2016 SheBelieves Cup

The 2016 SheBelieves Cup was the inaugural edition of the SheBelieves Cup, an invitational women's soccer tournament held in the United States. It took place between March 3 and 9, 2016,^[1] before the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2]

2016 SheBelieves Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	March 3–9
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	England
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	9 (1.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alex Morgan (2 goals)
Best player(s)	Alex Morgan
Best goalkeeper	Hope Solo
2017 →

Teams

Team	FIFA Rankings (December 2015)[3]
United States	1
Germany	2
France	3
England	5

Squads

Main article: 2016 SheBelieves Cup squads

Format

The four invited teams played a round-robin tournament.

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.

Venues

Tampa	Nashville	Boca Raton (Miami area)
Raymond James Stadium	Nissan Stadium	FAU Stadium
Capacity: 65,618	Capacity: 69,143	Capacity: 29,419
Tampa Nashville Boca Raton

Results

The schedule was announced in January 2016.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	United States (H, C)	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9
	Germany	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
	England	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	France	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

Source: US Soccer
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored; 7) FIFA ranking.^[4]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

March 3, 2016

17:00 EST
(UTC−05:00)

Germany	1–0	France
Maier 83'	Report

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

March 3, 2016

19:45 EST
(UTC−05:00)

United States	1–0	England
Dunn 72'	Report

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Attendance: 13,027

Referee: Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua)

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March 6, 2016

14:00 CST
(UTC−06:00)

United States	1–0	France
Morgan 90+1'	Report

Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee

Attendance: 25,363

Referee: Alondra Sandoval (Mexico)

March 6, 2016

16:30 CST
(UTC−06:00)

Germany	2–1	England
Flaherty 76' (o.g.) Peter 82' (pen.)	Report	Duggan 9'

Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee

Attendance: 25,363

Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

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March 9, 2016

17:00 EST
(UTC−05:00)

France	0–0	England
	Report

FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Florida

Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)

March 9, 2016

19:45 EST
(UTC−05:00)

United States	2–1	Germany
Morgan 35' Mewis 41'	Report	Mittag 29'

FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Florida

Attendance: 13,501

Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)

Goalscorers

2 goals

• Alex Morgan

1 goal

• Toni Duggan
• Leonie Maier
• Anja Mittag
• Babett Peter
• Crystal Dunn
• Samantha Mewis

Own goal

• Gilly Flaherty (playing against Germany)