2019 Algarve Cup

The 2019 Algarve Cup was the 26th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 27 February to 6 March.

2019 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	27 February – 6 March
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Norway (5th title)
Runners-up	Poland
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	42 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jennifer Hermoso Mimmi Larsson (3 goals)
← 2018 2020 →

Norway defeated Poland 3–0 in the final to win their fifth title,^[1] and their first since the 1998 edition.

Format

The twelve invited teams were split into four groups to play 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 determine the higher place.

Teams

Team	FIFA Rankings[2] (December 2018)
Canada	5
Netherlands	7
Sweden	9
Spain	12
Norway	13
China	15
Denmark	17
Switzerland	18
Scotland	20
Iceland	22
Portugal	32
Poland	34

Squads

Main article: 2019 Algarve Cup squads

Group stage

The groups were announced in mid-January 2019

All times are local (UTC±0).

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:

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Canada	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
2	Scotland	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
3	Iceland	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source: FPT
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Canada	0–0	Iceland
	Report

27 February 2019

13:15

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

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Scotland	0–1	Canada
	Report	Sinclair 81' (pen.)

1 March 2019

13:15

Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos

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Iceland	1–4	Scotland
Gunnarsdóttir 57'	Report	Arnot 13', 66' Cuthbert 32' Little 55'

4 March 2019

14:00

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Poland	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
2	Spain	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	Netherlands	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: FPT
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Spain	2–0	Netherlands
Hermoso 22', 64'	Report

27 February 2019

17:15

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

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Poland	3–0	Spain
Dudek 25' Balcerzak 34' Pajor 49'	Report

1 March 2019

16:45

Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos

Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

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Netherlands	0–1	Poland
	Report	Winczo 42'

4 March 2019

17:30

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

Group C

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

Updated to match(es) played on 4 March 2019. Source: FPT
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Norway	2–1	Denmark
Åsland 77' Utland 90'	Report	Nadim 17'

27 February 2019

13:15

Estádio Algarve

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China	1–3	Norway
Wang 90'	Report	Herlovsen 9' Wu 31' (o.g.) Haavi 42'

1 March 2019

13:15

Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

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Denmark	1–0	China
Harder 60' (pen.)

4 March 2019

13:15

VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
2	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3
3	Portugal (H)	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3

Source: FPT
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Sweden	4–1	Switzerland
Larsson 7', 40', 67' Asllani 62'	Report	Crnogorčević 26'

27 February 2019

16:45

Estádio Algarve

Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

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Portugal	2–1	Sweden
Silva 71' Neto 90+4'	Report	Björn 68'

1 March 2019

16:45

Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

Referee: María Belén Carvajal (Chile)

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Switzerland	3–1	Portugal
Crnogorčević 60' Kiwic 66' Müller 86'	Report	Norton 27'

4 March 2019

16:45

VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António

Ranking of teams for placement matches

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

• 1st placed teams

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

Source: FPT

• 2nd placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Scotland	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3	Fifth-place match
2	C	Denmark	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	D	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3	Seventh-place match
4	B	Spain	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3

Source: FPT

• 3rd placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D	Portugal	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3	Ninth-place match
2	A	Iceland	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
3	C	China	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0	Eleventh-place match
4	B	Netherlands	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: FPT

Placement matches

Eleventh place

China	1–1	Netherlands
Yao 50'	Report	Miedema 45'
Penalties
Zhang Yao Li Wu	2–4	Van de Donk Van Dongen Bloodworth Spitse Miedema

6 March 2019

17:15

Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

Ninth place

Portugal	1–4	Iceland
Mendes 88'	Report	Albertsdóttir 2' Magnúsdóttir 37' Viðarsdóttir 89' Guðmundsdóttir 90'

6 March 2019

14:30

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

Referee: Lydia Abede (Ethiopia)

Seventh place

Switzerland	0–2	Spain
	Report	Hermoso 21' Müller 63' (o.g.)

6 March 2019

13:15

Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

Referee: María Belén Carvajal (Chile)

Fifth place

Scotland	1–0	Denmark
Ross 34'	Report

6 March 2019

13:15

Estádio Algarve

Third place

Canada	0–0	Sweden
	Report
Penalties
Schmidt Sinclair Rose Lawrence Beckie Buchanan Fleming	6–5	Anvegård Sembrant Björn Larsson Jakobsson Ericsson Glas

6 March 2019

17:00

Estádio Algarve

Final

Poland	0–3	Norway
	Report	Herlovsen 24' Hansen 65' Sævik 74'

6 March 2019

18:00

Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal

Final standings

Rank	Team[3]
	Norway
	Poland
	Canada
4	Sweden
5	Scotland
6	Denmark
7	Spain
8	Switzerland
9	Iceland
10	Portugal
11	Netherlands
12	China

Goalscorers

There have been 42 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.

3 goals

• Jennifer Hermoso
• Mimmi Larsson

2 goals

• Isabell Herlovsen
• Lizzie Arnot
• Ana-Maria Crnogorčević

1 goal

• Christine Sinclair
• Wang Shanshan
• Yao Wei
• Pernille Harder
• Nadia Nadim
• Agla María Albertsdóttir
• Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir
• Svava Rós Guðmundsdóttir
• Selma Sól Magnúsdóttir
• Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir
• Vivianne Miedema
• Therese Sessy Åsland
• Emilie Haavi
• Caroline Graham Hansen
• Karina Sævik
• Lisa-Marie Karlseng Utland
• Patrycja Balcerzak
• Paulina Dudek
• Ewa Pajor
• Agnieszka Winczo
• Mónica Mendes
• Cláudia Neto
• Andreia Norton
• Dolores Silva
• Erin Cuthbert
• Kim Little
• Jane Ross
• Kosovare Asllani
• Nathalie Björn
• Rahel Kiwic
• Melanie Müller

1 own goal

• Wu Haiyan (against Norway)
• Melanie Müller (against Spain)