2000 Algarve Cup

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2000 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates12–18 March 2000
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Third placeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored50 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Norway.svg Dagny Mellgren
(4 goals)
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 Algarve Cup was the seventh edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 12 and 18 March 2000 in Portugal with United States winning the event defeating Norway, 1-0, in the final-game. China ended up third defeating Sweden, 1-0, in the third prize game. [1]

Contents

Format

The eight participating teams are Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the United States.

The eight teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin group stage. On completion of this, the fourth placed teams from each group would playoff to determine seventh and eighth place, the third placed teams from each group would play each other to decide fifth and sixth place, the second placed teams in each group would play to determine third and fourth place and the winners of the groups would compete for first and second place.

Points awarded in the group stage are three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a loss.

Group A

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 93300101+9
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6320162+4
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 33102330
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 03003114−13
United States  Flag of the United States.svg7–0Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Soccerball shade.svg5'Soccerball shade.svg11'Soccerball shade.svg63' Cindy Parlow
Soccerball shade.svg6' Shannon McMillan
Soccerball shade.svg22' Joy Fawcett
Soccerball shade.svg67' Tisha Venturini
Soccerball shade.svg88' Julie Foudy 		Report
Report
Albufeira
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–0Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Soccerball shade.svg Elin Flyborg SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Silves
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Soccerball shade.svg67' Lorrie Fair
Soccerball shade.svg86' Shannon McMillan 		Report Soccerball shade.svg10' Gitte Krogh
Faro
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg5–1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg Kristin Bengtsson
Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg Tina Nordlund
Soccerball shade.svg Sundh		 Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)		Soccerball shade.svg31' Paula Reis
Faro
United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Soccerball shade.svg65' Mia Hamm Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Lagos
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg2–0Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Soccerball shade.svg Merete Pedersen
Soccerball shade.svg Gitte Krogh		 Report
Lagos

Group B

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 9330071+6
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6320184+4
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3310237−4
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0300328−6
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg4–0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Soccerball shade.svg12'Soccerball shade.svg52' Sun Wen
Soccerball shade.svg19' Jin Yan
Soccerball shade.svg35' Zhang Ouying 		Report
Lagoa
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg2–0Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Soccerball shade.svg38' Marianne Pettersen
Soccerball shade.svg57' Dagny Mellgren 		Report
Lagoa
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg4–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Soccerball shade.svg Jin Yan
Soccerball shade.svg Zhang Ouying
Soccerball shade.svg Zhao Lihong
Soccerball shade.svg Liu Ying 		Soccerball shade.svg Christina Forssell
Albufeira
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg2–1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Soccerball shade.svg14' Marianne Pettersen
Soccerball shade.svg45' Linda Ørmen 		Report Soccerball shade.svg8' Christine Sinclair
Albufeira
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg0–3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report Soccerball shade.svg7'Soccerball shade.svg28'Soccerball shade.svg63' Dagny Mellgren
Portimão
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Soccerball shade.svg24' Satu Kinnas Report Soccerball shade.svg32' Isabelle Harvey
Soccerball shade.svg89' Amy Walsh
Portimão

Seventh place

Finland  Flag of Finland.svg3–0Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Soccerball shade.svg Heidi Kackur
Soccerball shade.svg Christina Forssell
Soccerball shade.svg Laura Kalmari 		Report
Montechoro

Fifth place

Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Soccerball shade.svg4'Soccerball shade.svg57' Christine Sinclair
Soccerball shade.svg29' Breanna Boyd		 Report Soccerball shade.svg10' Merete Pedersen
Soccerball shade.svg58' Lene Jensen
Lagoa

Third place

China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg1–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Soccerball shade.svg Sun Wen SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Quarteira

Final

United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Soccerball shade.svg9' (penalty) Brandi Chastain Report
Loulé

Final standings

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
6Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
7Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
8Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal

Goal scorers

Goals
Soccerball shade.svg		Player
4
 Flag of Norway.svg Dagny Mellgren
3
 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christine Sinclair
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Wen
Flag of the United States.svg Cindy Parlow
2
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jin Yan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Ouying
Flag of Denmark.svg Gitte Krogh
Flag of Denmark.svg Merete Pedersen
Flag of Finland.svg Christina Forssell
Flag of Norway.svg Marianne Pettersen
Flag of Sweden.svg Tina Nordlund
Flag of Sweden.svg Kristin Bengtsson
Flag of the United States.svg Shannon MacMillan
1
20 athletes
0 own goal
 2000 Algarve Cup 
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
First title

References

  1. ↑ Jack Thompson (March 19, 2000). "Chastain's Goal Powers US to Tournament Title". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
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