2005 Algarve Cup

International women's football tournament Algarve Portugal 9–15 March 12 3 USA 4 GER FRA SWE 24 71 USA Christie Welsh(5 goals) GER Birgit Prinz NOR Bente Nordby 2004 2006 The 2005 Algarve Cup was the 12th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 9 to 15 March 2005. The USA won the tournament defeating Germany, 1–0, in the final-game. The tournament victory was the fourth for the US, and their third in a row.http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/national/2005-03-15-us-win-algarve_x.htm US beats Germany to win third straight Algarve Cup USA Today Dirk Hinrichs 16 March 2005 2 February 2017 Format The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament. Since the expansion to 12 teams in 2002, the Algarve Cup format had been as follows: Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group A and B winners contested the final – to win the Algarve Cup. The runners-up played for third place, and those that finish third in the groups played 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 number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place. Teams Team FIFA Rankings(December 2004) GER 1 USA 2 NOR 3 SWE 5 CHN 6 DEN 7 FRA 9 ENG 14 FIN 16 MEX 25 POR (hosts) 34 NIR 83 Group stage Group A main WDL Group A Q n GER GER SWE SWE NOR NOR CHN CHN 3 0 0 8 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 3 6 0 0 3 1 6 complete 9 March 2005 NOR 2–1 CHN Rønning 57Wiik 76 Han Duan 68 Lagos 9 March 2005 SWE 1–2 SvFF Report (in Swedish) GER Johansson 68 Smisek 6Prinz 77 Lagos 11 March 2005 CHN 0–2 SvFF Report (in Swedish) SWE Östberg 35Johansson 39 Silves 11 March 2005 GER 4–0 NOR Mittag 15Prinz 56, 58Pohlers 65 Silves 13 March 2005 CHN 0–2 GER Smisek 18Wunderlich 80 Alvor 13 March 2005 SWE 1–1 SvFF Report (in Swedish) NOR Seger 18 Kaufmann 84 Loulé Group B main WDL Group B Q n USA USA FRA FRA DEN DEN FIN FIN 3 0 0 8 0 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 2 5 7 0 0 3 2 9 complete 9 March 2005 DEN 4–1 FIN Ferreiras 9 March 2005 FRA 0–1 Report USA Welsh 20 Ferreiras 11 March 2005 USA 3–0 Report FIN Welsh 8, 41Wambach 52 Guia 11 March 2005 DEN 1–2 FRA Pedersen 18 Pichon 16 penDiacre 90 Guia 13 March 2005 USA 4–0 Report DEN Lilly 6, 58Wambach 15Welsh 28 Vila Real de San Antonio 13 March 2005 FIN 1–2 FRA Mäkinen 29 Pichon 51Dusang 85 Loulé Group C main WDL Group C Q n ENG ENG MEX MEX NIR NIR POR POR 3 0 0 13 0 2 0 1 4 6 1 0 2 2 7 0 0 3 2 8 complete 9 March 2005 ENG 4–0 NIR Carney 32Exley 53, 89McArthur 56 Paderne 9 March 2005 POR 1–2 Report MEX Tânia Pinto 11 Leyva 52 Leticia Villalpando 72 Paderne 11 March 2005 16:15 (WET) ENG 4–0 Report POR Stoney 10Yankey 30, 90Barr 77 Estádio de São Luís, Faro Eun ah Hong 11 March 2005 MEX 2–0 NIR Pérez 23González 31 Faro 13 March 2005 ENG 5–0 MEX Williams 2, 68Handley 34Yankey 52Smith 78 Lagos 13 March 2005 NIR 2–1 Report POR Hall 18Hutton 25 Carneiro 38 Lagos Placement play-offs Eleventh place match 15 March 2005 POR 3–1 Report NIR Paula Cristina 58Dani 82Couto 86 McFadden 39 Algarve Ninth place match 15 March 2005 FIN 1–1 MEX Levya 40 o.g. González 67 5–6 Algarve Seventh place match 15 March 2005 CHN 0–0 ENG 5–3 Algarve Fifth place match 15 March 2005 NOR 2–1 DEN Christensen 18Rønning 22 Pedersen 13 Algarve Third place match 15 March 2005 SWE 2–3 SvFF Report (in Swedish) FRA Johansson 37, 64 Georges 5Béghé53Lattaf 79 Algarve Final 15 March 2005 GER 0–1 Report USA Welsh 23 Estádio do Algarve, Faro-Loulé 1,000 Florea Cristina Ionescu (Romania) _DFB_04h _DFB_04h _DFB_04h _DFB_04h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Germany _usa_w_06t cc2030 cc2030 cc2030 000066 000066 United States GERMANY: GK 1 Silke RottenbergDF 2 Kerstin StegemannDF 17 Ariane HingstDF 4 Steffi JonesDF 5 Sarah Günther 70MF 18 Kerstin Garefrekes MF 14 Britta Carlson 32MF 6 Renate Lingor 86MF 20 Conny Pohlers 46FW 9 Birgit Prinz (c)FW 11 Anja Mittag 66Substitutes:DF 3 Sonja Fuss 70MF 16 Viola Odebrecht 32MF 13 Celia Okoyino Da Mbabi 86MF 7 Pia Wunderlich 83FW 8 Sandra Smisek 66Manager:GER Tina Theune-MeyerUNITED STATES: GK 1 Hope SoloDF 15 Kate MarkgrafDF 2 Heather MittsDF 4 Cat ReddickMF 7 Shannon BoxxMF 17 Lori ChalupnyMF 13 Kristine Lilly (c)MF 5 Lindsay TarpleyFW 10 Aly Wagner 75FW 20 Abby WambachFW 8 Christie Welsh 83Substitutes:MF 9 Heather O'Reilly 83MF 19 Angela Hucles 75Manager:USA Greg Ryan fbw 2005 Algarve Cup USA Fourth Final standings Rank Team USA GER FRA 4 SWE 5 NOR6 DEN7 CHN 8 ENG 9 MEX10 FIN11 POR 12 NIR References External links Algarve Cup on WomensSoccerUnited.com RSSSF.com history page, with links to full results 2005 Category:2004–05 in Portuguese women's football Category:2005 in European women's international football Category:March 2005 sports events in Europe