1999 Algarve Cup

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1999 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions China PR (1st title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored40 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Tiffeny Milbrett
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The 1999 Algarve Cup was the sixth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 14 and 20 March 1999 in Portugal with China winning the event defeating the US, 2-1, in the final game. The Chinese triumph also became China's first victory against the USA since 1993.[1]

Format[]

The host and the seven teams invited are Australia, China, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the United States.

The eight teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin group stage. On completion of this, the fourth placed teams from each group would playoff to determine seventh and eighth place, the third placed teams from each group would play each other to decide fifth and sixth place, the second placed teams in each group would play to determine third and fourth place and the winners of the groups would compete for first and second place.

Points awarded in the group stage are three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a loss.

Group A[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United States 7 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5
 Norway 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1
 Sweden 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1
 Finland 1 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5
United States 1–1 Sweden
Tiffeny Milbrett Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)		 Linda Fagerström
Norway 1–0 Finland
Marianne Pettersen
Norway 2–1 Sweden
Linda Medalen
Anita Rapp		 SvFF Report (in Swedish) Malin Andersson
United States 4–0 Finland
Tiffeny Milbrett
Brandi Chastain
Cindy Parlow		 Report
United States 2–1 Norway
Julie Foudy
Kristine Lilly		 Report Ann Kristin Aarønes
Sweden 0–0 Finland
SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Group B[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China PR 9 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8
 Denmark 4 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3
 Australia 2 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2
 Portugal 1 3 0 1 2 0 9 −9
Denmark 1–1 Australia
Louise Hansen Julie Murray
China PR 4–0 Portugal
2' 12' Sun Wen
20' Liu Ying
34' Pu Wei		 Report
China PR 2–0 Denmark
Pu Wei
(own goal)
Portugal 0–0 Australia
Report
Denmark 5–0 Portugal
38' (own goal)
44' Merete Pedersen
45' Janne Rasmussen
66' Jeanne Axelsen
77' Mette Jokumsen		 Report
Montechoro
Australia 0–2 China PR
Sun Wen
Liu Ying
Montechoro

Seventh place[]

Portugal 2–1 Finland
9' Carla Couto
36' Adilia Martins		 Report 70' Julia Uusmalmi
Montechoro

Portugal finished bottom of their group for the sixth year in a row but won the seventh place playoff with a 2–1 win against Finland.

Fifth place[]

Australia 1–1
(7–6)
(PSO)		 Sweden
Murray SvFF Report (in Swedish) Gustafsson

Third place[]

Norway 2–2
(4–1)
(PSO)		 Denmark
69' (own goal)
82' Cecilie Bendiksen		 report (nor.) report (den.) 65' Janne Rasmussen
90' Merete Pedersen

Final[]

China PR 2–1 United States
16' Pu Wei
65' Jin Yan		 Report 45' Tiffeny Milbrett

Final standings[]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Norway
4  Denmark
5  Australia
6  Sweden
7  Portugal
8  Finland

Goal scorers[]

Goals
 Player
4
 United States Tiffeny Milbrett
3
 China Jin Yan
2
 Australia Julie Murray
China Pu Wei
China Sun Wen
China Liu Ying
Denmark Jeanee Axelsen
Denmark Mette Jokumsen
Norway Cecilie Bendiksen
1
 15 athletes
1 own goal


 1999 Algarve Cup 

China PR
First title

References[]

  1. ^ "Soccer; Algarve Cup Goes to China". New York Times. 21 March 1999. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

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