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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2005_Algarve_Cup > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2005_Algarve_Cup.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Algarve_Cup > Source revision: 1314150099 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) International women's football tournament 2005 Algarve Cup Tournament details Host country Portugal City Algarve Dates 9–15 March Teams 12 (from 3 confederations) Final positions Champions United States (4th title) Runners-up Germany Third place France Fourth place Sweden Tournament statistics Matches played 24 Goals scored 71 (2.96 per match) Top scorer(s) Christie Welsh (5 goals) Best player Birgit Prinz Best goalkeeper Bente Nordby ← 2004 2006 → International football competition The **2005 Algarve Cup** was the 12th edition of the [Algarve Cup](/source/Algarve_Cup), an invitational [women's football](/source/Women's_association_football) tournament held annually in [Portugal](/source/Portugal). It took place from 9 to 15 March 2005. The USA won the tournament defeating Germany, 1–0, in the final-game. The tournament victory was the fourth for the US, and their third in a row.[1] ## Format The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a [round-robin tournament](/source/Round-robin_tournament). Since the expansion to 12 teams in 2002, the Algarve Cup format had been as follows: **Groups A** and **B**, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group A and B winners contested the final – to win the Algarve Cup. The runners-up played for third place, and those that finish third in the groups played for fifth place. The teams in **Group C** played for places 7–12. The winner of Group C played the team that finished fourth in Group A or B (whichever has the better record) for seventh place. The Group C runner-up played the team who finishes last in Group A or B (with the worse record) for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for the eleventh place. Points awarded in the group stage followed 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 Team FIFA Rankings (December 2004) Germany 1 United States 2 Norway 3 Sweden 5 China 6 Denmark 7 France 9 England 14 Finland 16 Mexico 25 Portugal (hosts) 34 Northern Ireland 83 ## Group stage ### Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Germany 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Sweden 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4 Norway 3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 4 China 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0 Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 9 March 2005 Norway 2–1 China Rønning 57' Wiik 76' Han Duan 68' Lagos 9 March 2005 Sweden 1–2 Germany Johansson 68' SvFF Report (in Swedish) Smisek 6' Prinz 77' Lagos 11 March 2005 China 0–2 Sweden SvFF Report (in Swedish) Östberg 35' Johansson 39' Silves 11 March 2005 Germany 4–0 Norway Mittag 15' Prinz 56', 58' Pohlers 65' Silves 13 March 2005 China 0–2 Germany Smisek 18' Wunderlich 80' Alvor 13 March 2005 Sweden 1–1 Norway Seger 18' SvFF Report (in Swedish) Kaufmann 84' Loulé ### Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts United States 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9 France 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Denmark 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3 Finland 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0 Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 9 March 2005 Denmark 4–1 Finland Ferreiras 9 March 2005 France 0–1 United States Report Welsh 20' Ferreiras 11 March 2005 United States 3–0 Finland Welsh 8', 41' Wambach 52' Report Guia 11 March 2005 Denmark 1–2 France Pedersen 18' Pichon 16' (pen.) Diacre 90' Guia 13 March 2005 United States 4–0 Denmark Lilly 6', 58' Wambach 15' Welsh 28' Report Vila Real de San Antonio 13 March 2005 Finland 1–2 France Mäkinen 29' Pichon 51' Dusang 85' Loulé ### Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts England 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9 Mexico 3 2 0 1 4 6 −2 6 Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3 Portugal 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0 Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 9 March 2005 England 4–0 Northern Ireland Carney 32' Exley 53', 89' McArthur 56' Paderne 9 March 2005 Portugal 1–2 Mexico Tânia Pinto 11' Report Leyva 52' Leticia Villalpando 72' Paderne 11 March 2005 16:15 ([WET](/source/Western_European_Time)) England 4–0 Portugal Stoney 10' Yankey 30', 90' Barr 77' Report [Estádio de São Luís](/source/Est%C3%A1dio_de_S%C3%A3o_Lu%C3%ADs), [Faro](/source/Faro%2C_Portugal) Referee: Eun ah Hong 11 March 2005 Mexico 2–0 Northern Ireland Pérez 23' González 31' Faro 13 March 2005 England 5–0 Mexico Williams 2', 68' Handley 34' Yankey 52' Smith 78' Lagos 13 March 2005 Northern Ireland 2–1 Portugal Hall 18' Hutton 25' Report Carneiro 38' Lagos ## Placement play-offs ### Eleventh place match 15 March 2005 Portugal 3–1 Northern Ireland Paula Cristina 58' Dani 82' Couto 86' Report McFadden 39' [Algarve](/source/Algarve) ### Ninth place match 15 March 2005 Finland 1–1 Mexico Levya 40' (o.g.) González 67' Penalties 5–6 [Algarve](/source/Algarve) ### Seventh place match 15 March 2005 China 0–0 England Penalties 5–3 [Algarve](/source/Algarve) ### Fifth place match 15 March 2005 Norway 2–1 Denmark Christensen 18' Rønning 22' Pedersen 13' [Algarve](/source/Algarve) ### Third place match 15 March 2005 Sweden 2–3 France Johansson 37', 64' SvFF Report (in Swedish) Georges 5' Béghé 53' Lattaf 79' [Algarve](/source/Algarve) ### Final 15 March 2005 Germany 0–1 United States Report Welsh 23' Estádio do Algarve, Faro-Loulé Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Florea Cristina Ionescu (Romania) Germany United States GERMANY: GK 1 Silke Rottenberg DF 2 Kerstin Stegemann DF 17 Ariane Hingst DF 4 Steffi Jones DF 5 Sarah Günther 70' MF 18 Kerstin Garefrekes MF 14 Britta Carlson 32' MF 6 Renate Lingor 86' MF 20 Conny Pohlers 46' FW 9 Birgit Prinz (c) FW 11 Anja Mittag 66' Substitutes: DF 3 Sonja Fuss 70' MF 16 Viola Odebrecht 32' MF 13 Celia Okoyino Da Mbabi 86' MF 7 Pia Wunderlich 83' FW 8 Sandra Smisek 66' Manager: Tina Theune-Meyer UNITED STATES: GK 1 Hope Solo DF 15 Kate Markgraf DF 2 Heather Mitts DF 4 Cat Reddick MF 7 Shannon Boxx MF 17 Lori Chalupny MF 13 Kristine Lilly (c) MF 5 Lindsay Tarpley FW 10 Aly Wagner 75' FW 20 Abby Wambach FW 8 Christie Welsh 83' Substitutes: MF 9 Heather O'Reilly 83' MF 19 Angela Hucles 75' Manager: Greg Ryan 2005 Algarve Cup United States Fourth title ## Final standings Rank Team United States Germany France 4 Sweden 5 Norway 6 Denmark 7 China 8 England 9 Mexico 10 Finland 11 Portugal 12 Northern Ireland ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hinrichs, Dirk (16 March 2005). ["US beats Germany to win third straight Algarve Cup"](http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/national/2005-03-15-us-win-algarve_x.htm). *USA Today*. Retrieved 2 February 2017. ## External links - [Algarve Cup on WomensSoccerUnited.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20140122205553/http://www.womenssoccerunited.com/group/algarvecup) - [RSSSF.com history page, with links to full results](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-algarve.html) v t e Algarve Cup Tournaments 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 2021 2022 Squads 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 2021 2022 v t e International women's association football FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Ranking Player of the Year The Best FIFA Women's Player Worldwide FIFA Women's World Cup U-20 U-17 Asia AFC Women's Asian Cup U-20 U-17 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional ASEAN EAFF SAFF WAFF CAFA Intercontinental (Arab) Africa CAF Women's Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional CECAFA U-20 U-17 COSAFA U-20 U-17 UNAF WAFU A WAFU B UNIFFAC U-20 Intercontinental (Arab) North America, Central America and the Caribbean CONCACAF W Championship U-20 U-17 U-15 W Gold Cup W Nations League Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament South America CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17 Women's Nations League Oceania OFC Women's Nations Cup U-19 U-16 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Europe UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17 Women's Nations League Non-FIFA NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup CONIFA CONIFA Women's World Football Cup Games Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Goodwill Games Pan American Games Pacific Games Indian Ocean Island Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Island Games Invitationals Aisha Buhari Cup Algarve Cup Aphrodite Women Cup Arnold Clark Cup Australia Cup Balaton Cup Baltic Cup Brazil Cup Chungua Cup Cyprus Women's Cup European Competition ('69,'79) Cup of Nations Finalissima Four Nations Tournament FIFA Invitation Tournament Gold Cup Istria Cup Women's Kirin Challenge Cup Malta International Matchworld Cup MS&AD Cup Mundialito Nordic Championship Our Game Tournament Peace Queen Cup Pinatar Cup Pink Ladies Cup Revelations Cup SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament SheBelieves Cup Sud Ladies Cup Tournament of Nations Tournoi de France Turkish Women's Cup Valais Cup Vianet Championship Women's World Cup ('70, '71) Yongchuan International Tournament Geography Codes Player of the Century Video games Men's football --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2005 Algarve Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Algarve_Cup) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Algarve_Cup?action=history)). 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