Algarve Cup

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Algarve Cup
Founded1994
Region Portugal
Number of teams12
Current champions Sweden (5th title)
Most successful team(s) United States (10 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2022 Algarve Cup

The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and longest-running women's international football events and has been nicknamed the "Mini FIFA Women's World Cup".[1]

The most successful teams have been the United States, with ten titles, followed by Norway with five, and Sweden and Germany with four. The USA has won all its titles since 2000, including nine in thirteen years since 2003. China has won twice.[2] The USA, Norway and Germany are the only nations to have won both the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Algarve Cup.

The Algarve Cup, as an annual event featuring most of the world's top women's football teams, has no parallel in the men's game, given that there are fewer professional women's leagues and thus fewer scheduling conflicts. It is played in late February or early March, at the same time as the Cyprus Cup, the Turkish Women's Cup, the SheBelieves Cup, the Arnold Clark Cup, the Pinatar Cup, and the Tournoi de France.

Format[]

Estádio Algarve, one of the stadiums used in the tournament

From 2002 to 2014, 12 teams were invited, with the top eight competing for the championship. The teams were divided into three groups of four — A, B and C. Group C was added in 2002 to provide second-tier teams with high-level match experience every year. The teams first played round-robin within their pool. Then the placement round proceeded as follows:

  • 11th place: The two bottom teams in Group C played one game.
  • 9th place: The Group C runner-up played one game against the lower-ranked of the fourth-place teams from Groups A and B.
  • 7th place: The Group C winner played one game against the higher-ranked of the fourth-place teams from Groups A and B.
  • 5th place: The third-place teams from Groups A and B played one game.
  • 3rd place: The second-place teams from Groups A and B played one game.
  • 1st place: The first-place teams from Groups A and B played one game.

In 2015, Group C teams became eligible for the final, which is now played between the two best group winners.[3] If teams are tied on points, finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:[4]

  1. number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
  2. goal difference in all the group matches
  3. number of goals scored in all the group matches
  4. fair-play ranking in all the group matches
  5. FIFA ranking

The placement round is now as follows:

  • 11th place match: 3rd best 4th placed team vs. 2nd best 4th placed team
  • 9th place match: best 4th placed team vs. 3rd best 3rd placed team
  • 7th place match: 2nd best 3rd placed team vs. best 3rd placed team
  • 5th place match: 3rd best 2nd placed team vs. 2nd best 2nd placed team
  • 3rd place match: 3rd best group winner vs. best 2nd placed team
  • Final: Best group winner vs. 2nd best group winner

Results[]

Edition Year Final Third Place Match Number of teams
Winners Score Runners-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
1 1994
Norway
1–0
United States

Sweden
1–0
Denmark
6
2 1995
Sweden
3–2 (a.e.t.)
Denmark

Norway
3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)

United States
8
3 1996
Norway
4–0
Sweden

China PR
2–1
Denmark
8
4 1997
Norway
1–0
China PR

Sweden
0–0
(6–5 p)

Denmark
8
5 1998
Norway
4–1
Denmark

United States
3–1
Sweden
8
6 1999
China PR
2–1
United States

Norway
2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p)

Denmark
8
7 2000
United States
1–0
Norway

China PR
1–0
Sweden
8
8 2001
Sweden
3–0
Denmark

China PR
5–1
Canada
8
9 2002
China PR
1–0
Norway

Sweden
2–1
Germany
12
10 2003
United States
2–0
China PR

Norway
1–0
France
12
11 2004
United States
4–1
Norway

France
3–3
(4–3 p)

Italy
12
12 2005
United States
1–0
Germany

France
3–2
Sweden
12
13 2006
Germany
0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)

United States

Sweden
1–0
France
11
14 2007
United States
2–0
Denmark

Sweden
3–1
France
12
15 2008
United States
2–1
Denmark

Norway
2–0
Germany
12
16 2009
Sweden
1–1
(4–3 p)

United States

Denmark
1–0
Germany
12
17 2010
United States
3–2
Germany

Sweden
2–0
China PR
12
18 2011
United States
4–2
Iceland

Japan
2–1
Sweden
12
19 2012
Germany
4–3
Japan

United States
4–0
Sweden
12
20 2013
United States
2–0
Germany

Norway
2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)

Sweden
12
21 2014
Germany
3–0
Japan

Iceland
2–1
Sweden
12
22 2015
United States
2–0
France

Germany
2–1
Sweden
12
23 2016
Canada
2–1
Brazil

Iceland
1–1
(6–5 p)

New Zealand
8
24 2017
Spain
1–0
Canada

Denmark
1–1
(4–1 p)

Australia
12
25 2018  Netherlands and  Sweden
The final was cancelled due to heavy rain

Portugal
2–1
Australia
12
26 2019
Norway
3–0
Poland

Canada
0–0
(6–5 p)

Sweden
12
27 2020
Germany
The final was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5]
Italy

Norway
2–1
New Zealand
8
28 2021 Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic[6] Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic[6]
29 2022
Sweden
1–1
(6–5 p)

Italy

Norway
2–0
Portugal
5

Teams reaching the top four[]

Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Top four finishes
 United States 10 (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015) 4 (1994, 1999, 2006, 2009) 2 (1998, 2012) 1 (1995) 17
 Norway 5 (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2019) 3 (2000, 2002, 2004) 7 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2020, 2022) 15
 Sweden 5 (1995, 2001, 2009, 2018, 2022) 1 (1996) 6 (1994, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010) 9 (1998, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019) 21
 Germany 4 (2006, 2012, 2014, 2020) 3 (2005, 2010, 2013) 1 (2015) 3 (2002, 2008, 2009) 11
 China PR 2 (1999, 2002) 2 (1997, 2003) 3 (1996, 2000, 2001) 1 (2010) 8
 Canada 1 (2016) 1 (2017) 1 (2019) 1 (2001) 4
 Spain 1 (2017) 1
 Netherlands 1 (2018) 1
 Denmark 5 (1995, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2008) 2 (2009, 2017) 4 (1994, 1996, 1997, 1999) 11
 Japan 2 (2012, 2014) 1 (2011) 3
 France 1 (2015) 2 (2004, 2005) 3 (2003, 2006, 2007) 6
 Iceland 1 (2011) 2 (2014, 2016) 3
 Italy 2 (2020, 2022) 1 (2004) 3
 Brazil 1 (2016) 1
 Poland 1 (2019) 1
 Portugal 1 (2018) 1 (2022) 2
 Australia 2 (2017, 2018) 2
 New Zealand 2 (2016, 2020) 2

Participating nations[]

Team 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 Years
 Australia 5th 4th 4th WD 4
 Austria 10th 11th 11th 3
 Belgium 5th 6th 2
 Brazil 7th 2nd 2
 Canada 5th 4th 8th 7th 1st 2nd 5th 3rd 8
 Chile 11th 1
 China PR 3rd 2nd 5th 1st 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 6th 7th 6th 10th 9th 5th 4th 7th 9th 6th 5th 12th 10th 11th 12th 23
 Denmark 4th 2nd 4th 4th 2nd 4th 6th 2nd 6th 9th 7th 6th 9th 2nd 2nd 3rd 5th 6th 5th 7th 6th 6th 7th 3rd 10th 6th 5th 5th 28
 England 9th 8th 2
 Faroe Islands 12th 1
 Finland 6th 5th 8th 6th 8th 8th 7th 7th 7th 6th 9th 10th 7th 6th 8th 7th 8th 10th 18
 France 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 6
 Germany 4th 2nd 1st 8th 4th 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 12
 Greece 8th 11th 2
 Hungary 12th 10th 2
 Iceland 6th 7th 9th 7th 6th 9th 2nd 6th 9th 3rd 10th 3rd 9th 9th 9th 15
 Republic of Ireland 11th 10th 11th 12th 11th 5
 Italy 7th 4th 7th 6th 2nd 2nd 6
 Japan 3rd 2nd 5th 2nd 9th 6th 6th 7
 Mexico 9th 8th 8th 3
 Netherlands 6th 5th 6th 5th 1st 11th 6
 New Zealand 4th 4th 2
 North Korea 8th 1
 Northern Ireland 12th 12th WD 2
 Norway 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 5th 2nd 3rd 2nd 5th 5th 5th 3rd 9th 6th 5th 7th 3rd 10th 5th 11th 7th 1st 3rd 3rd 27
 Poland 11th 11th 2nd 3
 Portugal 5th 8th 7th 8th 7th 7th 8th 8th 11th 10th 8th 11th 11th 12th 10th 8th 10th 9th 10th 11th 12th 11th 8th 12th 3rd 10th 8th 4th 28
 Romania 7th 12th 2
 Russia 5th 9th 6th 8th 12th 5
 Scotland 10th 5th 2
 South Korea 7th 1
 Spain 1st 7th 2
 Sweden 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 4th 1st 3rd 5th 5th 4th 3rd 3rd 5th 1st 3rd 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 7th 1st 4th 7th 1st 27
  Switzerland 8th 8th 2
 United States 2nd 4th  – 3rd 2nd 1st 6th 5th 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 1st 7th 1st 20
 Wales 12th 12th 10th 12th 8th 8th 12th 7
Total (36 teams) 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 8 12 12 12 8 5

Statistics[]

Teams[]

As of 6 March 2019
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
1  United States 20 79 56 11 12 173 62 +111 179
2  Sweden 25 97 49 22 26 175 104 +71 169
3  Norway 25 97 50 14 33 168 107 +61 164
4  Denmark 26 102 40 14 48 139 144 −5 134
5  China PR 23 91 35 14 42 106 109 −3 119
6  Portugal 26 100 25 16 58 98 197 −99 94
7  Germany 11 44 29 2 13 94 35 +59 89
8  Iceland 15 59 21 11 27 75 93 −18 74
9  Canada 8 31 17 5 9 51 35 +16 56
10  Japan 7 28 16 1 11 45 36 +9 49
11  France 6 24 13 2 9 34 35 −1 41
12  Finland 18 71 8 9 54 45 165 −120 33
13  Wales 7 28 9 5 14 31 47 −16 32
14  Netherlands 6 22 9 3 10 26 34 −8 30
15  Italy 4 16 9 1 6 25 26 −1 28
16  Republic of Ireland 5 19 4 8 7 18 28 −10 20
17  Mexico 3 11 5 2 4 18 15 +3 17
18  Australia 3 12 4 5 3 15 14 +1 17
19  Russia 5 20 5 2 13 16 41 −25 17
20  Brazil 2 8 5 1 2 15 7 +8 16
21  Spain 2 7 5 1 1 10 4 +6 16
22  Austria 3 12 5 1 6 20 17 +3 16
23  Greece 2 8 4 2 2 9 11 −2 14
24  England 2 8 4 1 3 21 12 +9 13
25  Romania 2 8 4 3 1 13 5 +8 13
26  Scotland 2 7 4 0 3 9 10 −1 12
27  Poland 3 11 3 2 6 12 20 −8 11
28  North Korea 1 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9
29  Hungary 2 8 2 1 5 7 14 −7 7
30  Belgium 1 4 2 0 2 8 4 +4 6
31  New Zealand 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 5
32  South Korea 1 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
33   Switzerland 1 4 1 1 2 5 9 −4 4
34  Northern Ireland 2 8 1 0 7 4 19 −15 3
35  Chile 1 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2
36  Faroe Islands 1 4 0 0 4 1 19 −18 0

Individuals[]

Year Best Player Top Scorer Goals
1994 Norway Ann Kristin Aarones Norway Ann Kristin Aarones 5
1995 Denmark Helle Jensen Denmark Helle Jensen 6
1996 Norway Hege Riise
1997 Norway Marianne Pettersen
1998 Norway Marianne Pettersen
1999 United States Tiffeny Milbrett United States Tiffeny Milbrett 4
2000 Norway Dagny Mellgren Norway Dagny Mellgren 4
2001 Sweden Hanna Ljungberg Sweden Hanna Ljungberg 6
2002 China Bai Jie United States Shannon MacMillan 7
2003 China Liu Ying Sweden Hanna Ljungberg 4
2004 United States Shannon Boxx United States Abby Wambach 4
2005 Germany Birgit Prinz United States Christie Welsh 5
2006 United States Shannon Boxx
2007 United States Carli Lloyd United States Carli Lloyd 7
2008 Denmark Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen Iceland Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir 6
2009 United States Hope Solo Germany Kerstin Garefrekes
Wales Jayne Ludlow
Sweden Lotta Schelin
3
2010 Germany Inka Grings Germany Inka Grings 7
2011 Japan Homare Sawa Iceland Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir 4
2012 Japan Aya Miyama Germany Célia Okoyino da Mbabi 6
2013 United States Megan Rapinoe Sweden Kosovare Asllani
United States Alex Morgan
3
2014 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán 4
2015 France Eugénie Le Sommer Sweden Sofia Jakobsson 4
2016 Canada Kadeisha Buchanan Belgium Janice Cayman 4
2017 Spain Irene Paredes Denmark Pernille Harder
Japan Kumi Yokoyama
4
2018 Portugal Cláudia Neto Netherlands Lieke Martens
Canada Christine Sinclair
Sweden Fridolina Rolfö
3
2019 Spain Jennifer Hermoso
Sweden Mimmi Larsson
3
2020 Denmark Nanna Christiansen
Italy Cristiana Girelli
Denmark Pernille Harder
Norway Synne Jensen
2
2022 Italy Barbara Bonansea Italy Valentina Giacinti
Norway Celin Bizet Ildhusøy
2

References[]

  1. ^ "Women's game thriving in the Algarve". FIFA. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Algarve Cup (Women)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF).
  3. ^ "DFB-Frauen beim Algarve-Cup gegen Brasilien, China und Schweden". dfb.de. 19 December 2014.
  4. ^ Regulations
  5. ^ "Alemanha vence competição". fpf.pt. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Setbacks before the Olympics – Algarve cup cancelled". Tellerreport. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Algarve Women's Football Cup". Playmaker. Retrieved 2022-02-20.

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