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2001 Algarve Cup

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{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name =

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| country = Portugal

| dates = 11–17 March 2001

| num_teams = 8

| confederations = 3

| venues =

| cities =

| champion_other= {{fbw|SWE}}

| count = 2

| second_other = {{fbw|DEN}}

| third_other = {{fbw|CHN}}

| matches = 16

| goals = 63

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|SWE}} Hanna Ljungberg
(6 goals)

| player =

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| prevseason = 2000

| nextseason = 2002

}}

The 2001 Algarve Cup was the eighth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 11 and 17 March 2001 in Portugal with Sweden winning the event defeating Denmark, 3-0, in the final game.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/18/sports/plus-soccer-norway-rallies-to-beat-us-women.html|title=Plus: Soccer; Norway Rallies To Beat U.S. Women|work=New York Times|language=English|date=18 March 2001|accessdate=2 February 2017}}

Format

The eight participating teams are same as previous year:

Canada,

China,

Denmark,

Finland,

Norway,

Portugal,

Sweden and the

United States.

The eight teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin group stage. On completion of this, the fourth

placed teams from each group would playoff to determine seventh and eighth place, the third placed teams from 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 the groups would compete for first and second place.

Points awarded in the group stage are three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a loss.

Group A

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
width=175 |Team

!width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts

!width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld

!width=20 abbr="Won"|W

!width=20 abbr="Drawn"|D

!width=20 abbr="Lost"|L

!width=20 abbr="Goals for"|GF

!width=20 abbr="Goals against"|GA

!width=20 abbr="Goal difference"|GD

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|SWE}}

|9

3300113+8
style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|CAN}}

|6

320176+1
style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|USA}}

|3

310225−3
style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|POR}}

|0

300328−6

{{football box

|date = March 11, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|CAN}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [http://www.ussoccer.com/news/articles/2001/03/u-s-womens-national-team-falls-to-canada-3-0-to-open-algarve-cup.aspx Report]
[http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=594&t=game_summary_soccer_new Report]

|team2 = {{fbw|USA}}

|goals1 = {{goal|31}}{{goal|90}} Charmaine Hooper
{{goal|37}} Christine Sinclair

|goals2 =

|stadium = Lagos

}}

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{{football box

|date = March 11, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|SWE}}

|score = 4–1

|report = [https://www.fpf.pt/National-Teams/Football/Female/Senior-A/Matches-and-Results/Match-Detail/id/784486/SwedenvsPortugal Report]
[https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/portugal-sverige-landskamper-dam-senior/1570035/ SvFF Report] (in Swedish)

|team2 = {{fbw|POR}}

|goals1 = {{goal|24}} Malin Moström
{{goal|40}} Hanna Ljungberg
{{goal|48}} Victoria Svensson
{{goal|77}} Elin Flyborg

|goals2 = {{goal|2}} Maria João Xavier

|stadium = Lagos

}}

----

{{football box

|date = March 13, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|USA}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [http://www.ussoccer.com/news/articles/2001/03/u-s-womens-national-team-downs-portugal-2-0-in-algarve-cup.aspx Report]
[https://www.fpf.pt/National-Teams/Football/Female/Senior-A/Matches-and-Results/Match-Detail/id/784488/UsavsPortugal Report]

|team2 = {{fbw|POR}}

|goals1 = {{goal|65}} Christie Welsh
{{goal|87}} Stephanie Rigamat

|goals2 =

|stadium = Silves

}}

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{{football box

|date = March 13, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|SWE}}

|score = 5–2

|report = [http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=595&t=game_summary_soccer_new Report]
[https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/kanada-sverige-landskamper-dam-senior/1570036/ SvFF Report] (in Swedish)

|team2 = {{fbw|CAN}}

|goals1 = {{goal|11}}{{goal|15}}{{goal|45}} Hanna Ljungberg
{{goal|13|own goal}}
{{goal|78}} Elin Flyborg

|goals2 = {{goal|35}}{{goal|75}} Christine Sinclair

|stadium = Silves

}}

----

{{football box

|date = March 15, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|SWE}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [http://www.ussoccer.com/news/articles/2001/03/u-s-women-fall-to-sweden-2-0-will-conclude-algarve-cup-on-saturday-vs-norway-for-fifth-place.aspx Report]
[https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/usa-sverige-landskamper-dam-senior/1570038/ SvFF Report] (in Swedish)

|team2 = {{fbw|USA}}

|goals1 = {{goal|38}} Tina Nordlund
{{goal|73}} Hanna Ljungberg

|goals2 =

|stadium = Albufeira

}}

----

{{football box

|date = March 15, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|CAN}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=596&t=game_summary_soccer_new Report]
[https://www.fpf.pt/National-Teams/Football/Female/Senior-A/Matches-and-Results/Match-Detail/id/784490/PortugalvsCanada Report]

|team2 = {{fbw|POR}}

|goals1 = {{goal|8|own goal}}
{{goal|89}} Breana Boyd

|goals2 = {{goal|45}} Edite Fernandes

|stadium = Albufeira

}}

Group B

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
width=175 |Team

!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts

!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld

!width=20 abbr="Won" |W

!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D

!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L

!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF

!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA

!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|DEN}}

|6

320182+6
style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|CHN}}

|6

320162+4
style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|NOR}}

|6

320163+3
style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|FIN}}

|0

3003114−13

{{football box

|date = March 11, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|DEN}}

|score = 2–1

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|CHN}}

|goals1 = {{goal|55}} Kjældgaard
{{goal|84}} Gitte Krogh

|goals2 = {{goal|7}} Pu Wei

|stadium = Montechoro

}}

----

{{football box

|date = March 11, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NOR}}

|score = 5–1

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|FIN}}

|goals1 = {{goal|16}}{{goal|20}} Dagny Mellgren
{{goal|56}}{{goal|67}} Linda Ørmen
{{goal|22}} Margunn Haugenes

|goals2 = {{goal|58}} Heidi Kackur

|stadium = Montechoro

}}

----

{{football box

|date = March 13, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NOR}}

|score = 0–2

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|CHN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = {{goal|50}} Zhao Lihong
{{goal|61}} Bai Lili

|stadium = Olhão

}}

----

{{football box

|date = March 13, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|FIN}}

|score = 0–6

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|DEN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = {{goal|22}} Kjældgaard
{{goal|35}}{{goal|60}} Gitte Krogh
{{goal|42}} Merete Pedersen
{{goal|70}} Mette Jokumsen
{{goal|87}} Cathrine Sørensen

|stadium = Olhão

}}

----

{{football box

|date = March 15, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NOR}}

|score = 1–0

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|DEN}}

|goals1 = {{goal|59}} Ragnhild Gulbrandsen

|goals2 =

|stadium = Portimão

}}

----

{{football box

|date = March 15, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|CHN}}

|score = 3–0

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|FIN}}

|goals1 = {{goal|27}} Liu Ying
{{goal|36}} Pan Lina
{{goal|45}} Li Jie

|goals2 =

|stadium = Portimão

}}

Seventh place

{{football box

|date = March 17, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|FIN}}

|score = 3–1

|report = [https://www.fpf.pt/National-Teams/Football/Female/Senior-A/Matches-and-Results/Match-Detail/id/784492/PortugalvsFinland Report]

|team2 = {{fbw|POR}}

|goals1 = {{goal|36}} Jessica Julin
{{goal|44}} Terhi Uusi-Luomalahti
{{goal|78}} Hanna Ekstrom

|goals2 = {{goal|16}} Susana Maria Silva Martins

|stadium = Montechoro

}}

Fifth place

{{football box

|date = March 17, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|NOR}}

|score = 4–3

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130516021409/http://www.ussoccer.com/news/articles/2001/03/goals-from-marquand-schott-and-reddick-not-enough-as-young-u-s-women-fall-4-3-to-norway-in-algarve-c.aspx Report]

|team2 = {{fbw|USA}}

|goals1 = {{goal|21}}{{goal|73}}{{goal|86}} Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
{{goal|88}} Anne Tønnessen

|goals2 = {{goal|24}} Ally Marquand
{{goal|46}} Laura Schott
{{goal|56}} Cat Reddick

|stadium = Quarteira

}}

Third place

{{football box

|date = March 17, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|CHN}}

|score = 5–1

|report = [http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=597&t=game_summary_soccer_new Report]

|team2 = {{fbw|CAN}}

|goals1 = {{goal|42}}{{goal|65}} Bai Lili
{{goal|67}}{{goal|87}} Zhao Lihong
{{goal|92}} Pu Wei

|goals2 = {{goal|21}} Christine Sinclair

|stadium = Loulé

}}

Final

{{football box

|date = March 17, 2001

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|SWE}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/danmark-sverige-landskamper-dam-senior/1570040/ SvFF Report] (in Swedish)

|team2 = {{fbw|DEN}}

|goals1 = {{goal|5}} Linda Fagerström
{{goal|37}} Hanna Ljungberg
{{goal|74}} Malin Moström

|goals2 =

|stadium = Loulé

}}

Final standings

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Team

align=center|{{gold1}}{{fbw|SWE}}
align=center|{{silver2}}{{fbw|DEN}}
align=center|{{bronze3}}{{fbw|CHN}}
align=center|4{{fbw|CAN}}
align=center|5{{fbw|NOR}}
align=center|6{{fbw|USA}}
align=center|7{{fbw|FIN}}
align=center|8{{fbw|POR}}

Champion

{{winners|fbw|2001 Algarve Cup|Sweden|Second}}

Goal scorers

class="wikitable"
Goals
{{goal
}

!Player

|-

|{{center|6}}

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Hanna Ljungberg

|-

|rowspan=2|{{center|4}}

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Christine Sinclair

|-

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Ragnhild Gulbrandsen

|-

|rowspan=3|{{center|3}}

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Bai Lili

|-

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Lihong

|-

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Gitte Krogh

|-

|rowspan=7|{{center|2}}

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Charmaine Hooper

|-

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Pu Wei

|-

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Nadia Kjældgaard

|-

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Dagny Mellgren

|-

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Linda Ørmen

|-

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Elin Flyborg

|-

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Malin Moström

|-

|{{center|1}}

|24 athletes

|-

|colspan=2 align=center|2 own goals

|}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-algarve01.html 2001 Algarve Cup] on RSSSF

{{Algarve Cup}}

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2001

Category:2000–01 in Portuguese women's football

Category:March 2001 sports events in Europe