2002 Algarve Cup

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2002 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Cityvarious cities in Algarve
Dates1–7 March 2002
Teams12 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (2nd title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Third placeFile:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored88 (3.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Shannon MacMillan
(seven goals)
2001
2003

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]

Format

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

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 3 2 1 0 9 6 +3 7
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3 1 2 0 10 7 +3 5
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
File:Flag of England.svg England 3 0 0 3 4 11 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 9
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 6
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]

Placement play-offs

Eleventh place match

Ninth place match

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

 2002 Algarve Cup 
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
Second title

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
4 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
5 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
6 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
7 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
8 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
9 File:Flag of England.svg England
10 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
11 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
12 File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales

Goal scorers

Goals
File:Soccerball shade.svg
Player
7
United States Shannon MacMillan
3 Canada Andrea Neil
Canada Christine Sinclair
Canada Kara Lang
China Bai Jie
China Pu Wei
Norway Dagny Mellgren
Scotland Julie Fleeting
Sweden Hanna Ljungberg
2 Denmark Lene Jensen
Finland Minna Mustonen
Germany Petra Wimbersky
Norway Solveig Gulbrandsen
Norway Hege Riise
Portugal Sonia Silva
Portugal Paula Cristina
Sweden Victoria Svensson
United States Karen Walker
1 39 athletes
0 own goal

References

  1. "US takes the fifth in Portugal". Deseretnews. 8 March 2002. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

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