2001 Algarve Cup

The 2001 Algarve Cup was the eighth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 11 and 17 March 2001 in Portugal with Sweden winning the event defeating Denmark, 3-0, in the final game.

2001 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	11–17 March 2001
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (2nd title)
Runners-up	Denmark
Third place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	63 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hanna Ljungberg (6 goals)
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Format

The eight participating teams are same as previous year: Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the United States.

The eight teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin group stage. On completion of this, the fourth placed teams from each group would playoff to determine seventh and eighth place, the third placed teams from each group would play each other to decide fifth and sixth place, the second placed teams in each group would play to determine third and fourth place and the winners of the groups would compete for first and second place.

Points awarded in the group stage are three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a loss.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Sweden	9	3	3	0	0	11	3	8
Canada	6	3	2	0	1	7	6	1
United States	3	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3
Portugal	0	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6

March 11, 2001

Canada	3–0	United States
31' 90' Charmaine Hooper 37' Christine Sinclair	Report Report

Lagos

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March 11, 2001

Sweden	4–1	Portugal
24' Malin Moström 40' Hanna Ljungberg 48' Victoria Svensson 77' Elin Flyborg	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish)	2' Maria João Xavier

Lagos

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March 13, 2001

United States	2–0	Portugal
65' Christie Welsh 87' Stephanie Rigamat	Report Report

Silves

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March 13, 2001

Sweden	5–2	Canada
11' 15' 45' Hanna Ljungberg 13' (own goal) 78' Elin Flyborg	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish)	35' 75' Christine Sinclair

Silves

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March 15, 2001

Sweden	2–0	United States
38' Tina Nordlund 73' Hanna Ljungberg	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Albufeira

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March 15, 2001

Canada	2–1	Portugal
8' (own goal) 89' Breana Boyd	Report Report	45' Edite Fernandes

Albufeira

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Denmark	6	3	2	0	1	8	2	6
China	6	3	2	0	1	6	2	4
Norway	6	3	2	0	1	6	3	3
Finland	0	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13

March 11, 2001

Denmark	2–1	China
55' Kjældgaard 84' Gitte Krogh		7' Pu Wei

Montechoro

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March 11, 2001

Norway	5–1	Finland
16' 20' Dagny Mellgren 56' 67' Linda Ørmen 22' Margunn Haugenes		58' Heidi Kackur

Montechoro

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March 13, 2001

Norway	0–2	China
		50' Zhao Lihong 61' Bai Lili

Olhão

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March 13, 2001

Finland	0–6	Denmark
		22' Kjældgaard 35' 60' Gitte Krogh 42' Merete Pedersen 70' Mette Jokumsen 87' Cathrine Sørensen

Olhão

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March 15, 2001

Norway	1–0	Denmark
59' Ragnhild Gulbrandsen

Portimão

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March 15, 2001

China	3–0	Finland
27' Liu Ying 36' Pan Lina 45' Li Jie

Portimão

Seventh place

March 17, 2001

Finland	3–1	Portugal
36' Jessica Julin 44' Terhi Uusi-Luomalahti 78' Hanna Ekstrom	Report	16' Susana Maria Silva Martins

Montechoro

Fifth place

March 17, 2001

Norway	4–3	United States
21' 73' 86' Ragnhild Gulbrandsen 88' Anne Tønnessen	Report	24' Ally Marquand 46' Laura Schott 56' Cat Reddick

Quarteira

Third place

March 17, 2001

China	5–1	Canada
42' 65' Bai Lili 67' 87' Zhao Lihong 92' Pu Wei	Report	21' Christine Sinclair

Loulé

Final

March 17, 2001

Sweden	3–0	Denmark
5' Linda Fagerström 37' Hanna Ljungberg 74' Malin Moström	SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Loulé

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Sweden
	Denmark
	China
4	Canada
5	Norway
6	United States
7	Finland
8	Portugal

Champion

2001 Algarve Cup
Sweden Second title

Goal scorers

Goals	Player
6	Hanna Ljungberg
4	Christine Sinclair
	Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
3	Bai Lili
	Zhao Lihong
	Gitte Krogh
2	Charmaine Hooper
	Pu Wei
	Nadia Kjældgaard
	Dagny Mellgren
	Linda Ørmen
	Elin Flyborg
	Malin Moström
1	24 athletes
2 own goals

External links

• 2001 Algarve Cup on RSSSF