2008 Algarve Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Portugal |
Dates | 5–12 March 2008 |
Teams | 12 (from 3 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 9 (in 9 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 68 (2.83 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
The 2008 Algarve Cup was the fifteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 5 and 12 March 2008 with the reigning champions the United States winning the event for a record sixth time, after defeating Denmark, 2–1, in the final game[1] in a repeat of the previous year's final.
Format
[edit]The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament. The entrants were almost identical to the previous year, but Italy moved up into Group B from their previous ranking in 2007, replacing France who did not feature this time. Poland appeared in the competition for the first time.
Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place and those that finished third in these two groups playing for fifth place.
The teams in Group C were playing for places 7–12, with the winner of Group C playing the team that finished fourth in Group A or B with the better record for seventh place and the Group C runner-up playing the team which came last in Group A or B with the worse record for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for eleventh place.
Points awarded in the group stage follow 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 placed.
Teams
[edit]The twelve invited teams were:
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2
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3
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5
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8
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13
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14
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16
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21
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27
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31
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47
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Group stage
[edit]All times local (WET/UTC+0)
Group A
[edit]Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 |
Finland ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Talonen ![]() |
SvFF Report (in Swedish) | Ljungberg ![]() Fischer ![]() Lundin ![]() |
Denmark ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Sørensen ![]() |
SvFF Report (in Swedish) |
Sweden ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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SvFF Report (in Swedish) | Smisek ![]() Prinz ![]() |
Group B
[edit]Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 |
Norway ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Thorsnes ![]() Storløkken ![]() Stangeland Horpestad ![]() Kaurin ![]() |
Panico ![]() Gabbiadini ![]() |
Group C
[edit]Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 |
Iceland ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Stefánsdóttir ![]() Viðarsdóttir ![]() |
Portugal ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Fernandes ![]() Vieira ![]() |
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Grant ![]() |
Arnardóttir ![]() Viðarsdóttir ![]() ![]() Gunnarsdóttir ![]() |
Portugal ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Viðarsdóttir ![]() ![]() Jónsdóttir ![]() |
Poland ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Grant ![]() |
Placement play-offs
[edit]All times local (WET/UTC+0)
11th place
[edit]Republic of Ireland ![]() | 2–2 (5–6 PSO) | ![]() |
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O'Brien ![]() O'Gorman ![]() |
Stobba ![]() Winczo ![]() |
9th place
[edit]China ![]() | 1–1 (5–4 PSO) | ![]() |
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Bi Yan ![]() |
Fernandes ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
Li Jie ![]() Xu Yuan ![]() Wang Kun ![]() Ying ![]() Bi Yan ![]() Song Xiaoli ![]() |
5 – 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
7th place
[edit]Finland ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Viðarsdóttir ![]() Hönnudóttir ![]() Gunnarsdóttir ![]() |
5th place
[edit]Sweden ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Öqvist ![]() Svensson ![]() ![]() |
SvFF Report (in Swedish) |
3rd place
[edit]Germany ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Wiik ![]() Knutsen ![]() |
Final
[edit]Denmark ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Sørensen ![]() |
Report | Kai ![]() Wambach ![]() |
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References
[edit]- ^ "US women win soccer's Algarve Cup". Toronto Star. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
2008 Algarve Cup |
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![]() United States Sixth title |