1999 Algarve Cup

1999 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	China PR
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	40 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tiffeny Milbrett

The 1999 Algarve Cup was the sixth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 14 and 20 March 1999 in Portugal with China winning the event.

Format

The host and the seven teams invited are Australia, 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
United States	7	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5
Norway	6	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1
Sweden	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1
Finland	1	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5

United States v Sweden

March 14, 1999

United States	1–1	Sweden
Tiffeny Milbrett	Report	Linda Fagerström

Silves

Norway v Finland

March 14, 1999

Norway	1–0	Finland
Marianne Pettersen

Silves

Norway v Sweden

March 16, 1999

Norway	2–1	Sweden
Linda Medalen Anita Rapp		Malin Andersson

Quarteira

United States v Finland

March 16, 1999

United States	4–0	Finland
Tiffeny Milbrett Brandi Chastain Cindy Parlow	Report

Quarteira

United States v Norway

March 18, 1999

United States	2–1	Norway
Julie Foudy Kristine Lilly	Report	Ann Kristin Aarønes

Albufeira

Sweden v Finland

March 18, 1999

Sweden	0–0	Finland

Albufeira

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	9	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8
Denmark	4	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3
Australia	2	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2
Portugal	1	3	0	1	2	0	9	−9

Denmark v Australia

March 14, 1999

Denmark	1–1	Australia
Louise Hansen		Julie Murray

Faro

China PR v Portugal

March 14, 1999

China PR	4–0	Portugal
2' 12' Sun Wen 20' Liu Ying 34' Pu Wei	Report

Faro

China PR v Denmark

March 16, 1999

China PR	2–0	Denmark
Pu Wei (own goal)

Olhão

Portugal v Australia

March 16, 1999

Portugal	0–0	Australia
	Report

Olhão

Denmark v Portugal

March 18, 1999

Denmark	5–0	Portugal
38' (own goal) 44' Merete Pedersen 45' Janne Rasmussen 66' Jeanne Axelsen 77' Mette Jokumsen	Report

Montechoro

Australia v China PR

March 18, 1999

Australia	0–2	China PR
		Sun Wen Liu Ying

Montechoro

Seventh place

Portugal v Finland

March 20, 1999

Portugal	2–1	Finland
9' Carla Couto 36' Adilia Martins	Report	70' Julia Uusmalmi

Montechoro

Portugal finished bottom of their group for the sixth year in a row but won the seventh place playoff with a 2–1 win against Finland.

Fifth place

Australia v Sweden

March 20, 1999

Australia	1–1 (7–6) (PSO)	Sweden
Julie Murray		Malin Gustafsson

Loulé

Third place

Norway v Denmark

March 20, 1999

Norway	2–2 (4–1) (PSO)	Denmark
69' (own goal) 82' Cecilie Bendiksen	report (nor.) report (den.)	65' Janne Rasmussen 90' Merete Pedersen

Loulé

Final

China PR v United States

March 20, 1999

China PR	2–1	United States
16' Pu Wei 65' Jin Yan	Report	45' Tiffeny Milbrett

Loulé

Final standings

Rank	Team
01 !	China PR
02 !	United States
03 !	Norway
4	Denmark
5	Australia
6	Sweden
7	Portugal
8	Finland

Goal scorers

Goals	Player
4	Tiffeny Milbrett
3	Jin Yan
2	Julie Murray
	Pu Wei
	Sun Wen
	Liu Ying
	Jeanee Axelsen
	Mette Jokumsen
	Cecilie Bendiksen
1	15 athletes
1 own goal

1999 Algarve Cup
China PR First title

External links

1999 Algarve Cup on RSSSF

Algarve Cup

Tournaments	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Squads	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

International women's association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17

Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Codes Player of the Century Achievements by nation Men's football

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