2004 Algarve Cup

2004 Algarve CupTournament details

Host country| Portugal
City| Algarve
Dates| 14–20 March 2004
Teams| 12 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions|  United States (3rd title)
Runners-up|  Norway
Third place|  France
Fourth place|  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 24
Goals scored| 69 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Abby Wambach
(5 goals)
Best player(s)|  Shannon Boxx
Best goalkeeper|  Sofia Lundgren

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The 2004 Algarve Cup was the 11th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place 14–20 March 2004. The USA won the tournament defeating Norway, 4-1, in the final game.[1]

## Format

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The twelve invited teams are split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.

Since the expansion to 12 teams in 2002, 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 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 place.

## Teams

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Team  | FIFA Rankings
(December 2003)

|

United States |

Norway |

Sweden |

China |

Denmark |

France |

Italy |

Finland |

Portugal (hosts) |

Wales |

Greece |

Northern Ireland |

## Group stage

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### Group A

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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United States | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 4  | +3  | 6
France | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 6
Sweden | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 6
Denmark | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 3  | −3  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

14 March 2004

Denmark | 0–1|  Sweden

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| SvFF Report (in Swedish) | Olsson 47'

Ferreiras

14 March 2004

United States | 5–1|  France

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Wambach 16'
Hamm 27' (pen.)
Hucles 31' 33'
Tarpley 47' | Report | Bompastor 48'

Ferreiras

16 March 2004

Denmark | 0–1|  United States

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|

| Report | Hucles 61'

Quarteira

16 March 2004

Sweden | 0–3|  France

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| SvFF Report (in Swedish) | Lattaf 18'
Pichon 31'
Bompastor 85'

Quarteira

18 March 2004

Denmark | 0–1|  France

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|  | Pichon

Silves

18 March 2004

Sweden | 3–1|  United States

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Andersson 33'
Sjöström 49'
Öqvist 55' | Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish) | Reddick

Lagos

### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Norway | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 7  | 1  | +6  | 7
Italy | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 4  | −1  | 6
China | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 1  | +3  | 4
Finland | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 10  | −8  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

14 March 2004

Norway | 4–1|  Finland

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Lehn 33'
Riise 41'
78' (o.g.)
Gulbrandsen 87' |  | Julin

Guia

14 March 2004

Italy | 1–0|  China

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Pasqui |  |

Guia

16 March 2004

Norway | 3–0|  Italy

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Pedersen 46'
Tønnessen 64'
Riise 77' |  |

Olhão

16 March 2004

Finland | 0–4|  China

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|  | Zhang Ouying
Han Duan

Olhão

18 March 2004

Norway | 0–0|  China

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|  |

Silves

18 March 2004

Finland | 1–2|  Italy

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Valkonen |  | Panico
Pasqui

Lagos

### Group C

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Portugal | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 3  | +4  | 6
Wales | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 4  | +2  | 6
Greece | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 6
Northern Ireland | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 7  | −6  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

14 March 2004

Greece | 1–0|  Wales

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Papadopoulou |  |

Faro

14 March 2004

Portugal | 2–0|  Northern Ireland

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Carla Couto
Mónica Ribeiro |  |

Faro

16 March 2004

Northern Ireland | 0–2|  Greece

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|  | Agapitou
Tefani

Albufeira

16 March 2004

Portugal | 2–3|  Wales

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Carla Couto |  | Daley
Foster

Albufeira

18 March 2004

Wales | 3–1|  Northern Ireland

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Foster
H. Jones
Ludlow | Report | Turner

Guia

18 March 2004

Portugal | 3–0|  Greece

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Tânia Pinto |  |

Faro

## Placement play-offs

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### Eleventh place match

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20 March 2004

Greece | 2–0|  Northern Ireland

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Agapitou |  |

Montechoro

### Ninth place match

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20 March 2004

Wales | 0–4|  Finland

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|  | Kalmari
Rantanen
Talonen
Mäkinen

Ferreiras

### Seventh place match

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20 March 2004

Portugal | 0–1|  Denmark

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|  | A.D.E. Nielsen

Loulé

### Fifth place match

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20 March 2004

Sweden | 1–1|  China

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Svensson 70' | SvFF Report (in Swedish) | Fan Yunjie 16'
Penalties
| 5–4 |

Olhão

### Third place match

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20 March 2004

France | 3–3|  Italy

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Pichon 13'
Coquet 62'
Tonazzi 87' |  | Panico 20', 43'
Gazzoli 46'
Penalties
| 4–3 |

Faro

### Final

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20 March 2004

United States | 4–1|  Norway

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Wambach 30' 39' 51'
Tarpley 42' | Report | Hege Riise 38'

Faro

2004 Algarve Cup

United States
Third title

## Final standings

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Rank  | Team

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|  United States
|  Norway
|  France
4 |  Italy
5 |  Sweden
6 |  China
7 |  Denmark
8 |  Portugal
9 |  Finland
10 |  Wales
11 |  Greece
12 |  Northern Ireland

## References

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1. ^ "US beats Norway to win Algarve Cup". USA Today. 20 March 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

## External links

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* Algarve Cup on WomensSoccerUnited.com
* RSSSF.com history page, with links to full results
* Full results and history
* Footballzz.co.uk: Algarve Women's Football Cup 2004
* Results and Standings at Portuguese Football Federation (FPF)

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