2000 Algarve Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 12–18 March 2000 |
| Teams | 8 (from 3 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 United States |
| Runners-up |
 Norway |
| Third place |
 China PR |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 50 (3.13 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Dagny Mellgren (4 goals) |
The 2000 Algarve Cup was the seventh edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 12 and 18 March 2000 in Portugal with United States winning the event.
Format
The eight participating teams are 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 |
 Sweden |
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
 Denmark |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Portugal |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 |
March 12, 2000 |
| United States |
7–0 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
 5' 11' 63' Cindy Parlow 6' Shannon McMillan 22' Joy Fawcett 67' Tisha Venturini 88' Julie Foudy |
Report Report |
March 14, 2000 |
| United States |
2–1 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| 67' Lorrie Fair 86' Shannon McMillan |
Report | 10' Gitte Krogh |
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norway |
9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 |
| China PR |
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 |
 Canada |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 |
 Finland |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 |
March 14, 2000 |
| Norway |
2–1 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| 14' Marianne Pettersen 45' Linda Ørmen |
Report | 8' Christine Sinclair |
Seventh place
Fifth place
March 18, 2000 |
| Canada |
3–2 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| 4' 57' Christine Sinclair 29' Breanna Boyd |
Report | 10' Merete Pedersen 58' Lene Jensen |
Third place
Final
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | United States |
 | Norway |
 | China PR |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Canada |
| 6 | Denmark |
| 7 | Finland |
| 8 | Portugal |
Goal scorers
| Goals |
Player |
|---|---|
| Dagny Mellgren | |
| Christine Sinclair | |
| Sun Wen | |
| Cindy Parlow | |
| Jin Yan | |
| Zhang Ouying | |
| Gitte Krogh | |
| Merete Pedersen | |
| Christina Forssell | |
| Marianne Pettersen | |
| Tina Nordlund | |
| Kristin Bengtsson | |
| Shannon MacMillan | |
| 20 athletes | |
| 0 own goal | |
| 2000 Algarve Cup |
|---|
United States First title |
External links
- 2000 Algarve Cup on RSSSF
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