2007 Algarve Cup#7th Place

{{Infobox International Football Competition

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| country = Portugal

| dates = 7–14 March 2007

| num_teams = 12

| confederations = 3

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| champion_other= {{fbw|USA}}

| count = 5

| second_other = {{fbw|DEN}}

| third_other = {{fbw|SWE}}

| matches = 24

| goals = 61

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| top_scorer ={{flagicon|USA}} Carli Lloyd (4 goals)

| player ={{flagicon|USA}} Carli Lloyd

| goalkeeper ={{flagicon|SWE}} Caroline Jonsson

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| prevseason = 2006

| nextseason = 2008

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The 2007 Algarve Cup was the fourteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 7 and 12 March 2007 with the previous year's runners-up, the United States, winning the event for a record fifth time, breaking Norway's previous record of four championships, by defeating Denmark, 2-0, in the final game. Sweden ended up third defeating France, 3-1, in the bronze medal game.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/14/AR2007031402060_pf.html|title=US Wins Algarve Cup for Fifth Time|work=Washington Post|language=English|author=Dirk Hinrichs|date=14 March 2007|accessdate=2 February 2017}}

Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament. All of the teams from Groups A and B returned from 2006, but Italy and Iceland were invited back for the third time to play in Group C replacing Mexico and Wales.

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 2006)
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{{fbw\|GER}}	{{center\|1}}
{{fbw\|USA}}	{{center\|2}}
{{fbw\|NOR}}	{{center\|3}}
{{fbw\|SWE}}	{{center\|4}}
{{fbw\|FRA}}	{{center\|7}}
{{fbw\|DEN}}	{{center\|8}}
{{fbw\|CHN}}	{{center\|9}}
{{fbw\|ITA}}	{{center\|13}}
{{fbw\|FIN}}	{{center\|16}}
{{fbw\|ISL}}	{{center\|21}}
{{fbw\|IRL}}	{{center\|32}}
{{fbw\|POR}} (hosts)	{{center\|46}}

Group stage

All times local (WET/UTC+0)

=Group A=

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
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|DEN}} \|6	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|FRA}} \|6	3	2	0	1	2	4	−2
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|NOR}} \|3	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|GER}} \|3	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1

{{football box

|date = 7 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 0–4

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|team2 = {{fbw|DEN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Paaske-Sørensen {{goal|30}}
Pape {{goal|68}}
Rasmussen {{goal|73}}
Pedersen {{goal|89}}

|stadium = Estádio Municipal, Silves

}}

{{football box

|date = 7 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 1–2

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|NOR}}

|goals1 = Lingor {{goal|18}}

|goals2 = Stensland {{goal|15}}
Wiik {{goal|69}}

|stadium = Estádio Algarve, Faro

}}

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{{football box

|date = 9 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 1–0

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|GER}}

|goals1 = Bussaglia {{goal|33}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio Algarve, Faro

}}

{{football box

|date = 9 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 0–1

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|DEN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Larsen {{goal|89}}

|stadium = Estádio da Nora, Ferreiras

}}

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{{football box

|date = 12 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 1–0

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|NOR}}

|goals1 = Abily {{goal|67}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio Municipal, Lagos

}}

{{football box

|date = 12 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 3–0

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|DEN}}

|goals1 = Mittag {{goal|16}}, {{goal|44}}
Behringer {{goal|48}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

}}

=Group B=

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
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|USA}} \|9	3	3	0	0	6	3	+3
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|SWE}} \|6	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|FIN}} \|3	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|CHN}} \|0	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4

{{football box

|date = 7 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-finland-landskamper-dam-senior/1570665/ SvFF Report] (in Swedish)

|team2 = {{fbw|FIN}}

|goals1 =Sjögran {{goal|22}}
Svensson {{goal|34}}
Nordin {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio Algarve, Faro

}}

{{football box

|date = 7 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130424132549/http://www.ussoccer.com/news/womens-national-team/2007/03/u-s-women-defeat-china-2-1-to-open-2007-algarve-cup.aspx Report]

|team2 = {{fbw|CHN}}

|goals1 = Lilly {{goal|19|pen}}
Lloyd {{goal|38}}

|goals2 = Duan {{goal|21}}

|stadium = Estádio Algarve, Faro

}}

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{{football box

|date = 9 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-kina-landskamper-dam-senior/1570666/ SvFF Report] (in Swedish)

|team2 = {{fbw|CHN}}

|goals1 = Rohlin {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio Algarve, Faro

}}

{{football box

|date = 9 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131110212112/http://www.ussoccer.com/news/womens-national-team/2007/03/carli-lloyd-leads-u-s-women-past-finland-1-0-at-2007-algarve-cup.aspx Report]

|team2 = {{fbw|FIN}}

|goals1 = Lloyd {{goal|46}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

}}

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{{football box

|date = 12 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 2–3

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130424125529/http://www.ussoccer.com/news/womens-national-team/2007/03/u-s-women-defeat-sweden-3-2-to-advance-to-2007-algarve-cup-title-game.aspx Report]
[https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/usa-sverige-landskamper-dam-senior/1570667/ SvFF Report] (in Swedish)

|team2 = {{fbw|USA}}

|goals1 = Oqvist {{goal|71}}
Svensson {{goal|83|pen}}

|goals2 = Wambach {{goal|39}}, {{goal|72}}
Lloyd {{goal|44}}

|stadium = Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

}}

{{football box

|date = 12 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 0–2

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|FIN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Rantanen {{goal|23|pen}}
Talonen {{goal|31}}

|stadium = Estádio do Portimonense, Portimão

}}

=Group C=

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
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|ITA}} \|9	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|ISL}} \|4	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|IRL}} \|2	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|POR}} \|1	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5

{{football box

|date = 7 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://www.fpf.pt/National-Teams/Football/Female/Senior-A/Matches-and-Results/Match-Detail/id/786886/PortugalvsRepublica-Da-Irlanda Report]

|team2 = {{fbw|IRL}}

|goals1 = Martins {{goal|59}}

|goals2 = Curtis {{goal|7}}

|stadium = Estádio Municipal, Lagos

}}

{{football box

|date = 7 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 2–1

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|ISL}}

|goals1 = Conti {{goal|21}}
Panico {{goal|46}}

|goals2 = Viðarsdóttir {{goal|45|pen}}

|stadium = Estádio Municipal, Lagos

}}

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{{football box

|date = 9 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://www.fpf.pt/National-Teams/Football/Female/Senior-A/Matches-and-Results/Match-Detail/id/786865/PortugalvsItaly Report]

|team2 = {{fbw|ITA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Conti {{goal|9}}

|stadium = Estádio Municipal, Lagos

}}

{{football box

|date = 9 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 1–1

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|IRL}}

|goals1 = Logadóttir {{goal|36}}

|goals2 = O'Toole {{goal|72}}

|stadium = Estádio Municipal, Lagos

}}

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{{football box

|date = 12 March 2007

|time =

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

|score = 1–5

|report = [https://www.fpf.pt/National-Teams/Football/Female/Senior-A/Matches-and-Results/Match-Detail/id/786861/PortugalvsIceland Report]

|team2 = {{fbw|ISL}}

|goals1 = Dani {{goal|35}}

|goals2 = Jónsdóttir {{goal|6}}
Magnúsdóttir {{goal|58}}, {{goal|78}}, {{goal|90}}
Viðarsdóttir {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium = Estádio Municipal, Lagos

}}

{{football box

|date = 12 March 2007

Algarve Cup

2007

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