Summary
The 2002 Algarve Cup was the ninth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament hosted annually by Portugal. It was held from first to seventh of March 2002. This was the first edition where the tournament was expanded to twelve teams; all prior editions had eight teams participation. The tournament was won by China, defeating Norway 2-0 in the final-game. Sweden ended up third defeating Germany, 2-1, in the third prize game.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Portugal |
| City | various cities in Algarve |
| Dates | 1–7 March 2002 |
| Teams | 12 (from 3 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  China (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Norway |
| Third place |  Sweden |
| Fourth place |  Germany |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 88 (3.67 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Shannon MacMillan(seven goals) |
Format edit
The twelve invited teams are split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.
With 12 teams participating, the Algarve Cup format has been as follows: Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are the only ones in contention to win the title. The group A and B winners contest the final - to win the Algarve Cup. The runners-up play for third place, and those that finish third in the groups play for fifth place. The teams in Group C played for places 7–12. The winner of Group C played the team that finished fourth in Group A or B (whichever has the better record) for seventh place. The Group C runner-up played the team who finishes last in Group A or B (with the worse record) for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for the eleventh place.
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 determined the higher place.
Participating teams edit
Group stage edit
Group A edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 |
| Germany
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
 Denmark
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
 Finland
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
| Denmark | 0–3 | Germany |
|---|---|---|
 34' Ariane Hingst 51' Petra Wimbersky 57' Müller |
| Finland | 0–2 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| 62' Christina Bonde 74' Lene Jensen |
| Germany | 2–4 | China |
|---|---|---|
| 17' Kerstin Stegemann 50' Renate Lingor |
30', 62' Pu Wei 31', 79' Bai Jie |
| Finland | 0–2 | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 48' Petra Wimbersky 58' Bettina Wiegmann |
Group B edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norway
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 |
| Sweden
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 5 |
| United States
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
 England
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0 |
| Sweden | 1–1 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 62' Victoria Svensson |
Report SvFF Report (in Swedish) |
31' Shannon MacMillan |
| Norway | 3–1 | England |
|---|---|---|
| 8' Dagny Mellgren 33' Anne Tønnessen 79' Hege Riise |
18' Angela Banks |
| Sweden | 3–3 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| 14' Victoria Svensson 35' Kristin Bengtsson 59' Hanna Ljungberg |
SvFF Report (in Swedish) | 3' Dagny Mellgren 52' Anita Rapp 75' Solveig Gulbrandsen |
| United States | 2–0 | England |
|---|---|---|
| 58' Shannon MacMillan 75' Kelly Wilson |
Report |
| England | 3–6 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| 47', 53' Karen Walker 88' Amanda Barr |
SvFF Report (in Swedish) | 7', 41' Therese Sjögran 8' Elin Flyborg 69' Hanna Ljungberg 79', 89' Bjorn |
| Norway | 3–2 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 23' Hege Riise 29' Dagny Mellgren 84' Solveig Gulbrandsen |
Report | 14', 59' Shannon MacMillan |
Group C edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 9 |
 Scotland
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
 Wales
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 3 |
 Portugal
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
| Canada | 3–0 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| 19', 25', 30' Andrea Neil |
Report |
| Canada | 4–0 | Wales |
|---|---|---|
| 24', 69' Christine Sinclair 63', 90' Kara Lang |
Report |
| Portugal | 1–2 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| 37' Carla Couto |
Report | 14', 90' Julie Fleeting |
| Wales | 0–1 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| 25' Julie Fleeting |
| Portugal | 1–7 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| 63' Patricia Sequeira |
Report Report |
3' Amber Allen 16' Randee Hermus 31', 84' Christine Sinclair 48', 62' Kara Lang 60' Heather Smith |
Placement play-offs edit
Eleventh place match edit
Ninth place match edit
| England | 4–1 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| x' Karen Walker 42'Vicky Exley x'Fara Williams 70' Karen Burke |
25' Stacey Cook |
Seventh place match edit
| Finland | 3–0 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| 57' Laura Kalmari 64' (penalty) Anne Mäkinen 88' Minna Mustonen |
Report |
Fifth place match edit
| United States | 3–2 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| 31', 36', 63' Shannon MacMillan |
Report | 49' Lene Jensen 77' Lene Terp |
Third place match edit
| Sweden | 2–1 | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 20' Hanna Ljungberg 54' Malin Andersson |
SvFF Report (in Swedish) | 69' Kerstin Garefrekes |
Final edit
| China | 1–0 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| 18' Zhao Lihong |
| 2002 Algarve Cup |
|---|
 China Second title |
Final standings edit
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 |
China
|
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Norway
|
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Sweden
|
| 4 | Germany
|
| 5 | United States
|
| 6 | Denmark
|
| 7 | Finland
|
| 8 | Canada
|
| 9 | England
|
| 10 | Scotland
|
| 11 | Portugal
|
| 12 | Wales
|
Goal scorers edit
| Goals
|
Player |
|---|---|
7 |
Shannon MacMillan
|
| 3 | Andrea Neil
|
| Christine Sinclair
| |
| Kara Lang
| |
| Bai Jie
| |
| Pu Wei
| |
| Dagny Mellgren
| |
| Julie Fleeting
| |
| Hanna Ljungberg
| |
| 2 | Lene Jensen
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| Minna Mustonen
| |
| Petra Wimbersky
| |
| Solveig Gulbrandsen
| |
| Hege Riise
| |
| Sonia Silva
| |
| Paula Cristina
| |
| Victoria Svensson
| |
| Karen Walker
| |
| 1 | 39 athletes |
| 0 own goal | |
References edit
- ^ "US takes the fifth in Portugal". Deseretnews. 8 March 2002. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
External links edit
- Algarve Cup on WomensSoccerUnited.com
- RSSSF.com history page, with links to full results