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1999 Algarve Cup

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1999 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions China (1st title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored40 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Tiffeny Milbrett
1998
2000

The 1999 Algarve Cup was the sixth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 14 and 20 March 1999 in Portugal with China winning the event defeating the US, 2-1, in the final game. The Chinese triumph also became China's first victory against the USA since 1993.[1]

Format

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The host and the seven teams invited are Australia, 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

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United States 7 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5
 Norway 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1
 Sweden 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1
 Finland 1 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5
United States 1–1 Sweden
Tiffeny Milbrett 15' Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Linda Fagerström 76'

Norway 1–0 Finland
Marianne Pettersen




Sweden 0–0 Finland
SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Group B

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China 9 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8
 Denmark 4 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3
 Australia 2 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2
 Portugal 1 3 0 1 2 0 9 −9

China 4–0 Portugal
2' 12' Sun Wen
20' Liu Ying
34' Pu Wei
Report

China 2–0 Denmark
Pu Wei
(own goal)

Portugal 0–0 Australia
Report

Denmark 5–0 Portugal
38' (own goal)
44' Merete Pedersen
45' Janne Rasmussen
66' Jeanne Axelsen
77' Mette Jokumsen
Report

Australia 0–2 China
Sun Wen
Liu Ying

Seventh place

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Portugal 2–1 Finland
9' Carla Couto
36' Adilia Martins
Report 70' Julia Uusmalmi

Portugal finished bottom of their group for the sixth year in a row but won the seventh place playoff with a 2–1 win against Finland.

Fifth place

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Australia 1–1
(7–6)
(PSO)
 Sweden
Murray SvFF Report (in Swedish) Gustafsson

Third place

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Norway 2–2
(4–1)
(PSO)
 Denmark
Selvmal 69' (own goal)
82' Bendiiksen
report (nor.) report (den.) 65' Rasmussen
90' Pedersen

Final

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China 2–1 United States
16' Pu Wei
65' Yan
Report 45' Tiffeny Milbrett

Final standings

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Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Norway
4  Denmark
5  Australia
6  Sweden
7  Portugal
8  Finland

Goal scorers

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Goals
Player
4
United States Tiffeny Milbrett
3
China Jin Yan
2
Australia Julie Murray
China Pu Wei
China Sun Wen
China Liu Ying
Denmark Jeanee Axelsen
Denmark Mette Jokumsen
Norway Cecilie Bendiksen
1
15 athletes
1 own goal


 1999 Algarve Cup 

China
First title

References

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  1. ^ "Soccer; Algarve Cup Goes to China". New York Times. March 21, 1999. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
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