Algarve Cup
| Founded | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Region |  Portugal |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Current champions |  Germany (4th title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  United States (10 titles) |
| Website | Official website |
 2020 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 and Sweden, with four. Norway's titles all came in the early years of the tournament, while the USA has won all its titles since 2000, including nine in thirteen years since 2003. Germany has won four times, and 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 and the SheBelieves Cup. Since 2016 the SheBelieves Cup has attracted some of the top ranked teams, and thus shifted attention from the Algarve Cup.
Format
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]
- 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
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
Rankings
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 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia
|
– | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 4th | – | – | 3 |
 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
|
– | – | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 7th | 6th | 10th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 12th | – | 10th | 11h | 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 | 27 |
 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 | 5 |
 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 | 26 |
 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 | 27 |
 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 | 26 |
 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 |
General statistics
As of 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
|
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 |
- Source : [6]
Best player
- 1994:
Ann Kristin Aarones - 1995:
Helle Jensen - 1996: Hege Riise
- 1997: Marianne Pettersen
- 1998: Marianne Pettersen
- 1999:
Tiffeny Milbrett - 2000: Dagny Mellgren
- 2001:
Hanna Ljungberg - 2002:
Bai Jie - 2003: Liu Ying
- 2004: Shannon Boxx
- 2005:
Birgit Prinz - 2006: Shannon Boxx
- 2007: Carli Lloyd
- 2008: Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen
- 2009: Hope Solo
- 2010: Inka Grings
- 2011:
Homare Sawa - 2012: Aya Miyama
- 2013: Megan Rapinoe
- 2014: Dzsenifer Marozsán
- 2015:
Eugénie Le Sommer - 2016:
Kadeisha Buchanan - 2017:
Irene Paredes - 2018:
Cláudia Neto
Top scorer
- 1994: Ann Kristin Aarones (5)
- 1995: Helle Jensen (6)
- 1996:
- 1997:
- 1998:
- 1999: Tiffeny Milbrett (4)
- 2000: Dagny Mellgren (4)
- 2001: Hanna Ljungberg (6)
- 2002: Shannon MacMillan (7)
- 2003: Hanna Ljungberg (4)
- 2004: Abby Wambach (4)
- 2005: Christie Welsh (5)
- 2006:
- 2007: Carli Lloyd (4)
- 2008:
Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (6) - 2009: Kerstin Garefrekes,
Jayne Ludlow, Lotta Schelin (3) - 2010: Inka Grings (7)
- 2011: Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (4)
- 2012: Célia Okoyino da Mbabi (6)
- 2013: Kosovare Asllani, Alex Morgan (3)
- 2014: Dzsenifer Marozsán (4)
- 2015: Sofia Jakobsson (4)
- 2016:
Janice Cayman (4) - 2017: Pernille Harder, Kumi Yokoyama (4)
- 2018: Christine Sinclair,
Lieke Martens, Fridolina Rolfö (3) - 2019: Jennifer Hermoso, Mimmi Larsson (3)
References
- ^ "Women's game thriving in the Algarve". FIFA. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Algarve Cup (Women)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF).
- ^ "DFB-Frauen beim Algarve-Cup gegen Brasilien, China und Schweden". dfb.de. 19 December 2014.
- ^ Regulations
- ^ "Alemanha vence competição". fpf.pt. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Algarve Women´s Football Cup".
External links
- Official website (in Portuguese)
- Algarve Cup on WomensSoccerUnited.com
- RSSSF.com history page, with links to full results
- Full results and history
- FPF – Algarve Cup match results 1994–2015
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