2007 Algarve Cup
The 2007 Algarve Cup was the fourteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 7 and 12 March 2007 with the previous year's runners-up, the United States, winning the event for a record fifth time, breaking Norway's previous record of four championships, by defeating Denmark, 2-0, in the final game. Sweden ended up third defeating France, 3-1, in the bronze medal game.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Portugal |
Dates | 7–14 March 2007 |
Teams | 12 (from 3 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 61 (2.54 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | |
Best player(s) | |
Best goalkeeper | |
Format
The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament. All of the teams from Groups A and B returned from 2006, but Italy and Iceland were invited back for the third time to play in Group C replacing Mexico 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 number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher placed.
Teams
The twelve invited teams were:
Team | FIFA Rankings (December 2006) |
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1 | |
2 | |
3 | |
4 | |
7 | |
8 | |
9 | |
13 | |
16 | |
21 | |
32 | |
46 |
Group stage
All times local (WET/UTC+0)
Group A
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
Sweden | 3–0 | |
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Sjögran Svensson Nordin |
SvFF Report (in Swedish) |
Sweden | 1–0 | |
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Rohlin |
SvFF Report (in Swedish) |
United States | 1–0 | |
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Lloyd |
Report |
Sweden | 2–3 | |
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Oqvist Svensson |
Report SvFF Report (in Swedish) |
Wambach Lloyd |
Group C
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | |
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | |
2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 |
Portugal | 1–1 | |
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Martins |
Report | Curtis |
Iceland | 1–1 | |
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Logadóttir |
O'Toole |
Portugal | 1–5 | |
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Dani |
Report | Jónsdóttir Magnúsdóttir Viðarsdóttir |
Italy | 4–1 | |
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Panico Fuselli Gama |
Byrne |
Placement play-offs
All times local (WET/UTC+0)
11th place
Republic of Ireland | 0–0 (5–4 PSO) | |
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Report |
9th place
Iceland | 4–1 | |
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Lárusdóttir Samúelsdóttir Viðarsdóttir |
Lou Xiaoxu |
5th place
Norway | 2–0 | |
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Wiik Storløkken |
3rd place
Sweden | 3–1 | |
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Öqvist Svensson Johansson |
SvFF Report (in Swedish) | Ramos |
Final
United States | 2–0 | |
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Lilly Lloyd |
Report |
2007 Algarve Cup |
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United States Fifth title |
References
- Dirk Hinrichs (14 March 2007). "US Wins Algarve Cup for Fifth Time". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 February 2017.