2001 Algarve Cup

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2001 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country Portugal
Dates 11–17 March 2001
Teams 8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  Sweden
Runners-up  Denmark
Third place  China PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 63 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sweden Hanna Ljungberg
(6 goals)
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2002 →

The 2001 Algarve Cup was the eighth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 11 and 17 March 2001 in Portugal with Sweden winning the event.

Format

The eight participating teams are same as previous year: Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the United States.

The eight teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin group stage. On completion of this, the fourth placed teams from each group would playoff to determine seventh and eighth place, the third placed teams from each group would play each other to decide fifth and sixth place, the second placed teams in each group would play to determine third and fourth place and the winners of the groups would compete for first and second place.

Points awarded in the group stage are three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a loss.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Sweden 9 3 3 0 0 11 3 +8
 Canada 6 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1
 United States 2 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3
 Portugal 0 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6

March 11, 2001
Canada  3–0  United States
Goal 31'Goal 90' Charmaine Hooper
Goal 37' Christine Sinclair		 Report
Report

March 11, 2001
Sweden  4–1  Portugal
Goal 24' Malin Moström
Goal 40' Hanna Ljungberg
Goal 48' Victoria Svensson
Goal 77' Elin Flyborg		 Report Goal 2' Maria João Xavier

March 13, 2001
United States  2–0  Portugal
Goal 65' Christie Welsh
Goal 87' Stephanie Rigamat		 Report
Report

March 13, 2001
Sweden  5–2  Canada
Goal 11'Goal 15'Goal 45' Hanna Ljungberg
Goal 13' (own goal)
Goal 78' Elin Flyborg		 Report Goal 35'Goal 75' Christine Sinclair

March 15, 2001
Sweden  2–0  United States
Goal 38' Tina Nordlund
Goal 73' Hanna Ljungberg		 Report

March 15, 2001
Canada  2–1  Portugal
Goal 8' (own goal)
Goal 89' Breana Boyd		 Report
Report		 Goal 45' Edite Fernandes

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Denmark 6 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6
 China PR 6 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4
 Norway 6 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3
 Finland 0 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13

March 11, 2001
Denmark  2–1  China PR
Goal 55' N Kjaeldgaard
Goal 84' Gitte Krogh		 Goal 7' Pu Wei

March 11, 2001
Norway  5–1  Finland
Goal 16'Goal 20' Dagny Mellgren
Goal 56'Goal 67' Linda Ørmen
Goal 22' Margunn Haugenes		 Goal 58' Heidi Kackur

March 13, 2001
Norway  0–2  China PR
Goal 50' Zhao Lihong
Goal 61' Bai Lili

March 13, 2001
Finland  0–6  Denmark
Goal 22' N Kjaelgaard
Goal 35'Goal 60' Gitte Krogh
Goal 42' Merete Pedersen
Goal 70' Mette Jokumsen
Goal 87' Cathrine Sørensen

March 15, 2001
Norway  1–0  Denmark
Goal 59' Ragnhild Gulbrandsen

March 15, 2001
China PR  3–0  Finland
Goal 27' Liu Ying
Goal 36' Pan Lina
Goal 45' Li Jie

Seventh place

March 17, 2001
Finland  3–1  Portugal
Goal 36' Jessica Julin
Goal 44' Terhi Uusi-Luomalahti
Goal 78' Hanna Ekstrom		 Report Goal 16' Susana Maria Silva Martins

Fifth place

March 17, 2001
Norway  4–3  United States
Goal 21'Goal 73'Goal 86' Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
Goal 88' Anne Tønnessen		 Report Goal 24' Ally Marquand
Goal 46' Laura Schott
Goal 56' Cat Reddick

Third place

March 17, 2001
China PR  5–1  Canada
Goal 42'Goal 65' Bai Lili
Goal 67'Goal 87' Zhao Lihong
Goal 92' Pu Wei		 Report Goal 21' Christine Sinclair

Final

March 17, 2001
Sweden  3–0  Denmark
Goal 5' Linda Fagerström
Goal 37' Hanna Ljungberg
Goal 74' Malin Moström

Final standings

Rank Team
1st  Sweden
2nd  Denmark
3rd  China PR
4  Canada
5  Norway
6  United States
7  Finland
8  Portugal

Champion

 2001 Algarve Cup 

Sweden
Second title

Goal scorers

Goals
Goal		 Player
6
 Sweden Hanna Ljungberg
4
 Canada Christine Sinclair
Norway Ragnhild Gulbrandsen`
3
 China Bai Lili
China Zhao Lihong
Denmark Gitte Krogh
2
 Canada Charmaine Hooper
China Pu Wei
Denmark N Kjaelgaard
Norway Dagny Mellgren
Norway Linda Ørmen
Sweden Elin Flyborg
Sweden Malin Moström
1
 24 athletes
2 own goals

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