2003 Algarve Cup

2003 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
City	various cities in Algarve
Dates	14-20 March 2003
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	China PR
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	56 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hanna Ljungberg (4 goals each)
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The 2003 Algarve Cup is the tenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament hosted annually by Portugal. It was held from fourteenth to twentieth day of March 2003.

The USA won the tournament defeating China, 2-0, in the final game.^[1]

Format[]

The twelve teams are divided into three groups that played a round-robin group stage, followed by one position play-off match for every team.

With 12 teams participating, the Algarve Cup format has been as follows: Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are the only ones in contention to win the title. The group A and B winners contest the final - to win the Algarve Cup. The runners-up play for third place, and those that finish third in the groups play for fifth place. The teams in Group C played for places 7–12. The winner of Group C played the team that finished fourth in Group A or B (whichever has the better record) for seventh place. The Group C runner-up played the team who finishes last in Group A or B (with the worse record) for ninth place. The third and fourth placed teams in Group C played for the eleventh place.

Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero point for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied in a group, their head-to-head result determined their place in the group.

Participating teams[]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Norway	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Sweden	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Canada	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China PR	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
France	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Finland	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
Denmark	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Greece	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Portugal	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
Wales	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Placement play-offs[]

Eleventh place match[]

Ninth place match[]

Seventh place match[]

Fifth place match[]

Third place match[]

Final[]

2003 Algarve Cup
United States Second title

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
	United States
	China PR
	Norway
4	France
5	Sweden
6	Finland
7	Canada
8	Greece
9	Denmark
10	Portugal
11	Republic of Ireland
12	Wales

Goal scorers[]

Goals	Player
4	Hanna Ljungberg
3	Christine Sinclair
	Sun Wen
	Claire Scanlan
	Dagny Mellgren
2	Andrea Neil
	Regina Holan
	Marinette Pichon
	Olivia O'Toole
	Anne-Maria Eriksson
	Aly Wagner
	Shannon MacMillan
1	25 athletes Carmelina Moscato Kara Lang Sharolta Nonen Silvana Burtini Bai Jie Han Duan Mette Jokumsen Élodie Woock Hoda Lattaf Ana Stavroula Amiel Loseno Ciara Grant Michele O'Brien Ana Rita Gomes Edite Fernandes Inês Silva Carla Couto Carla Monteiro Salina Olsson Victoria Svensson Mia Hamm Ayshea Martyn Cheryl Foster Michelle Green Milly Durrant
1 own goal

References[]

External links[]

• Algarve Cup on WomensSoccerUnited.com
• RSSSF.com history page, with links to full results