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
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored63 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sweden 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 6320162+4
 Norway 6320163+3
 Finland 03003114−13
Denmark 2–1 China
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
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 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 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) China
4 Canada
5 Norway
6 United States
7 Finland
8 Portugal

Champion
 2001 Algarve Cup 

Sweden
Second title

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

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