2004 Algarve Cup

2004 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Portugal
City Algarve
Dates 14-20 March
Teams 12 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  United States (3rd title)
Runners-up  Norway
Third place  France
Fourth place  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 69 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s) United States Abby Wambach
(4 goals)
Best player United States Shannon Boxx
Best goalkeeper Sweden Sofia Lundgren

The 2004 Algarve Cup was the 11th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place 14-20 March 2004.

Format

The twelve invited teams are split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.

Since the expansion to 12 teams in 2002, 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 amount of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.

Teams


Group stage

Group A

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 United States 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
 France 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
 Denmark 3 0 0 3 0 3 −3 0

14 March 2004
Denmark  0-1  Sweden
Olsson
Ferreiras



16 March 2004
Denmark  0-1  United States
Report Hucles
Quarteira


16 March 2004
Sweden  0-3  France
Lattaf
Pichon
Bompastor
Quarteira


18 March 2004
Denmark  0-1  France
Pichon
Silves



Group B

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Norway 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
 Italy 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 6
 China PR 3 1 1 1 4 1 +3 4
 Finland 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0

14 March 2004
Norway  4-1  Finland
Lehn
Riise
o.g.
Gulbrandsen 		Julin
Guia


14 March 2004
Italy  1-0  China PR
Pasqui
Guia


16 March 2004
Norway  3-0  Italy
Pedersen
Tønnessen
Riise
Olhão


16 March 2004
Finland  0-4  China PR
Zhang Ouying
Han Duan
Olhão


18 March 2004
Norway  0-0  China PR
Silves


18 March 2004
Finland  1-2  Italy
Valkonen Panico
Pasqui
Lagos


Group C

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Portugal 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
 Wales 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
 Greece 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
 Northern Ireland 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0

14 March 2004
Greece  1-0  Wales
Papadopoulou
Faro


14 March 2004
Portugal  2-0  Northern Ireland
Carla Couto
Mónica Ribeiro
Faro


16 March 2004
Northern Ireland  0-2  Greece
Agapitou
Tefani
Albufeira


16 March 2004
Portugal  2-3  Wales
Carla Couto Daley
Foster
Albufeira


18 March 2004
Wales  3-1  Northern Ireland
C. Jones
H. Jones
Ludlow 		Turner
Guia


18 March 2004
Portugal  3-0  Greece
Tânia Pinto
Faro


Placement play-offs

Eleventh place match

20 March 2004
Greece  2-0  Northern Ireland
Agapitou
Montechoro


Ninth place match

20 March 2004
Wales  0-4  Finland
Kalmari
Rantanen
Talonen
Mäkinen
Ferreiras


Seventh place match

20 March 2004
Portugal  0-1  Denmark
A.D.E. Nielsen
Loulé


Fifth place match

20 March 2004
Sweden  1-1  China PR
Svensson Fan Yunjie
  Penalties  
5-4
Olhão


Third place match

20 March 2004
France  3-3  Italy
Pichon
Coquet
Tonazzi 		Panico
Gazzoli
  Penalties  
4-3
Faro


Final

20 March 2004
United States  4-1  Norway
Wambach  30'  39'  51'
Tarpley  42' 		Report Hege Riise  38'
Faro


 2004 Algarve Cup 

United States
Third title

Final standings

Rank Team
1st  United States
2nd  Norway
3rd  France
4  Italy
5  Sweden
6  China PR
7  Denmark
8  Portugal
9  Finland
10  Wales
11  Greece
12  Northern Ireland

References

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