 The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament.At the end of the group stage, the top two teams and two best third-ranked teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the final at Råsunda Stadium on 18 June 1995.Sweden became the first country to host both men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the men's in 1958.