SheBelieves Cup 2016

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SheBelieves Cup 2016
Number of nations 4th
winner United StatesUnited States USA (1st title)
venue United StatesUnited States United States
Opening game March 3, 2016
Tournament end March 9, 2016
Games 6th
Gates 9  (⌀: 1.5 per game)
Top scorer United StatesUnited States Alex Morgan (2)
Best player United StatesUnited States Alex Morgan
Yellow card yellow cards 11  (⌀: 1.83 per game)
Yellow-red card Yellow-red cards 0
Red card Red cards 0

The SheBelieves Cup 2016 for women's national football teams was the first edition of this tournament series and took place between March 3 and 10, 2016 in the USA . Participants were, with world champions and hosts USA, European champions Germany and France, the top three teams of the Algarve Cup 2015 and England as the winner of the Cyprus Cup 2015 . For Germany and France it was also an important preparation on the way to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , for which both were the second and third best European teams at the 2015 World Cupwhereas England, as the best European team in the World Cup, but not eligible to compete in the Olympic Games , wanted to use the tournament as preparation for the further qualifying games for the 2017 European Championship . The tournament was the highest-attended invitation tournament of the year and took place at the same time as the Algarve Cup 2016 , which was held for the first time since 2001 with only eight teams and in which, apart from South American champions Brazil, no team from the top 10 of the FIFA world rankings took part in previous years the top teams had always participated.

The venues were the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa , the Nissan Stadium in Nashville and the FAU Stadium in Boca Raton . All three stadiums are equipped with natural grass. The games took place as double events.

While the German and French players came out of the league operations that were interrupted for the tournament, the 2016 season in England and the USA had not yet started. However, the US national team qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in February , which they finished with five wins without conceding a goal.

Game results

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. United StatesUnited States United States  3  3  0  0 004: 100  +3 09
 2. GermanyGermany Germany  3  2  0  1 004: 300  +1 06th
 3. EnglandEngland England  3  0  1  2 001: 300  −2 01
 4th FranceFrance France  3  0  1  2 000: 200  −2 01
March 3, 2016 at 5 pm ET in Tampa
GermanyGermany Germany - FranceFrance France 1: 0 (0: 0)
3rd / 4th Tampa , March 7 , 2016 at 7:45 p.m. ET (1:45 p.m. CET)
United StatesUnited States United States - EnglandEngland England 1: 0 (0: 0)
March 6, 2016 , 2pm CT in Nashville
United StatesUnited States United States - FranceFrance France 1: 0 (0: 0)
March 6, 2016 , 4:45 p.m. CT in Nashville (11:45 p.m. CET)
GermanyGermany Germany - EnglandEngland England 2: 1 (0: 1)
March 9, 2016 , 5pm ET, in Boca Raton
FranceFrance France - EnglandEngland England 0-0
9/10 March 2016 , 7:45 p.m. ET (1:45 p.m. CET), in Boca Raton
United StatesUnited States United States - GermanyGermany Germany 2: 1 (2: 1)

The placements were based on the following criteria, with criteria 4 and 5 not being used:

  1. Points from all games (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw)
  2. Goal difference from all games
  3. Number of goals in all games
  4. Direct comparison
  5. Place in the FIFA World Ranking

Goal scorers

rank Player Gates
1 United StatesUnited States Alex Morgan 2
2 EnglandEngland Toni Duggan 1
United StatesUnited States Crystal Dunn 1
GermanyGermany Leonie Maier 1
United StatesUnited States Samantha Mewis 1
GermanyGermany Anja noon 1
GermanyGermany Babett Peter 1

Plus an own goal by Gilly Flaherty in the game against Germany.

Banned player

Awards

  • Golden ball for best player: Alex MorganUnited StatesUnited States 
  • Golden shoe as top scorer: Alex MorganUnited StatesUnited States 
  • Golden glove as the best goalkeeper: Hope SoloUnited StatesUnited States 

Television broadcast

The games of the German team were only broadcast in the live stream of the DFB. The games of the US team were shown by FS1 and ESPN 3. The English team's games were broadcast on the BBC . The French team's games were shown on the private French TV broadcaster D17.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ dfb.de: "SheBelieves Cup: DFB women live on DFB-TV"
  2. ↑ ussoccer.com: "England, France and Germany Name SheBelieves Cup Rosters"
  3. ↑ thefa.com: "BBC to televise England's matches at the SheBelieves Cup"
  4. ↑ fff.fr: "Tournée aux USA: les joueuses retenues"