2001 Algarve Cup

2001 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country Portugal
Dates 11–17 March 2001
Teams 8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  Sweden
Runners-up  Denmark
Third place  China PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 63 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sweden Hanna Ljungberg
(6 goals)

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.

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 2310225−3
 Portugal 0300328−6

March 11, 2001
Sweden  4–1  Portugal
 24' Malin Moström
 40' Hanna Ljungberg
 48' Victoria Svensson
 77' Elin Flyborg 		Report  2' Maria João Xavier

March 13, 2001
United States  2–0  Portugal
 65' Christie Welsh
 87' Stephanie Rigamat 		Report
Report

March 13, 2001
Sweden  5–2  Canada
 11' 15' 45' Hanna Ljungberg
 13' (own goal)
 78' Elin Flyborg 		Report  35' 75' Christine Sinclair

March 15, 2001
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 PR 6320162+4
 Norway 6320163+3
 Finland 03003114−13

March 11, 2001
Denmark  2–1  China PR
 55' N Kjaeldgaard
 84' Gitte Krogh 		 7' Pu Wei

March 11, 2001
Norway  5–1  Finland
 16' 20' Dagny Mellgren
 56' 67' Linda Ørmen
 22' Margunn Haugenes 		 58' Heidi Kackur

March 13, 2001
Norway  0–2  China PR
 50' Zhao Lihong
 61' Bai Lili

March 13, 2001
Finland  0–6  Denmark
 22' N Kjaelgaard
 35' 60' Gitte Krogh
 42' Merete Pedersen
 70' Mette Jokumsen
 87' Cathrine Sørensen

March 15, 2001
Norway  1–0  Denmark
 59' Ragnhild Gulbrandsen

March 15, 2001
China PR  3–0  Finland
 27' Liu Ying
 36' Pan Lina
 45' Li Jie

Seventh place

March 17, 2001
Finland  3–1  Portugal
 36' Jessica Julin
 44' Terhi Uusi-Luomalahti
 78' Hanna Ekstrom 		Report  16' Susana Maria Silva Martins

Fifth place

March 17, 2001
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

March 17, 2001
China PR  5–1  Canada
 42' 65' Bai Lili
 67' 87' Zhao Lihong
 92' Pu Wei 		Report  21' Christine Sinclair

Final

March 17, 2001
Sweden  3–0  Denmark
 5' Linda Fagerström
 37' Hanna Ljungberg
 74' Malin Moström

Final standings

Rank Team
1st  Sweden
2nd  Denmark
3rd  China PR
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 N Kjaelgaard
Norway Dagny Mellgren
Norway Linda Ørmen
Sweden Elin Flyborg
Sweden Malin Moström
1
 24 athletes
2 own goals

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