1999 Algarve Cup

1999 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country Portugal
Teams 8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  China PR
Runners-up  United States
Third place  Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 40 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) United States Tiffeny Milbrett

The 1999 Algarve Cup was the sixth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 14 and 20 March 1999 in Portugal with China winning the event.

Format

The host and the seven teams invited are Australia, 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
 United States 7321072+5
 Norway 6320143+1
 Sweden 23021231
 Finland 13012055

March 14, 1999
United States  11  Sweden
Tiffeny Milbrett Report Linda Fagerström

March 14, 1999
Norway  10  Finland
Marianne Pettersen


March 16, 1999
United States  40  Finland
Tiffeny Milbrett
Brandi Chastain
Cindy Parlow
Report

March 18, 1999
United States  21  Norway
Julie Foudy
Kristine Lilly
Report Ann Kristin Aarønes

March 18, 1999
Sweden  00  Finland

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China PR 9330080+8
 Denmark 4311163+3
 Australia 23021132
 Portugal 13012099

March 14, 1999
Denmark  11  Australia
Louise Hansen Julie Murray

March 14, 1999
China PR  40  Portugal
 2' 12' Sun Wen
 20' Liu Ying
 34' Pu Wei
Report

March 16, 1999
China PR  20  Denmark
Pu Wei
 (own goal)

March 16, 1999
Portugal  00  Australia
Report

March 18, 1999
Denmark  50  Portugal
 38' (own goal)
 44' Merete Pedersen
 45' Janne Rasmussen
 66' Jeanne Axelsen
 77' Mette Jokumsen
Report

March 18, 1999
Australia  02  China PR
Sun Wen
Liu Ying

Seventh place

March 20, 1999
Portugal  21  Finland
 9' Carla Couto
 36' Adilia Martins
Report  70' Julia Uusmalmi

Portugal finished bottom of their group for the sixth year in a row but won the seventh place playoff with a 21 win against Finland.

Fifth place

March 20, 1999
Australia  11
(76)
(PSO)
 Sweden
Julie Murray Malin Gustafsson

Third place

March 20, 1999
Norway  22
(41)
(PSO)
 Denmark
 69' (own goal)
 82' Cecilie Bendiksen
report (nor.) report (den.)  65' Janne Rasmussen
 90' Merete Pedersen

Final

March 20, 1999
China PR  21  United States
 16' Pu Wei
 65' Jin Yan
Report  45' Tiffeny Milbrett

Final standings

Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  China PR
2nd, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Norway
4  Denmark
5  Australia
6  Sweden
7  Portugal
8  Finland

Goal scorers

Goals
Player
4
United States Tiffeny Milbrett
3
China Jin Yan
2
Australia Julie Murray
China Pu Wei
China Sun Wen
China Liu Ying
Denmark Jeanee Axelsen
Denmark Mette Jokumsen
Norway Cecilie Bendiksen
1
15 athletes
1 own goal
 1999 Algarve Cup 

China PR
First title

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