The 2017 Algarve Cup was the 24th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 1 to 8 March.
Format The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.
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 Team FIFA Rankings(December 2016)
Venues Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal Estádio Algarve Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António
Referees ConfederationRefereesAssistant refereesAFC Casey Reibelt Yoshimi Yamashita Renae Coghill Gi Allyson Flynn Makoto Bozono Malko HagioCAF Mukansanga Salima Fatou Thioune Kabakama Jonesla Mary Njoroge Gi Bernadettar Kwimbira Fanta Kone Queency VictoireCONCACAF Marianela Araya Ekaterina Koroleva Kimberly Moreira Yudillia Briones Felisha Mariscal Kathryn NesbittCONMEBOL Laura Fortunato Edina Alves Batista Dalana Milone Tatiane Sacilotti Leslie Vasquez Mary Cristina BlancoOFC Sarah Jones Maria TamalelagiUEFA Riem Hussein Sandra Braz Anastasia Pustovoitova Ekaterina Marinova Lisa Rashid Christina Biehl Ekaterina Kurochkina Kylie McMullan Rocío Puente
Squads
Group stage The groups were announced on 18 November 2016, All times WET (UTC±00:00).
Tie-breaking criteria For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions were determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order: number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question goal difference in all the group matches number of goals scored in all the group matches fair-play ranking in all the group matches FIFA ranking
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of teams for placement matches The ranking of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed teams in each group to determine the placement matches:
1st placed teams
2nd placed teams
3rd placed teams
4th placed teams
Placement matches
11th Place
9th Place
7th Place
5th Place
3rd Place
Final
Final standings
Tournament's best player Team Irene Paredes
Fair play award
Goalscorers 4 goals Pernille Harder Kumi Yokoyama 3 goals Emily Gielnik 2 goals
Christine Sinclair Wang Shanshan Sarah Hansen Stine Larsen Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen Málfríður Erna Sigurðardóttir Yui Hasegawa Olga García Kosovare Asllani
1 goal
Ellie Carpenter Alanna Kennedy Kyah Simon Sophie Schmidt Line Jensen Nicoline Sørensen Katrine Veje Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir Mandy van den Berg Anouk Dekker Renate Jansen Lieke Martens Vivianne Miedema Sherida Spitse Ada Hegerberg Ingvild Isaksen Guro Reiten Margarita Chernomyrdina Daria Makarenko Olesya Mashina Jennifer Hermoso Silvia Meseguer Leila Ouahabi Nilla Fischer Fridolina Rolfö Lotta Schelin
Own goal Rumi Utsugi (playing against Netherlands) Sheila van den Bulk (playing against Japan) Maria Thorisdottir (playing against Spain)
References
External links Algarve Cup's timedate