Algarve Cup 2020

Algarve Cup 2020
Number of nations	8th
winner	Germany
venue	Portugal ( Algarve )
Opening game	4th March 2020
Endgame	called off
Games	12 completed a total of 11 so far
Gates	29  (⌀: 2.64 per game)
Top scorer	Nanna Christiansen , Pernille Harder , Cristiana Girelli , Synne Jensen (2 each)
yellow cards	16  (⌀: 1.45 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.09 per game)
Red cards	0

The Algarve Cup 2020 was the 27th edition of this tournament series for women's national soccer teams and took place from March 4 to 10, 2020, as in previous years, at various venues in the Algarve , the southernmost region of Portugal . As in the four previous years, record winners USA , England and France did not take part. The USA and England met at the same time at the fifth SheBelieves Cup . France and European champions Netherlands played in a tournament that was held in France for the first time, the Tournoi de France , in which Brazil and Canada (2016 winners) also took part. The top participants in the FIFA world rankings were Germany (2nd), which returned after four non-participations, and Sweden (5th). At the same time as the tournament, the last round of the Asian Association's Olympic qualification took place, in which Australia meets Vietnam and China and South Korea should initially play against each other. The games between the latter were postponed first to April and then to June because of the coronavirus epidemic .

After two wins each, Germany and Italy reached the final, which had to be canceled because the Italians had left early due to the tightened entry regulations in Italy due to the coronavirus epidemic. The remaining placement games took place on March 10th without spectators.

As expected, the German team was declared the winner of the tournament on the final day.

Attendees

country	Rank 1	annotation
Belgium	17th
Denmark	16	permanent participant
Germany	2
Italy	14th
New Zealand	23
Norway	12	Defending champion
Portugal	31	permanent participant
Sweden	5	2018 winner 2

¹Position in the FIFA World Ranking as of December 2019

² In 2018, the final between the Netherlands and Sweden was not played and the title was awarded to both of them, as the course was not playable

Regulations

Eight national teams took part in the tournament, this time playing off the cup winners in three rounds. The first round was drawn, in the second the four winners played in previously determined pairings for a place in the final, the losers for the places accordingly. If a game ended in a draw after 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out followed immediately . Since FIFA classifies the games as friendlies, each team was allowed to replace six players per game, which could take place with a maximum of four game interruptions, of which a maximum of three in the second half.

If games could not have been played due to the weather conditions, they would have been made up on the following day. Games that should have been canceled before the 60th minute due to weather conditions would have continued the following day. If games had been abandoned after the 60th minute, they would have been rated with the result existing at the time.

If placement games could not have been played due to weather conditions - as in 2018 - or if they had been abandoned before the end of the first half, they would have been - provided that the space conditions had allowed it and both teams and the referee had agreed - with a penalty shoot-out in the ABAB- Mode has been decided. If this had not been possible, the order would have been determined according to the following criteria:

1. Largest goal difference in the first two games
2. Higher number of goals in the first two games
3. Fair play rating in the first two games
4. Place in the FIFA World Ranking
5. Come on.

Placement games that should have been canceled during the half-time break or afterwards would have been rated with the then existing result. If it had been drawn at the time it was abandoned, there would have been a penalty shoot-out, as in the first case. If this had not been possible, the criteria as above for determining the placements would have applied.

None of these cases occurred.

Games

First round

The first round draw took place on January 7, 2020.

March 4, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. CET) in Parchal
New Zealand	-	Belgium	1: 1 (1: 0), 7: 6 i. E.
March 4, 2020 at 8:15 p.m. (9:15 p.m. CET) in Faro / Loulé
Portugal	-	Italy	1: 2 (1: 0)
March 4, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CET) in Faro / Loulé
Germany	-	Sweden	1: 0 (1: 0)
March 4, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CET) in Parchal
Denmark	-	Norway	1: 2 (1: 1)

Play for 1st to 4th place

Semifinals

March 7, 2020 at 9:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m. CET) in Parchal
New Zealand	-	Italy	0: 3 (0: 1)
March 7, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. CET) in Lagos
Germany	-	Norway	4: 0 (2: 0)

3rd place match

March 10, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in Faro / Loulé
New Zealand	-	Norway	1: 2 (1: 1)

final

March 11, 2020 at 6:45 p.m. GMT (7:45 p.m. CET) in Parchal
Italy	-	Germany	called off

The Italian team withdrew from the tournament on March 10, 2020 and left. The reason given by the Italian Football Association was the tightened entry requirements to Italy from March 11, 2020 due to the rampant COVID-19 pandemic there . Thus, for the second time after 2018, the final had to be canceled. The German team won the Algarve Cup without a fight.

Play for 5th to 8th place

Semifinals

March 7, 2020 at 5:15 p.m. (6:15 p.m. CET) in Parchal
Belgium	-	Portugal	1: 0 (0: 0)
March 7, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CET) in Lagos
Sweden	-	Denmark	1: 2 (1: 0)

Play for 5th place

March 10, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. CET) in Lagos
Belgium	-	Denmark	0: 4 (0: 3)

Game for 7th place

March 10, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. / 9:00 p.m. CET in Faro / Loulé
Portugal	-	Sweden	0: 2 (0: 1)

Goal scorers

rank	Player	Gates
1	Nanna Christiansen	2
	Pernille Harder	2
	Cristiana Girelli	2
	Synne Jensen	2
5	Chloe Vande Velde	1
	Tine De Caigny	1
	Stine Pedersen	1
	Stine Larsen	1
	Janni Thomsen	1*
	Johanna Elsig	1*
	Marina Hegering	1*
	Svenja Huth	1
	Lea Schüller	1
	Barbara Bonansea	1
	Elena Linari	1
	Stefania Tarenzi	1
	Olivia chance	1*
	Hannah Wilkinson	1
	Elise Thorsnes	1
	Caroline Graham Hansen	1
	Diana Silva	1
	Lina Hurtig	1
	Sofia Jakobsson	1
	Fridolina Rolfö	1

• Notes:

* = first international goal of the player

Also an own goal by Ingrid Syrstad Engen / Norway

particularities

Sweden did without Linda Sembrant , who plays for Juventus Turin in northern Italy , due to the frequent COVID-19 diseases there . For this reason Denmark also did without Sofie Junge Pedersen . Italy, on the other hand, came with ten Juve players.

Web links

• As equipas da Algarve Cup 2020
• DFB women start at the Algarve Cup
• Regulations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fpf.pt: Jogos finais à porta fechada
2. ↑ ^{a b} Alemanha vence competição. fpf.pt, accessed on March 11, 2020 . 
3. ↑ fpf.pt: Sorteio realizado
4. ↑ Italy cancels Algarve Cup final. dfb.de, accessed on March 10, 2020 . 
5. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: Sembrant ställs över från Algarve Cup
6. ↑ dbu.dk: Junge og Nadim kommer ikke til Algarve Cup
7. ↑ figc.it: “Le Azzurre preparano l'esordio nell'Algarve Cup. Bertolini: “Siamo orgogliose di essere qui” “