2001 Algarve Cup

The 2001 Algarve Cup was the eighth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 11 and 17 March 2001 in Portugal with Sweden winning the event defeating Denmark, 3-0, in the final game.[1]

2001 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates11–17 March 2001
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Sweden (2nd title)
Runners-up Denmark
Third place China PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored63 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hanna Ljungberg
(6 goals)

Format

The eight participating teams are same as previous year: 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
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Sweden 93300113+8
 Canada 6320176+1
 United States 3310225−3
 Portugal 0300328−6
Canada 3–0 United States
 31' 90' Charmaine Hooper
 37' Christine Sinclair		 Report
Report
Sweden 4–1 Portugal
 24' Malin Moström
 40' Hanna Ljungberg
 48' Victoria Svensson
 77' Elin Flyborg		 Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)		  2' Maria João Xavier
United States 2–0 Portugal
 65' Christie Welsh
 87' Stephanie Rigamat		 Report
Report
Sweden 5–2 Canada
 11' 15' 45' Hanna Ljungberg
 13' (own goal)
 78' Elin Flyborg		 Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)		  35' 75' Christine Sinclair
Sweden 2–0 United States
 38' Tina Nordlund
 73' Hanna Ljungberg		 Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Canada 2–1 Portugal
 8' (own goal)
 89' Breana Boyd		 Report
Report		  45' Edite Fernandes

Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Denmark 6320182+6
 China PR 6320162+4
 Norway 6320163+3
 Finland 03003114−13
Denmark 2–1 China PR
 55' Kjældgaard
 84' Gitte Krogh		  7' Pu Wei
Norway 5–1 Finland
 16' 20' Dagny Mellgren
 56' 67' Linda Ørmen
 22' Margunn Haugenes		  58' Heidi Kackur
Norway 0–2 China PR
 50' Zhao Lihong
 61' Bai Lili
Finland 0–6 Denmark
 22' Kjældgaard
 35' 60' Gitte Krogh
 42' Merete Pedersen
 70' Mette Jokumsen
 87' Cathrine Sørensen
Norway 1–0 Denmark
 59' Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
China PR 3–0 Finland
 27' Liu Ying
 36' Pan Lina
 45' Li Jie

Seventh place
Finland 3–1 Portugal
 36' Jessica Julin
 44' Terhi Uusi-Luomalahti
 78' Hanna Ekstrom		 Report  16' Susana Maria Silva Martins

Fifth place
Norway 4–3 United States
 21' 73' 86' Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
 88' Anne Tønnessen		 Report  24' Ally Marquand
 46' Laura Schott
 56' Cat Reddick

Third place
China PR 5–1 Canada
 42' 65' Bai Lili
 67' 87' Zhao Lihong
 92' Pu Wei		 Report  21' Christine Sinclair

Final
Sweden 3–0 Denmark
 5' Linda Fagerström
 37' Hanna Ljungberg
 74' Malin Moström		 SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Final standings
Rank Team
 Sweden
 Denmark
 China PR
4 Canada
5 Norway
6 United States
7 Finland
8 Portugal

Champion
 2001 Algarve Cup 

Sweden
Second title

Goal scorers
Goals
 Player
6
 Hanna Ljungberg
4
 Christine Sinclair
Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
3
 Bai Lili
Zhao Lihong
Gitte Krogh
2
 Charmaine Hooper
Pu Wei
Nadia Kjældgaard
Dagny Mellgren
Linda Ørmen
Elin Flyborg
Malin Moström
1
 24 athletes
2 own goals

References
  1. "Plus: Soccer; Norway Rallies To Beat U.S. Women". New York Times. 18 March 2001. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
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