2022 Algarve Cup

The 2022 Algarve Cup was the 28th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 16 to 23 February 2022.^[1]

2022 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	16–23 February
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (5th title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	14 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Valentina Giacinti Celin Bizet Ildhusøy (2 goals each)
Best player(s)	Barbara Bonansea
← 2020 TBD →

Teams

Five teams were participating.^[2][3]

Team	FIFA Rankings (December 2021)
Sweden	2
Australia	11
Norway	12
Denmark	14
Italy	15
Portugal	29

Note: Australia withdrew before the draw due to serious concerns for the health and wellbeing of players and team officials following a lengthy and crowded 2021 schedule.^[4]

Squads

Main article: 2022 Algarve Cup squads

Format

Five teams played two matches each to determine the standings. The top two teams played the final, while the other three teams played each other in 45 minutes matches to determine the final ranking.

Preliminary round

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6	Final
2	Italy	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
3	Portugal	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3	Third place match
4	Norway	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
5	Denmark[a]	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0	Withdrew

Source: FPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference.
Notes:

1. On 17 February, Denmark withdrew following the discovery of four COVID-19 cases within their squad: Sweden were awarded a 3–0 victory for their match against Denmark.^[5]

Results

All times are local (UTC±0)

16 February 2022

12:00

Denmark	0–1	Italy
	Report	Bonansea 50'

Estádio Municipal de Lagos, Lagos

Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)

16 February 2022

18:30

Norway	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Pinto 22' Mendes 90+4'

Estádio Municipal de Lagos, Lagos

Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritania)

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20 February 2022

11:00

Italy	2–1	Norway
Giacinti 10' Caruso 28'	Report	Ildhusøy 45+3'

Estádio Algarve, Algarve

Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritania)

20 February 2022

17:15

Portugal	0–4	Sweden
	Report	Glas 56' Ilestedt 60' Asllani 74' Blackstenius 76'

Estádio Algarve, Algarve

Referee: Kim Yoo-jeong (South Korea)

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Sweden	3–0 (awarded)[5]	Denmark

As the withdrawal of Denmark after their second match left four teams in the competition, the remaining five group matches were scratched: Sweden and Italy qualified for the final, while Portugal and Norway qualified for the third place match.

Third place match

Originally, it was planned that the teams finishing third to fifth would play each other in a round-robin of 45-minute matches.

However, following the withdrawal of Denmark, this was scratched and a full-length third place match was played.

23 February 2022

11:00

Portugal	0–2	Norway
	Report	Terland 20' Ildhusøy 78'

Estádio Algarve, Algarve

Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)

Final

23 February 2022

11:00

Sweden	1–1	Italy
Seger 71' (pen.)	Report	Giacinti 18'
Penalties
Seger Asllani Blackstenius Berglund Angeldal Lindahl	6–5	Giugliano Gama Girelli Cernoia Caruso Serturini

Estádio Municipal de Lagos, Lagos

Referee: Kim Yoo-jeong (South Korea)

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Sweden
	Italy
	Norway
4	Portugal
5	Denmark

Goalscorers

There were 14 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.

2 goals

• Valentina Giacinti
• Celin Bizet Ildhusøy

1 goal

• Barbara Bonansea
• Arianna Caruso
• Elisabeth Terland
• Carolina Mendes
• Tatiana Pinto
• Kosovare Asllani
• Stina Blackstenius
• Hanna Glas
• Amanda Ilestedt
• Caroline Seger