| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Portugal |
| Teams | 6 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 7 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Norway (1st title) |
| Runners-up | United States |
| Third place | Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 9 |
| Goals scored | 27 (3 per match) |
| Best player | Ann Kristin Aarønes |
The 1994 Algarve Cup was the inaugural edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 16 and 20 March 1994 in Portugal with Norway winning the event.
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The inaugural competition was contested between the hosts Portugal, four Scandinavian teams (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) and the USA. Only two confederations were thus represented, CONCACAF and UEFA.
The six invited teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin tournament. On completion of this, the third placed teams in each group would play each other to decide fifth and sixth place, the second placed teams in each group would play to determine third and fourth place and the winners of each group would compete for first and second place overall.
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.
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| United States | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
| Portugal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 |
| March 16, 1994 |
United States | 5–0 | Portugal | Silves |
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| Gabarra Lilly Milbrett Foudy |
| March 17, 1994 |
Sweden | 3–0 | Portugal | Olhão |
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| Nilsson ? (o.g.) Nessvold |
| March 18, 1994 |
United States | 1–0 | Sweden | Vila Real de Santo António |
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| Hamm |
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup winners; the United States, finished in the top position of Group A with maximum points after winning both of their games including defeating the host's Portugal 5–0.
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| Norway | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 |
| Denmark | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 |
| Finland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 |
| March 16, 1994 |
Norway | 6–0 | Finland | Portimão |
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| Hegstad Aarønes Krokan Sandberg ? (o.g.) |
| March 17, 1994 |
Denmark | 1–0 | Finland | Olhão |
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| Rasmussen |
| March 18, 1994 |
Norway | 6–1 | Denmark | Vila Real de Santo António |
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| Aarønes Riise Medaln Hegstad Carlsen |
Hansen |
Norway, 1991 World Cup runner's up, defeated their neighbours Denmark and Finland by scoring six goals in each match.
| March 20, 1994 |
Portugal | 2–0 | Finland | Quarteira |
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| Couto Sequeira |
| March 20, 1994 |
Sweden | 1–0 | Denmark | Loulé |
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| Videkull |
| March 20, 1994 |
Norway | 1–0 | United States | Faro |
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| Aarønes 84' |
In a replay of the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup final, Norway once again faced the USA but won on this occasion.
| 1994 Algarve Cup |
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Norway First title |
| Best player |
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| Ann Kristin Aarønes |
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