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Algarve Cup
Women's association football tournament in Portugal
Women's association football tournament in Portugal
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| founded | 1994 |
| abolished | 2023 |
| region | |
| number of teams | 5 |
| current champions | (5th title) |
| most successful team | (10 titles) |
| website | Official website |
The Algarve Cup was 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 was one of the most prestigious and longest-running women's international football events and had been nicknamed the "Mini FIFA Women's World Cup".
The most successful teams were the United States, with ten titles, Norway and Sweden with five, and Germany with four. The United States, Norway, Germany, and Spain 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, had no parallel in the men's game, given that there are fewer professional women's leagues and thus fewer scheduling conflicts. It was played in late February or early March, at the same time as the Arnold Clark Cup, the Cup of Nations, the Cyprus Women's Cup, the Istria Cup, the Pinatar Cup, the SheBelieves Cup, the Tournoi de France, the Turkish Women's Cup and the Women's Revelations Cup.
It has not been held since the introduction of the UEFA Women's Nations League in 2023.
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. If teams are tied on points, finishing positions will be 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 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 | **** | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6 | |||||
| 2 | 1995 | **** | 3–2 | **3–3 | ||||||
| ** | 8 | |||||||||
| 3 | 1996 | **** | 4–0 | 2–1 | 8 | |||||
| 4 | 1997 | **** | 1–0 | **0–0 | ||||||
| ** | 8 | |||||||||
| 5 | 1998 | **** | 4–1 | 3–1 | 8 | |||||
| 6 | 1999 | **** | 2–1 | **2–2 | ||||||
| ** | 8 | |||||||||
| 7 | 2000 | **** | 1–0 | 1–0 | 8 | |||||
| 8 | 2001 | **** | 3–0 | 5–1 | 8 | |||||
| 9 | 2002 | **** | 1–0 | 2–1 | 12 | |||||
| 10 | 2003 | **** | 2–0 | 1–0 | 12 | |||||
| 11 | 2004 | **** | 4–1 | **3–3 | ||||||
| ** | 12 | |||||||||
| 12 | 2005 | **** | 1–0 | 3–2 | 12 | |||||
| 13 | 2006 | **** | **0–0 | |||||||
| ** | 1–0 | 11 | ||||||||
| 14 | 2007 | **** | 2–0 | 3–1 | 12 | |||||
| 15 | 2008 | **** | 2–1 | 2–0 | 12 | |||||
| 16 | 2009 | **** | **1–1 | |||||||
| ** | 1–0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 17 | 2010 | **** | 3–2 | 2–0 | 12 | |||||
| 18 | 2011 | **** | 4–2 | 2–1 | 12 | |||||
| 19 | 2012 | **** | 4–3 | 4–0 | 12 | |||||
| 20 | 2013 | **** | 2–0 | **2–2 | ||||||
| ** | 12 | |||||||||
| 21 | 2014 | **** | 3–0 | 2–1 | 12 | |||||
| 22 | 2015 | **** | 2–0 | 2–1 | 12 | |||||
| 23 | 2016 | **** | 2–1 | **1–1 | ||||||
| ** | 8 | |||||||||
| 24 | 2017 | **** | 1–0 | **1–1 | ||||||
| ** | 12 | |||||||||
| 25 | 2018 | ** and ** | ||||||||
| The final was cancelled due to heavy rain | 2–1 | 12 | ||||||||
| 26 | 2019 | **** | 3–0 | **0–0 | ||||||
| ** | 12 | |||||||||
| 27 | 2020 | **** | 3–0 (awarded) | 2–1 | 8 | |||||
| 2021 | Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic | — | |||||||
| 28 | 2022 | **** | **1–1 | |||||||
| ** | 2–0 | 5 | ||||||||
| 2023 | Not held due to Portugal's participation in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification play-offs | Not held due to Portugal's participation in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification play-offs | — |
;Notes
Teams reaching the top four
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Top 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015) | 4 (1994, 1999, 2006, 2009) | 2 (1998, 2012) | 1 (1995) | 17 | |
| 5 (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2019) | 3 (2000, 2002, 2004) | 7 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2020, 2022) | – | 15 | |
| 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 | |
| 4 (2006, 2012, 2014, 2020) | 3 (2005, 2010, 2013) | 1 (2015) | 3 (2002, 2008, 2009) | 11 | |
| 2 (1999, 2002) | 2 (1997, 2003) | 3 (1996, 2000, 2001) | 1 (2010) | 8 | |
| 1 (2016) | 1 (2017) | 1 (2019) | 1 (2001) | 4 | |
| 1 (2017) | – | – | – | 1 | |
| 1 (2018) | – | – | – | 1 | |
| – | 5 (1995, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2008) | 2 (2009, 2017) | 4 (1994, 1996, 1997, 1999) | 11 | |
| – | 2 (2012, 2014) | 1 (2011) | – | 3 | |
| – | 2 (2020, 2022) | – | 1 (2004) | 3 | |
| – | 1 (2015) | 2 (2004, 2005) | 3 (2003, 2006, 2007) | 6 | |
| – | 1 (2011) | 2 (2014, 2016) | – | 3 | |
| – | 1 (2016) | – | – | 1 | |
| – | 1 (2019) | – | – | 1 | |
| – | – | 1 (2018) | 1 (2022) | 2 | |
| – | – | – | 2 (2017, 2018) | 2 | |
| – | – | – | 2 (2016, 2020) | 2 |
Medals
- Share gold in 2018 Algarve Cup.
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 | Total (36 teams) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 4th | – | – | WD | 4 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | 11th | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | 6th | – | 2 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | 8th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | – | – | 8 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| – | – | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 7th | 6th | 10th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 12th | – | 10th | 11th | 12th | – | – | 23 | ||
| 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 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 6th | 5th | 8th | 6th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 9th | 10th | 7th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | 2nd | 1st | 8th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | – | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 12 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| – | – | 6th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 7th | 6th | 9th | 2nd | 6th | 9th | 3rd | 10th | 3rd | 9th | 9th | 9th | – | – | 15 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | 10th | 11th | 12th | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | ||
| – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | 7th | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | 6 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 9th | – | 6th | 6th | – | – | – | 7 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| – | 6th | – | 5th | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 1st | 11th | – | – | 6 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | – | 4th | – | 2 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 12th | WD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| 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 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | 3 | ||
| 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 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | 6th | 8th | 12th | – | – | – | 5 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | 2 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 7th | – | – | 2 | ||
| 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 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 2 | ||
| 2nd | 4th | – | – | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 6th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 7th | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 12th | 10th | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | 8th | 8th | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | ||
| 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
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Individuals
| Year | Best Player | Top Scorer | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | NOR Ann Kristin Aarones | NOR Ann Kristin Aarones | 5 |
| 1995 | DEN Helle Jensen | DEN Helle Jensen | 6 |
| 1996 | NOR Hege Riise | ||
| 1997 | NOR Marianne Pettersen | ||
| 1998 | NOR Marianne Pettersen | ||
| 1999 | USA Tiffeny Milbrett | USA Tiffeny Milbrett | 4 |
| 2000 | NOR Dagny Mellgren | NOR Dagny Mellgren | 4 |
| 2001 | SWE Hanna Ljungberg | SWE Hanna Ljungberg | 6 |
| 2002 | CHN Bai Jie | USA Shannon MacMillan | 7 |
| 2003 | CHN Liu Ying | SWE Hanna Ljungberg | 4 |
| 2004 | USA Shannon Boxx | USA Abby Wambach | 4 |
| 2005 | GER Birgit Prinz | USA Christie Welsh | 5 |
| 2006 | USA Shannon Boxx | ||
| 2007 | USA Carli Lloyd | USA Carli Lloyd | 7 |
| 2008 | DEN Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen | ISL Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir | 6 |
| 2009 | USA Hope Solo | GER Kerstin Garefrekes | |
| WAL Jayne Ludlow | |||
| SWE Lotta Schelin | 3 | ||
| 2010 | GER Inka Grings | GER Inka Grings | 7 |
| 2011 | JPN Homare Sawa | ISL Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir | 4 |
| 2012 | JPN Aya Miyama | GER Célia Okoyino da Mbabi | 6 |
| 2013 | USA Megan Rapinoe | SWE Kosovare Asllani | |
| USA Alex Morgan | 3 | ||
| 2014 | GER Dzsenifer Marozsán | GER Dzsenifer Marozsán | 4 |
| 2015 | FRA Eugénie Le Sommer | SWE Sofia Jakobsson | 4 |
| 2016 | CAN Kadeisha Buchanan | BEL Janice Cayman | 4 |
| 2017 | ESP Irene Paredes | DEN Pernille Harder | |
| JPN Kumi Yokoyama | 4 | ||
| 2018 | POR Cláudia Neto | NED Lieke Martens | |
| CAN Christine Sinclair | |||
| SWE Fridolina Rolfö | 3 | ||
| 2019 | ESP Jennifer Hermoso | ||
| SWE Mimmi Larsson | 3 | ||
| 2020 | Nanna Christiansen | ||
| Cristiana Girelli | |||
| Pernille Harder | |||
| Synne Jensen | 2 | ||
| 2022 | Barbara Bonansea | Valentina Giacinti | |
| Celin Bizet Ildhusøy | 2 |
References
References
- (9 March 2011). "Women's game thriving in the Algarve". [[FIFA]].
- "Algarve Cup (Women)".
- (19 December 2014). "DFB-Frauen beim Algarve-Cup gegen Brasilien, China und Schweden". dfb.de.
- "Regulations".
- "Alemanha vence competição".
- Whyatt, Katie. (10 March 2020). "Italy women pull out of Algarve Cup final due to coronavirus disruption". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
- (15 October 2022). "Inget Algarve Cup 2023". svenskfotboll.se.
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