2000 Algarve Cup

The 2000 Algarve Cup was the seventh edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 12 and 18 March 2000 in Portugal with United States winning the event defeating Norway, 1-0, in the final-game. China ended up third defeating Sweden, 1-0, in the third prize game.[1]

2000 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates12–18 March 2000
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions United States (1st title)
Runners-up Norway
Third place China
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored50 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Norway Dagny Mellgren
(4 goals)

Format

The eight participating teams are 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
 United States 93300101+9
 Sweden 6320162+4
 Denmark 33102330
 Portugal 03003114−13
United States 7–0 Portugal
5' 11' 63' Cindy Parlow
6' Shannon McMillan
22' Joy Fawcett
67' Tisha Venturini
88' Julie Foudy		 Report
Report
Sweden 1–0 Denmark
Elin Flyborg SvFF Report (in Swedish)
United States 2–1 Denmark
67' Lorrie Fair
86' Shannon McMillan		 Report 10' Gitte Krogh
Sweden 5–1 Portugal
Kristin Bengtsson
Tina Nordlund
Sundh		 Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)		 31' Paula Reis
United States 1–0 Sweden
65' Mia Hamm Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Denmark 2–0 Portugal
Merete Pedersen
Gitte Krogh		 Report

Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Norway 9330071+6
 China 6320184+4
 Canada 3310237−4
 Finland 0300328−6
China 4–0 Canada
12' 52' Sun Wen
19' Jin Yan
35' Zhang Ouying		 Report
Norway 2–0 Finland
38' Marianne Pettersen
57' Dagny Mellgren		 Report
China 4–1 Finland
Jin Yan
Zhang Ouying
Zhao Lihong
Liu Ying		 Christina Forssell
Norway 2–1 Canada
14' Marianne Pettersen
45' Linda Ørmen		 Report 8' Christine Sinclair
China 0–3 Norway
Report 7' 28' 63' Dagny Mellgren
Finland 1–2 Canada
24' Satu Kinnas Report 32' Isabelle Harvey
89' Amy Walsh

Seventh place
Finland 3–0 Portugal
Heidi Kackur
Christina Forssell
Laura Kalmari		 Report

Fifth place
Canada 3–2 Denmark
4' 57' Christine Sinclair
29' Breanna Boyd		 Report 10' Merete Pedersen
58' Lene Jensen

Third place
China 1–0 Sweden
Sun Wen SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Final
United States 1–0 Norway
9' (penalty) Brandi Chastain Report

Final standings
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) China
4 Sweden
5 Canada
6 Denmark
7 Finland
8 Portugal

Goal scorers
Goals
 Player
4
 Norway Dagny Mellgren
3
 Canada Christine Sinclair
China Sun Wen
United States Cindy Parlow
2
 China Jin Yan
China Zhang Ouying
Denmark Gitte Krogh
Denmark Merete Pedersen
Finland Christina Forssell
Norway Marianne Pettersen
Sweden Tina Nordlund
Sweden Kristin Bengtsson
United States Shannon MacMillan
1
20 athletes
0 own goal
 2000 Algarve Cup 

United States
First title

References
  1. Jack Thompson (March 19, 2000). "Chastain's Goal Powers US to Tournament Title". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
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