2008 Algarve Cup

International women's football tournament Algarvecup2008.PNG 150px Portugal 5–12 March 2008 12 3 9 9 USA 6 DEN NOR 24 68 ISL Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (6 goals) DEN Cathrine Paaske Sørensen 2007 2009 The 2008 Algarve Cup was the fifteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 5 and 12 March 2008 with the reigning champions the United States winning the event for a record sixth time, after defeating Denmark, 2–1, in the final gamehttps://www.thestar.com/sports/2008/03/12/us_women_win_soccers_algarve_cup.html US women win soccer's Algarve Cup Toronto Star en 12 March 2008 2 February 2017 in a repeat of the previous year's final. Format The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament. The entrants were almost identical to the previous year, but Italy moved up into Group B from their previous ranking in 2007, replacing France who did not feature this time. Poland appeared in the competition for the first time. Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place and those that finished third in these two groups playing for fifth place. The teams in Group C were playing for places 7–12, with the winner of Group C playing the team that finished fourth in Group A or B with the better record for seventh place and the Group C runner-up playing the team which came last in Group A or B with the worse record for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for eleventh place. Points awarded in the group stage follow 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 placed. Teams The twelve invited teams were: Team FIFA Rankings(December 2007) GER 1 USA 2 SWE 3 NOR 5 DEN 8 CHN 13 ITA 14 FIN 16 ISL 21 POL 27 IRL 31 POR (hosts) 47 Group stage All times local (WET/UTC+0) Group A TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDDEN9330030+3GER6320151+4SWE3310234−1FIN0300317−6 5 March 2008 13:15 GER 0–1 DEN Pedersen 46 Estádio Algarve, Faro 5 March 2008 15:45 FIN 1–3 SvFF Report (in Swedish) SWE Talonen 64 Ljungberg 25Fischer 29Lundin 87 Municipal Stadium, Lagos 7 March 2008 13:15 GER 3–0 FIN Prinz 17, 28Lingor 37 pen Estádio Algarve, Faro 7 March 2008 14:00 DEN 1–0 SvFF Report (in Swedish) SWE Sørensen 6 Municipal Stadium, Lagos 10 March 2008 13:15 DEN 1–0 FIN Sørensen 47 Municipal Stadium, Lagos 10 March 2008 13:15 SWE 0–2 SvFF Report (in Swedish) GER Smisek 25Prinz 86 pen Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António Group B TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDUSA93300100+10NOR63201770ITA3310246−2CHN0300319−8 5 March 2008 13:45 CHN 0–4 Report USA Tarpley 5Heath 47Wambach 64Lloyd 69 Municipal Stadium, Albufeira 5 March 2008 16:15 NOR 4–2 ITA Thorsnes 9Storløkken 47Stangeland Horpestad 63 penKaurin 74 Panico 34Gabbiadini 86 Restinga Stadium, Alvor 7 March 2008 13:45 USA 2–0 Report ITA Tarpley 5O'Reilly 74 Restinga Stadium, Alvor 7 March 2008 16:15 NOR 3–1 CHN unknown 42 o.g.Storløkken 64Wiik 90 Guo Yue 62 Municipal Stadium, Albufeira 10 March 2008 15:00 CHN 0–2 ITA Conti 41Panico 70 Municipal Stadium, Loulé 10 March 2008 15:00 USA 4–0 Report NOR Kai 55Wambach 57O'Reilly 65Rodriguez 90 Restinga Stadium, Alvor Group C TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDISL9330091+8POR6320154+1IRL3310226−4POL0300316−5 5 March 2008 13:15 ISL 2–0 POL Stefánsdóttir 58Viðarsdóttir 81 Municipal Stadium, Lagos 5 March 2008 15:45 POR 2–0 IRL Fernandes 86Vieira 90+2 Estádio Algarve, Faro 7 March 2008 15:30 POR 3–1 POL Couto 17Fernandes 44Vieira 80 Bochra 42 Estádio Algarve, Faro 7 March 2008 16:30 IRL 1–4 ISL Grant 23 Arnardóttir 7Viðarsdóttir 12, 40Gunnarsdóttir 19 Municipal Stadium, Lagos 10 March 2008 15:45 POR 0–3 ISL Viðarsdóttir 15, 17Jónsdóttir 69 Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António 10 March 2008 15:45 POL 0–1 IRL Grant 35 Municipal Stadium, Lagos Placement play-offs All times local (WET/UTC+0) 11th place 12 March 2008 10:00 IRL 2–2(5–6 PSO) POL O'Brien O'Gorman Stobba 23Winczo 48 Arsenio Catuna Complex, Guia 9th place 12 March 2008 10:00 CHN 1–1(5–4 PSO) POR Bi Yan 1 Fernandes 34 CD Montechoro, Albufeira Li Jie Xu Yuan Wang Kun Ying Bi Yan scoredSong Xiaoli scored 5 – 4 Matias Vieira Fernandes Brandão Couto Valinho 7th place 12 March 2008 10:30 FIN 0–3 ISL Viðarsdóttir 12Hönnudóttir 41Gunnarsdóttir 90 Municipal Stadium, Loulé 5th place 12 March 2008 10:30 SWE 3–0 SvFF Report (in Swedish) ITA Öqvist 56Svensson 61, 80 José Arcanjo Stadium, Olhão 3rd place 12 March 2008 10:00 GER 0–2 NOR Wiik 41Knutsen 50 Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António Final 12 March 2008 13:15 DEN 1–2 Report USA Sørensen 31 Kai 14Wambach 50 Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António Schett (Austria) _whiteshoulders _whiteshoulders E11B22 E11B22 E11B22 FFFFFF E11B22 _left_usa1 _USAF1 _right_usa1 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 002868 002868 DENMARK: GK 1 Heidi JohansenDF 2 Mia Olsen 76DF 3 Katrine PedersenDF 4 Christina ØrntoftDF 5 Bettina Falk 76MF 6 Mariann GajhedeMF 7 Cathrine Paaske SørensenMF 10 Camilla Sand 76FW 9 Maiken Pape 54FW 11 Merete PedersenFW 13 Johanna RasmussenSubstitutes:MF 8 Janne Madsen 54MF 12 Line Røddik 76FW 14 Marie HerpingDF 15 Marie Bjerg 76GK 16 Tine CederkvistDF 17 Mette V. JensenMF 18 Theresa NielsenFW 19 Sine Hovesen 76DF 20 Sanne TroelsgaardManager:DEN Kenneth Heiner-MøllerUNITED STATES: GK 18 Hope SoloDF 3 Christie RamponeDF 14 Stephanie Cox 60 74DF 15 Kate MarkgrafDF 17 Lori ChalupnyMF 5 Lindsay Tarpley 77MF 9 Heather O'Reilly 46MF 11 Carli Lloyd 35MF 12 Leslie OsborneFW 6 Natasha Kai 81FW 20 Abby Wambach 88Substitutes:DF 4 Cat WhitehillMF 7 Shannon BoxxMF 8 Lauren Cheney 88MF 10 Angie Woznuk 77MF 16 Angela Hucles 35FW 19 Amy Rodriguez 81DF 20 Tobin Heath 46GK 24 Nicole BarnhartDF 26 Rachel Buehler 74Manager:SWE Pia Sundhage References fbw 2008 Algarve Cup USA Sixth Algarve Cup 2008 Algarve Cup Category:March 2008 sports events in Europe