2002 Algarve Cup

The 2002 Algarve Cup is 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 is the edition when 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]

2002 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Cityvarious cities in Algarve
Dates1–7 March 2002
Teams12 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions China PR (2nd title)
Runners-up Norway
Third place Sweden
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored88 (3.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Shannon MacMillan
(seven goals)

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
 China PR 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9
 Germany 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
 Denmark 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
 Finland 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source:
Denmark 0–3 Germany
 34' Ariane Hingst
 51' Petra Wimbersky
 57' Müller
China PR 4–1 Finland
 35', 70' Ren Liping
 40' Bai Jie
 56' Pu Wei		  76' Minna Mustonen
Finland 0–2 Denmark
 62' Christina Bonde
 74' Lene Jensen
Germany 2–4 China PR
 17' Kerstin Stegemann
 50' Renate Lingor		  30', 62' Pu Wei
 31', 79' Bai Jie
Denmark 0–1 China PR
 80' Pu Wei
Finland 0–2 Germany
 48' Petra Wimbersky
 58' Bettina Wiegmann

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 3 2 1 0 9 6 +3 7
 Sweden 3 1 2 0 10 7 +3 5
 United States 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
 England 3 0 0 3 4 11 −7 0
Source:
Sweden 1–1 United States
 62' Victoria Svensson Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)		  31' Shannon MacMillan
Norway 3–1 England
 8' Dagny Mellgren
 33' Anne Tønnessen
 79' Hege Riise		  18' Angela Banks
Sweden 3–3 Norway
 14' Victoria Svensson
 35' Kristin Bengtsson
 59' Hanna Ljungberg		 SvFF Report (in Swedish)  3' Dagny Mellgren
 52' Anita Rapp
 75' Solveig Gulbrandsen
United States 2–0 England
 58' Shannon MacMillan
 75' Kelly Wilson		 Report
England 3–6 Sweden
 47', 53' Karen Walker
 88' Amanda Barr		 SvFF Report (in Swedish)  7', 41' Therese Sjögran
 8' Elin Flyborg
 69' Hanna Ljungberg
 79', 89' Björn
Norway 3–2 United States
 23' Hege Riise
 29' Dagny Mellgren
 84' Solveig Gulbrandsen		 Report  14', 59' Shannon MacMillan

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 9
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 6
 Wales 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
 Portugal 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source:
Canada 3–0 Scotland
 19', 25', 30' Andrea Neil Report
Portugal 0–1 Wales
Report  7' Ayshea Martyn
Canada 4–0 Wales
 24', 69' Christine Sinclair
 63', 90' Kara Lang		 Report
Portugal 1–2 Scotland
 37' Carla Couto Report  14', 90' Julie Fleeting
Wales 0–1 Scotland
 25' Julie Fleeting
Portugal 1–7 Canada
 63' Patricia Sequeira Report
Report		  3' Amber Allen
 16' Randee Hermus
 31', 84' Christine Sinclair
 48', 62' Kara Lang
 60' Heather Smith

Placement play-offs

Eleventh place match
Wales 0–4 Portugal
Report  3', 16' Sonia Silva
 20', 29' Paula Cristina

Ninth place match
England 4–1 Scotland
 x' Karen Walker
 42'Vicky Exley
 x'Fara Williams
 70' Karen Burke		  25' Stacey Cook

Seventh place match
Finland 3–0 Canada
 57' Laura Kalmari
 64' (penalty) Anne Mäkinen
 88' Minna Mustonen		 Report

Fifth place match
United States 3–2 Denmark
 31', 36', 63' Shannon MacMillan Report  49' Lene Jensen
 77' Lene Terp

Third place match
Sweden 2–1 Germany
 20' Hanna Ljungberg
 54' Malin Andersson		 SvFF Report (in Swedish)  69' Kerstin Garefrekes

Final
China PR 1–0 Norway
 18' Zhao Lihong
 2002 Algarve Cup 

China PR
Second title

Final standings
Rank Team
 China PR
 Norway
 Sweden
4 Germany
5 United States
6 Denmark
7 Finland
8 Canada
9 England
10 Scotland
11 Portugal
12 Wales

Goal scorers
Goals
 Player
7
 Shannon MacMillan
3 Andrea Neil
Christine Sinclair
Kara Lang
Bai Jie
Pu Wei
Dagny Mellgren
Julie Fleeting
Hanna Ljungberg
2 Lene Jensen
Minna Mustonen
Petra Wimbersky
Solveig Gulbrandsen
Hege Riise
Sonia Silva
Paula Cristina
Victoria Svensson
Karen Walker
139 athletes
0 own goal

References
  1. "US takes the fifth in Portugal". Deseretnews. 8 March 2002. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
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