The 2017 Algarve Cup was the 24th edition of the

Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious an ...

, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

. It took place from 1 to 8 March.

Format

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

Venues

* Albufeira Municipal Stadium,

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* Bela Vista Municipal Stadium,

Parchal Parchal is a town and a former civil parish in the municipality ('' concelho'') of Lagoa, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Estômbar e Parchal. The population in 2011 was 4,019, in an area of 3.86 km². It is situated ...

Estádio Algarve The Estádio Algarve (Algarve Stadium), also known as ''Estádio Faro/Loulé'' (Faro/Loule Stadium), is an association football stadium located between Faro and Loulé municipalities, in the Algarve region of Portugal. The stadium has a capacit ...

* Lagos Municipal Stadium,

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* VRS António Sports Complex,

Vila Real de Santo António Vila Real de Santo António (, often run together as ) is a city, civil parish, and municipality in the Algarve, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,156, in an area of 61.25 km2. It is one of the few municipalities in Portugal without ter ...

Referees

Squads

Group stage

The groups were announced on 18 November 2016,
''All times WET ( UTC±00:00).''

Tie-breaking criteria

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 were determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order: # number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question # goal difference in all the group matches # number of goals scored in all the group matches # fair-play ranking in all the group matches # FIFA ranking

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of teams for placement matches

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

Placement matches

11th Place

9th Place

7th Place

5th Place

3rd Place

Final

Final standings

Goalscorers

;4 goals * Pernille Harder *

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;3 goals * Emily Gielnik ;2 goals * Christine Sinclair * Wang Shanshan * Sarah Hansen * Stine Larsen *

Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen (born 15 August 1988) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Reading of the FA Women's Super League. Since 2008, she has been a part of the senior Danish national team. Club career In 2011 ...

* Málfríður Erna Sigurðardóttir *

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* Olga García *

Kosovare Asllani Kosovare Asllani (born 29 July 1989) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker or an attacking midfielder for Italian first division Serie A club AC Milan and the Sweden national team. Nicknamed "Kosse", Asllani possesses grea ...

;1 goal * Ellie Carpenter * Alanna Kennedy *

Kyah Simon Kyah Pam Simon (born 25 June 1991) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Tottenham Hotspur of the FA Women's Super League. In 2011, Simon became the first Indigenous Australian player to score a goal in a FI ...

* Sophie Schmidt * Line Jensen *

Nicoline Sørensen Nicoline Haugård Sørensen (born 15 August 1997) is a Danish football player who plays as a forward for Everton in the English FA Women's Super League and the Danish national team. Having made her debut for the senior national team at the ag ...

* Katrine Veje *

Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir (born 28 September 1988) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Stjarnan of the Besta deild kvenna and the Iceland national team. Early life Born in Garðabær, Iceland, Gunnhildur ...

* Mandy van den Berg *

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Lieke Martens Lieke Elisabeth Petronella Martens (; born 16 December 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger or midfielder for Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain and the Netherlands national team. Martens began her profess ...

Vivianne Miedema Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid "Vivianne" Miedema (; born 15 July 1996) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for FA Women's Super League (FA WSL) club Arsenal W.F.C., Arse ...

* Sherida Spitse *

Ada Hegerberg Ada Martine Stolsmo Hegerberg (born 10 July 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the Norway national team. Hegerberg has represented Norway at the youth international l ...

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* Guro Reiten * Margarita Chernomyrdina * Daria Makarenko * Olesya Mashina *

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* Silvia Meseguer * Leila Ouahabi *

Nilla Fischer Åsa Nilla Maria Fischer (born 2 August 1984) is a Swedish footballer for Linköpings. She played in the Swedish national team between 2001 and 2022. She was previously the captain of FC Rosengård. Career Fischer won most of her caps for Swede ...

Fridolina Rolfö Fridolina Rolfö (born 24 November 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Sweden women's national team. Club career After joining from Tölö, Rolfö scored nine league ...

Lotta Schelin Charlotta Eva Schelin (born 27 February 1984) is a Swedish former professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for FC Rosengård of the Damallsvenskan. She made her debut for the Sweden national team in March 2004 and was app ...

;Own goal * Rumi Utsugi (playing against

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) * Sheila van den Bulk (playing against Japan) * Maria Thorisdottir (playing against

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)

References

External links

Algarve Cup's timedate
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