2004 Algarve Cup

International women's football tournament Algarve Portugal 14–20 March 2004 12 3 USA 3 NOR FRA ITA 24 69 USA Abby Wambach(5 goals) USA Shannon Boxx SWE Sofia Lundgren 2003 2005 The 2004 Algarve Cup was the 11th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place 14–20 March 2004. The USA won the tournament defeating Norway, 4-1, in the final game.http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/national/2004-03-20-algarve-final_x.htm US beats Norway to win Algarve Cup USA Today English 20 March 2004 2 February 2017 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 number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place. Teams Team FIFA Rankings(December 2003) USA 2 NOR 3 SWE 4 CHN 5 DEN 8 FRA 9 ITA 10 FIN 19 POR (hosts) 34 WAL 56 GRE 57 NIR 77 Group stage Group A main WDL Group A Q n USA USA FRA FRA SWE SWE DEN DEN 2 0 1 7 4 2 0 1 5 5 2 0 1 4 4 0 0 3 0 3 complete 14 March 2004 DEN 0–1 SvFF Report (in Swedish) SWE Olsson 47' Ferreiras 14 March 2004 USA 5–1 Report FRA Wambach 16 Hamm 27 pen. Hucles 31 33Tarpley 47 Bompastor 48 Ferreiras 16 March 2004 DEN 0–1 Report USA Hucles 61 Quarteira 16 March 2004 SWE 0–3 SvFF Report (in Swedish) FRA Lattaf 18 Pichon 31 Bompastor 85 Quarteira 18 March 2004 DEN 0–1 FRA Pichon Silves 18 March 2004 SWE 3–1 ReportSvFF Report (in Swedish) USA Andersson 33'Sjöström 49' Öqvist 55' Reddick Lagos Group B main WDL Group B Q n NOR NOR ITA ITA CHN CHN FIN FIN 2 1 0 7 1 2 0 1 3 4 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 3 2 10 complete 14 March 2004 NOR 4–1 FIN Lehn 33 Riise 41 78 o.g.Gulbrandsen 87 Julin Guia 14 March 2004 ITA 1–0 CHN Pasqui Guia 16 March 2004 NOR 3–0 ITA Pedersen 46 Tønnessen 64 Riise 77 Olhão 16 March 2004 FIN 0–4 CHN Zhang Ouying Han Duan Olhão 18 March 2004 NOR 0–0 CHN Silves 18 March 2004 FIN 1–2 ITA Valkonen Panico Pasqui Lagos Group C main WDL Group C Q n POR POR WAL WAL GRE GRE NIR NIR 2 0 1 7 3 2 0 1 6 4 2 0 1 3 3 0 0 3 1 7 complete 14 March 2004 GRE 1–0 WAL Papadopoulou Faro 14 March 2004 POR 2–0 NIR Carla Couto Mónica Ribeiro Faro 16 March 2004 NIR 0–2 GRE Agapitou Tefani Albufeira 16 March 2004 POR 2–3 WAL Carla Couto Daley Foster Albufeira 18 March 2004 WAL 3–1 https://faw.cymru/match/cymru-vs-northern-ireland-friendly-match-football-female-a-3/ NIR Foster H. Jones Ludlow Turner Guia 3 1 18 March 2004 POR 3–0 GRE Tânia Pinto Faro Placement play-offs Eleventh place match 20 March 2004 GRE 2–0 NIR Agapitou Montechoro Ninth place match 20 March 2004 WAL 0–4 FIN Kalmari Rantanen Talonen Mäkinen Ferreiras Seventh place match 20 March 2004 POR 0–1 DEN A.D.E. Nielsen Loulé Fifth place match 20 March 2004 SWE 1–1 SvFF Report (in Swedish) CHN Svensson 70' Fan Yunjie 16 5–4 Olhão Third place match 20 March 2004 FRA 3–3 ITA Pichon 13 Coquet 62 Tonazzi 87 Panico 20 43Gazzoli 46 4–3 Faro Final 20 March 2004 USA 4–1 Report NOR Wambach 30 39 51Tarpley 42 Hege Riise 38 Faro fbw 2004 Algarve Cup USA Third Final standings Rank Team USA NOR FRA 4 ITA 5 SWE6 CHN7 DEN8 POR9 FIN10 WAL11 GRE12 NIR References External links Algarve Cup on WomensSoccerUnited.com RSSSF.com history page, with links to full results Results and Standings at Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) 2004 Category:2003–04 in Portuguese women's football Category:2004 in European women's international football Category:March 2004 sports events in Europe