2019 Algarve Cup

2019 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	27 February – 6 March
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Norway (5th title)
Runners-up	Poland
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	42 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jennifer Hermoso Mimmi Larsson (3 goals)
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The 2019 Algarve Cup was the 26th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 27 February to 6 March.

Norway defeated Poland 3–0 in the final to win their fifth title,^[1] and their first since the 1998 edition.

The twelve invited teams were split into four 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[2] (December 2018)
Canada	5
Netherlands	7
Sweden	9
Spain	12
Norway	13
China	15
Denmark	17
Switzerland	18
Scotland	20
Iceland	22
Portugal	32
Poland	34

The groups were announced in mid-January 2019

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:

1. number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
2. goal difference in all the group matches
3. number of goals scored in all the group matches
4. fair-play ranking in all the group matches
5. FIFA ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Canada	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
2	Scotland	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
3	Iceland	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Poland	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
2	Spain	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	Netherlands	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Norway	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6
2	Denmark	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	China	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
2	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3
3	Portugal (H)	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3

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The ranking of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placed teams in each group to determine the placement matches:

• 1st placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Poland	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Final
2	C	Norway	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6
3	A	Canada	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Third-place match
4	D	Sweden	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3

• 2nd placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Scotland	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3	Fifth-place match
2	C	Denmark	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	D	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3	Seventh-place match
4	B	Spain	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3

• 3rd placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D	Portugal	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3	Ninth-place match
2	A	Iceland	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
3	C	China	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0	Eleventh-place match
4	B	Netherlands	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Rank	Team[3]
	Norway
	Poland
	Canada
4	Sweden
5	Scotland
6	Denmark
7	Spain
8	Switzerland
9	Iceland
10	Portugal
11	Netherlands
12	China

There have been 42 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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