Football tournament
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-spot 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.
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The Algarve Cup, as an annual event featuring most of the universe ‘s top women ‘s football teams, has no parallel in the men ‘s crippled, given that there are fewer professional women ‘s leagues and therefore fewer schedule conflicts. It is played in deep February or early March, at the same time as the Cyprus Cup, the turkish Women ‘s Cup and the SheBelieves Cup .
format [edit ]
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 have every class. The teams first base played round-robin within their pool. then the placement beat 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 concluding, which is immediately played between the two best group winners. [ 3 ] If teams are tied on points, finishing positions will be determined by the succeed tie-breaking criteria in the follow order : [ 4 ]
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- 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 [edit ]
Teams reaching the top four [edit ]
Participating nations [edit ]
General statistics [edit ]
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 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
Best actor [edit ]
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References [edit ]
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