Tournament details | |
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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 |
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]
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.
Team | FIFA Rankings [3] (December 2017) |
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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 |
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).
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:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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Report | Xu Yanlu 57' |
Australia | 4–3 | Norway |
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China | 0–2 | Norway |
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Portugal | 2–0 | Norway |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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| Report | Belomyttseva 17' |
Sweden | 1–1 | South Korea |
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Blackstenius 20' | Report | Lee Min-a 33' |
Sweden | 3–0 | Russia |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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Denmark | 0–0 | Iceland |
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Japan | 2–1 | Iceland |
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Report | Eiríksdóttir 74' |
Denmark | 2–3 | Netherlands |
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Iceland | 0–0 | Netherlands |
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The ranking of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed teams in each group to determine the placement matches:
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
China | 2–1 | Russia |
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| Report | Shishkina 40' |
Iceland | 1–1 | Denmark |
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Eiríksdóttir 70' | Report | Troelsgaard Nielsen 62' |
Penalties | ||
5–4 |
South Korea | 0–0 | Norway |
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Report |
Netherlands | 2-2 (5)-(3) | Sweden |
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Report |
The final was cancelled after torrential rain flooded the pitch: the Netherlands and Sweden were declared joint winners of the Algarve Cup. [6] [7]
Rank | Team |
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Netherlands | |
Sweden | |
Portugal | |
4 | Australia |
5 | Canada |
6 | Japan |
7 | South Korea |
Norway | |
9 | Iceland |
10 | Denmark |
11 | China |
12 | Russia |
Top Goalscorer [8] | Player of the Tournament | Fair play award |
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Christine Sinclair Lieke Martens Fridolina Rolfö | Cláudia Neto | Japan |
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