Group C
June 23 in Landover, Md. Norway 7 Canada 1. Goals: Aarones 8, 36, Lehn 49, Riise 54, Medalen 62, Pettersen 76, S.Gulbrandsen 87; Hooper 31.
Norway — Nordby, Kringen, Jorgensen, Medalen, Nymark Andersen (Frustol, 46), Lehn (S.Gulbrandsen, 70), Riise, Knudsen (Ormen, 62), Sandaune, Aarones, Pettersen.
Canada — Wright, Nonen, Helland, Morneau, Haas (Neil, 16), Donnelly, Walsh, Franck, Hooper, Harvey, Rosenow (Bowie, 70).
Yellow card: Norway — Kringen 45.
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia).
Att.: 16,448.
June 23 in Portland, Ore. Russia 5 Japan 0. Goals: Savina 29, Letuchova 52, 90, N.Karasseva 58, Barbachina 80.
Russia — Petko, Tcheverda, Filippova, Bourakova, N.Karasseva, Komarova, Grigorieva, Egorova (Fomina, 79), Svetlitzkaia (O.Karasseva, 46), Savina (Barbachina, 72), Letuchova.
Japan — Yamago, Tomei, Isozaki, Sakai (Yamaki, 69), Nishina, Mitsui, Sawa, Hara, Isaka (Kobayashi, 64), Uchiyama, Otake (Yanagita, 57).
Yellow card: Japan — Sawa 72.
Referee: Sandra Hunt (USA).
Att.: 17,668..
Group C Standings
| TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Norway | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| Russia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Canada | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
*-clinched berth in quarterfinals.
SCHEDULE June 26 — Canada vs. Russia in East Rutherford, N.J., Norway vs. Japan in Chicago.
