The 2003 Algarve Cup is the tenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament hosted annually by Portugal. It was held from fourteenth to twentieth day of March 2003.

The USA won the tournament defeating China, 2-0, in the final game.

Format The twelve teams are divided into three groups that played a round-robin group stage, followed by one position play-off match for every team.

With 12 teams participating, the Algarve Cup format has been as follows: Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are the only ones in contention to win the title. The group A and B winners contest the final - to win the Algarve Cup. The runners-up play for third place, and those that finish third in the groups play for fifth place. The teams in Group C played for places 7–12. The winner of Group C played the team that finished fourth in Group A or B (whichever has the better record) for seventh place. The Group C runner-up played the team who finishes 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 point for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied in a group, their head-to-head result determined their place in the group.

Participating teams

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Placement play-offs Eleventh place match

Ninth place match

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

Final standings Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Goal scorers GoalsPlayer4 Hanna Ljungberg3 Christine Sinclair Sun Wen Claire Scanlan Dagny Mellgren2 Andrea Neil Regina Holan Marinette Pichon Olivia O'Toole Anne-Maria Eriksson Aly Wagner Shannon MacMillan125 athletes Carmelina Moscato Kara Lang Sharolta Nonen Silvana Burtini Bai Jie Han Duan Mette Jokumsen Élodie Woock Hoda Lattaf Ana Stavroula Amiel Loseno Ciara Grant Michele O'Brien Ana Rita Gomes Edite Fernandes Inês Silva Carla Couto Carla Monteiro Salina Olsson Victoria Svensson Mia Hamm Ayshea Martyn Cheryl Foster Michelle Green Milly Durrant1 own goal

References

External links Algarve Cup on WomensSoccerUnited.com RSSSF.com history page, with links to full results