2003 Algarve Cup

2003 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
City	various cities in Algarve
Dates	14-20 March 2003
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	56 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hanna Ljungberg; (4 goals each)
	← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Algarve Cup is the tenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament hosted annually by Portugal. It was held from fourteenth to twentieth day of March 2003.

The USA won the tournament defeating China, 2-0, in the final game.^[1]

Format

The twelve teams are divided into three groups that played a round-robin group stage, followed by one position play-off match for every team.

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 point for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied in a group, their head-to-head result determined their place in the group.

Participating teams

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Norway	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Sweden	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Canada	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 March 2003

United States	1–1	Canada
85' Aly Wagner	Report Report	7' Andrea Neil

Olhão

14 March 2003

Sweden	1–1	Norway
58' Hanna Ljungberg	SvFF Report (in Swedish)	40' Dagny Mellgren

Olhão

16 March 2003

Sweden	1–1	Canada
85' Hanna Ljungberg	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish)	80' Sharolta Nonen

Ferreiras

16 March 2003

Norway	0–1	United States
	Report	4' Shannon MacMillan

Ferreiras

18 March 2003

Norway	1–0	Canada
39' Dagny Mellgren	Report

Santo António

18 March 2003

United States	1–1	Sweden
18' Aly Wagner	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish)	78' Hanna Ljungberg

Santo António

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
France	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Finland	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
Denmark	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 March 2003

Denmark	0–3	France
		14', 53' Marinette Pichon 85' Élodie Woock

Silves

14 March 2003

China	0–0	Finland

Silves

16 March 2003

Denmark	0–0	Finland

Lagos

16 March 2003

China	3–0	France
15', 66' Sun Wen 56' Bai Jie

Ferreiras

18 March 2003

France	1–0	Finland
55' Hoda Lattaf

Albufeira

18 March 2003

China	2–1	Denmark
32' Han Duan 90' Sun Wen		66' Mette Jokumsen

Albufeira

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Greece	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Portugal	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
Wales	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 March 2003

Portugal	1–1	Wales
11' Inês Silva	Report	47' Cheryl Foster

Lagoa

14 March 2003

Republic of Ireland	0–0	Greece

Lagoa

16 March 2003

Portugal	1–1	Greece
88' Carla Couto	Report	37' Regina Holan

Guia

16 March 2003

Republic of Ireland	3–1	Wales
17', 81' Olivia O'Toole 44' Ciara Grant		20' Ayshea Martyn

Guia

18 March 2003

Greece	2–0	Wales
7' Ana Stavroula 80' Regina Holan

Quarteira

18 March 2003

Portugal	3–2	Republic of Ireland
45' Edite Fernandes 43' Ana Rita 71' Carla Monteiro	Report	31' Michele O'Brien 28' Claire Scanlan

Quarteira

Placement play-offs

Eleventh place match

20 March 2003

Republic of Ireland	2–2	Wales
77', 83' Claire Scanlan		6' Milly Durrant 88' Michelle Green
Penalties
	4–2

Montechoro

Ninth place match

20 March 2003

Denmark	1–0	Portugal
84' (own goal – Sandra Loureiro)	Report

Lagoa

Seventh place match

20 March 2003

Canada	7–1	Greece
5', 38', 82' Christine Sinclair 26' Andrea Neil 41' Kara Lang 65' Silvana Burtini 80' Carmelina Moscato	Report	86' Amalia Loseno

Guia

Fifth place match

20 March 2003

Sweden	5–0	Finland
10' Salina Olsson 39', 58' Anne-Maria Eriksson 74' Victoria Svensson 90' Hanna Ljungberg	SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Olhão

Third place match

20 March 2003

Norway	1–0	France
11' Dagny Mellgren

Quarteira

Final

20 March 2003

United States	2–0	China
52' Shannon MacMillan 56' Mia Hamm	Report

Loulé

2003 Algarve Cup
United States Second title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	United States
	China
	Norway
4	France
5	Sweden
6	Finland
7	Canada
8	Greece
9	Denmark
10	Portugal
11	Republic of Ireland
12	Wales

Goal scorers

Goals

Player

4

3

Sun Wen

2

Anne-Maria Eriksson

1

25 athletes			Carmelina Moscato
Kara Lang	Sharolta Nonen	Silvana Burtini	Bai Jie
Han Duan	Mette Jokumsen	Élodie Woock	Hoda Lattaf
Ana Stavroula	Amiel Loseno	Ciara Grant	Michele O'Brien
Ana Rita Gomes	Edite Fernandes	Inês Silva	Carla Couto
Carla Monteiro	Salina Olsson	Victoria Svensson	Mia Hamm
Ayshea Martyn	Cheryl Foster	Michelle Green	Milly Durrant

1 own goal

References

^ "Algarve Women's Cup". Canada Soccer. 21 March 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

External links

[1] "Algarve Women's Cup". Canada Soccer. 21 March 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

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