# 2005 Algarve Cup

The 2005 Algarve Cup is the 12th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place 9–15 March 2005. The USA won the tournament defeating Germany, 1–0, in the final-game. The tournament victory was the fourth for the US, and their third in a row.

## Format

The twelve invited teams are split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.
Since the expansion to 12 teams in 2002, 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 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 2004) |
| Germany | 1 |
| United States | 2 |
| Norway | 3 |
| Sweden | 5 |
| China | 6 |
| Denmark | 7 |
| France | 9 |
| England | 14 |
| Finland | 16 |
| Mexico | 25 |
| Portugal (hosts) | 34 |
| Northern Ireland | 83 |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 |
| Finland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 |
| Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |

## Placement play-offs
### Final

| Germany | United States |
GERMANY: :
| GK | 1 | Silke Rottenberg |
| DF | 2 | Kerstin Stegemann |
| DF | 17 | Ariane Hingst |
| DF | 4 | Steffi Jones |
| DF | 5 | Sarah Günther | 70' |
| MF | 18 | Kerstin Garefrekes |
| MF | 14 | Britta Carlson | 32' |
| MF | 6 | Renate Lingor | 86' |
| MF | 20 | Conny Pohlers | 46' |
| FW | 9 | Birgit Prinz (c) |
| FW | 11 | Anja Mittag | 66' |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | 3 | Sonja Fuss | 70' |
| MF | 16 | Viola Odebrecht | 32' |
| MF | 13 | Celia Okoyino Da Mbabi | 86' |
| MF | 7 | Pia Wunderlich | 83' |
| FW | 8 | Sandra Smisek | 66' |
| Manager: |||
| Tina Theune-Meyer ||||
UNITED STATES: :
| GK | 1 | Hope Solo |
| DF | 15 | Kate Markgraf |
| DF | 2 | Heather Mitts |
| DF | 4 | Cat Reddick |
| MF | 7 | Shannon Boxx |
| MF | 17 | Lori Chalupny |
| MF | 13 | Kristine Lilly (c) |
| MF | 5 | Lindsay Tarpley |
| FW | 10 | Aly Wagner | 75' |
| FW | 20 | Abby Wambach |
| FW | 8 | Christie Welsh | 83' |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 9 | Heather O'Reilly | 83' |
| MF | 19 | Angela Hucles | 75' |
| Manager: |||
| Greg Ryan ||||
* 2005 Algarve Cup
* United States Fourth title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Germany |
| | France |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Norway |
| 6 | Denmark |
| 7 | China |
| 8 | England |
| 9 | Mexico |
| 10 | Finland |
| 11 | Portugal |
| 12 | Northern Ireland |