SheBelieves Cup 2018
| SheBelieves Cup 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Number of nations | 4th |
| winner |
 United States (2nd title)
|
| venue |
United States
|
| Opening game | 1st March 2018 |
| Tournament end | March 7, 2018 |
| Games | 6th |
| Gates | 16 (⌀: 2.67 per game) |
| spectator | 74,621 (⌀: 12,437 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Ellen White , Eugénie Le Sommer (2 each)
 |
 yellow cards
|
9 (⌀: 1.5 per game) |
The SheBelieves Cup in 2018 for women's football national team was held from 1 to 7 March 2018 in the United States instead. It was the third edition of this tournament and, as in the two previous years, the participants were record world champions and hosts USA , record European champions Germany , England and last year's winner France . In the FIFA world rankings of December 2017, the four teams were ranked 1 (USA), 2 (Germany), 3 (England) and 6 (France), the position of the French women also being due to the fact that they had been since the 2017 European Championships had not played any more competitive games. For the March world rankings, the games are considered friendly games between top 10 teams.
The venues were the Mapfre Stadium in Columbus , the Red Bull Arena in Harrison and the Orlando City Stadium in Orlando . Harrison was one of the three venues for the second time. All three stadiums are equipped with natural grass. The games took place as double events.
Game results
| Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
United States
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3: 1 | +2 | 7th |
| 2. |
England
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6: 4 | +2 | 4th |
| 3. |
France
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5: 5 | ± 0 | 4th |
| 4th |
 Germany
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2: 6 | −4 | 1 |
| March 1, 2018, 4 p. m. ET (10 p.m. CET), in Columbus | |||
|
England
|
- |
France |
4: 1 (3: 0) |
| 1./2. March 2018, 7 p. m. ET (1 a.m. CET), in Columbus | |||
| United States |
- |
Germany |
1: 0 (1: 0) |
| March 4, 2018, 12 p. m. CT (6pm CET) in Harrison | |||
|
United States |
- |
France |
1: 1 (1: 1) |
| March 4, 2018, 3 p. m. CT at (9 p.m. CET) Harrison | |||
|
Germany |
- |
England |
2: 2 (1: 1) |
| March 7, 2018, 4 p. m., ET (10 p.m. CET), in Orlando | |||
|
France
|
- |
Germany |
3: 0 (1: 0) |
| 7th / 8th March 2018, 7 p. m., ET (1:00 p.m. CET), in Orlando | |||
| United States |
- |
England |
1: 0 (0: 0) |
The placements were based on the following criteria, of which only the first two were used based on the results:
- Points from all games (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw)
- Goal difference from all games
- Number of goals in all games
- Direct comparison
- Place in the FIFA World Ranking
particularities
- In the last tournament game of the German team, Lena Goeßling made her 100th international match by substituting in the first minute of stoppage time.
- Carli Lloyd made her 250th international match in the last tournament game.
- Six days after the tournament, national coach Steffi Jones was dismissed due to the poor performance.
Effects on the world rankings
- The USA claimed first place.
- Germany fell from second to third, the worst ranking since March 2009.
- England climbed to second place, achieving their best result to date and being the best-placed European team for the first time.
- France also climbed one place and finished fifth.
Web links
- Official website of the SheBelieves Cup 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Soccer Powers USA, Germany, England and France Set for 2018 SheBelieves Cup. ussoccer.com (English).
- ↑ fifa.com: USA at its best - two winners for the anniversary
- ↑ fifa.com: National coach Jones dismissed - Hrubesch takes over