2001 Algarve Cup

International women's football tournament August 2023 Portugal 11–17 March 2001 8 3 SWE 2 DEN CHN 16 63 SWE Hanna Ljungberg(6 goals) 2000 2002 The 2001 Algarve Cup was the eighth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 11 and 17 March 2001 in Portugal with Sweden winning the event defeating Denmark, 3-0, in the final game.https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/18/sports/plus-soccer-norway-rallies-to-beat-us-women.html Plus: Soccer; Norway Rallies To Beat U.S. Women New York Times English 18 March 2001 2 February 2017 Format The eight participating teams are same as previous year: Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the United States. The eight teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin group stage. On completion of this, the fourth placed teams from each group would playoff to determine seventh and eighth place, the third placed teams from 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 the groups would compete for first and second place. Points awarded in the group stage are three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a loss. Group A TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDSWE93300113+8CAN6320176+1USA3310225−3POR0300328−6 March 11, 2001 CAN 3–0 ReportReport USA 3190 Charmaine Hooper37 Christine Sinclair Lagos March 11, 2001 SWE 4–1 Report SvFF Report (in Swedish) POR 24 Malin Moström40 Hanna Ljungberg48 Victoria Svensson77 Elin Flyborg 2 Maria João Xavier Lagos March 13, 2001 USA 2–0 ReportReport POR 65 Christie Welsh87 Stephanie Rigamat Silves March 13, 2001 SWE 5–2 ReportSvFF Report (in Swedish) CAN 111545 Hanna Ljungberg13 own goal78 Elin Flyborg 3575 Christine Sinclair Silves March 15, 2001 SWE 2–0 ReportSvFF Report (in Swedish) USA 38 Tina Nordlund73 Hanna Ljungberg Albufeira March 15, 2001 CAN 2–1 ReportReport POR 8 own goal89 Breana Boyd 45 Edite Fernandes Albufeira Group B TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDDEN6320182+6CHN6320162+4NOR6320163+3FIN03003114−13 March 11, 2001 DEN 2–1 CHN 55 Kjældgaard84 Gitte Krogh 7 Pu Wei Montechoro March 11, 2001 NOR 5–1 FIN 1620 Dagny Mellgren5667 Linda Ørmen22 Margunn Haugenes 58 Heidi Kackur Montechoro March 13, 2001 NOR 0–2 CHN 50 Zhao Lihong61 Bai Lili Olhão March 13, 2001 FIN 0–6 DEN 22 Kjældgaard3560 Gitte Krogh42 Merete Pedersen70 Mette Jokumsen87 Cathrine Sørensen Olhão March 15, 2001 NOR 1–0 DEN 59 Ragnhild Gulbrandsen Portimão March 15, 2001 CHN 3–0 FIN 27 Liu Ying36 Pan Lina45 Li Jie Portimão Seventh place March 17, 2001 FIN 3–1 Report POR 36 Jessica Julin44 Terhi Uusi-Luomalahti78 Hanna Ekstrom 16 Susana Maria Silva Martins Montechoro Fifth place March 17, 2001 NOR 4–3 Report USA 217386 Ragnhild Gulbrandsen88 Anne Tønnessen 24 Ally Marquand46 Laura Schott56 Cat Reddick Quarteira Third place March 17, 2001 CHN 5–1 Report CAN 4265 Bai Lili6787 Zhao Lihong92 Pu Wei 21 Christine Sinclair Loulé Final March 17, 2001 SWE 3–0 SvFF Report (in Swedish) DEN 5 Linda Fagerström37 Hanna Ljungberg74 Malin Moström Loulé Final standings Rank Team SWE DEN CHN 4 CAN 5 NOR6 USA7 FIN 8 POR Champion fbw 2001 Algarve Cup Sweden Second Goal scorers GoalsPlayer6SWE Hanna Ljungberg4CAN Christine SinclairNOR Ragnhild Gulbrandsen3CHN Bai LiliCHN Zhao LihongDEN Gitte Krogh2CAN Charmaine HooperCHN Pu WeiDEN Nadia KjældgaardNOR Dagny MellgrenNOR Linda ØrmenSWE Elin FlyborgSWE Malin Moström124 athletes2 own goals References External links 2001 Algarve Cup on RSSSF 2001 Category:2000–01 in Portuguese women's football Category:2001 in European women's international football Category:March 2001 sports events in Europe