2004 Algarve Cup

2004 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Portugal
City Algarve
Dates 14–20 March 2004
Teams 12 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  United States (3rd title)
Runners-up  Norway
Third place  France
Fourth place  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 69 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s) United States Abby Wambach
(4 goals)
Best player United States Shannon Boxx
Best goalkeeper Sweden Sofia Lundgren

The 2004 Algarve Cup was the 11th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place 14–20 March 2004. The USA won the tournament defeating Norway, 4-1, in the final game.[1]

Format

The twelve invited teams are split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.

Since the expansion to 12 teams in 2002, 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 amount of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.

Teams


Group stage

Group A

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 United States 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
 France 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
 Denmark 3 0 0 3 0 3 −3 0


Denmark  0–1  Sweden
Olsson
Ferreiras


United States  5–1  France
Wambach
Hamm
Hucles
Mitts 		Report Bompastor
Ferreiras


Denmark  0–1  United States
Report Hucles
Quarteira


Sweden  0–3  France
Lattaf
Pichon
Bompastor
Quarteira


Denmark  0–1  France
Pichon
Silves



Group B

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Norway 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
 Italy 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 6
 China PR 3 1 1 1 4 1 +3 4
 Finland 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0


Norway  4–1  Finland
Lehn
Riise
o.g.
Gulbrandsen 		Julin
Guia


Italy  1–0  China PR
Pasqui
Guia


Norway  3–0  Italy
Pedersen
Tønnessen
Riise
Olhão


Finland  0–4  China PR
Zhang Ouying
Han Duan
Olhão


Norway  0–0  China PR
Silves


Finland  1–2  Italy
Valkonen Panico
Pasqui
Lagos


Group C

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Portugal 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
 Wales 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
 Greece 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
 Northern Ireland 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0


Greece  1–0  Wales
Papadopoulou
Faro


Portugal  2–0  Northern Ireland
Carla Couto
Mónica Ribeiro
Faro


Northern Ireland  0–2  Greece
Agapitou
Tefani
Albufeira


Portugal  2–3  Wales
Carla Couto Daley
Foster
Albufeira


Wales  3–1  Northern Ireland
C. Jones
H. Jones
Ludlow 		Turner
Guia


Portugal  3–0  Greece
Tânia Pinto
Faro


Placement play-offs

Eleventh place match

Greece  2–0  Northern Ireland
Agapitou
Montechoro


Ninth place match

Wales  0–4  Finland
Kalmari
Rantanen
Talonen
Mäkinen
Ferreiras


Seventh place match

Portugal  0–1  Denmark
A.D.E. Nielsen
Loulé


Fifth place match

Sweden  1–1  China PR
Svensson Fan Yunjie
Penalties
5–4
Olhão


Third place match

France  3–3  Italy
Pichon
Coquet
Tonazzi 		Panico
Gazzoli
Penalties
4–3
Faro


Final

United States  4–1  Norway
Wambach  30'  39'  51'
Tarpley  42'		 Report Hege Riise  38'
Faro


 2004 Algarve Cup 

United States
Third title

Final standings

Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s) United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Norway
3rd, bronze medalist(s) France
4 Italy
5 Sweden
6 China PR
7 Denmark
8 Portugal
9 Finland
10 Wales
11 Greece
12 Northern Ireland

References

  1. ↑ "US beats Norway to win Algarve Cup". USA Today. 20 March 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
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