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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