2007 Algarve Cup

The 2007 Algarve Cup was the fourteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 7 and 12 March 2007 with the previous year's runners-up, the United States, winning the event for a record fifth time, breaking Norway's previous record of four championships, by defeating Denmark, 2-0, in the final game. Sweden ended up third defeating France, 3-1, in the bronze medal game.^[1]

2007 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	7–14 March 2007
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	United States (5th title)
Runners-up	Denmark
Third place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	61 (2.54 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carli Lloyd (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Carli Lloyd
Best goalkeeper	Caroline Jonsson
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Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament. All of the teams from Groups A and B returned from 2006, but Italy and Iceland were invited back for the third time to play in Group C replacing Mexico and Wales.

Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place and those that finished third in these two groups playing for fifth place.

The teams in Group C were playing for places 7-12, with the winner of Group C playing the team that finished fourth in Group A or B with the better record for seventh place and the Group C runner-up playing the team which came last in Group A or B with the worse record for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for eleventh place.

Points awarded in the group stage follow 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 placed.

Teams

The twelve invited teams were:

Team	FIFA Rankings (December 2006)
Germany	1
United States	2
Norway	3
Sweden	4
France	7
Denmark	8
China	9
Italy	13
Finland	16
Iceland	21
Republic of Ireland	32
Portugal (hosts)	46

Group stage

All times local (WET/UTC+0)

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Denmark	6	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2
France	6	3	2	0	1	2	4	−2
Norway	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1
Germany	3	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1

7 March 2007

France	0–4	Denmark
		Paaske-Sørensen 30' Pape 68' Rasmussen 73' Pedersen 89'

Estádio Municipal, Silves

7 March 2007

Germany	1–2	Norway
Lingor 18'		Stensland 15' Wiik 69'

Estádio Algarve, Faro

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9 March 2007

France	1–0	Germany
Bussaglia 33'

Estádio Algarve, Faro

9 March 2007

Norway	0–1	Denmark
		Larsen 89'

Estádio da Nora, Ferreiras

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12 March 2007

France	1–0	Norway
Abily 67'

Estádio Municipal, Lagos

12 March 2007

Germany	3–0	Denmark
Mittag 16', 44' Behringer 48'

Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	9	3	3	0	0	6	3	+3
Sweden	6	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
Finland	3	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
China	0	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4

7 March 2007

Sweden	3–0	Finland
Sjögran 22' Svensson 34' Nordin 90+1'	SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Estádio Algarve, Faro

7 March 2007

United States	2–1	China
Lilly 19' (pen) Lloyd 38'	Report	Duan 21'

Estádio Algarve, Faro

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9 March 2007

Sweden	1–0	China
Rohlin 90'	SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Estádio Algarve, Faro

9 March 2007

United States	1–0	Finland
Lloyd 46'	Report

Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

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12 March 2007

Sweden	2–3	United States
Oqvist 71' Svensson 83' (pen)	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Wambach 39', 72' Lloyd 44'

Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

12 March 2007

China	0–2	Finland
		Rantanen 23' (pen) Talonen 31'

Estádio do Portimonense, Portimão

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Italy	9	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5
Iceland	4	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3
Republic of Ireland	2	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3
Portugal	1	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5

7 March 2007

Portugal	1–1	Republic of Ireland
Martins 59'	Report	Curtis 7'

Estádio Municipal, Lagos

7 March 2007

Italy	2–1	Iceland
Conti 21' Panico 46'		Viðarsdóttir 45' (pen)

Estádio Municipal, Lagos

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9 March 2007

Portugal	0–1	Italy
	Report	Conti 9'

Estádio Municipal, Lagos

9 March 2007

Iceland	1–1	Republic of Ireland
Logadóttir 36'		O'Toole 72'

Estádio Municipal, Lagos

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12 March 2007

Portugal	1–5	Iceland
Dani 35'	Report	Jónsdóttir 6' Magnúsdóttir 58', 78', 90' Viðarsdóttir 90+3'

Estádio Municipal, Lagos

12 March 2007

Italy	4–1	Republic of Ireland
Panico 17' Fuselli 58', 61' Gama 64'		Byrne 35'

Estádio Dr. Francisco Vieira, Silves

Placement play-offs

All times local (WET/UTC+0)

11th place

14 March 2007

10:00

Republic of Ireland	0–0 (5–4 PSO)	Portugal
	Report

Estádio da Nora, Ferreiras

9th place

14 March 2007

10:00

Iceland	4–1	China
Lárusdóttir 68' Samúelsdóttir 75' Viðarsdóttir 81', 82'		Lou Xiaoxu 90+2'

Complexo Desportivo, Montechoro

7th place

14 March 2007

Italy	1–0	Germany
Fuselli 81'

Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão

5th place

14 March 2007

Norway	2–0	Finland
Wiik 55' Storløkken 90'

Estádio Josino Costa, Lagoa

3rd place

14 March 2007

Sweden	3–1	France
Öqvist 17' Svensson 45+1' Johansson 47'	SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Ramos 68'

Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

Final

14 March 2007

United States	2–0	Denmark
Lilly 12' Lloyd 51'	Report

Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António

2007 Algarve Cup
United States Fifth title