2010 Algarve Cup

2010 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country Portugal Portugal
Dates 24 February – 3 March 2010
Teams 12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  United States (7th title)
Runners-up  Germany
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place  China PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 84 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Germany Inka Grings (7 goals)

The 2010 Algarve Cup was the seventeenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 24 February and 3 March 2010. It was won by the United States who defeated World and European champions Germany 3–2 in the final to extend their record of Algarve titles to seven. Sweden defeated China, 2-0, in the third prize game.[1]

Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament. The main eight entrants were identical to the previous year. Group C featured two different sides with Romania and the Faroe Islands replacing Poland and Wales.

Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place and those that finished third in these two groups playing for fifth place.

The teams in Group C were playing for places 7–12, with the winner of Group C playing the team that finished fourth in Group A or B with the better record for seventh place and the Group C runner-up playing the team which came last in Group A or B with the worse record for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for eleventh place.

Points awarded in the group stage follow 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

The twelve invited teams were:

  • Austria Austria
  • China China
  • Denmark Denmark
  • Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
  • Finland Finland
  • Germany Germany
  • Iceland Iceland
  • Norway Norway
  • Portugal Portugal
  • Romania Romania
  • Sweden Sweden
  • United States United States

Group stage

All times local (WET/UTC+0)

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Germany 93300160+16
 China PR 4311136−3
 Denmark 3310227−5
 Finland 13012210−8
China PR  1 – 1  Finland
Han Duan  7' Sällström  54'
Municipal Stadium, Lagos
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado Godinez (Mexico)
Germany  4 – 0  Denmark
Behringer  36'
Prinz  56'
Grings  58', 82'
Complexo Desportivo Belavista, Parchal
Referee: Michelle Pye (Canada)
Denmark  0 – 2  China PR
Xu Yuan  12', 25'
Municipal Stadium, Lagos
Referee: Silvia Reyes Juarez (Peru)
Germany  7 – 0  Finland
Grings  34', 65', 70'
Popp  61', 66'
Keßler  77'
M. Müller  84'
Complexo Desportivo Belavista, Parchal
Referee: Christina Pedersen (Norway)
China PR  0 – 5  Germany
Garefrekes  2'
Mittag  16', 42'
Peter  75'
Zietz  90'
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado Godinez (Mexico)
Denmark  2 – 1  Finland
Munk  21'
Nadim  80'		 Österberg Kalmari  7' (pen.)
Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
Referee: Marina Wozniak (Germany)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United States 9330061+5
 Sweden 4311175+2
 Norway 43111660
 Iceland 03003310−7
United States  2 – 0  Iceland
Atladóttir  60' (o.g.)
Cheney  62'		 Report
Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António
Referee: Christine Bek (Germany)
Norway  2 – 2  Sweden
Wiik  7'
Christensen  13'		 Sembrant  20'
Landström  53'
Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António
Referee: Kirsi Heikkienen (Finland)
Norway  1 – 2  United States
Herlovsen  64' Report Wambach  13', 90+2'
Referee: Sung Mi Cha (South Korea)
Iceland  1 – 5  Sweden
Magnúsdóttir  17' Dahlkvist  47', 71' (pen.)
Liljegärd  52', 64'
Asllani  69'
Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António
Referee: Katerina Monzul (Ukraine)
United States  2 – 0  Sweden
Cheney  57', 87' Report
Desportivo da Nora Park, Ferreiras
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)
Iceland  2 – 3  Norway
Viðarsdóttir  55'
Magnúsdóttir  73'		 Gulbrandsen  8', 58'
Woods  62'
Francisco Vieira Stadium, Silves
Referee: Katerina Monzul (Ukraine)

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Romania 7321071+6
 Portugal 7321071+6
 Austria 33102440
 Faroe Islands 03003113−12

Note: Portugal and Romania drew lots to determine finishing positions

Portugal  5 – 0  Faroe Islands
Vieira  5', 19'
Fernandes  41', 45', 46'
Complexo Desportivo Belavista, Parchal
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)
Romania  2 – 0  Austria
Duşă  4'
Rus  35'
Municipal Stadium, Lagos
Referee: Theresa Raissa Neguel (Cameroon)
Portugal  0 – 0  Romania
Complexo Desportivo Belavista, Parchal
Referee: Carolina Gonzalez Urrutia (Chile)
Austria  3 – 0  Faroe Islands
Burger  7'
Gröbner  28', 59'
Municipal Stadium, Lagos
Faroe Islands  1 – 5  Romania
Hansen  11' Rus  3', 6', 75'
Iuşan  78'
Pavel  90+1'
CD Montechoro, Albufeira
Referee: Faduma Dia (Senegal)
Portugal  2 – 1  Austria
Matias  71' (pen.)
Couto  81'		 Gröbner  13'
Referee: Jia Wang (China)

Placement play-offs

All times local (WET/UTC+0)

11th Place

Austria  6 – 0  Faroe Islands
Hanschitz  59', 90+1'
Gröbner  68'
Burger  73'
Puntigam  75', 89'
Referee: Silvia Reyes Juarez (Peru)

9th Place

Portugal  0 – 3  Iceland
Magnúsdóttir  49'
Viðarsdóttir  62'
Lárusdóttir  90+3'
Referee: Christina Pedersen (Norway)

7th Place

Finland  0 – 1  Romania
Pavel  17'
Francisco Vieira Stadium, Silves
Referee: Theresa Raissa Neguel (Cameroon)

5th Place

Denmark  2 – 1  Norway
Rasmussen  48'
Veje  60'		 Pedersen  90+4'
Desportivo da Nora Park, Ferreiras
Referee: Sung Mi Cha (South Korea)

3rd Place

China PR  0 – 2  Sweden
Dahlkvist  13'
Fischer  68'
Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
Referee: Michelle Pye (Canada)

Final

Germany  2 – 3  United States
Grings  41', 74' Report Lloyd  18'
Wambach  22'
Cheney  69'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)
GERMANY:
GK1Nadine Angerer
DF4Babett Peter
DF22Bianca Schmidt
DF15Sonja Fuss
MF9Birgit Prinz (c)
MF29Lena Goeßling 29'
MF18Kerstin Garefrekes
MF7Melanie Behringer 86'
MF19Fatmire Bajramaj 46'
FW8Inka Grings
FW11Anja Mittag 70'
Substitutes:
GK12Ursula Holl
DF3Saskia Bartusiak
DF5Annike Krahn
FW13Célia Okoyino da Mbabi 46'
MF14Kim Kulig
FW16Martina Müller 86'
MF20Jennifer Zietz 29'
MF27Alexandra Popp 70'
Manager:
Germany Silvia Neid
UNITED STATES:
GK1Hope Solo
DF17Meghan Schnur
DF2Heather MittsYellow card 39'
DF6Amy LePeilbet
DF26Rachel Buehler
MF7Shannon Boxx (c)
MF9Heather O'Reilly
MF10Carli LloydYellow card 46'
FW8Amy Rodriguez 59'
FW11Lauren Cheney 83'
FW20Abby Wambach
Substitutes:
GK18Nicole Barnhart
GK24Jillian Loyden
DF4Cat Whitehill
MF5Lori Lindsey 59'
MF12Yael Averbuch
FW13Megan Rapinoe
DF14Stephanie Cox
MF15Casey Nogueira 83'
Manager:
Sweden Pia Sundhage

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes
  • No extra time
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
 2010 Algarve Cup 

United States
Seventh title

References

  1. ↑ "Cheney winner helps U.S. women take Algarve Cup". USA Today. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
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