2005 Algarve Cup

The 2005 Algarve Cup was the 12th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 9 to 15 March 2005. The USA won the tournament defeating Germany, 1–0, in the final-game. The tournament victory was the fourth for the US, and their third in a row.^[1]

2005 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
City	Algarve
Dates	9–15 March
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	United States (4th title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	France
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	71 (2.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Christie Welsh (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Birgit Prinz
Best goalkeeper	Bente Nordby
← 2004 2006 →

Format

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

Since the expansion to 12 teams in 2002, the Algarve Cup format had been as follows: Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group A and B winners contested the final – to win the Algarve Cup. The runners-up played for third place, and those that finish third in the groups played 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 number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.

Teams

Team	FIFA Rankings (December 2004)
Germany	1
United States	2
Norway	3
Sweden	5
China	6
Denmark	7
France	9
England	14
Finland	16
Mexico	25
Portugal (hosts)	34
Northern Ireland	83

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
Sweden	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Norway	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
China	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

9 March 2005

Norway	2–1	China
Rønning 57' Wiik 76'		Han Duan 68'

Lagos

9 March 2005

Sweden	1–2	Germany
Johansson 68'	SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Smisek 6' Prinz 77'

Lagos

11 March 2005

China	0–2	Sweden
	SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Östberg 35' Johansson 39'

Silves

11 March 2005

Germany	4–0	Norway
Mittag 15' Prinz 56', 58' Pohlers 65'

Silves

13 March 2005

China	0–2	Germany
		Smisek 18' Wunderlich 80'

Alvor

13 March 2005

Sweden	1–1	Norway
Seger 18'	SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Kaufmann 84'

Loulé

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9
France	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Denmark	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
Finland	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

9 March 2005

Denmark	4–1	Finland

Ferreiras

9 March 2005

France	0–1	United States
	Report	Welsh 20'

Ferreiras

11 March 2005

United States	3–0	Finland
Welsh 8', 41' Wambach 52'	Report

Guia

11 March 2005

Denmark	1–2	France
Pedersen 18'		Pichon 16' (pen.) Diacre 90'

Guia

13 March 2005

United States	4–0	Denmark
Lilly 6', 58' Wambach 15' Welsh 28'	Report

Vila Real de San Antonio

13 March 2005

Finland	1–2	France
Mäkinen 29'		Pichon 51' Dusang 85'

Loulé

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9
Mexico	3	2	0	1	4	6	−2	6
Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
Portugal	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

9 March 2005

England	4–0	Northern Ireland
Carney 32' Exley 53', 89' McArthur 56'

Paderne

9 March 2005

Portugal	1–2	Mexico
Tânia Pinto 11'	Report	Leyva 52' Leticia Villalpando 72'

Paderne

11 March 2005

16:15 (WET)

England	4–0	Portugal
Stoney 10' Yankey 30', 90' Barr 77'	Report

Estádio de São Luís, Faro

Referee: Eun ah Hong

11 March 2005

Mexico	2–0	Northern Ireland
Pérez 23' González 31'

Faro

13 March 2005

England	5–0	Mexico
Williams 2', 68' Handley 34' Yankey 52' Smith 78'

Lagos

13 March 2005

Northern Ireland	2–1	Portugal
Hall 18' Hutton 25'	Report	Carneiro 38'

Lagos

Placement play-offs

Eleventh place match

15 March 2005

Portugal	3–1	Northern Ireland
Paula Cristina 58' Dani 82' Couto 86'	Report	McFadden 39'

Algarve

Ninth place match

15 March 2005

Finland	1–1	Mexico
Levya 40' (o.g.)		González 67'
Penalties
	5–6

Algarve

Seventh place match

15 March 2005

China	0–0	England
Penalties
	5–3

Algarve

Fifth place match

15 March 2005

Norway	2–1	Denmark
Christensen 18' Rønning 22'		Pedersen 13'

Algarve

Third place match

15 March 2005

Sweden	2–3	France
Johansson 37', 64'	SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Georges 5' Béghé 53' Lattaf 79'

Algarve

Final

15 March 2005

Germany	0–1	United States
	Report	Welsh 23'

Estádio do Algarve, Faro-Loulé

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Florea Cristina Ionescu (Romania)

Germany

United States

GERMANY: GK 1 Silke Rottenberg DF 2 Kerstin Stegemann DF 17 Ariane Hingst DF 4 Steffi Jones DF 5 Sarah Günther  70' MF 18 Kerstin Garefrekes MF 14 Britta Carlson  32' MF 6 Renate Lingor  86' MF 20 Conny Pohlers  46' FW 9 Birgit Prinz (c) FW 11 Anja Mittag  66' Substitutes: DF 3 Sonja Fuss  70' MF 16 Viola Odebrecht  32' MF 13 Celia Okoyino Da Mbabi  86' MF 7 Pia Wunderlich  83' FW 8 Sandra Smisek  66' Manager: Tina Theune-Meyer

UNITED STATES: GK 1 Hope Solo DF 15 Kate Markgraf DF 2 Heather Mitts DF 4 Cat Reddick MF 7 Shannon Boxx MF 17 Lori Chalupny MF 13 Kristine Lilly (c) MF 5 Lindsay Tarpley FW 10 Aly Wagner  75' FW 20 Abby Wambach FW 8 Christie Welsh  83' Substitutes: MF 9 Heather O'Reilly  83' MF 19 Angela Hucles  75' Manager: Greg Ryan

2005 Algarve Cup
United States Fourth title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	United States
	Germany
	France
4	Sweden
5	Norway
6	Denmark
7	China
8	England
9	Mexico
10	Finland
11	Portugal
12	Northern Ireland