"For me, first of all, I have to think about if I would be the coach in the future and in the Olympic Games.

"It's very important to do after a championships. I consider it if everyone else takes the coach of the team, it's a great team and I really love the team."

Previously, two rivals had met on 21 occasions, with Norway winning 11 games and China's seven (plus three draws).

Norway triumphed 4-1 in the Algarve Cup in 1996, but China claimed victory in the teams' two previous FIFA Women's World Cup encounters.

It defeated the Scandinavians 4-0 on home soil in the opening match of the inaugural event in 1991 before securing a 5-0 victory in the semifinal of the USA tournament in 1999.

Norway was a narrow 1-0 winner when the teams last met at the Algarve Cup in 2006.

Norway had never beaten a host nation at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

In 1991 it lost 4-0 to China and in 2003 was eliminated 1-0 by the United States in the quarters.

In the following quarterfinal match last night, Brazil sent Australia packing 3-2 to clinch its place in the semifinals.

Norway now travels to Tianjin to play defending champion Germany on Wednesday while Brazil makes the trip to eastern Hangzhou to face off against the top ranked United States on Thursday.

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