2009 Algarve Cup

The 2009 Algarve Cup was the sixteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 4 and 11 March 2009. It was won by Sweden who defeated holders the United States in a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final-game.^[1]

2009 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	4–11 March 2009
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (3rd title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	55 (2.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kerstin Garefrekes Jayne Ludlow Lotta Schelin (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Hope Solo
← 2008 2010 →

Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament. The entrants were almost identical to the previous year, but Iceland moved up into Group B from their previous ranking in 2008, replacing Italy who did not feature this time. Wales returned to the competition for the first time in five years, while Austria appeared in the competition for the first time.

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 place.

Teams

The twelve invited teams were:

Team	FIFA Rankings (December 2008)
United States	1
Germany	2
Sweden	4
Norway	6
Denmark	7
China	13
Finland	17
Iceland	19
Poland	31
Austria	37
Portugal (hosts)	45
Wales	49

Group stage

All times local (WET/UTC+0)

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Sweden	7	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2
Germany	6	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4
China	4	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2
Finland	0	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4

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4 March 2009

13:15

Germany	2 – 0	Finland
Behringer 70' Garefrekes 90'

Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

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4 March 2009

15:00

China	0 – 0	Sweden
	SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Municipal Stadium, Lagos

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6 March 2009

12:00

Sweden	1 – 0	Finland
Fischer 75'	SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Municipal Stadium, Lagos

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6 March 2009

13:15

Germany	3 – 0	China
Garefrekes 38', 68' Kulig 58'

Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

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9 March 2009

13:15

Finland	0 – 1	China
		Bi Yan 73'

Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António

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9 March 2009

13:15

Sweden	3 – 2	Germany
Fischer 28' Schelin 36' 38'	SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Grings 77' Kulig 83'

Estádio Algarve, Faro

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	9	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4
Denmark	6	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2
Iceland	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1
Norway	0	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5

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4 March 2009

12:00

United States	2 – 0	Denmark
Woznuk 22' DiMartino 37'	Report

Municipal Stadium, Lagos

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4 March 2009

15:00

Norway	1 – 3	Iceland
Lie 41'		Gunnarsdóttir 18', 51' Rønning 56' (o.g.)

José Arcanjo Stadium, Olhão

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6 March 2009

15:00

United States	1 – 0	Iceland
Kai 90'	Report

Estádio da Nora, Ferreiras

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6 March 2009

15:00

Denmark	2 – 0	Norway
Rasmussen 10' Pedersen 86'

Municipal Stadium, Lagos

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9 March 2009

15:00

Norway	0 – 1	United States
	Report	Rapinoe 21'

Estádio da Nora, Ferreiras

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9 March 2009

15:00

Iceland	0 – 2	Denmark
		Nadim 36' Ørntoft 67'

Francisco Vieira Stadium, Silves

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Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Portugal	9	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3
Austria	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Wales	3	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2
Poland	1	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5

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4 March 2009

15:00

Wales	1 – 2	Austria
Fishlock 35'		Entner 47' Walzl 85'

Restinga Stadium, Alvor

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4 March 2009

17:45

Portugal	2 – 1	Poland
Borges 36' Fernandes 44'		Rytwińska 30'

Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

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6 March 2009

15:00

Austria	1 – 1	Poland
Gröbner 61'		Sznyrowska 70'

Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António

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6 March 2009

17:45

Portugal	2 – 1	Wales
Fernandes 27' Cristina 57' (pen.)		Ludlow 70'

Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

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9 March 2009

17:45

Portugal	1 – 0	Austria
Vieira 8'

Estádio Algarve, Faro

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9 March 2009

17:45

Poland	1 – 5	Wales
Kawalec 80'		Ludlow 22' 32' Harries 38' 42' Lander 86'

Municipal Stadium, Loulé

Placement play-offs

All times local (WET/UTC+0)

11th place

11 March 2009

11:30

Wales	1 – 2	Poland
Fishlock 14'		Sznyrowska 10' Pożerska 88'

CD Montechoro, Albufeira

9th place

11 March 2009

11:30

Austria	0 – 2	Norway
		Rønning 43' Gulbrandsen 78'

Municipal Stadium, Loulé

7th place

11 March 2009

11:30

Portugal	1 – 1 (2 – 4 PSO)	Finland
Couto 70'		Lehtinen 13'

Municipal Stadium, Lagos

5th place

11 March 2009

11:30

China	2 – 1	Iceland
Lou Jiahui 21' Xu Yuan 69'	Report	Þorsteinsdóttir 45'

José Arcanjo Stadium, Olhão

3rd place

11 March 2009

13:15

Germany	0 – 1	Denmark
		Rydahl Bukh 41'

Estádio Algarve, Faro

Final

11 March 2009

16:00

United States	1 – 1 (3 – 4 PSO)	Sweden
Boxx 90'	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Schelin 18'
Penalties
Boxx Rapinoe Lloyd Rampone DiMartino Woznuk Mitts	3 – 4	Fors Dahlkvist Sembrant Paulson Schelin Olander Segerström

Estádio Algarve, Faro

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

UNITED STATES: GK 1 Hope Solo DF 7 Shannon Boxx DF 17 Heather Mitts (c) DF 15 Lori Chalupny DF 3 Christie Rampone MF 9 Heather O'Reilly  88' MF 16 Angela Hucles  83' MF 11 Carli Lloyd MF 5 Lindsay Tarpley  46' FW 15 Megan Rapinoe FW 6 Natasha Kai Substitutes: GK 18 Nicole Barnhart DF 4 Rachel Buehler DF 13 Kendall Fletcher MF 21 Kacey White MF 12 Angie Woznuk  88' FW 19 Tina DiMartino  83' FW 8 Amy Rodriguez  46' Manager: Pia Sundhage

SWEDEN: GK 12 Kristin Hammarström DF 2 Charlotte Rohlin DF 3 Stina Segerström DF 4 Anna Paulson DF 6 Sara Thunebro  46' MF 5 Caroline Seger  78' MF 15 Therese Sjögran  63' MF 17 Kosovare Asllani  53' MF 18 Nilla Fischer  37' FW 11 Victoria Svensson (c)  71' FW 8 Lotta Schelin Substitutes: GK 1 Hedvig Lindahl DF 7 Emelie Ölander  46' DF 13 Alexandra Nilsson DF 19 Linda Sembrant  78' MF 16 Louise Fors  63' MF 20 Lisa Dahlkvist  37' FW 9 Anna Lindblom FW 10 Sara Lindén  71' FW 14 Madelaine Edlund  53' Manager: Thomas Dennerby

Match rules 90 minutes No extra time Penalty shoot-out if scores still level

2009 Algarve Cup
Sweden Third title