German, Korean, Japanese and Arabic). Live matches were also available on ESPN 3D, ESPN Mobile TV and ESPN Radio, and ESPN Deportes televised more than 50 matches in Portuguese live in the U.S.

ESPN presented 2010 FIFA World Cup studio programming from site in South Africa, offering U.S. sports fans the most comprehensive news and information coverage throughout the month-long soccer showcase via SportsCenter segments, a nightly World Cup Live program, and prematch, halftime and postmatch shows.  In the month-long presentation (June 10 – July 10, 2010), ESPN focused on the authenticity of the event while capturing the immense cultural heritage and history of the host nation South Africa.

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Three key members of the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup winning U.S. team – Brandi Chastain, Briana Scurry and head coach Tony DiCicco – will join ESPN as studio analysts for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 (June 26 – July 17).  Chastain, Scurry and DiCicco will contribute to ESPN and ESPN2’s studio coverage of the three-week tournament, providing analysis on pre-match, halftime and post-match shows from Germany, including studio segments on the company’s news and information programming such as SportsCenter, First Take and ESPNEWS.

Chastain’s 16-year career on the U.S. Women’s National Team was highlighted by scoring the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup winning penalty kick vs. China in front of 90,185 fans at the Rose Bowl – the most-attended stand-alone women’s sport event in history.  Scurry’s save on China’s third shot in the penalty kick shootout helped secure the Women’s World Cup title for the U.S. team.  Under DiCicco (1994 – ’99), the U.S. Women’s National Team enjoyed its most successful five years, winning the 1996 Olympic gold medal and the 1999 Women’s World Cup.

Chastain, Scurry and DiCicco will join ESPN’s award-winning host Bob Ley and ESPN UK’s Barclays Premier League co-host Rebecca Lowe to serve as the tournament’s primary studio commentator team – hosting the network’s most comprehensive coverage of this quadrennial event to-date.

“Brandi, Briana and Tony are among the best minds and most recognizable faces for women’s soccer anywhere in the world,” said Jed Drake, ESPN senior vice and executive producer, production.  “Their ability to draw from past experiences will give our viewers the best insight on what these exceptional athletes are going through on the biggest stage of their careers.”

The Women’s World Cup 2011 will mark Chastain’s return to ESPN after serving as sideline reporter for ESPN and ABC’s Major League Soccer coverage in 2005 and 2006.  Germany 2011 will be Scurry’s first international event for ESPN.  DiCicco, who will also provide match analysis, has worked with ESPN since 2000, including the last two Women’s World Cups.  Biographical highlights:

Brandi Chastain

Chastain is one of the U.S. Women’s National Team’s most accomplished players, having won two FIFA World Cups (1991 and ’99) and two Olympics gold medals (1996 and 2004).  She played for the U.S. Women’s National Team from 1988 to 2004.  Chastain, along with teammates Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy, Joy Fawcett, Kristine Lilly and goalkeeper Briana Scurry, anchored the golden era of U.S. women’s soccer beginning with the 1996 Olympics and capped by the 1999 Women’s World Cup.

She played for the U.S. in 192 international matches, scoring 30 goals.  On Sunday, July 10, 1999 in a sold-out Rose Bowl at the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup title match, Chastain provided one of the greatest moments in sports with the World Cup-clinching penalty kick.  Her “thrill-of-victory” moment after the kick – removing her shirt to celebrate in her sports bra – remains one of the seminal images in sports.  That moment thrust Chastain and her teammates into international spotlight.  It is also the most-watched soccer event in U.S. television history – seen by 18 million people on ABC.

A 1990 television and communications graduate of Santa Clara, Chastain in 2004 co-authored It’s Not About the Bra – How to Play Hard, Play Fair, and Put the Fun Back Into Competitive Sports, addressing the issues of sportsmanship, gamesmanship, and excessive parental involvement.  In the book and in off-the-field endeavors, she teaches young athletes how to develop leadership skills, find and become role models, and give something back to their team and community.

Chastain worked with NBC Sports as a soccer analyst during the 2008 Olympics.

Brianna Scurry

Scurry was U.S. Women’s National Team goalkeeper from 1994 to 2008.  Called into to the U.S. team by then coach Tony DiCicco, Scurry played 173 matches, the most-ever by a U.S. goalkeeper, and anchored the backline in the team’s most successful stretch bookended by the 1996 Olympics gold medal and the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

As the starting goalkeeper, Scurry helped lead the team to a third place finish in the 1995 Women’s World Cup, barely a year after joining the team.  Other key results include a third place showing in the 2003 Women’s World Cup and the Olympic gold medal in 2004.  Scurry’s best career moment was in the U.S. team’s overtime victory over China in front of more than 90,000 fans at the Rose Bowl during the 1999 Women’s World Cup title match when she saved one of the penalty kicks to ensure the win.  The save and the impact of the match catapulted her and her teammates into the consciousness of sports fans everywhere.

Building on the success and popularity of women’s soccer from the World Cup, Scurry and her teammates became founding members of the WUSA (Women’s United Soccer Association) in 2001, the world’s first women’s league where the players were paid as professionals.  She played three seasons as starting goalkeeper for the Atlanta Beat.

Scurry was a high school multi-sport athlete in Minnesota.  She excelled in soccer and basketball.  Upon graduation, Scurry attended the University of Massachusetts, where she led the team to the NCAA Women’s College Cup.  She is currently general manager of South Florida’s magicJack FC, a Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) team.

Tony DiCicco

DiCicco is a former U.S. Women’s National Team head coach and one of the most recognizable names in women’s soccer.  From 1994 through 1999, he guided the U.S. team to the 1996 Olympic gold medal and the historic 1999 World Cup championship.  He has a record of 103 wins, eight losses and eight ties – making him the all-time wins leader and most successful coach in U.S. National Team soccer history.

Under his leadership, the 1999 Women’s World Cup U.S. squad changed the face of women’s athletics forever, winning the championship over China in front of the largest crowd in women’s sports history (90,185 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on July 10, 1999) and a worldwide television audience. His team and their accomplishments became a symbol for the aspirations of women in sports everywhere in the world.

After the Women’s World Cup triumph, DiCicco served as the WUSA’s COO (2001), Commissioner (2002 and 2003), and the Chairman of the re-launch committee (2004). DiCicco is currently coach of the Boston Breakers of the Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS), the top level professional women’s soccer league in the United States. In 2008, DiCicco returned to international soccer and guided the USA U20 Women to the FIFA U20 World Cup Championship in Chile.

He served as an ESPN analyst for the 2003 and 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cups.  He has also worked for NBC during the Olympics.

ESPN & the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup

The FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011 (June 26 – July 17) will be ESPN’s fifth straight, having televised the quadrennial event since 1995.  ESPN and ESPN2 will air all 32 matches live and in high definition.  ESPN3.com, ESPN’s signature broadband network in 70 million homes, will offer simulcasts of all matches, and ESPN’s mobile platforms will also provide coverage of 26 matches.  All programming on ESPN and ESPN2 will also be available online through ESPNnetworks.com, which is accessible to fans who receive their video service from an affiliated provider.

For the first time, ESPN will present all of its FIFA Women’s World Cup studio programming from host nation Germany.  The comprehensive news, highlights and information coverage of the quadrennial tournament featuring the top-16 women’s national teams in the world will include, for the first time, pre-match, halftime and post-match shows, as well as World Cup-branded segments on SportsCenter, First Take and ESPNEWS.

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Top soccer play-by-play voice Ian Darke will pair with analyst and two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Julie Foudy as lead commentators for ESPN’s presentation of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup (June 26 – July 17).  Darke and Foudy will kick off the three-week tournament Sunday, June 26, at 11:30 a.m. ET, with the event’s opening match – host nation Germany vs. Canada – on ESPN, ESPN3.com and ESPN Mobile TV, from the Berlin Olympiastadion.  They will also provide commentary for the title match Sunday, July 17, at 2 p.m. on ESPN, ESPN3.com and ESPN Mobile TV, live from Frankfurt.

Darke, who joined ESPN full-time in September 2010 after his critically acclaimed performance during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, will be making his ESPN Women’s World Cup debut in Germany.  Foudy, a former U.S. Women’s National Team captain, is entering her second FIFA Women’s World Cup as ESPN’s lead match analyst.  Germany 2011 marks her sixth FIFA Women’s World Cup overall as a player and television analyst.  The other two match commentator teams will be announced at a later date.

“Ian’s experience as one of the best English-language soccer commentators, and Julie’s insight and history with the Women’s World Cup having played in four straight tournaments, make this an ideal pairing for the event,” said Jed Drake, ESPN senior vice president and executive producer, production.

Foudy was a midfielder for the U.S. Women’s National Team from 1987 through 2004.  In her 17-year national team tenure, the U.S. women won two FIFA Women’s World Cup titles (1991, 1999), captured two Olympic gold medals (1996, 2004), and the silver medal in 2000, becoming one of the most successful national teams in the sport.

Foudy’s retirement, ending a remarkable international career with 271 matches – along with fellow women’s soccer legends Mia Hamm and Joy Fawcett, marked the end of what has been called the “golden era” of women’s soccer in the United States.  She was inducted into National Soccer Hall of Fame in August 2007.

Germany 2011 will be ESPN’s fifth straight FIFA Women’s World Cup – and its most comprehensive presentation to date.  All 32 matches will air live and in high definition on ESPN and ESPN2, as well as ESPN3.com and ESPN Mobile TV.  Additionally, all match telecasts will feature pre-match, halftime and post-match studio segments originating live from the host nation, including symbolic FIFA World Cup traditions – the teams walking onto the pitch, the national anthems and ceremonial handshakes.

All programming on ESPN and ESPN2 will also be available online through ESPNnetworks.com, which is accessible to fans who receive their video service from an affiliated provider.

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ESPN’s 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup Studio Coverage

Bob Ley and ESPN UK’s Rebecca Lowe to Host from Germany

ESPN will present all of its 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup studio programming from host nation Germany, a first for the network.  The comprehensive news, highlights and information coverage of the quadrennial tournament featuring the top-16 women’s national teams in the world (June 26 – July 17) will include pre-match, halftime and post-match shows, as well as World Cup-branded segments on SportsCenter, First Take and ESPNEWS.

Germany 2011 will also mark the first time all FIFA Women’s World Cup matches on ESPN networks will feature pre-match, halftime and post-match coverage, presentation of the national anthems and analysis segments.

ESPN’s award-winning host Bob Ley and Rebecca Lowe, ESPN UK’s Barclays Premier League co-host, will serve as tournament hosts.  Ley will be appearing in his second straight FIFA World Cup event, just one year removed from ESPN’s critically acclaimed coverage of South Africa 2010, while Lowe will be making her World Cup debut on American television.

“Presenting the Women’s World Cup studio programming from site in Germany reflects our ambitious commitment to this world-class, global sporting event,” said Jed Drake, ESPN senior vice president and executive producer, production.  “Bob Ley and Rebecca Lowe’s experience and exemplary knowledge of the game will elevate our coverage and how we capture the atmosphere surrounding the event to fans at home.”

Significant portions of ESPN’s 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup programming from Germany will originate from a mobile studio set, traveling throughout the country and originating from five cities – Berlin, Dresden, Frankfurt, Heidelberg and Wolfsburg – during the three-week competition.  Additionally, ESPN’s award-winning features unit will produce vignettes and long-form features for television and digital platforms profiling the players, teams and coaches as part of the network’s planned comprehensive coverage.

Bob Ley’s biographical background:

Bob Ley joined ESPN as a SportsCenter anchor on the network’s third day of operation (September 9, 1979), making him its longest serving commentator.  He spearheads ESPN’s aggressive coverage of breaking news and issues.  In addition to SportsCenter, he has hosted Outside the Lines (OTL) since its inception in May 1990.  The award-winning OTL series, which focuses on issues beyond the playing field, has evolved from a series of periodic specials to today when it is aired six days a week (Sunday – Friday).

Throughout his career, Ley has also demonstrated an adept ability to cover a variety of events as both a host and play-by-play voice.  A passionate life-long soccer fan, Ley has handled play-by-play for ABC & ESPN’s coverage of World Cup soccer games – including serving as lead commentator for World Cup ’98.  In 2010, Ley served as a host of ESPN’s critically-acclaimed coverage of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, anchoring the pre-match, halftime and post-match shows, SportsCenter segments, and the two-hour World Cup Primetime.  Ley’s soccer work earned him the Honorary All-America Award by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America for his contributions to the sport in January 1999.

With Ley as host, Outside the Lines has captured 11 Sports Emmy Awards and three CableACE Awards as cable’s top Sports Information Series.  Ley’s efforts earned him Northeastern’s 1995 Excellence in Sports Journalism Award from the University’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society, together with the University’s School of Journalism.   Additionally, Outside the Lines won New York Festival Gold (Sports/Recreation) and Silver World Medals (Sports behind Bars) in 2001, and a Gold World Medal (Sports/Recreation) in 2002.  In 2000, Outside the Lines received third-place recognition in the Social Issues, Documentary and Sports categories at the International Film and Video Festival.

A 1976 magna cum laude graduate of Seton Hall University with a bachelor of arts degree in communications, Ley began his career in television as an undergraduate.  He was a production manager at WOR-AM in New York (1975-77) and also served as public address announcer for the Cosmos of the North American Soccer League, and as a sportswriter for the Passaic (N.J.) Herald-News.  In 1976, Ley joined Suburban Cablevision (East Orange, N.J.) as director of sports/public affairs.  During his three years there, Suburban Cablevision won four local CableACE Awards for both sports and overall programming.

Rebecca Lowe’s biographical background:

Rebecca Lowe joined ESPN in 2009 as co-host of ESPN UK’s live coverage of the Barclays Premier League, working alongside Ray Stubbs.  She and Stubbs are also co-anchors of Between the Lines, ESPN UK’s weekly, hard-hitting debate and opinion program on all aspects of football.

Prior to joining ESPN, Lowe was a studio host for Setanta Sports where she worked as a football presenter and reporter (2007-09).  She hosted Setanta’s coverage of the Football Conference and was reporter for Premier League matches on the network.  She also was co-host of Football Matters, Setanta’s Premier League studio program.

Lowe began her sports television career after winning the 2002 BBC Talent Search for a football reporter, from a field of 650 candidates.

At BBC (2002-07), Lowe was a critical contributor to the network’s key soccer programs – reporting from a top Premiership match every Saturday for Final Score; regularly interviewing and reporting features for Football Focus; and presenting a “Football in the Community” feature every Sunday morning on Match of the Day.  She has also been a regular contributor to BBC Television’s Match of the Day 2.

Lowe was a reporter for BBC Two at the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia.  In 2005 she worked as BBC One’s England team reporter at the Women’s European Championship in Manchester.  She covered the FA Women’s Cup Final from 2003 to 2007 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany as a reporter for BBC One.

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2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup Schedule on ESPN

All 32 Matches Live and in HD; Mobile and Digital Coverage

ESPN will present comprehensive coverage of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup June 26 – July 17 from nine cities across Germany.  All 32 matches will be aired live and in high definition on ESPN, ESPN2 as well as ESPN3.com and ESPN Mobile TV.

ESPN will air 23 FIFA Women’s World Cup matches.  ESPN2 will feature nine matches.  All programming on ESPN and ESPN2 will also be available online through ESPNnetworks.com, which is accessible to fans who receive their video service from an affiliated provider.

Coverage will begin Sunday, June 26, on ESPN2, ESPN3.com and ESPN Mobile TV, with the first match of the three-week tournament – Nigeria vs. France – beginning at 8:45 a.m. ET from the Rhein Neckar Arena in Sinsheim.  The opening match of the tournament featuring host nation and defending FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Germany vs. Canada will air on ESPN, ESPN3.com and ESPN Mobile TV, later that day at 11:30 a.m. from the Berlin Olympiastadion.

Pre-match, Halftime and Post-match Segments

All 32 matches will be aired live, including 28 with match commentators at the match sites in Germany.  Additionally all match telecasts will feature pre-match, halftime and post-match studio segments originating live from the host nation.  The pre-match segments will include all symbolic FIFA World Cup traditions – the teams walking onto the pitch, the national anthems and ceremonial handshakes.

ESPN3.com

ESPN’s signature broadband network will provide live online simulcasts of all 32 matches, including ESPN and ESPN2’s live pre-match, halftime and post-match segments.

Additionally, the matches will be archived and accessible to fans on ESPN3.com through the end of August 2011.  All matches will be available for replay on ESPN3.com shortly after their completion.

ESPN3.com is one of the premier broadband destinations for live soccer events featuring England’s Barclays Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, German Bundesliga, Dutch Eredivisie, Italian soccer (Serie A, Coppa Italia) and more.

ESPN Mobile TV

ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN’s 24/7 mobile sports television network, will feature live coverage of the matches from ESPN and ESPN2 telecasts with the exception of six matches.

ESPN TV On Demand

ESPN TV On Demand, available in more than 35-million homes, will distribute all matches same day and the next day, and each match will be available to fans for two weeks.

THE U.S. Women’s National Team

The U.S. Women’s National Team, a two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion and currently ranked No. 1 in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, will kickoff its 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup campaign against Korea DPR (ranked No. 6) live on ESPN, ESPN3.com and ESPN Mobile TV Tuesday, June 28 at 11:45 a.m., from the Rudolf Harbig Stadion in Dresden.  Other U.S. first round matches:

Sa 7/2   ESPN/ESPN3.com at 11:30 a.m.

USA vs. Colombia

Wed 7/6 ESPN/ESPN3.com at 2:30 p.m.

Sweden vs. USA

2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup Groupings

 

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
1  Germany	1  Japan	1  USA	1  Brazil
2  Canada	2  New Zealand	2  Korea DPR	2  Australia
3  Nigeria	3  Mexico	3  Colombia	3  Norway
4  France	4  England	4  Sweden	4  Equatorial Guinea

2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup TV Schedule – ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3.com

u All times EASTERN u Schedule is subject to change u All matches in high definition

u FIFA match #s

 

Date	Time	Network	Match	Group	Site	Match No. (#)
Su 6/26	8:45 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	Nigeria vs. France	A	Sinsheim	2
	11:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Germany vs. Canada	A	Berlin	1
Mo 6/27	8:45 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Japan vs. New Zealand	B	Bochum	3
	11:45 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Mexico vs. England	B	Wolfsburg	4
Tu 6/28	8:45 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Colombia vs. Sweden	C	Leverkusen	6
	11:45 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	USA vs. Korea DPR	C	Dresden	5
We 6/29	8:45 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Norway vs. Equa. Guinea	D	Augsburg	8
	12 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Brazil vs. Australia	D	Moenchengladbach	7
Th 6/30	11:45 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Canada vs. France	A	Bochum	10
	2:30 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	Germany vs. Nigeria	A	Frankfurt	9
Fr 7/1	8:45 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Japan vs. Mexico	B	Leverkusen	11
	12 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	New Zealand vs. England	B	Dresden	12
Sa 7/2	7:45 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	Korea DPR vs. Sweden	C	Augsburg	14
	11:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	USA vs. Colombia	C	Sinsheim	13
Su 7/3	7:45 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	Australia vs. Equa. Guinea	D	Bochum	16
	12 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Brazil vs. Norway	D	Wolfsburg	15
Tu 7/5	12 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	England vs. Japan	B	Augsburg	19
	12 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	New Zealand vs. Mexico	B	Sinsheim	20
	2:30 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	France vs. Germany	A	Moenchengladbach	17
	2:30 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	Canada vs. Nigeria	A	Dresden	18
We 7/6	11:45 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Equa. Guinea vs. Brazil	D	Frankfurt	23
	11:45 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	Australia vs. Norway	D	Leverkusen	24
	2:30 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Sweden vs. USA	C	Wolfsburg	21
	2:30 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN3.com	Korea DPR vs. Colombia	C	Bochum	22

2^nd Stage – Quarterfinals

 

Date	Time	Network	Match	Site	Match #
Sa 7/9	11:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	1st B vs. 2nd A	Leverkusen	26
	2:15 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	1st A vs. 2nd B	Wolfsburg	25
Su 7/10	6:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	1st C vs. 2nd D	Augsburg	27
	11 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	1st D vs. 2nd C	Dresden	28

2^nd Stage – Semifinals

 

Date	Time	Network	Match	Site	Match #
We 7/13	11:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Winners: Match 26 vs. 28	Moenchengladbach	30
	2:15 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN3.com	Winners: Match 25 vs. 27	Frankfurt	29

Third Place Match

 

Sa 7/16

11 a.m.

ESPN2/ESPN3.com

Losers – 29 vs. 30

Sinsheim

31

2010 FIFA World Cup Title Match

 

Su 7/17

2 p.m.

ESPN/ESPN3.com

Winners – 29 vs. 30

Frankfurt

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ESPN and the FIFA Women’s World Cup

The 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup will mark the fifth straight time ESPN has televised the international competition.  ESPN and ESPN2 combined to air six matches of the 1995 Women’s World Cup from Sweden.  In 1999, ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC televised all 32 matches, and in 2003, when the competition was moved to the US due to the threat of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), the networks featured 18 matches.  ESPN and ESPN2 televised all 32 matches of the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup in China.

FIFA Women’s World Cup: A Synopsis

The FIFA Women’s World Cup is recognized as the world’s largest single-sport team event for women.  Contested every four years, this is the sixth FIFA Women’s World Cup competition.  The inaugural competition debuted in China (1991), 61 years after the first men’s (FIFA World Cup) tournament in 1930.  The United States and defending champion Germany are two-time winners of the championship.  Norway has one title.

Women’s World Cup        Champion                Host Nation

1991 USA             China

1995 Norway          Sweden

1999 USA             USA

2003 Germany         USA

2007 Germany         China

2011 ???             Germany

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