2018 Algarve Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Portugal |
Dates | 28 February – 7 March |
Teams | 12 (from 3 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() ![]() (Final cancelled) |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 22 |
Goals scored | 61 (2.77 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() (3 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
The 2018 Algarve Cup was the 25th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 28 February to 7 March 2018.[1]
The final was cancelled after torrential rain flooded the pitch: the Netherlands and Sweden were declared joint winners of the Algarve Cup.[2]
Format
[edit]The twelve invited teams were split into three groups to play a round-robin tournament.
Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determine the higher place.
Teams
[edit]Team | FIFA Rankings[3] (December 2017) |
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![]() | 4 |
![]() | 5 |
![]() | 7 |
![]() | 9 |
![]() | 10 |
![]() | 12 |
![]() | 14 |
![]() | 14 |
![]() | 16 |
![]() | 20 |
![]() | 25 |
![]() | 38 |
Venues
[edit]- Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
- Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal
- Estádio Algarve
- Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos
- VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António
Squads
[edit]Group stage
[edit]The groups were announced on 6 December 2017, and re-organised on 18 December,[4] due to South Korea being drawn against Australia in the Asian Cup finals the following month.
All times are local (UTC±0).
Tie-breaking criteria
[edit]For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions were determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:
- number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
- goal difference in all the group matches
- number of goals scored in all the group matches
- fair-play ranking in all the group matches
- FIFA ranking
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Portugal ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Xu Yanlu ![]() |
Australia ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
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| Report |
China ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report |
Portugal ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
South Korea ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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| Report | Belomyttseva ![]() |
Sweden ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Blackstenius ![]() | Report | Lee Min-a ![]() |
Sweden ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
South Korea ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report |
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Japan ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() |
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Report |
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Denmark ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Japan ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Eiríksdóttir ![]() |
Denmark ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Report |
|
Iceland ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Ranking of teams for placement matches
[edit]The ranking of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed teams in each group to determine the placement matches:
- 1st placed teams
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | C | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | Final |
2 | B | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | |
3 | A | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Third-place match |
- 2nd placed teams
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Third-place match |
2 | B | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Fifth-place match |
3 | C | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
- 3rd placed teams
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | B | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Seventh-place match |
2 | A | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
3 | C | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | Ninth-place match |
- 4th placed teams
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | C | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | Ninth-place match |
2 | A | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | Eleventh-place match |
3 | B | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
Placement matches
[edit]Eleventh place game
[edit]China ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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| Report | Shishkina ![]() |
Ninth place game
[edit]Iceland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Eiríksdóttir ![]() | Report | Troelsgaard Nielsen ![]() |
Penalties | ||
5–4 |
Seventh place game
[edit]South Korea ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
- The match was abandoned at half-time with the score 0–0 due to torrential rain that flooded the pitch: both teams were awarded joint seventh place.[5]
Fifth place game
[edit]Third place game
[edit]Australia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Cooper ![]() | Report |
Final
[edit]Netherlands ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Report |
The final was cancelled after torrential rain flooded the pitch: the Netherlands and Sweden were declared joint winners of the Algarve Cup.[6][7]
Final standings
[edit]Rank | Team |
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4 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
6 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
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9 | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
11 | ![]() |
12 | ![]() |
Awards
[edit]Top Goalscorer[8] | Player of the Tournament | Fair play award |
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Goalscorers
[edit]- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Caitlin Cooper
Larissa Crummer
Clare Polkinghorne
Ashley Lawrence
Jessie Fleming
Liu Shanshan
Song Duan
Xu Yanlu
Pernille Harder
Frederikke Thøgersen
Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
Yui Hasegawa
Emi Nakajima
Yuika Sugasawa
Rumi Utsugi
Lineth Beerensteyn
Shanice van de Sanden
Cheyenne van den Goorbergh
Stefanie van der Gragt
Siri Worm
Ingrid Engen
Maren Mjelde
Lisa-Marie Utland
Carole Costa
Nádia Gomes
Vanessa Malho
Carolina Mendes
Cláudia Neto
Diana Silva
Anna Belomyttseva
Sofia Shishkina
Han Chae-rin
Jung Seol-bin
Filippa Angeldal
Mimmi Larsson
- Own goal
Simone Boye Sørensen (playing against the Netherlands)
References
[edit]- ^ "Algarve Cup 2018". NWSL Soccer. 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "Troféu atribuído a Holanda e Suécia" [Trophy awarded to Netherlands and Sweden] (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ FIFA ranking
- ^ "New game alignment (in Portuguese)". Federação Portuguesa de Futbol. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Sør-Korea-kampen avlyst: – Vi ble enige om å stoppe kampen" [South Korea match cancelled: – We agreed to stop the match] (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. 7 March 2018.
- ^ "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ @Algarve_Cup (7 March 2018). "UPDATE: The match between the Netherlands and Sweden has been cancelled due to heavy rain. As a result, both teams will be awarded 1st place" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Cláudia Neto recebe prémio de melhor jogadora do torneio". fpf.pt. 7 March 2018.