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

27 February 2019

13:15

Canada	0–0	Iceland
	Report

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

1 March 2019

13:15

Scotland	0–1	Canada
	Report	Sinclair 81' (pen.)

Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos

4 March 2019

14:00

Iceland	1–4	Scotland
Gunnarsdóttir 57'	Report	Arnot 13', 66' Cuthbert 32' Little 55'

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

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

27 February 2019

17:15

Spain	2–0	Netherlands
Hermoso 22', 64'	Report

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

1 March 2019

16:45

Poland	3–0	Spain
Dudek 25' Balcerzak 34' Pajor 49'	Report

Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos

Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

4 March 2019

17:30

Netherlands	0–1	Poland
	Report	Winczo 42'

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

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

27 February 2019

13:15

Norway	2–1	Denmark
Åsland 77' Utland 90'	Report	Nadim 17'

Estádio Algarve

1 March 2019

13:15

China	1–3	Norway
Wang 90'	Report	Herlovsen 9' Wu 31' (o.g.) Haavi 42'

Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

4 March 2019

13:15

Denmark	1–0	China
Harder 60' (pen.)

VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António

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

27 February 2019

16:45

Sweden	4–1	Switzerland
Larsson 7', 40', 67' Asllani 62'	Report	Crnogorčević 26'

Estádio Algarve

Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

1 March 2019

16:45

Portugal	2–1	Sweden
Silva 71' Neto 90+4'	Report	Björn 68'

Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

Referee: María Belén Carvajal (Chile)

4 March 2019

16:45

Switzerland	3–1	Portugal
Crnogorčević 60' Kiwic 66' Müller 86'	Report	Norton 27'

VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António

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

6 March 2019

17:15

China	1–1	Netherlands
Yao 50'	Report	Miedema 45'
Penalties
Zhang Yao Li Wu	2–4	Van de Donk Van Dongen Bloodworth Spitse Miedema

Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

6 March 2019

14:30

Portugal	1–4	Iceland
Mendes 88'	Report	Albertsdóttir 2' Magnúsdóttir 37' Viðarsdóttir 89' Guðmundsdóttir 90'

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

Referee: Lydia Abede (Ethiopia)

6 March 2019

13:15

Switzerland	0–2	Spain
	Report	Hermoso 21' Müller 63' (o.g.)

Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

Referee: María Belén Carvajal (Chile)

6 March 2019

13:15

Scotland	1–0	Denmark
Ross 34'	Report

Estádio Algarve

6 March 2019

17:00

Canada	0–0	Sweden
	Report
Penalties
Schmidt Sinclair Rose Lawrence Beckie Buchanan Fleming	6–5	Anvegård Sembrant Björn Larsson Jakobsson Ericsson Glas

Estádio Algarve

6 March 2019

18:00

Poland	0–3	Norway
	Report	Herlovsen 24' Hansen 65' Sævik 74'

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

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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