2010 Algarve Cup

2010 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	24 February – 3 March 2010
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (7th title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	84 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Inka Grings (7 goals)
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The 2010 Algarve Cup was the seventeenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 24 February and 3 March 2010. It was won by the United States who defeated World and European champions Germany 3–2 in the final to extend their record of Algarve titles to seven. Sweden defeated China, 2-0, in the third prize game.^[1]

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament. The main eight entrants were identical to the previous year. Group C featured two different sides with Romania and the Faroe Islands replacing Poland and Wales.

Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place and those that finished third in these two groups playing for fifth place.

The teams in Group C were playing for places 7–12, with the winner of Group C playing the team that finished fourth in Group A or B with the better record for seventh place and the Group C runner-up playing the team which came last in Group A or B with the worse record for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for eleventh place.

Points awarded in the group stage follow 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.

The twelve invited teams were:

Team	FIFA Rankings (December 2009)
United States	1
Germany	2
Sweden	4
Norway	7
Denmark	10
China	13
Finland	16
Iceland	18
Romania	36
Austria	39
Portugal (hosts)	41
Faroe Islands	61

All times local (WET/UTC+0)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Germany	9	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16
China	4	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3
Denmark	3	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5
Finland	1	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8

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Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	9	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5
Sweden	4	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2
Norway	4	3	1	1	1	6	6	0
Iceland	0	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7

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Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Romania	7	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6
Portugal	7	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6
Austria	3	3	1	0	2	4	4	0
Faroe Islands	0	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12

Note: Portugal and Romania drew lots to determine finishing positions

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All times local (WET/UTC+0)

GERMANY: GK 1 Nadine Angerer DF 4 Babett Peter DF 22 Bianca Schmidt DF 15 Sonja Fuss MF 9 Birgit Prinz (c) MF 29 Lena Goeßling  29' MF 18 Kerstin Garefrekes MF 7 Melanie Behringer  86' MF 19 Fatmire Bajramaj  46' FW 8 Inka Grings FW 11 Anja Mittag  70' Substitutes: GK 12 Ursula Holl DF 3 Saskia Bartusiak DF 5 Annike Krahn FW 13 Célia Okoyino da Mbabi  46' MF 14 Kim Kulig FW 16 Martina Müller  86' MF 20 Jennifer Zietz  29' MF 27 Alexandra Popp  70' Manager: Silvia Neid

UNITED STATES: GK 1 Hope Solo DF 17 Meghan Schnur DF 2 Heather Mitts  39' DF 6 Amy LePeilbet DF 26 Rachel Buehler MF 7 Shannon Boxx (c) MF 9 Heather O'Reilly MF 10 Carli Lloyd  46' FW 8 Amy Rodriguez  59' FW 11 Lauren Cheney  83' FW 20 Abby Wambach Substitutes: GK 18 Nicole Barnhart GK 24 Jillian Loyden DF 4 Cat Whitehill MF 5 Lori Lindsey  59' MF 12 Yael Averbuch FW 13 Megan Rapinoe DF 14 Stephanie Cox MF 15 Casey Nogueira  83' Manager: Pia Sundhage

MATCH RULES 90 minutes No extra time Penalty shoot-out if scores still level

2010 Algarve Cup
United States Seventh title