2015 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country| Portugal
Dates| 4–11 March
Teams| 12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)| 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  United States (10th title)
Runners-up|  France
Third place|  Germany
Fourth place|  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 24
Goals scored| 75 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Sofia Jakobsson
(4 goals)

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The 2015 Algarve Cup was the 22nd edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place on 4–11 March.

## Format

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Because of the number of competitive teams this year, the format was changed. Previously Group C teams were unable to get into the final, which was played between Group A and B winners. This year however, the final was played between the two best group winners.[1]

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

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The participating teams were announced on 20 October 2014.[2]

Team  | FIFA Rankings
(December 2014)

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Germany[3] |

United States |

France[4] |

Japan |

Sweden[5] |

Brazil |

Norway |

China |

Denmark |

Switzerland[6] |

Iceland |

Portugal (hosts) |

## Match officials

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The referees were announced on 20 February 2015.[7]

Referees

* María Carvajal
* Qin Liang
* Jana Adámková
* Stéphanie Frappart
* Melissa Borjas
* Carina Vitulano
* Cardella Samuels
* Lucila Montes
* Ri Hyang-ok
* Cristina Dorcioman
* Abirami Naidu
* Esther Staubli
* Claudia Rodriguez
* Gladys Lengwe

Assistant referees

* Sarah Ho
* Ella De Vries
* Janette Arcanjo
* Loreto Cravero
* Cui Yongmei
* Liang Jianping
* Sanja Karšić
* Lucie Ratajová
* Manuela Nicolosi
* Chrysoula Kourompylia
* Princess Brown
* Stacy-Ann Greyson
* Bernadettar Kwimbira
* Enedina Gómez
* Lixy Guerrero
* Widiya Habibah Shamsuri
* Hong Kum-nyo
* Petruţa Iugulescu
* Kim Kyoung-min
* Yolanda Rodriguez
* Belinda Brem
* Susanne Küng
* Aywa Dzodope
* Natalia Rachynska
* Luciana Mascaraña
* Mariana Odone

## Squads

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Main article: 2015 Algarve Cup squads

## Group stage

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The groups were announced on 18 December 2014.[8][9]

All times are local (UTC±00:00).

### Tie-breaking criteria

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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 will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:[10]

1. number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
2. goal difference in all the group matches
3. number of goals scored in all the group matches
4. fair-play ranking in all the group matches
5. FIFA ranking

### Group A

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

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Sweden | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 4  | +3  | 6
Germany | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 5  | +2  | 6
Brazil | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 4
China | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 5  | −5  | 1

Source: [citation needed]

4 March 2015

15:00

Brazil | 0–0|  China

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| Report |

Estádio Municipal, Albufeira

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

4 March 2015

16:00

Germany | 2–4|  Sweden

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Marozsán 2'
Laudehr 3' | Report | Seger 30', 71'
Jakobsson 54', 84'

Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

Attendance: 769

Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)

* * *

6 March 2015

13:00

Germany | 2–0|  China

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Mittag 40'
Popp 76' | Report |

Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

Attendance: 502

Referee: Lucila Montes (Mexico)

6 March 2015

13:30

Sweden | 0–2|  Brazil

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| Report | Marta 20'
Andressa 68' (pen.)

Municipal Stadium, Lagos

Referee: Qin Liang (China)

* * *

9 March 2015

17:30

Brazil | 1–3|  Germany

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Bruna 47' | Report | Popp 39'
Šašić 49'
Marozsán 56'

Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal

Attendance: 769

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

9 March 2015

17:30

Sweden | 3–0|  China

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Asllani 4'
Schelin 33' (pen.)
Jakobsson 40' | Report |

Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

Referee: María Carvajal (Chile)

### Group B

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

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United States | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 1  | +4  | 7
Norway | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 4
Switzerland | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 5  | −1  | 4
Iceland | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | −3  | 1

Source: [citation needed]

4 March 2015

15:00

Switzerland | 2–0|  Iceland

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Dickenmann 57' (pen.), 66' | Report |

Estádio Municipal, Lagos

Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

4 March 2015

19:00

Norway | 1–2|  United States

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Hegerberg 43' | Report | Lloyd 56', 62'

Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

Attendance: 500

Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

* * *

6 March 2015

17:00

United States | 3–0|  Switzerland

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Morgan 55'
Rodriguez 72'
Wambach 81' | Report |

Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

Attendance: 500

Referee: Cristina Dorcioman (Romania)

6 March 2015

18:00

Norway | 1–0|  Iceland

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Haavi 9' | Report |

Estádio Municipal, Lagos

Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

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9 March 2015

17:30

United States | 0–0|  Iceland

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| Report |

Estádio Municipal, Lagos

Attendance: 500

Referee: Abirami Naidu (Singapore)

9 March 2015

17:30

Norway | 2–2|  Switzerland

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Rønning 51'
Herlovsen 84' | Report | Kiwic 61'
Humm 62'

Estádio Municipal, Albufeira

Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)

### Group C

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

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France | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 8  | 2  | +6  | 9
Denmark | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 5  | 7  | −2  | 4
Japan | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 3
Portugal | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 6  | −4  | 1

Source: [citation needed]

4 March 2015

14:10

Japan | 1–2|  Denmark

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Ando 17' | Report | S. Nielsen 2'
Rasmussen 58'

Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal

Attendance: 133

Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)

4 March 2015

18:00

Portugal | 0–1|  France

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| Report | Le Sommer 64'

Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal

Referee: María Carvajal (Chile)

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6 March 2015

12:10

Japan | 3–0|  Portugal

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Kawamura 36'
Yokoyama 54'
Sugasawa 79' | Report |

Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

6 March 2015

15:00

France | 4–1|  Denmark

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Le Sommer 2'
Abily 6'
Dali 13'
Lavogez 43' | Report | S. Nielsen 76'

Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal

Attendance: 45

Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

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9 March 2015

14:10

Japan | 1–3|  France

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Kawasumi 43' | Report | Thiney 52' (pen.), 85'
Le Sommer 70'

Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal

Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)

9 March 2015

14:10

Portugal | 2–2|  Denmark

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Silva 77' (pen.)
Neto 87' | Report | S. Nielsen 54'
Rask 71'

Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

### Ranking of teams for placement matches

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The ranking of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed teams in each group to determine the placement matches:

Pos | Grp | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | C  |  France | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 8  | 2  | +6  | 9  | Final
2  | B  |  United States | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 1  | +4  | 7
3  | A  |  Sweden | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 4  | +3  | 6  | Third-place match

Source: [citation needed]

Pos | Grp | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | A  |  Germany | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 5  | +2  | 6  | Third-place match
2  | B  |  Norway | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 4  | Fifth-place match
3  | C  |  Denmark | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 5  | 7  | −2  | 4

Source: [citation needed]

Pos | Grp | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | A  |  Brazil | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 4  | Seventh-place match
2  | B  |  Switzerland | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 5  | −1  | 4
3  | C  |  Japan | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 3  | Ninth-place match

Source: [citation needed]

Pos | Grp | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | B  |  Iceland | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | −3  | 1  | Ninth-place match
2  | C  |  Portugal | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 6  | −4  | 1  | Eleventh-place match
3  | A  |  China | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 5  | −5  | 1

Source: [citation needed]

## Placement matches

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### Eleventh-place match

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11 March 2015

15:00

Portugal | 3–3|  China

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Rodrigues 29'
Luís 38'
Silva 89' (pen.) | Report | Xu Yanlu 3'
Wang Shanshan 27'
Gu Yasha 69'
Penalties
| 8–7 |

Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal

Referee: Abirami Naidu (Singapore)

### Ninth-place match

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11 March 2015

12:15

Japan | 2–0|  Iceland

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Miyama 47', 59' | Report |

Estádio Algarve, Faro

Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

### Seventh-place match

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11 March 2015

15:00

Brazil | 4–1|  Switzerland

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Marta 30', 77'
Bia 37'
Andressa 82' | Report | Wälti 45'

Estádio Municipal, Albufeira

Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

### Fifth-place match

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11 March 2015

18:00

Norway | 5–2|  Denmark

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Gulbrandsen 7', 34', 44'
Wold 65'
Bjånesøy 71' | Report | Harder 60', 73'

Estádio Municipal, Albufeira

Referee: Lucila Montes (Mexico)

### Third-place match

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11 March 2015

12:00

Sweden | 1–2|  Germany

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Jakobsson 64' | Report | Mittag 3'
Popp 52'

Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal

Attendance: 813

Referee: Qin Liang (China)

### Final

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11 March 2015

16:00

France | 0–2|  United States

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| Report | Johnston 7'
Press 41'

Estádio Algarve, Faro

Referee: Cristina Dorcioman (Romania)

## Final standings

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Rank  | Team

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|  United States
|  France
|  Germany
4 |  Sweden
5 |  Norway
6 |  Denmark
7 |  Brazil
8 |  Switzerland
9 |  Japan
10 |  Iceland
11 |  Portugal
12 |  China

## Goalscorers

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4 goals

* Sofia Jakobsson

3 goals

* Marta
* Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
* Eugénie Le Sommer
* Alexandra Popp
* Solveig Gulbrandsen

2 goals

* Andressa
* Pernille Harder
* Gaëtane Thiney
* Dzsenifer Marozsán
* Anja Mittag
* Kozue Ando
* Dolores Silva
* Caroline Seger
* Lara Dickenmann
* Carli Lloyd

1 goal

* Bia
* Bruna
* Gu Yasha
* Wang Shanshan
* Xu Yanlu
* Caroline Rask
* Johanna Rasmussen
* Camille Abily
* Kenza Dali
* Claire Lavogez
* Simone Laudehr
* Célia Šašić
* Yuri Kawamura
* Nahomi Kawasumi
* Aya Miyama
* Yuika Sugasawa
* Kumi Yokoyama
* Melissa Bjånesøy
* Emilie Haavi
* Ada Hegerberg
* Isabell Herlovsen
* Ingrid Moe Wold
* Trine Bjerke Rønning
* Laura Luís
* Cláudia Neto
* Filipa Rodrigues
* Kosovare Asllani
* Lotta Schelin
* Fabienne Humm
* Rahel Kiwic
* Lia Wälti
* Julie Johnston
* Alex Morgan
* Christen Press
* Amy Rodriguez
* Abby Wambach

## References

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1. ^ "DFB-Frauen beim Algarve-Cup gegen Brasilien, China und Schweden". dfb.de. 19 December 2014.
2. ^ "Seleções do Brasil, Suiça e França no Algarve Cup 2015". futebolfemininoportugal.com. 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
3. ^ "Beginn der WM-Vorbereitung: Neid gibt der Jugend eine Chance". welt.de. 13 October 2014.
4. ^ "Philippe Bergeroo reveals France will participate in the Algarve Cup 2015". womenssoccerunited.com. 4 October 2014.
5. ^ "Sveriges kravlista inför fotbolls-VM 2015 i Kanada". sverigesradio.se. 16 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
6. ^ "Die Nati wird in die Algarve befördert". frauenfussballmagazin.ch. 11 October 2014. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
7. ^ "Árbitras da Algarve Cup 2015". fpf.pt. 20 February 2015.
8. ^ "2015 Algarve Cup to feature imbalanced groups". womens.soccerly.com. 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
9. ^ Match schedule
10. ^ Regulations

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