The 2003 Algarve Cup is the tenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament hosted annually by Portugal. It was held from fourteenth to twentieth day of March 2003.

2003 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Cityvarious cities in Algarve
Dates14-20 March 2003
Teams12 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Runners-up China
Third place Norway
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored56 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sweden Hanna Ljungberg
(4 goals each)
2002
2004

The USA won the tournament defeating China, 2-0, in the final game.[1]

Format

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The twelve teams are divided into three groups that played a round-robin group stage, followed by one position play-off match for every team.

With 12 teams participating, the Algarve Cup format has been as follows: Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are the only ones in contention to win the title. The group A and B winners contest the final - to win the Algarve Cup. The runners-up play for third place, and those that finish third in the groups play for fifth place. The teams in Group C played for places 7–12. The winner of Group C played the team that finished fourth in Group A or B (whichever has the better record) for seventh place. The Group C runner-up played the team who finishes last in Group A or B (with the worse record) for ninth place. The third and fourth placed teams in Group C played for the eleventh place.

Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero point for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied in a group, their head-to-head result determined their place in the group.

Participating teams

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Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
  Norway 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
  Sweden 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
  Canada 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]
United States  1–1  Canada
  85' Aly Wagner Report
Report
  7' Andrea Neil
Sweden  1–1  Norway
  58' Hanna Ljungberg SvFF Report (in Swedish)   40' Dagny Mellgren
Sweden  1–1  Canada
  85' Hanna Ljungberg Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
  80' Sharolta Nonen
Norway  0–1  United States
Report   4' Shannon MacMillan
Norway  1–0  Canada
  39' Dagny Mellgren Report
United States  1–1  Sweden
  18' Aly Wagner Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
  78' Hanna Ljungberg

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  China 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
  France 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
  Finland 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
  Denmark 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
Denmark  0–3  France
  14', 53' Marinette Pichon
  85' Élodie Woock
China  0–0  Finland
Denmark  0–0  Finland
China  3–0  France
  15', 66' Sun Wen
  56' Bai Jie
France  1–0  Finland
  55' Hoda Lattaf
China  2–1  Denmark
  32' Han Duan
  90' Sun Wen
  66' Mette Jokumsen

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Greece 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
  Portugal 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
  Republic of Ireland 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
  Wales 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
Portugal  1–1  Wales
  11' Inês Silva Report   47' Cheryl Foster
Republic of Ireland  0–0  Greece
Portugal  1–1  Greece
  88' Carla Couto Report   37' Regina Holan
Republic of Ireland  3–1  Wales
  17', 81' Olivia O'Toole
  44' Ciara Grant
  20' Ayshea Martyn
Greece  2–0  Wales
  7' Ana Stavroula
  80' Regina Holan
Portugal  3–2  Republic of Ireland
  45' Edite Fernandes
  43' Ana Rita
  71' Carla Monteiro
Report   31' Michele O'Brien
  28' Claire Scanlan

Placement play-offs

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Eleventh place match

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Republic of Ireland  2–2  Wales
  77', 83' Claire Scanlan   6' Milly Durrant
  88' Michelle Green
Penalties
4–2

Ninth place match

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Denmark  1–0  Portugal
  84' (own goal – Sandra Loureiro) Report

Seventh place match

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Canada  7–1  Greece
  5', 38', 82' Christine Sinclair
  26' Andrea Neil
  41' Kara Lang
  65' Silvana Burtini
  80' Carmelina Moscato
Report   86' Amalia Loseno

Fifth place match

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Sweden  5–0  Finland
  10' Salina Olsson
  39', 58' Anne-Maria Eriksson
  74' Victoria Svensson
  90' Hanna Ljungberg
SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Third place match

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Norway  1–0  France
  11' Dagny Mellgren

Final

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United States  2–0  China
  52' Shannon MacMillan
  56' Mia Hamm
Report


 2003 Algarve Cup 
 
United States
Second title

Final standings

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Rank Team
    United States
    China
    Norway
4   France
5   Sweden
6   Finland
7   Canada
8   Greece
9   Denmark
10   Portugal
11   Republic of Ireland
12   Wales

Goal scorers

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Goals
 
Player
4   Hanna Ljungberg
3   Christine Sinclair
  Sun Wen
  Claire Scanlan
  Dagny Mellgren
2   Andrea Neil
  Regina Holan
  Marinette Pichon
  Olivia O'Toole
  Anne-Maria Eriksson
  Aly Wagner
  Shannon MacMillan
1
25 athletes   Carmelina Moscato
  Kara Lang   Sharolta Nonen   Silvana Burtini   Bai Jie
  Han Duan   Mette Jokumsen   Élodie Woock   Hoda Lattaf
  Ana Stavroula   Amiel Loseno   Ciara Grant   Michele O'Brien
  Ana Rita Gomes   Edite Fernandes   Inês Silva   Carla Couto
  Carla Monteiro   Salina Olsson   Victoria Svensson   Mia Hamm
  Ayshea Martyn   Cheryl Foster   Michelle Green   Milly Durrant
1 own goal

References

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  1. ^ "Algarve Women's Cup". Canada Soccer. 21 March 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
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