2019 Algarve Cup
# 2019 Algarve Cup

The 2019 Algarve Cup was the 26th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 27 February to 6 March.

Norway defeated Poland 3–0 in the final to win their fifth title, and their first since the 1998 edition.

## Format

The twelve invited teams were split into four groups to play a round-robin tournament.

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. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determine the higher place.

## Teams

| Team | FIFA Rankings (December 2018) |
| - | - |
| Canada | 5 |
| Netherlands | 7 |
| Sweden | 9 |
| Spain | 12 |
| Norway | 13 |
| China | 15 |
| Denmark | 17 |
| Switzerland | 18 |
| Scotland | 20 |
| Iceland | 22 |
| Portugal | 32 |
| Poland | 34 |

## Group stage

The groups were announced in mid-January 2019

All times are local (UTC±0).

### Tie-breaking criteria

For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions were determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:

* number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
* goal difference in all the group matches
* number of goals scored in all the group matches
* fair-play ranking in all the group matches
* FIFA ranking

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| 2 | Scotland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
| 3 | Iceland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
| 2 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Norway | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| 2 | Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| 3 | Portugal (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |

### Ranking of teams for placement matches

The ranking of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placed teams in each group to determine the placement matches:

* 1st placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | B | Poland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Final |
| 2 | C | Norway | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Final |
| 3 | A | Canada | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | Third-place match |
| 4 | D | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | Third-place match |

* 2nd placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Scotland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | Fifth-place match |
| 2 | C | Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Fifth-place match |
| 3 | D | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Seventh-place match |
| 4 | B | Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Seventh-place match |

* 3rd placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | D | Portugal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | Ninth-place match |
| 2 | A | Iceland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | Ninth-place match |
| 3 | C | China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | Eleventh-place match |
| 4 | B | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | Eleventh-place match |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Norway |
| | Poland |
| | Canada |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Scotland |
| 6 | Denmark |
| 7 | Spain |
| 8 | Switzerland |
| 9 | Iceland |
| 10 | Portugal |
| 11 | Netherlands |
| 12 | China |

## Goalscorers

There have been 42 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.

3 goals

* Jennifer Hermoso
* Mimmi Larsson

2 goals

* Isabell Herlovsen
* Lizzie Arnot
* Ana-Maria Crnogorčević

1 goal

* Christine Sinclair
* Wang Shanshan
* Yao Wei
* Pernille Harder
* Nadia Nadim
* Agla María Albertsdóttir
* Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir
* Svava Rós Guðmundsdóttir
* Selma Sól Magnúsdóttir
* Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir
* Vivianne Miedema
* Therese Sessy Åsland
* Emilie Haavi
* Caroline Graham Hansen
* Karina Sævik
* Lisa-Marie Karlseng Utland
* Patrycja Balcerzak
* Paulina Dudek
* Ewa Pajor
* Agnieszka Winczo
* Mónica Mendes
* Cláudia Neto
* Andreia Norton
* Dolores Silva
* Erin Cuthbert
* Kim Little
* Jane Ross
* Kosovare Asllani
* Nathalie Björn
* Rahel Kiwic
* Melanie Müller

1 own goal

* Wu Haiyan (against Norway)
* Melanie Müller (against Spain)
