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2009 Algarve Cup

International women's football tournament


International women's football tournament

FieldValue
tourney_name
yearr
imageAlgarvecup2009.jpg
size150px
countryPortugal
dates4–11 March 2009
num_teams12
confederations3
venues9
cities9
champion_other
count3
second_other
third_other
matches24
goals55
top_scorerGER Kerstin Garefrekes
WAL Jayne Ludlow
SWE Lotta Schelin
(3 goals)
playerUSA Hope Solo
prevseason2008
nextseason2010

WAL Jayne Ludlow SWE Lotta Schelin (3 goals) The 2009 Algarve Cup was the sixteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 4 and 11 March 2009. It was won by Sweden who defeated holders the United States in a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final-game.

Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament. The entrants were almost identical to the previous year, but Iceland moved up into Group B from their previous ranking in 2008, replacing Italy who did not feature this time. Wales returned to the competition for the first time in five years, while Austria appeared in the competition for the first time.

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.

Teams

The twelve invited teams were:

TeamFIFA Rankings
(December 2008)
(hosts)

Group stage

All times local (WET/UTC+0)

Group A

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Garefrekes



Kulig


Schelin
Kulig

Group B

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
9330040+4
6320142+2
3310223−1
0300316−5

DiMartino

Rønning


Pedersen


Ørntoft

Group C

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
9330052+3
43111330
3310275+2
1301238−5

Walzl

Fernandes


Cristina


Harries
Lander

Placement play-offs

All times local (WET/UTC+0)

11th place

Pożerska

9th place

Gulbrandsen

7th place

(2 – 4 PSO)|| |

5th place

Xu Yuan

3rd place

Final

(3 – 4 PSO)|| | SvFF Report (in Swedish) Rapinoe Lloyd Rampone DiMartino Woznuk Mitts Dahlkvist Sembrant Paulson Schelin Olander Segerström

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SWE Pia Sundhage

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SWE Thomas Dennerby

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References

References

  1. Paul Kennedy. (13 March 2009). "Swedes knock off USA in shootout". Soccer American.
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