1998 Algarve Cup

International women's football tournament August 2023 Portugal 8 3 9 Norway 4 DEN USA 16 47 Norway Marianne Pettersen 1997 1999 The 1998 Algarve Cup was the fifth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 15 and 21 March 1998 in Portugal with Norway winning the event for the fourth time in its history defeating Denmark, 4-1, in the final-game. The United States ended up third defeating Sweden, 3-1, in the third prize game.https://www.dn.se/arkiv/sport/sverige-trivs-inte-mot-usa/ Sverige trivs inte mot USA Dagens nyheter English 21 March 1998 2 February 2017 Format The United States returned to the tournament, replacing Iceland. The eight invited teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin tournament. On completion of this, the fourth placed teams in each group would play each other to determine seventh and eighth place, 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. Group A TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDNOR6320152+3USA6320175+2CHN6320134−1FIN0300304−4 March 15, 1998 NOR 0–1 CHN Olhão March 15, 1998 USA 2–0 FIN Akers 51 Chastain 76 pen. Olhão March 17, 1998 NOR 1–0 FIN Riise Loulé March 17, 1998 USA 4–1 CHN Hamm 15 45 90 Lilly 87 Loulé March 19, 1998 NOR 4–1 USA Pettersen 6 70 Riise 11 Lehn 49 Chastain 76 pen. Lagos March 19, 1998 CHN 1–0 FIN Lagos Group B TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDDEN7321080+8SWE7321030+3NED3310228−6POR0300316−5 March 15, 1998 DEN 0–0 SvFF Report (in Swedish) SWE Vila Real de Santo António March 15, 1998 NED 2–1 POR Vila Real de Santo António March 17, 1998 SWE 2–0 SvFF Report (in Swedish) POR Andersson Lilja Silves March 17, 1998 DEN 6–0 report NED 2 46 Gitte Krogh9 20Birgit Christensen77 Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen83 Hanne Nørregaard Silves March 19, 1998 DEN 2–0 report POR 15 Petersen 60 Lene R. Jensen Montechoro, Albufeira March 19, 1998 SWE 1–0 SvFF Report (in Swedish) NED Svensson Montechoro, Albufeira Seventh Place March 21, 1998 POR 2–2(4–2)(PSO) FIN Patrícia Carla Couto Paderne Portugal finished bottom of their group for the fifth year in a row but won the match to decide seventh place on penalties after a 2–2 draw with Finland. Fifth Place March 21, 1998 CHN 3–2 NED Lagoa Third Place March 21, 1998 USA 3–1 SvFF Report (in Swedish) SWE 39 Foudy85 pen. Chastain87 Lilly 29 Ljungberg Quarteira Final March 21, 1998 NOR 4–1 DEN 44 Haugenes64 Lehn82 Ørmen84 Medalen 87 pen. Loulé Awards fbw 1998 Algarve Cup Norway Fourth Best playerNorway Marianne Pettersen References External links 1998 Algarve Cup on RSSSF 1998 Category:1997–98 in Portuguese women's football Category:1998 in European women's international football Category:March 1998 sports events in Europe