It was played on 30 September 2007 at the Hongkou Football Stadium, in Shanghai, China and won by Germany, who defeated Brazil 2–0.

This was the first time in the history of the Women's World Cup that a European and South American had met each other in the final.

Germany had not conceded a single goal in the whole competition whereas Brazil were free-scoring.

Led by striker Marta, who had scored 7 goals, Brazil had scored seventeen goals in their route to the final, including four against title-rivals United States in the semi-finals.

It was considered as "the rematch of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final", except it was the men's teams.