1996 Algarve Cup

International women's football tournament Portugal 8 2 8 Norway 2 SWE CHN 16 52 Norway Hege Riise 1995 1997 The 1996 Algarve Cup was the third edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 11 and 17 March 1996 in Portugal with Norway winning the event for the second time in its history, defeating Sweden, 4–0 in the final-game.https://www.dn.se/arkiv/sport/ny-forlust-mot-norge/ Ny förlust mot Norge Dagens nyheter Swedish 18 March 1996 2 February 2017 Format China, Iceland and Russia were all invited to appear in the Algarve Cup for the first time replacing Italy, the Netherlands and the United States. China became the first team to compete in the tournament representing the Asian Football Confederation. 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 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDNOR93300101+9CHN6320174+3RUS3310225−3POR03003110−9 March 11, 1996 NOR 4–1 CHN Pettersen 11 Sandaune 46 Riise 73 Aarønes 75 Fan Yunjie 36 Silves March 11, 1996 RUS 2–1 POR Silves March 13, 1996 NOR 3–0 POR Thun 11 Riise 75 Svensson 78 Vila Real de Santo António March 13, 1996 CHN 1–0 RUS Vila Real de Santo António March 15, 1996 NOR 3–0 RUS 9 o.g. Pettersen 86 Medalen 89 Quarteira March 15, 1996 CHN 5–0 POR Quarteira Group B TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDSWE93300101+9DEN6320162+4ISL3310235−2FIN03003112−11 March 11, 1996 SWE 2–1 SvFF Report (in Swedish) DEN Sundhage 51Swedberg 70 Jensen 75 Lagos March 11, 1996 ISL 3–1 FIN Lagos March 13, 1996 SWE 7–0 SvFF Report (in Swedish) FIN Bengtsson 13Pohjanen 54 67 74Andersson 58 59 83 Portimão March 13, 1996 DEN 3–0 ISL Portimão March 15, 1996 SWE 1–0 SvFF Report (in Swedish) ISL Andersson 83 Olhão March 15, 1996 DEN 2–0 FIN Olhão Seventh Place March 17, 1996 POR 3–0 FIN Couto Xavier Sequeira Montechoro, Albufeira Portugal finished bottom of their group for the third year in a row but defeated Finland 3–0 to finish seventh in the final overall standings. Fifth Place March 17, 1996 RUS 1–1 asdet(3–2)(PSO) ISL Bosikova Ólafsdóttir Vila Real de Santo António Russia and Iceland faced each other in the fifth place deciding match and with the score level after normal time and an added period of sudden death extra-time, contested the outcome with a penalty shootout. Russia won this 3–2. Third Place March 17, 1996 CHN 2–1 DEN Qingmei Own goal Petersen Algarve China reached the third place play-off in their first appearance at the Algarve Cup and defeated Denmark to take the bronze medal. Final March 17, 1996 NOR 4–0 SvFF Report (in Swedish) SWE 883 Aarønes3671 Pettersen Quarteira An all Scandinavian final saw 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup winners Norway beat Sweden 4–0 and become champions for the second time in the competition's history. Awards fbw 1996 Algarve Cup Norway Second Best playerNorway Hege Riise References External links 1996 Algarve Cup on RSSSF 1996 Category:1995–96 in Portuguese women's football Category:1996 in European women's international football Category:March 1996 sports events in Europe