2007 Algarve Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Portugal |
Dates | 7–14 March 2007 |
Teams | 12 (from 3 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Third place |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 61 (2.54 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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Best player |
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Best goalkeeper |
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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.
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 amount of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher placed.
Group stage
All times local (WET/UTC+0)
Group A
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
7 March 2007 |
France ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() |
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Paaske-Sørensen ![]() Pape ![]() Rasmussen ![]() Pedersen ![]() |
Estádio Municipal, Silves |
12 March 2007 |
Germany ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
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Mittag ![]() ![]() Behringer ![]() |
Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António |
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
9 March 2007 |
United States ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
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Lloyd ![]() |
Report |
Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António |
12 March 2007 |
Sweden ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
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Oqvist ![]() Svensson ![]() |
Report | Wambach ![]() ![]() Lloyd ![]() |
Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António |
Group C
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
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2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 |
12 March 2007 |
Portugal ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
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Dani ![]() |
Report | Jónsdóttir ![]() Magnúsdóttir ![]() ![]() ![]() Viðarsdóttir ![]() |
Estádio Municipal, Lagos |
12 March 2007 |
Italy ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
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Panico ![]() Fuselli ![]() ![]() Gama ![]() |
Byrne ![]() |
Estádio Dr. Francisco Vieira, Silves |
Placement play-offs
All times local (WET/UTC+0)
11th place
9th place
14 March 2007 10:00 |
Iceland ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
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Lárusdóttir ![]() Samúelsdóttir ![]() Viðarsdóttir ![]() ![]() |
Lou Xiaoxu ![]() |
Complexo Desportivo, Montechoro |
7th place
5th place
3rd place
14 March 2007 |
Sweden ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Öqvist ![]() Svensson ![]() Johansson ![]() |
Ramos ![]() |
Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António |
Final
14 March 2007 |
United States ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
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Lilly ![]() Lloyd ![]() |
Report |
Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António |
2007 Algarve Cup |
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![]() United States Fifth title |