International football competition
The 2018 Algarve Cup was the 25th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 28 February to 7 March 2018.[1]
The final was cancelled after torrential rain flooded the pitch: the Netherlands and Sweden were declared joint winners of the Algarve Cup.[2]
Format
The twelve invited teams were split into three groups to play a round-robin tournament.
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 determine the higher place.
Teams
Venues
Squads
Group stage
The groups were announced on 6 December 2017, and re-organised on 18 December,[4] due to South Korea being drawn against Australia in the Asian Cup finals the following month.
All times are local (UTC±0).
Tie-breaking criteria
For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions were determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:
- number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
- goal difference in all the group matches
- number of goals scored in all the group matches
- fair-play ranking in all the group matches
- FIFA ranking
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
1 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
2 | Portugal (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
4 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Source: FPF
Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers(H) Hosts
Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos
Group B
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal Referee: Salima Mukansanga (
Rwanda)
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos Referee: María Carvajal (
Chile)
Group C
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal Referee: María Carvajal (
Chile)
Ranking of teams for placement matches
The ranking of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed teams in each group to determine the placement matches:
Source: FPF
Source: FPF
Source: FPF
Source: FPF
Placement matches
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Referee: Salima Mukansanga (
Rwanda)
Seventh place game
- The match was abandoned at half-time with the score 0–0 due to torrential rain that flooded the pitch: both teams were awarded joint seventh place.[5]
Fifth place game
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal Third place game
Final
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal The final was cancelled after torrential rain flooded the pitch: the Netherlands and Sweden were declared joint winners of the Algarve Cup.[6][7]
Final standings
Awards
Goalscorers
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
References
- ^ "Algarve Cup 2018". NWSL Soccer. 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "Troféu atribuído a Holanda e Suécia" [Trophy awarded to Netherlands and Sweden] (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ FIFA ranking
- ^ "New game alignment (in Portuguese)". Federação Portuguesa de Futbol. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Sør-Korea-kampen avlyst: – Vi ble enige om å stoppe kampen" [South Korea match cancelled: – We agreed to stop the match] (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. 7 March 2018.
- ^ "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ @Algarve_Cup (March 7, 2018). "UPDATE: The match between the Netherlands and Sweden has been cancelled due to heavy rain. As a result, both teams will be awarded 1st place" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Cláudia Neto recebe prémio de melhor jogadora do torneio". fpf.pt. 7 March 2018.
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