2008 Algarve Cup#Group A

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| year =

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| image = Algarvecup2008.PNG

| size = 150px

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| country = Portugal

| dates = 5–12 March 2008

| num_teams = 12

| confederations = 3

| venues = 9

| cities = 9

| champion_other= {{fbw|USA}}

| count = 6

| second_other = {{fbw|DEN}}

| third_other = {{fbw|NOR}}

| matches = 24

| goals = 68

| attendance =

| top_scorer ={{flagicon|ISL}} Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (6 goals)

| player ={{flagicon|DEN}} Cathrine Paaske Sørensen

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| prevseason = 2007

| nextseason = 2009

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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 game{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/2008/03/12/us_women_win_soccers_algarve_cup.html|title=US women win soccer's Algarve Cup|publisher=Toronto Star|language=en|date=12 March 2008|access-date=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)
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
{{fbw\|GER}}	{{center\|1}}
{{fbw\|USA}}	{{center\|2}}
{{fbw\|SWE}}	{{center\|3}}
{{fbw\|NOR}}	{{center\|5}}
{{fbw\|DEN}}	{{center\|8}}
{{fbw\|CHN}}	{{center\|13}}
{{fbw\|ITA}}	{{center\|14}}
{{fbw\|FIN}}	{{center\|16}}
{{fbw\|ISL}}	{{center\|21}}
{{fbw\|POL}}	{{center\|27}}
{{fbw\|IRL}}	{{center\|31}}
{{fbw\|POR}} (hosts)	{{center\|47}}

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}} \|9	3	3	0	0	3	0	+3
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|GER}} \|6	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|SWE}} \|3	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|FIN}} \|0	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6

----

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|date = 5 March 2008

|time = 13:15

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

|score = 0–1

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|team2 = {{fbw|DEN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Pedersen {{goal|46}}

|stadium = Estádio Algarve, Faro

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----

{{footballbox

|date = 5 March 2008

|time = 15:45

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

|score = 1–3

|report = [https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/finland-sverige-landskamper-dam-senior/1570775/ SvFF Report] (in Swedish)

|team2 = {{fbw|SWE}}

|goals1 = Talonen {{goal|64}}

|goals2 = Ljungberg {{goal|25}}
Fischer {{goal|29}}
Lundin {{goal|87}}

|stadium = Municipal Stadium, Lagos

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 7 March 2008

|time = 13:15

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

|score = 3–0

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|FIN}}

|goals1 = Prinz {{goal|17}}, {{goal|28}}
Lingor {{goal|37|pen}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio Algarve, Faro

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 7 March 2008

|time = 14:00

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

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/danmark-sverige-landskamper-dam-senior/1570777/ SvFF Report] (in Swedish)

|team2 = {{fbw|SWE}}

|goals1 = Sørensen {{goal|6}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Municipal Stadium, Lagos

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 10 March 2008

|time = 13:15

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|score = 1–0

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|team2 = {{fbw|FIN}}

|goals1 = Sørensen {{goal|47}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Municipal Stadium, Lagos

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----

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|date = 10 March 2008

|time = 13:15

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

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-tyskland-landskamper-dam-senior/1570778/ SvFF Report] (in Swedish)

|team2 = {{fbw|GER}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Smisek {{goal|25}}
Prinz {{goal|86|pen}}

|stadium = Municipal Stadium, 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
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style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|USA}} \|9	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|NOR}} \|6	3	2	0	1	7	7	0
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|ITA}} \|3	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|CHN}} \|0	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8

----

{{footballbox

|date = 5 March 2008

|time = 13:45

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

|score = 0–4

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131013203620/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2008/03/U-S-Women-Defeat-China-4-0-To-Open-2008-Algarve-Cup.aspx Report]

|team2 = {{fbw|USA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Tarpley {{goal|5}}
Heath {{goal|47}}
Wambach {{goal|64}}
Lloyd {{goal|69}}

|stadium = Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 5 March 2008

|time = 16:15

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

|score = 4–2

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|ITA}}

|goals1 = Thorsnes {{goal|9}}
Storløkken {{goal|47}}
Stangeland Horpestad {{goal|63|pen}}
Kaurin {{goal|74}}

|goals2 = Panico {{goal|34}}
Gabbiadini {{goal|86}}

|stadium = Restinga Stadium, Alvor

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 7 March 2008

|time = 13:45

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

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131013215506/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2008/03/U-S-Women-Defeat-Italy-2-0-At-2008-Algarve-Cup-Tarpley-And-Oreilly-Score-For-USA-In-Second-Straight.aspx Report]

|team2 = {{fbw|ITA}}

|goals1 = Tarpley {{goal|5}}
O'Reilly {{goal|74}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Restinga Stadium, Alvor

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 7 March 2008

|time = 16:15

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

|score = 3–1

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|team2 = {{fbw|CHN}}

|goals1 = unknown {{goal|42|o.g.}}
Storløkken {{goal|64}}
Wiik {{goal|90}}

|goals2 = Guo Yue {{goal|62}}

|stadium = Municipal Stadium, Albufeira

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 10 March 2008

|time = 15:00

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

|score = 0–2

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|ITA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Conti {{goal|41}}
Panico {{goal|70}}

|stadium = Municipal Stadium, Loulé

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 10 March 2008

|time = 15:00

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

|score = 4–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130424204105/http://www.ussoccer.com/news/womens-national-team/2008/03/u-s-women-roll-past-norway-4-0-at-2008-algarve-cup-wnt-advances-to-sixth-straight-algarve-cup-final.aspx Report]

|team2 = {{fbw|NOR}}

|goals1 = Kai {{goal|55}}
Wambach {{goal|57}}
O'Reilly {{goal|65}}
Rodriguez {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Restinga Stadium, Alvor

}}

----

=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\|ISL}} \|9	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|POR}} \|6	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|IRL}} \|3	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fbw\|POL}} \|0	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5

----

{{footballbox

|date = 5 March 2008

|time = 13:15

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

|score = 2–0

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|POL}}

|goals1 = Stefánsdóttir {{goal|58}}
Viðarsdóttir {{goal|81}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Municipal Stadium, Lagos

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 5 March 2008

|time = 15:45

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

|score = 2–0

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|IRL}}

|goals1 = Fernandes {{goal|86}}
Vieira {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio Algarve, Faro

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 7 March 2008

|time = 15:30

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

|score = 3–1

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|POL}}

|goals1 = Couto {{goal|17}}
Fernandes {{goal|44}}
Vieira {{goal|80}}

|goals2 = Bochra {{goal|42}}

|stadium = Estádio Algarve, Faro

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 7 March 2008

|time = 16:30

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

|score = 1–4

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|ISL}}

|goals1 = Grant {{goal|23}}

|goals2 = Arnardóttir {{goal|7}}
Viðarsdóttir {{goal|12}}, {{goal|40}}
Gunnarsdóttir {{goal|19}}

|stadium = Municipal Stadium, Lagos

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 10 March 2008

|time = 15:45

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

|score = 0–3

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|ISL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Viðarsdóttir {{goal|15}}, {{goal|17}}
Jónsdóttir {{goal|69}}

|stadium = Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 10 March 2008

|time = 15:45

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

|score = 0–1

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|IRL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Grant {{goal|35}}

|stadium = Municipal Stadium, Lagos

}}

----

Placement play-offs

All times local (WET/UTC+0)

=11th place=

{{footballbox

|date = 12 March 2008

|time = 10:00

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

|score = 2–2
(5–6 PSO)|| |

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|POL}}

|goals1 = O'Brien {{goal}}
O'Gorman {{goal}}

|goals2 = Stobba {{goal|23}}
Winczo {{goal|48}}

|stadium = Arsenio Catuna Complex, Guia

}}

=9th place=

{{footballbox

|date = 12 March 2008

|time = 10:00

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

|score = 1–1
(5–4 PSO)|| |

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|POR}}

|goals1 = Bi Yan {{goal|1}}

|goals2 = Fernandes {{goal|34}}

|stadium = CD Montechoro, Albufeira

|penalties1 = Li Jie {{pengoal}}
Xu Yuan {{pengoal}}
Wang Kun {{penmiss}}
Ying {{pengoal}}
Bi Yan {{pengoal|scored}}
Song Xiaoli {{pengoal|scored}}

|penaltyscore = 5 – 4

|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Matias
{{pengoal}} Vieira
{{penmiss}} Fernandes
{{pengoal}} Brandão
{{pengoal}} Couto
{{penmiss}} Valinho

}}

=7th place=

{{footballbox

|date = 12 March 2008

|time = 10:30

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

|score = 0–3

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|ISL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Viðarsdóttir {{goal|12}}
Hönnudóttir {{goal|41}}
Gunnarsdóttir {{goal|90}}

|stadium = Municipal Stadium, Loulé

}}

=5th place=

{{footballbox

|date = 12 March 2008

|time = 10:30

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

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-italien-landskamper-dam-senior/1570780/ SvFF Report] (in Swedish)

|team2 = {{fbw|ITA}}

|goals1 = Öqvist {{goal|56}}
Svensson {{goal|61}}, {{goal|80}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = José Arcanjo Stadium, Olhão

}}

=3rd place=

{{footballbox

|date = 12 March 2008

|time = 10:00

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

|score = 0–2

|report =

|team2 = {{fbw|NOR}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Wiik {{goal|41}}
Knutsen {{goal|50}}

|stadium = Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António

}}

Final

{{footballbox

|date = 12 March 2008

|time = 13:15

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

|score = 1–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130424204845/http://www.ussoccer.com/news/womens-national-team/2008/03/u-s-women-capture-2008-algarve-cup-with-2-1-victory-over-denmark.aspx Report]

|team2 = {{fbw|USA}}

|goals1 = Sørensen {{goal|31}}

|goals2 = Kai {{goal|14}}
Wambach {{goal|50}}

|stadium = Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António

|referee = Schett (Austria)}}

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width="100%" \|valign="top" width="50%"\| {\| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" \|colspan="4"\|DENMARK:
GK	1	Heidi Johansen
DF	2	Mia Olsen	{{suboff\|76}}
DF	3	Katrine Pedersen
DF	4	Christina Ørntoft
DF	5	Bettina Falk	{{suboff\|76}}
MF	6	Mariann Gajhede
MF	7	Cathrine Paaske Sørensen
MF	10	Camilla Sand	{{suboff\|76}}
FW	9	Maiken Pape	{{suboff\|54}}
FW	11	Merete Pedersen
FW	13	Johanna Rasmussen
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
MF	8	Janne Madsen	{{subon\|54}}
MF	12	Line Røddik	{{subon\|76}}
FW	14	Marie Herping
DF	15	Marie Bjerg	{{subon\|76}}
GK	16	Tine Cederkvist
DF	17	Mette V. Jensen
MF	18	Theresa Nielsen
FW	19	Sine Hovesen	{{subon\|76}}
DF	20	Sanne Troelsgaard
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=4\|{{flagicon\|DEN}} Kenneth Heiner-Møller

|valign="top" width="50%"|

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center \|colspan="4"\|UNITED STATES:
GK	18	Hope Solo
DF	3	Christie Rampone
DF	14	Stephanie Cox	{{yel\|60}}	{{suboff\|74}}
DF	15	Kate Markgraf
DF	17	Lori Chalupny
MF	5	Lindsay Tarpley		{{suboff\|77}}
MF	9	Heather O'Reilly		{{suboff\|46}}
MF	11	Carli Lloyd		{{suboff\|35}}
MF	12	Leslie Osborne
FW	6	Natasha Kai		{{suboff\|81}}
FW	20	Abby Wambach		{{suboff\|88}}
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
DF	4	Cat Whitehill
MF	7	Shannon Boxx
MF	8	Lauren Cheney		{{subon\|88}}
MF	10	Angie Woznuk		{{subon\|77}}
MF	16	Angela Hucles		{{subon\|35}}
FW	19	Amy Rodriguez		{{subon\|81}}
DF	20	Tobin Heath		{{subon\|46}}
GK	24	Nicole Barnhart
DF	26	Rachel Buehler		{{subon\|74}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=4\|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Pia Sundhage

References

Algarve Cup

2008

Category:March 2008 sports events in Europe