Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Dates | March 5–11 |
Teams | 4 (from 3 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Spain |
Third place | England |
Fourth place | Japan |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 13 (2.17 per match) |
Attendance | 94,920 (15,820 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Mana Iwabuchi Lucía García Alexia Putellas Christen Press (2 goals each) |
Best player(s) | Alexia Putellas |
The 2020 SheBelieves Cup was the fifth edition of the SheBelieves Cup, an invitational women's soccer tournament held in the United States.
Featuring national teams from Spain, England, Japan, and hosts United States, it began on March 5 and ended on March 11, 2020, making it the last soccer tournament in the United States to be completed before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all professional sports in the country. [1] Apart from host United States, England were the only other team to have featured in every tournament, but this is the last time they have featured to date. 2020 was Japan's second appearance following their debut in 2019, while it was the first time Spain had taken part.
England were the defending champions. [2]
The United States won their third overall title. [3]
The four invited teams played a round-robin tournament. Points awarded in the group stage followed the formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. A tie in points would be decided by goal differential; other tie-breakers are listed below.
Orlando | Harrison (New York City area) | Frisco (Dallas-Fort Worth area) |
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Exploria Stadium | Red Bull Arena | Toyota Stadium |
Capacity: 25,500 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 20,500 [4] |
Team | FIFA Rankings (December 2019) |
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United States | 1 |
England | 6 |
Japan | 10 |
Spain | 13 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | United States (H, C) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
3 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
United States | 1–0 | Spain |
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| Report |
United States | 3–1 | Japan |
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Report |
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There were 13 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.17 goals per match.
2 goals
1 goal
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