The 2018 Algarve Cup was the 25th edition of the

Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and ...

, an invitational

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tournament held annually in

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. It took place from 28 February to 7 March 2018. The final was cancelled after torrential rain flooded the pitch: the Netherlands and Sweden were declared joint winners of the Algarve Cup.

Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups to play a

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. 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

Venues

* Albufeira Municipal Stadium,

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* Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal *

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* Lagos Municipal Stadium,

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* VRS António Sports Complex,

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Squads

Group stage

The groups were announced on 6 December 2017, and re-organised on 18 December, due to South Korea being drawn against Australia in the Asian Cup finals the following month. ''All times are local (

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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: # number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question # goal difference in all the group matches # number of goals scored in all the group matches # fair-play ranking in all the group matches # FIFA ranking

Group A

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Group B

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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: *1st placed teams *2nd placed teams *3rd placed teams *4th placed teams

Placement matches

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

* The match was abandoned at half-time with the score 0–0 due to torrential rain that flooded the pitch: both teams were awarded joint seventh place.

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

The final was cancelled after torrential rain flooded the pitch: the Netherlands and Sweden were declared joint winners of the Algarve Cup.

Final standings

Awards

Goalscorers

;3 goals *

Christine Sinclair Christine Margaret Sinclair (born June 12, 1983) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward and captains both National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Portland Thorns FC and the Canadian national team. An Olympic ...

* Lieke Martens *

Fridolina Rolfö Fridolina Rolfö (born 24 November 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Sweden women's national team. Club career After joining from Tölö, Rolfö scored nine league ...

;2 goals * Chloe Logarzo *

Sam Kerr Samantha May Kerr (born 10 September 1993) is an Australian professional football player who plays as a forward for Chelsea in the FA Women's Super League and the Australia women's national team (the ''Matildas''), which she has captained s ...

Janine Beckie Janine Elizabeth Beckie (born August 20, 1994) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League club Portland Thorns FC and the Canada national team. She previously played for Sky Blue FC, the Houston Das ...

* Hlín Eiríksdóttir * Mana Iwabuchi * Elise Thorsnes * Lee Min-a *

Stina Blackstenius Emma Stina Blackstenius (born 5 February 1996) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Arsenal of the English Women's Super League and the Sweden national team. Club career Vadstena Blackstenius grew up in Vadstena and ...

;1 goal * Caitlin Cooper * Larissa Crummer * Clare Polkinghorne * Ashley Lawrence * Jessie Fleming * Liu Shanshan * Song Duan *

Xu Yanlu Xu Yanlu (; ; born 16 September 1991) is a female Chinese football (soccer) player who plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking ...

Pernille Harder Pernille Mosegaard Harder (born 15 November 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Denmark national team. In September 2020, she became the w ...

* Frederikke Thøgersen *

Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen (born 15 August 1988) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Reading of the FA Women's Super League. Since 2008, she has been a part of the senior Denmark women's national football team, Dani ...

Yui Hasegawa is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the Japan national team. A versatile attacking midfielder, she is also capable of operating as a deep-lying playmaker. Born in Se ...

* Emi Nakajima * Yuika Sugasawa *

Rumi Utsugi is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tokyo Verdy Beleza of the WE League. She previously played for Reign FC and Montpellier. A former Japanese international, Utsugi helped the team win the 2011 FIFA Women's ...

* Lineth Beerensteyn *

Shanice van de Sanden Shanice Janice van de Sanden (born 2 October 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team. Club career Her career started at amateur club VVIJ in IJs ...

* Cheyenne van den Goorbergh *

Stefanie van der Gragt Stefanie van der Gragt (; born 16 August 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Inter Milan and the Netherlands national team. She has represented her country at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2019 FIFA Women ...

Siri Worm Siri Worm (born 20 April 1992) is a Dutch football defender who plays for Eredivisie club PSV and the senior Netherlands women's national football team. Club career Twente Worm emerged from the youth academy of FC Twente. After several seasons ...

* Ingrid Engen * Maren Mjelde * Lisa-Marie Utland * Carole Costa * Nádia Gomes *

Vanessa Malho Vanessa Marques Malho (born 12 April 1996) is a Portuguese football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that cas ...

* Carolina Mendes * Cláudia Neto * Diana Silva *

Anna Belomyttseva Anna Belomyttseva (born November 24, 1996) is a Russian Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for WFC Lokomotiv Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow at the Russian Women's Football Championship. Belomyttse ...

Sofia Shishkina Sofiya Dmitrievna Shishkina (; born 30 September 1998) is a Russian footballer who plays for Zvezda-2005 Perm as a forward and has appeared for the Russia women's national team. Career Shishkina has been capped for the Russia national team, ...

Han Chae-rin Han Chae-rin (born 2 September 1996) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a midfielder for WK League club Seoul City. Club career On 27 December 2017, Han was drafted fourth overall in the 2018 WK League Draft by Incheon Hyundai Steel R ...

* Jung Seol-bin *

Filippa Angeldal Ingrid Filippa Angeldal (born 14 July 1997), known as Filippa Angeldahl, is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Manchester City and the Sweden national team. Club career Angeldahl's performances for Hammarby won her ...

* Mimmi Larsson ;Own goal * Simone Boye Sørensen (playing against the Netherlands)

References

External links

Official website
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