# 2016 Algarve Cup

The 2016 Algarve Cup was the 23rd edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 2 to 9 March.

## Teams

| Team | FIFA Rankings (December 2015) |
| Brazil | 7 |
| Canada | 11 |
| Denmark | 15 |
| New Zealand | 16 |
| Iceland | 19 |
| Russia | 22 |
| Belgium | 28 |
| Portugal | 40 |

## Referees

On 19 February 2016, FIFA announced the referees and the assistant referees for the tournament.
| Confederation | Referees | Assistant referees |
| AFC | Aye Thein | Lee Seul Gi Thi Le Trinh Truong |
| CAF | Ledya Tafesse | Emmanuella Aglago Josiane Mbakop |
| CONMEBOL | Marianela Araya Cruz Olga Miranda | Nereida Diaz Katherine Jimenez Neuza Back Yoleida Lara |
| OFC | Tupou Patia | Maria Tamalelagi Lonisa Elite Dilioni |
| UEFA | Sandra Braz Monika Mularczyk Sara Persson | Olga Martins Biljana Atanasovski Anna Dabrowska Katarzyna Wojs Annica Johansson Julia Magnusson |

## Group stage

The groups were announced on 14 December 2015, with the match schedule being announced on 10 February 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 will be 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
| 2 | Iceland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
    Note: The Football Association of Iceland match report lists Elín Metta Jensen (10'), Denmark own goal (12'), Sandra Jessen (59') and Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir (90') as the goal scorers of this match. However, for the statistics purpose of this page, the data provided by the tournament's organizer (Portuguese Football Federation) is being used.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
| 4 | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
    Note: The New Zealand Football match report lists Annalie Longo (69') as the goal scorer of this match. However, for the statistics purpose of this page, the data provided by the tournament's organizer (Portuguese Football Federation) is being used.

## Placement matches

Matches times and venues were announced on 7 March 2016.

### 3rd Place

    Note: The official match report lists just the players who converted the penalties, in no particular order. New Zealand Football reports the missed penalty as being the sixth from New Zealand, citing Anna Green as the player who missed (contradicting the official report), without providing any information on the players who successfully converted their penalties. For the statistics purpose of this page, the data provided by the tournament's organizer (Portuguese Football Federation) is being used.

### Final

    Note: The Brazilian Football Confederation match report lists Cristiane as the Brazilian goal scorer of this match. However, for the statistics purpose of this page, the data provided by the tournament's organizer (Portuguese Football Federation) is being used.

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Canada |
| | Brazil |
| | Iceland |
| 4 | New Zealand |
| 5 | Belgium |
| 6 | Russia |
| 7 | Denmark |
| 8 | Portugal |
| Tournament's best player | Team |
| Kadeisha Buchanan | Canada |
* Fair play award
* Denmark

## Goalscorers
### 4 goals

* Janice Cayman

### 2 goals

* Janine Beckie
* Nadia Nadim
* Sanne Troelsgaard
* Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir
* Amber Hearn

### 1 goal

* Maud Coutereels
* Tine Schryvers
* Tessa Wullaert
* Andressa Alves
* Bia
* Cristiane
* Debinha
* Formiga
* Marta
* Raquel
* Thaís Guedes
* Summer Clarke
* Shelina Zadorsky
* Johanna Rasmussen
* Cecilie Sandvej
* Dagný Brynjarsdóttir
* Andrea Rán Snæfeld Hauksdóttir
* Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir
* Katrín Ómarsdóttir
* Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir
* Tatiana Pinto
* Diana Silva
* Daria Makarenko

### Own goal

* Simone Boye Sørensen (playing against Belgium)