2000 Algarve Cup

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2000 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates12–18 March 2000
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions United States (1st title)
Runners-up Norway
Third place China
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored50 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Norway Dagny Mellgren
(4 goals)
1999
2001

The 2000 Algarve Cup was the seventh edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 12 and 18 March 2000 in Portugal with United States winning the event defeating Norway, 1-0, in the final-game. China ended up third defeating Sweden, 1-0, in the third prize game.[1]

Format[edit]

The eight participating teams are Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the United States.

The eight teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin group stage. On completion of this, the fourth placed teams from each group would playoff to determine seventh and eighth place, the third placed teams from each group would play each other to decide fifth and sixth place, the second placed teams in each group would play to determine third and fourth place and the winners of the groups would compete for first and second place.

Points awarded in the group stage are three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a loss.

Group A[edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United States 9 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9
 Sweden 6 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4
 Denmark 3 3 1 0 2 3 3 0
 Portugal 0 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13
United States 7–0 Portugal
5' 11' 63' Cindy Parlow
6' Shannon McMillan
22' Joy Fawcett
67' Tisha Venturini
88' Julie Foudy
Report
Report

Sweden 1–0 Denmark
Elin Flyborg SvFF Report (in Swedish)

United States 2–1 Denmark
67' Lorrie Fair
86' Shannon McMillan
Report 10' Gitte Krogh

Sweden 5–1 Portugal
Kristin Bengtsson
Tina Nordlund
Sundh
Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
31' Paula Reis

United States 1–0 Sweden
65' Mia Hamm Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Denmark 2–0 Portugal
Merete Pedersen
Gitte Krogh
Report

Group B[edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Norway 9 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6
 China 6 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4
 Canada 3 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4
 Finland 0 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6
China 4–0 Canada
12' 52' Sun Wen
19' Jin Yan
35' Zhang Ouying
Report


China 4–1 Finland
Jin Yan
Zhang Ouying
Zhao Lihong
Liu Ying
Christina Forssell


China 0–3 Norway
Report 7' 28' 63' Dagny Mellgren

Finland 1–2 Canada
24' Satu Kinnas Report 32' Isabelle Harvey
89' Amy Walsh

Seventh place[edit]

Finland 3–0 Portugal
Heidi Kackur
Christina Forssell
Laura Kalmari
Report

Fifth place[edit]

Canada 3–2 Denmark
4' 57' Christine Sinclair
29' Breanna Boyd
Report 10' Merete Pedersen
58' Lene Jensen

Third place[edit]

China 1–0 Sweden
Sun Wen SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Final[edit]

United States 1–0 Norway
9' (penalty) Brandi Chastain Report

Final standings[edit]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  China
4  Sweden
5  Canada
6  Denmark
7  Finland
8  Portugal

Goal scorers[edit]

Goals
Player
4
Norway Dagny Mellgren
3
Canada Christine Sinclair
China Sun Wen
United States Cindy Parlow
2
China Jin Yan
China Zhang Ouying
Denmark Gitte Krogh
Denmark Merete Pedersen
Finland Christina Forssell
Norway Marianne Pettersen
Sweden Tina Nordlund
Sweden Kristin Bengtsson
United States Shannon MacMillan
1
20 athletes
0 own goal


 2000 Algarve Cup 

United States
First title

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jack Thompson (March 19, 2000). "Chastain's Goal Powers US to Tournament Title". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 2, 2017.

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