2002 Algarve Cup

2002 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Portugal
City various cities in Algarve
Dates 1–7 March 2002
Teams 12 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  China PR (2nd title)
Runners-up  Norway
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place  Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 88 (3.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) United States Shannon MacMillan
(seven goals)

The 2002 Algarve Cup is the ninth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament hosted annually by Portugal. It was held from first to seventh of March 2002. This is the edition when the tournament was expanded to twelve teams; all prior editions had eight teams participation.

Format

The twelve invited teams are split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.

With 12 teams participating, the Algarve Cup format has been as follows: Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are the only ones in contention to win the title. The group A and B winners contest the final - to win the Algarve Cup. The runners-up play for third place, and those that finish third in the groups play for fifth place. The teams in Group C played for places 7–12. The winner of Group C played the team that finished fourth in Group A or B (whichever has the better record) for seventh place. The Group C runner-up played the team who finishes last in Group A or B (with the worse record) for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for the eleventh place.

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 amount of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.

Participating teams

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 China PR 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9
 Germany 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
 Denmark 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 3
 Finland 3 0 0 3 1 8 7 0

1 March 2002
Denmark  0–3  Germany
 34' Ariane Hingst
 51' Petra Wimbersky
 57' Müller

1 March 2002
China PR  4–1  Finland
 35', 70' Ren Liping
 40' Bai Jie
 56' Pu Wei
 76' Minna Mustonen

3 March 2002
Finland  0–2  Denmark
 62' Christina Bonde
 74' Lene Jensen
Santo António

3 March 2002
Germany  2–4  China PR
 17' Kerstin Stegemann
 50' Renate Lingor
 30', 62' Pu Wei
 31', 79' Bai Jie
Santo António

5 March 2002
Denmark  0–1  China PR
 80' Pu Wei

5 March 2002
Finland  0–2  Germany
 48' Petra Wimbersky
 58' Bettina Wiegmann

Group B

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Norway 3 2 1 0 9 6 +3 7
 Sweden 3 1 2 0 10 7 +3 5
 United States 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
 England 3 0 0 3 4 11 7 0

1 March 2002
Norway  3–1  England
 8' Dagny Mellgren
 33' Anne Tønnessen
 79' Hege Riise
 18' Angela Banks

5 March 2002
England  3–6  Sweden
 47', 53' Karen Walker
 88' Amanda Barr
 7', 41' Therese Sjögran
 8' Elin Flyborg
 69' Hanna Ljungberg
 79', 89' Björn

Group C

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 9
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 3 4 1 6
 Wales 3 1 0 2 1 5 4 3
 Portugal 3 0 0 3 2 10 8 0

1 March 2002
Canada  3–0  Scotland
 19', 25', 30' Andrea Neil Report

1 March 2002
Portugal  0–1  Wales
Report  7' Ayshea Martyn

3 March 2002
Canada  4–0  Wales
 24', 69' Christine Sinclair
 63', 90' Kara Lang
Report
Lagoa

3 March 2002
Portugal  1–2  Scotland
 37' Carla Couto Report  14', 90' Julie Fleeting
Lagoa

5 March 2002
Wales  0–1  Scotland
 25' Julie Fleeting

5 March 2002
Portugal  1–7  Canada
 63' Patricia Sequeira Report
Report
 3' Amber Allen
 16' Randee Hermus
 31', 84' Christine Sinclair
 48', 62' Kara Lang
 60' Heather Smith

Placement play-offs

Eleventh place match

7 March 2002
Wales  0–4  Portugal
Report  3', 16' Sonia Silva
 20', 29' Paula Cristina
Montechoro

Ninth place match

7 March 2002
England  4–1  Scotland
 x' Karen Walker
 42'Vicky Exley
 x'Fara Williams
 70' Karen Burke
 25' Stacey Cook

Seventh place match

7 March 2002
Finland  3–0  Canada
 57' Laura Kalmari
 64' (penalty) Anne Mäkinen
 88' Minna Mustonen
Report
Lagoa

Fifth place match

7 March 2002
United States  3–2  Denmark
 31', 36', 63' Shannon MacMillan Report  49' Lene Jensen
 77' Lene Terp
Montechoro

Third place match

7 March 2002
Sweden  2–1  Germany
 20' Hanna Ljungberg
 54' Malin Andersson
 69' Kerstin Garefrekes
Faro

Final

7 March 2002
China PR  1–0  Norway
 18' Zhao Lihong
 2002 Algarve Cup 

China PR
Second title

Final standings

Rank Team
1st  China PR
2nd  Norway
3rd  Sweden
4  Germany
5  United States
6  Denmark
7  Finland
8  Canada
9  England
10  Scotland
11  Portugal
12  Wales

Goal scorers

Goals
Player
7
United States Shannon MacMillan
3Canada Andrea Neil
Canada Christine Sinclair
Canada Kara Lang
China Bai Jie
China Pu Wei
Norway Dagny Mellgren
Scotland Julie Fleeting
Sweden Hanna Ljungberg
2Denmark Lene Jensen
Finland Minna Mustonen
Germany Petra Wimbersky
Norway Solveig Gulbrandsen
Norway Hege Riise
Portugal Sonia Silva
Portugal Paula Cristina
Sweden Victoria Svensson
United States Karen Walker
139 athletes
0 own goal

References

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