The 2011 Algarve Cup was the eighteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 2–9 March 2011.[1][2]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 2–9 March 2011 |
| Teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 9 (in 9 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (8th title) |
| Runners-up |  Iceland |
| Third place |  Japan |
| Fourth place |  Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 62 (2.58 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Alex Morgan Carli Lloyd Carla Couto Edite Fernandes Jessica Fishlock Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (3 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Homare Sawa |
← 2010 2012 → | |
Format
editThe twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.
Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place and those that finished third in these two groups playing for fifth place.
The teams in Group C were playing for places 7–12, with the winner of Group C playing the team that finished fourth in Group A or B with the better record for seventh place and the Group C runner-up playing the team which came last in Group A or B with the worse record for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for eleventh place.
Points awarded in the group stage follow 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
editListed are the confirmed teams.
| Team | FIFA Rankings (November 2010) |
|---|---|
1
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4
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5
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7
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13
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14
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16
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17
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37
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39
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46
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47
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Group stage
editAll times local (WET/UTC+0)
Group A
edit| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 |
| United States | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rodriguez Rapinoe |
Report | Miyama |
| United States | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tarpley Lloyd |
Report |
Group B
edit| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 |
| Sweden | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Öqvist |
Margrét Lára Katrín Jónsdóttir |
| Iceland | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Margrét Lára |
Ma |
| Denmark | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dóra María |
Group C
edit| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 |
| Portugal | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Couto Fernandes |
Dykes |
| Portugal | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
Placement play-offs
editAll times local (WET/UTC+0)
11th Place
edit9th Place
edit7th Place
edit5th Place
edit3rd Place
editFinal
edit| 2–4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ómarsdóttir Hallbera |
Report | Lloyd Cheney O'Reilly Morgan |
| 2011 Algarve Cup |
|---|
United States Eighth title |
Top Goal Scorers
edit- 3 goals
Most Valuable Player
editFair Play
editReferences
edit- ^ "Algarve Cup - Womens Soccer United". Archived from the original on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
- ^ "Group Stage". Retrieved 2018-02-20.