2018 Algarve Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 28 February – 7 March |
| Teams | 12 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Netherlands Sweden(Final cancelled) |
| Third place |  Portugal |
| Fourth place |  Australia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 61 (2.77 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Christine Sinclair Lieke Martens Fridolina Rolfö(3 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Cláudia Neto |
| Fair play award |  Japan |
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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) |
|---|---|
| Australia | 4 |
| Canada | 5 |
| Netherlands | 7 |
| Japan | 9 |
| Sweden | 10 |
 Denmark | 12 |
 Norway | 14 |
 South Korea | 14 |
 China | 16 |
 Iceland | 20 |
 Russia | 25 |
| Portugal | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 | Portugal (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
| Portugal | 2–1 | China |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Xu Yanlu  57' |
Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
| Australia | 4–3 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)
| China | 0–2 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)
| Portugal | 2–0 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
| South Korea | 3–1 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Belomyttseva 17' |
| Sweden | 1–1 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Blackstenius 20' | Report | Lee Min-a 33' |
| Sweden | 3–0 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
| South Korea | 0–3 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Group C
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
| 3 | Iceland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| Japan | 2–6 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
|
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
| Denmark | 0–0 | Iceland |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos
Referee: Jeong Oh-hyeon (South Korea)
| Japan | 2–1 | Iceland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Eiríksdóttir 74' |
| Denmark | 2–3 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
|
VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
| Iceland | 0–0 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
Referee: Jeong Oh-hyeon (South Korea)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | Final |
| 2 | B | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 | A | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Third-place match |
Source: FPF
- 2nd placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Third-place match |
| 2 | B | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Fifth-place match |
| 3 | C | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
Source: FPF
- 3rd placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Seventh-place match |
| 2 | A | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | C | Iceland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | Ninth-place match |
Source: FPF
- 4th placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | Ninth-place match |
| 2 | A | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | Eleventh-place match |
| 3 | B | Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
Source: FPF
Placement matches
[edit]Eleventh place game
[edit]| China | 2–1 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Shishkina 40' |
VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António
Referee: Jonesia Kabakama (Tanzania)
Ninth place game
[edit]| Iceland | 1–1 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Eiríksdóttir 70' | Report | Troelsgaard Nielsen 62' |
| Penalties | ||
| 5–4 | ||
VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António
Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)
Seventh place game
[edit]| South Korea | 0–0 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Cooper 45+3' | Report |
Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)
Final
[edit]| Netherlands | Cancelled | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal
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 |
|---|---|
 | Netherlands |
| Sweden | |
 | Portugal |
| 4 | Australia |
| 5 | Canada |
| 6 | Japan |
| 7 | South Korea |
| Norway | |
| 9 | Iceland |
| 10 | Denmark |
| 11 | China |
| 12 | Russia |
Awards
[edit]| Top Goalscorer[8] | Player of the Tournament | Fair play award |
|---|---|---|
| Christine Sinclair Lieke Martens Fridolina Rolfö | Cláudia Neto | Japan |
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.