The 2012 Algarve Cup was the nineteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It began on 29 February and ended on 7 March 2012.
Format The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.
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 the eleventh place.
Points awarded in the group stage followed 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 Listed are the confirmed teams.
Team FIFA Rankings(December 2011) (hosts)
Match officials Country Referee Assistant referees ArgentinaSalomé di Iorio China PRLiang QinYongmei CuiYan Fang CubaIrazema Aguilera Czech RepublicJana AdámkováAdriana Šecová HungaryKatalin Kulcsár ItalyCarina VitulanoManuela Nicolosi JapanNami SatoEmi ChibaChie Ohata MexicoLucila VenegasEnedina Caudillo ScotlandMorag Pirie SingaporeAbirami Apbai SwedenPernilla Larsson TogoAissata Amegee United StatesMargaret Domka
Country Assistant referees CanadaMarie-Josée Charbonneau ColombiaLuzmila Gonzalez Costa RicaKimberly Moreira CroatiaSanja Rodak CyprusAngela Kyriakou Dominican RepublicMilagros Leonardo EnglandSian Massey GuatemalaMarisol Salazar JamaicaStacey Greyson ParaguayNadia Weiler RomaniaPetruta Iugulsecu SwitzerlandEveline Bolli ThailandSupawan Hinthong UgandaDiana Mukasa VietnamThi Kieu
Country Fourth official ArgentinaSalomé di Iorio China PRLiang Qin CubaIrazema Aguilera Czech RepublicJana Adámková HungaryKatalin Kulcsár ItalyCarina Vitulano JapanNami Sato MexicoLucila Venegas ScotlandMorag Pirie SingaporeAbirami Apbai SwedenPernilla Larsson TogoAissata Amegee United StatesMargaret Domka
Squads
Group stage All times are local (WET/UTC+0).
Group A Team330060+6932015506310225−33300303−30
Group B Team330051+49320172+56310217−63300325−30
Group C Team321031+27320162+46310226–43301213−21
Placement play-offs
Eleventh place match
Ninth place match
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Third place match
Final
Goalscorers 6 goals Célia Okoyino da Mbabi
5 goals Alex Morgan
3 goals Cecilie Pedersen Ana Borges Antonia Göransson Abby Wambach
2 goals
Johanna Rasmussen Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen Nahomi Kawasumi Yūki Nagasato Sydney Leroux Helen Lander
1 goal
Ma Xiaoxu Melanie Behringer Dzsenifer Marozsán Anja Mittag Alexandra Popp Lilla Sipos Szabina Tálosi Fanny Vágó Áine O'Gorman Louise Quinn Julie-Ann Russell Fanndís Friðriksdóttir Dóra María Lárusdóttir Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir Isabell Herlovsen Elise Thorsnes Shinobu Ohno Yuika Sugasawa Megumi Takase Asuna Tanaka Carla Couto Carolina Mendes Andrea Rodrigues Jessica Landström Lotta Schelin Carli Lloyd Angharad James
Final standings Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
References
External links Algarve Cup 2012 on WomensSoccerUnited.com Algarve Cup 2012 on frauenfussball-info.de