Founded | 1994 |
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Region | Portugal |
Number of teams | 12 |
Current champions | Sweden (5th title) |
Most successful team(s) | United States (10 titles) |
Website | Official website |
2022 Algarve Cup |
The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and longest-running women's international football events and has been nicknamed the "Mini FIFA Women's World Cup". [1]
The most successful teams have been the United States, with ten titles, followed by Norway and Sweden with five, and Germany with four. The USA has won all its titles since 2000, including nine in thirteen years since 2003. China has won twice. [2] The USA, Norway, Germany, and Spain are the only nations to have won both the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Algarve Cup.
The Algarve Cup, as an annual event featuring most of the world's top women's football teams, has no parallel in the men's game, given that there are fewer professional women's leagues and thus fewer scheduling conflicts. It is played in late February or early March, at the same time as the Arnold Clark Cup, the Cup of Nations, the Cyprus Women's Cup, the Istria Cup, the Pinatar Cup, the SheBelieves Cup, the Tournoi de France, the Turkish Women's Cup and the Women's Revelations Cup.
From 2002 to 2014, 12 teams were invited, with the top eight competing for the championship. The teams were divided into three groups of four — A, B and C. Group C was added in 2002 to provide second-tier teams with high-level match experience every year. The teams first played round-robin within their pool. Then the placement round proceeded as follows:
In 2015, Group C teams became eligible for the final, which is now played between the two best group winners. [3] If teams are tied on points, finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order: [4]
The placement round is now as follows:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
2 | Norway (NOR) | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
3 | Sweden (SWE) | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
4 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
5 | China (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
6 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
10 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
11 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
12 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
14 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (16 entries) | 29 | 27 | 28 | 84 |
Team | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | Years |
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Australia | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 4th | – | – | WD | 4 |
Austria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | 11th | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Belgium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | 6th | – | 2 |
Brazil | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Canada | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | 8th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | – | – | 8 |
Chile | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
China | – | – | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 7th | 6th | 10th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 12th | – | 10th | 11th | 12th | – | – | 23 |
Denmark | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 2nd | 6th | 9th | 7th | 6th | 9th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 10th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 28 |
England | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Faroe Islands | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Finland | 6th | 5th | 8th | 6th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 9th | 10th | 7th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 |
France | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
Germany | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | 2nd | 1st | 8th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | – | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 12 |
Greece | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Hungary | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Iceland | – | – | 6th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 7th | 6th | 9th | 2nd | 6th | 9th | 3rd | 10th | 3rd | 9th | 9th | 9th | – | – | 15 |
Republic of Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | 10th | 11th | 12th | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
Italy | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | 7th | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | 6 |
Japan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 9th | – | 6th | 6th | – | – | – | 7 |
Mexico | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Netherlands | – | 6th | – | 5th | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 1st | 11th | – | – | 6 |
New Zealand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | – | 4th | – | 2 |
North Korea | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Northern Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 12th | WD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Norway | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 9th | 6th | 5th | 7th | 3rd | 10th | 5th | – | 11th | 7th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 27 |
Poland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | 3 |
Portugal | 5th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 11th | 10th | 8th | 11th | 11th | 12th | 10th | 8th | 10th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 11th | 8th | 12th | 3rd | 10th | 8th | 4th | 28 |
Romania | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Russia | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | 6th | 8th | 12th | – | – | – | 5 |
Scotland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | 2 |
South Korea | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | 1 |
Spain | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 7th | – | – | 2 |
Sweden | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | – | 7th | 1st | 4th | 7th | 1st | 27 |
Switzerland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 2 |
United States | 2nd | 4th | – | – | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 6th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 7th | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 |
Wales | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 12th | 10th | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | 8th | 8th | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
Total (36 teams) | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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1 | United States | 20 | 79 | 56 | 11 | 12 | 173 | 62 | +111 | 179 |
2 | Sweden | 27 | 103 | 52 | 23 | 28 | 185 | 108 | +78 | 179 |
3 | Norway | 27 | 103 | 53 | 14 | 36 | 175 | 117 | +58 | 173 |
4 | Denmark | 28 | 107 | 42 | 14 | 51 | 146 | 151 | −5 | 140 |
5 | China | 23 | 91 | 35 | 14 | 42 | 106 | 109 | −3 | 119 |
6 | Portugal | 28 | 106 | 26 | 16 | 63 | 101 | 208 | −107 | 97 |
7 | Germany | 12 | 44 | 29 | 2 | 13 | 94 | 35 | +59 | 89 |
8 | Iceland | 15 | 59 | 21 | 11 | 27 | 75 | 93 | −18 | 74 |
9 | Canada | 8 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 56 |
10 | Japan | 7 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 49 |
11 | Italy | 5 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 41 |
12 | France | 6 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 41 |
13 | Finland | 18 | 71 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 45 | 165 | −120 | 33 |
14 | Wales | 7 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 32 |
15 | Netherlands | 6 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 30 |
16 | Republic of Ireland | 5 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 20 |
17 | Mexico | 3 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 17 |
18 | Australia | 3 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 17 |
19 | Russia | 5 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 41 | −25 | 17 |
20 | Brazil | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 16 |
21 | Spain | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 16 |
22 | Austria | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 16 |
23 | Greece | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 14 |
24 | England | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 13 |
25 | Romania | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 13 |
26 | Scotland | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 12 |
27 | Poland | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 11 |
28 | Belgium | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 10 |
29 | North Korea | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 |
30 | Hungary | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 7 |
31 | New Zealand | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 6 |
32 | South Korea | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
33 | Switzerland | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 |
34 | Northern Ireland | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 3 |
35 | Chile | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
36 | Faroe Islands | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 |
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