2017 Algarve Cup

The 2017 Algarve Cup was the 24th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 1 to 8 March.^[1][2]

2017 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	1–8 March
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	58 (2.42 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pernille Harder Kumi Yokoyama (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Irene Paredes
Fair play award	Japan
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Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that 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. 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 2016)
Canada	4
Australia	6
Japan	7
Sweden	8
Norway	11
Netherlands	12
China	13
Spain	14
Denmark	15
Iceland	20
Russia	23
Portugal	38

Venues

• Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
• Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal
• Estádio Algarve
• Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos
• VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António

Referees

Confederation	Referees	Assistant referees
AFC	Casey Reibelt Yoshimi Yamashita	Renae Coghill Gi Allyson Flynn Makoto Bozono Malko Hagio
CAF	Mukansanga Salima Fatou Thioune Kabakama Jonesla	Mary Njoroge Gi Bernadettar Kwimbira Fanta Kone Queency Victoire
CONCACAF	Marianela Araya Ekaterina Koroleva	Kimberly Moreira Yudillia Briones Felisha Mariscal Kathryn Nesbitt
CONMEBOL	Laura Fortunato Edina Alves Batista	Dalana Milone Tatiane Sacilotti Leslie Vasquez Mary Cristina Blanco
OFC		Sarah Jones Maria Tamalelagi
UEFA	Riem Hussein Sandra Braz Anastasia Pustovoitova	Ekaterina Marinova Lisa Rashid Christina Biehl Ekaterina Kurochkina Kylie McMullan Rocío Puente

Squads

Main article: 2017 Algarve Cup squads

Group stage

The groups were announced on 18 November 2016,^[3]
All times WET (UTC±00:00).

Tie-breaking criteria

For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions were determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:^[4]

1. number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
2. goal difference in all the group matches
3. number of goals scored in all the group matches
4. fair-play ranking in all the group matches
5. FIFA ranking

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
Denmark	3	2	0	1	12	2	+10	6
Russia	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
Portugal	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 March 2017

15:00

Portugal	0–1	Russia
	Report	Mashina 82'

Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos

Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

1 March 2017

18:30

Denmark	0–1	Canada
	Report	Sinclair 90'

Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

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3 March 2017

15:00

Russia	1–2	Canada
Makarenko 58'	Report	Schmidt 10' Sinclair 26'

Estádio Algarve

Referee: Markus Räber (Switzerland)

3 March 2017

19:00

Portugal	0–6	Denmark
	Report	S. Larsen 11', 32' L. Jensen 9' Troelsgaard 25', 68' Veje 59'

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

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6 March 2017

19:00

Russia	1–6	Denmark
Chernomyrdina 45+3'	Report	Harder 25' (pen.), 59', 72' N. Sørensen 70' S. Hansen 82', 89'

VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António

Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

6 March 2017

19:00

Canada	0–0	Portugal
	Report

Estádio Algarve

Referee: Jonesla Kabakama (Tanzania)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Japan	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Iceland	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
Norway	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 March 2017

14:45

Japan	1–2	Spain
Yokoyama 81'	Report	Meseguer 59' O. García 72'

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

1 March 2017

18:30

Norway	1–1	Iceland
Hegerberg 4'	Report	Jónsdóttir 8'

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

Referee: Jonesla Kabakama (Tanzania)

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3 March 2017

14:45

Japan	2–0	Iceland
Hasegawa 11', 17'	Report

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

Referee: Fatou Thioune (Senegal)

3 March 2017

18:30

Spain	3–0	Norway
Thorisdottir 24' (o.g.) Hermoso 38' O. García 40'	Report

Estádio Algarve

Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

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6 March 2017

14:45

Norway	0–2	Japan
	Report	Yokoyama 59', 89'

Estádio Algarve

Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

6 March 2017

14:45

Iceland	0–0	Spain
	Report

VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António

Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Netherlands	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Sweden	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
China	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 March 2017

15:00

Netherlands	1–0	China
Jansen 13'	Report

Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos

Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

1 March 2017

18:30

Australia	0–1	Sweden
	Report	Schelin 60'

Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

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3 March 2017

15:00

Australia	3–2	Netherlands
Gielnik 16', 31' Kennedy 45'	Report	Miedema 75' Spitse 79'

VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António

Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

3 March 2017

18:30

China	0–0	Sweden
	Report

VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António

Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

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6 March 2017

15:00

China	1–2	Australia
Sha. Wang 36'	Report	Gielnik 61' Carpenter 84'

Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

6 March 2017

15:00

Sweden	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	van den Berg 81' (pen.)

Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos

Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

Ranking of teams for placement matches

The ranking of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed teams in each group to determine the placement matches:^[4]

• 1st placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Spain	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Final
2	A	Canada	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
3	C	Australia	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6	Third-place match

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• 2nd placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Denmark	3	2	0	1	12	2	+10	6	Third-place match
2	B	Japan	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Fifth-place match
3	C	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• 3rd placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Sweden	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	Seventh-place match
2	A	Russia	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
3	B	Iceland	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2	Ninth-place match

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• 4th placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	China	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1	Ninth-place match
2	B	Norway	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1	Eleventh-place match
3	A	Portugal	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Placement matches

11th Place

8 March 2017

14:45

Norway	2–0	Portugal
Isaksen 13' Reiten 66'	Report

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

Referee: Fatou Thioune (Senegal)

9th Place

8 March 2017

18:30

Iceland	2–1	China
Sigurðardóttir 9', 47'	Report	Sha. Wang 36'

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

7th Place

8 March 2017

18:30

Sweden	4–0	Russia
Asllani 6', 35' Fischer 9' Rolfö 77'	Report

Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

5th Place

8 March 2017

14:45

Japan	2–3	Netherlands
Yokoyama 20' Van den Bulk 77' (o.g.)	Report	Dekker 13' Martens 19' Utsugi 90+3' (o.g.)

Estádio Algarve

Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

3rd Place

8 March 2017

14:45

Australia	1–1	Denmark
K. Simon 36'	Report	Harder 80'
Penalties
Kellond-Knight Polkinghorne Kerr	1–4	Røddik Hansen Petersen Larsen Troelsgaard

Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

Final

8 March 2017

18:30

Spain	1–0	Canada
Ouahabi 5'	Report

Estádio Algarve

Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

Final standings

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 B  Spain 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 10 2 A  Canada 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 7 3 A  Denmark 4 2 1 1 13 3 +10 7 4 C  Australia 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7 5 C  Netherlands 4 3 0 1 7 5 +2 9 6 B  Japan 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6 7 C  Sweden 4 2 1 1 5 1 +4 7 8 A  Russia 4 1 0 3 3 12 −9 3 9 B  Iceland 4 1 2 1 3 4 −1 5 10 C  China 4 0 1 3 2 5 −3 1 11 B  Norway 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4 12 A  Portugal 4 0 1 3 0 9 −9 1 Source: [citation needed]

Tournament's best player Team Irene Paredes  Spain Fair play award  Japan

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Pernille Harder
• Kumi Yokoyama

3 goals

• Emily Gielnik

2 goals

• Christine Sinclair
• Wang Shanshan
• Sarah Hansen
• Stine Larsen
• Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
• Málfríður Erna Sigurðardóttir
• Yui Hasegawa
• Olga García
• Kosovare Asllani

1 goal

• Ellie Carpenter
• Alanna Kennedy
• Kyah Simon
• Sophie Schmidt
• Line Jensen
• Nicoline Sørensen
• Katrine Veje
• Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir
• Mandy van den Berg
• Anouk Dekker
• Renate Jansen
• Lieke Martens
• Vivianne Miedema
• Sherida Spitse
• Ada Hegerberg
• Ingvild Isaksen
• Guro Reiten
• Margarita Chernomyrdina
• Daria Makarenko
• Olesya Mashina
• Jennifer Hermoso
• Silvia Meseguer
• Leila Ouahabi
• Nilla Fischer
• Fridolina Rolfö
• Lotta Schelin

Own goal

• Rumi Utsugi (playing against Netherlands)
• Sheila van den Bulk (playing against Japan)
• Maria Thorisdottir (playing against Spain)