Summary
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]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 12–18 March 2000 |
| Teams | 8 (from 3 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Norway |
| Third place |  China |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 50 (3.13 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Dagny Mellgren (4 goals) |
Format edit
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 edit
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States
|
9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 |
 Sweden
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
 Denmark
|
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Portugal
|
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 |
| United States | 7–0 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
 5' 11' 63' Cindy Parlow 6' Shannon McMillan 22' Joy Fawcett 67' Tisha Venturini 88' Julie Foudy |
Report Report |
| United States | 2–1 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| 67' Lorrie Fair 86' Shannon McMillan |
Report | 10' Gitte Krogh |
| Sweden | 5–1 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Kristin Bengtsson Tina Nordlund Sundh |
Report SvFF Report (in Swedish) |
31' Paula Reis |
| United States | 1–0 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| 65' Mia Hamm |
Report SvFF Report (in Swedish) |
| Denmark | 2–0 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Merete Pedersen Gitte Krogh |
Report |
Group B edit
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norway
|
9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 |
| China
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 |
 Canada
|
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 |
 Finland
|
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 |
| China | 4–0 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| 12' 52' Sun Wen 19' Jin Yan 35' Zhang Ouying |
Report |
| Norway | 2–0 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| 38' Marianne Pettersen 57' Dagny Mellgren |
Report |
| China | 4–1 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| Jin Yan Zhang Ouying Zhao Lihong Liu Ying |
Christina Forssell |
| Norway | 2–1 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| 14' Marianne Pettersen 45' Linda Ørmen |
Report | 8' Christine Sinclair |
| China | 0–3 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 7' 28' 63' Dagny Mellgren |
Seventh place edit
| Finland | 3–0 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Heidi Kackur Christina Forssell Laura Kalmari |
Report |
Fifth place edit
| Canada | 3–2 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| 4' 57' Christine Sinclair 29' Breanna Boyd |
Report | 10' Merete Pedersen 58' Lene Jensen |
Third place edit
Final edit
| United States | 1–0 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| 9' (penalty) Brandi Chastain |
Report |
Final standings edit
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 |
United States
|
 |
Norway
|
 |
China
|
| 4 | Sweden
|
| 5 | Canada
|
| 6 | Denmark
|
| 7 | Finland
|
| 8 | Portugal
|
Goal scorers edit
| Goals
|
Player |
|---|---|
4
|
Dagny Mellgren
|
3
|
Christine Sinclair
|
| Sun Wen
| |
| Cindy Parlow
| |
2
|
Jin Yan
|
| Zhang Ouying
| |
| Gitte Krogh
| |
| Merete Pedersen
| |
| Christina Forssell
| |
| Marianne Pettersen
| |
| Tina Nordlund
| |
| Kristin Bengtsson
| |
| Shannon MacMillan
| |
1 |
20 athletes |
| 0 own goal | |
| 2000 Algarve Cup |
|---|
 United States First title |
References edit
- ^ Jack Thompson (March 19, 2000). "Chastain's Goal Powers US to Tournament Title". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
External links edit
- 2000 Algarve Cup on RSSSF