2005 Algarve Cup

2005 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Portugal
City Algarve
Dates 9–15 March
Teams 12 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  United States (4th title)
Runners-up  Germany
Third place  France
Fourth place  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 71 (2.96 per match)
Top scorer(s) United States Christie Welsh
(5 goals)
Best player Germany Birgit Prinz
Best goalkeeper Norway Bente Nordby

The 2005 Algarve Cup is the 12th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place 9-15 March 2005.


Format

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

Since the expansion to 12 teams in 2002, 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.


Teams


Group stage

Group A

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Germany 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9
 Sweden 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
 Norway 3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 4
 China PR 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0

9 March 2005
Norway  2-1  China PR
Rønning  57'
Wiik  76' 		Han Duan  68'
Lagos


9 March 2005
Sweden  1-2  Germany
Johansson  68' Smisek  6'
Prinz  77'
Lagos


11 March 2005
China PR  0-2  Sweden
Östberg  35'
Johansson  39'
Silves


11 March 2005
Germany  4-0  Norway
Mittag  15'
Prinz  56',  58'
Pohlers  65'
Silves


13 March 2005
China PR  0-2  Germany
Smisek  18'
Wunderlich  80'
Alvor


13 March 2005
Sweden  1-1  Norway
Seger  18' Kaufmann  84'
Loulé


Group B

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9
 France 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Denmark 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
 Finland 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0

9 March 2005
Denmark  4-1  Finland
Ferreiras


9 March 2005
France  0-1  United States
Report Welsh  20'
Ferreiras


11 March 2005
United States  3-0  Finland
Welsh  8',  41'
Wambach  52' 		Report
Guia


11 March 2005
Denmark  1-2  France
Pedersen  18' Pichon  16' (pen)
Diacre  90'
Guia


13 March 2005
United States  4-0  Denmark
Lilly  6',  58'
Wambach  15'
Welsh  28' 		Report
Vila Real de San Antonio


13 March 2005
Finland  1-2  France
Mäkinen  29' Pichon  51'
Dusang  85'
Loulé


Group C

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 England 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9
 Mexico 3 2 0 1 4 6 −2 6
 Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
 Portugal 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0

9 March 2005
England  4-0  Northern Ireland
Carney  32'
Exley  53',  89'
McArthur  56'
Paderne


9 March 2005
Portugal  1-2  Mexico
Tânia Pinto  11' Report Leyva  52'
Leticia Villalpando  72'
Paderne


11 March 2005
England  4-0  Portugal
Stoney  10'
Yankey  30',  90'
Barr  77' 		Report
Faro


11 March 2005
Mexico  2-0  Northern Ireland
Pérez  23'
González  31'
Faro


13 March 2005
England  5-0  Mexico
Williams  2',  68'
Handley  34'
Yankey  52'
Smith  78'
Lagos


13 March 2005
Northern Ireland  2-1  Portugal
Hall  18'
Hutton  25' 		Report Carneiro  38'
Lagos


Placement play-offs

Eleventh place match

15 March 2005
Portugal  3-1  Northern Ireland
Paula Cristina  58'
Dani  82'
Couto  86' 		Report McFadden  39'


Ninth place match

15 March 2005
Finland  1-1  Mexico
Levya  40' (o.g.) González  67'
  Penalties  
5-6


Seventh place match

15 March 2005
China PR  0-0  England
  Penalties  
5-3


Fifth place match

15 March 2005
Norway  2-1  Denmark
Christensen  18'
Rønning  22' 		Pedersen  13'


Third place match

15 March 2005
Sweden  2-3  France
Johansson  37',  64' Georges  5'
Béghé 53'
Lattaf  79'

Final

15 March 2005
Germany  0-1  United States
Report Welsh  23'
Estádio do Algarve, Faro-Loulé
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Florea Cristina Ionescu (Romania)
Germany
United States
GERMANY:
GK 1 Silke Rottenberg
DF 2 Kerstin Stegemann
DF 17 Ariane Hingst
DF 4 Steffi Jones
DF 5 Sarah Günther  70'
MF 18 Kerstin Garefrekes
MF 14 Britta Carlson  32'
MF 6 Renate Lingor  86'
MF 20 Conny Pohlers  46'
FW 9 Birgit Prinz (c)
FW 11 Anja Mittag  66'
Substitutes:
DF 3 Sonja Fuss  70'
MF 16 Viola Odebrecht  32'
MF 13 Celia Okoyino Da Mbabi  86'
MF 7 Pia Wunderlich  83'
FW 8 Sandra Smisek  66'
Manager:
Germany Tina Theune-Meyer
UNITED STATES:
GK 1 Hope Solo
DF 15 Kate Markgraf
DF 2 Heather Mitts
DF 4 Cat Reddick
MF 7 Shannon Boxx
MF 17 Lori Chalupny
MF 13 Kristine Lilly (c)
MF 5 Lindsay Tarpley
FW 10 Aly Wagner  75'
FW 20 Abby Wambach
FW 8 Christie Welsh  83'
Substitutes:
MF 9 Heather O'Reilly  83'
MF 19 Angela Hucles  75'
Manager:
United States Greg Ryan
 2005 Algarve Cup 

United States
Fourth title

Final standings

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

References

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