Algarve Cup 2016

Algarve Cup 2016
Number of nations	8th
winner	Canada (1st title)
venue	Portugal ( Algarve )
Opening game	March 2, 2016
Endgame	March 9, 2016
Games	16
Gates	38  (⌀: 2.38 per game)
Top scorer	Janice Cayman (4)
Best player	Kadeisha Buchanan

The Algarve Cup 2016 was the 23rd edition of this important tournament series for women's national soccer teams and took place from March 2nd to 9th, 2016, as in previous years, at various venues in the Algarve , the southernmost region of Portugal . Eight teams were registered for the tournament, including none of the previous tournament winners.

Of the teams that previously took part in all the events and were also part of the organizers, Norway and Sweden did not take part because the qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games was taking place at the same time . For the same reason, Switzerland , which took part for the first time in 2015, was unable to participate. Furthermore, there was no China or Asian champions Japan , who took part in the Asian Olympic qualification that took place at the same time .

The top three teams in the last edition USA (world champions), France and Germany (European champions) and England ( Cyprus Cup winner of the previous year) instead contested the first-ever SheBelieves Cup in the USA at the invitation of the USA. Olympic host Brazil , who also took part for the first time in 2015, was the only participant in the top 10 of the FIFA world rankings . With Canada, one of the two record winners of the Cyprus Cup took part, which, like in previous years, took place parallel to the Algarve Cup, this time with only eight teams and with the Italians in 13th place as the best-placed team in the FIFA world rankings. By winning the tournament, Canada became the first team to win both the Algarve Cup and the Cyprus Cup.

For the first time, the top four places were taken by teams from four different confederations (CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, UEFA and OFC).

Attendees

•  Belgium (first participation)
•  Brazil *
•  Denmark (permanent participant)
•  Iceland
•  Canada *
•  New Zealand * (first participation)
•  Portugal (permanent participant)
•  Russia

Note: * Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games

The tournament

The group composition was announced on December 14th. All times correspond to UTC ± 0 , i.e. H. CET -1.

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Canada	3	2	0	1	002: 100	+1	06th
2.	Iceland	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th
3.	Belgium	3	1	0	2	003: 400	−1	03
4th	Denmark	3	1	0	2	003: 600	−3	03

March 2nd, 3pm in Lagos
Iceland	-	Belgium	2: 1 (1: 1)
March 2nd, 3pm in Albufeira
Canada	-	Denmark	0: 1 (0: 0)
March 4th, 3pm in Vila Real de Santo António
Canada	-	Belgium	1: 0 (0: 0)
March 4th, 3pm in Parchal
Denmark	-	Iceland	1: 4 (0: 2)
March 7th, 6:30 pm in Albufeira
Denmark	-	Belgium	1: 2 (0: 1)
March 7th, 6:30 pm in Lagos
Canada	-	Iceland	1: 0 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	3	0	0	007: 100	+6	09
2.	New Zealand	3	1	1	1	001: 100	± 0	04th
3.	Russia	3	1	1	1	001: 300	−2	04th
4th	Portugal	3	0	0	3	001: 500	−4	00

March 2nd, 6:00 p.m. in Albufeira
Portugal	-	Russia	0: 1 (0: 0)
March 2nd, 6:30 pm in Lagos
Brazil	-	New Zealand	1: 0 (1: 0)
March 4th, 6:30 pm in Parchal
New Zealand	-	Russia	0-0
March 4th, 8:00 p.m. in Vila Real de Santo António
Portugal	-	Brazil	1: 3 (1: 2)
March 7th, 3pm in Lagos
Brazil	-	Russia	3: 0 (0: 0)
March 7, 3:00 p.m. in Albufeira
Portugal	-	New Zealand	0: 1 (0: 0)

Placement games

The places and times of the placement games were only determined after the pairings were established.

Game for 7th place

March 9, 3:00 p.m. in Parchal
Denmark	-	Portugal	3: 1 (2: 0)

Play for 5th place

March 9, 2:00 p.m. in Vila Real de Santo António
Belgium	-	Russia	5: 0 (2: 0)

3rd place match

March 9, 5:30 p.m. in Vila Real de Santo António
Iceland	-	New Zealand	1: 1; 6: 5 i. E.

final

Canada		Brazil
	March 9, 2016 , 6:30 p.m. GMT in Parchal Result: 2: 1 (0: 0) Referee: Sara Persson ( Sweden )   Match report
	Stephanie Labbé ( Sabrina D'Angelo / 46.) - Allysha Chapman , Kadeisha Buchanan , Shelina Zadorsky , Rhian Wilkinson , Diana Matheson ( Josée Bélanger / 86.), Ashley Lawrence , Desiree Scott , Sophie Schmidt ( Rebecca Quinn / 90.) - Janine Beckie ( Deanne Rose / 69.), Christine Sinclair Trainer: John Herdman	Bárbara - Poliana , Mônica , Rafaelle , Tamires - Formiga , Thaisa - Debinha ( Bia / 67.), Marta ( Raquel / 79.), Andressa Alves ( Thaísinha / 67.), Cristiane Trainer: Vadão
	61 ′ Shelina Zadorsky 67 ′ Janine Beckie	90 ′ Cristiane
	Christine Sinclair , Shelina Zadorsky	Andressa Alves , Marta
		The Canadian association names Cristiane as a goal scorer in its game report . The organizer calls Andressa Alves , but she is said to have been substituted in the 67th minute and replaced again in the 87th minute, which is not permitted. Cristiane is also mentioned in the RSSSF statistics and only one replacement for Andressa Alves.

Goal scorers

rank Player Gates 1  Janice Cayman 4th 2  Cristiane 2  Nadia Nadim 2  Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen 2  Janine Beckie 2 6th  Maud Coutereels 1  Tine Schryvers * 1  Tessa Wullaert 1  Andressa Alves 1  Bia 1  Debinha 1  Formiga 1  Marta 1  Raquel 1  Thaísinha 1

rank Player Gates 6th  Johanna Rasmussen 1  Cecilie Sandvej * 1  Andrea Rán Hauksdóttir * 1  Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir * 1  Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 1  Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir 1  Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir 1  Katrín Ómarsdóttir 1  Summer Clarke * 1  Shelina Zadorsky * 1  Amber Hearn 1  Annalie Longo 1  Tatiana Pinto * 1  Diana Silva * 1  Daria Makarenko 1

Notes: There are also two own goals by Simone Boye Sørensen and Cecilie Breil Kramer (both Denmark)

* = 1st international goal of the player

Awards

• Best player: Kadeisha Buchanan 
• Fairest team: Denmark 

Web links

• official website
• Schedule on www.womenssoccerunited.com
• List of referees
• fifa.com: "National teams on their way to the sun"
• Official document with cadre lists

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kadeisha Buchanan eleita a melhor jogadora do torneio. (No longer available online.) In: fpf.pt. Federação Portuguesa de Futebol , March 9, 2016, archived from the original on March 10, 2016 ; Retrieved March 10, 2016 (Portuguese). 
2. ↑ Teams confirmed for the 2016 Algarve Cup, USA will not be defending their title. In: womenssoccerunited.com. WOMEN'S SOCCER UNITED, December 3, 2015, accessed December 7, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Algarve Cup: as equipas da XXIII edição. In: fpf.pt. Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, December 3, 2015, accessed December 7, 2015 (Portuguese). 
4. ^ Four Nations Tournament: DFB women against USA, France and England. In: dfb.de. German Football Association , January 28, 2016, accessed on February 2, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Algarve Cup: Portugal vai defrontar o Brasil. In: fpf.pt. Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, December 14, 2015, accessed February 2, 2016 (Portuguese). 
6. ↑ See note on the finale
7. ↑ ^{a b} The Danish federation and the organizers name in their match reports Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir, Katrín Ómarsdóttir and Hólmfrídur Magnúsdóttir as Icelandic scorers of the first three goals. The Icelandic Association names Elín Metta Jensen , Sandra María Jessen and Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir in their match report .
8. ↑ In its match report, the Danish Association names its goalkeeper Cecilie Breil Kramer with the help of Hólmfríður as the 1: 4 own goal scorer . The Icelandic Association also only mentions Hólmfríður in its match report as the goal scorer.
9. ↑ The New Zealand Association names Longo on the one hand as the goalscorer against Portugal, ( Longo winner downs Portugal ( Memento of March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive )), on the other hand, the goal is counted as the 49th goal by Amber Hearn , which according to the match report for the game against Iceland ( Memento from March 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) scored her 50th international goal there. Also in the unofficial The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer website , Hearn is named as a goalscorer against Portugal. The organizer also names Hearn as a goal scorer ( Portugal - New Zealand 0: 1 )