2006 Algarve Cup

International women's football tournament Algarve Portugal 9–15 March 11 3 GER 1 USA SWE FRA 20 55 2005 2007 The 2006 Algarve Cup is the 13th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place 9–15 March 2006. Eleven teams participated in this edition of the Algarve Cup. Germany won the tournament defeating the US, 4–3, in the final-game. Sweden ended up third defeating France, 1–0, in the third-prize game.http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/national/2006-03-15-us-germany-algarve_x.htm Germany beats US women 4–3 on penalties USA Today English Dirk Hinrichs 15 March 2006 2 February 2017 Format The eleven teams are split into three groups that played a round-robin group stage, with 4 teams each in Group A and Group B, and 3 teams in Group C. The format for this edition of the Algarve Cup is 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 team that finished last in Group C does not participate in the play-off stage. 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 The twelve invited teams were: Team FIFA Rankings(December 2005) GER 1 USA 2 NOR 3 SWE 5 FRA 7 DEN 8 CHN 9 FIN 16 MEX 26 IRL 32 POR (hosts) 40 Northern Ireland (77) was scheduled to be the fourth participant in Group C, but they withdrew and were replaced by Slovakia (43), who also withdrew. Group stage Group A main WDL Group A Q n GER GER SWE SWE NOR NOR FIN FIN 3 0 0 9 0 1 1 1 4 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 9 complete 9 March 2006 GER 5–0 DfB Report (in German) FIN Pohlers 59Prinz 63Garefrekes 71Behringer 80Fuss 85 Estádio Algarve 100 9 March 2006 NOR 0–0 SvFF Report (in Swedish) SWE Loulé 11 March 2006 SWE 0–3 SvFF Report (in Swedish) GER Prinz 29Behringer 44Wimbersky 58 Loulé 11 March 2006 15:00 FIN 0–0 Report NOR Alvor 225 Gasje Fatou 13 March 2006 SWE 4–1 SvFF Report (in Swedish) FIN Svensson 26, 52, 85Mostrom 68 Valkonen 85 Lagos 13 March 2006 GER 1–0 DfB Report (in German) NOR Wimbersky 93 Estádio Algarve 400 Floarea Babadac (Romania) Group B main WDL Group B Q n USA USA FRA FRA CHN CHN DEN DEN 2 1 0 9 1 1 1 1 4 6 1 1 1 6 1 0 1 2 2 13 complete France takes 2nd place in Group B via head-to-head result against China 9 March 2006 CHN 0–0 Report USA Faro 9 March 2006 DEN 2–2 FRA Nielsen 31Sørensen 50 Coquet 18Tonazzi 26 Faro 11 March 2006 FRA 1–0 CHN Bussaglia 2 Faro 11 March 2006 DEN 0–5 Report USA Wambach 16O'Reilly 29, 31Lilly 42Kai 72 Faro 13 March 2006 USA 4–1 Report FRA Lilly 1Wagner 49Tarpley 50Kai 76 Lattaf 64 Faro-Loulé 13 March 2006 DEN 0–6 CHN Duan 20 34 41Yue 28 52Xiaoyan 66 Lagos Group C main WDL Group C Q n MEX MEX IRL IRL POR POR 1 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 complete 9 March 2006 POR 0–1 Report IRL Laura Hislop 29 Alvor 11 March 2006 IRL 0–0 MEX Vila Real de Santo Antonio 13 March 2006 POR 0–6 Report MEX Domínguez 4, 23Saucedo 30González 35Costa 42Maradiaga 77 Silves Placement play-offs Ninth place match 15 March 2006 DEN 4–0 IRL Algarve Seventh place match 15 March 2006 FIN 4–3 MEX Algarve Fifth place match 15 March 2006 10:00 NOR 1–0 Report CHN Rønning Algarve 100 Dagmar Damkova Third place match 15 March 2006 SWE 1–0 SvFF Report (in Swedish) FRA Schelin 51 Algarve Final 15 March 2006 GER 0–0 yes Report USA Behringer Pohlers Prinz Okoyino Da Mbabi Wimbersky 4–3 Wagner Boxx Whitehill Wambach Lilly Estádio do Algarve, Faro-Loulé fbw 2006 Algarve Cup GER First Final standings Rank Team GER USA SWE 4 FRA 5 NOR6 CHN7 FIN 8 MEX 9 DEN10 IRL11 POR References External links Algarve Cup on WomensSoccerUnited.com RSSSF.com history page, with links to full results 2006 Category:2005–06 in Portuguese women's football Category:2006 in European women's international football Category:March 2006 sports events in Europe