# 2017 Algarve Cup

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) |
| Canada | 4 |
| Australia | 6 |
| Japan | 7 |
| Sweden | 8 |
| Norway | 11 |
| Netherlands | 12 |
| China | 13 |
| Spain | 14 |
| Denmark | 15 |
| Iceland | 20 |
| Russia | 23 |
| Portugal | 38 |

## 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

| Confederation | Referees | Assistant referees |
| AFC | Casey Reibelt Yoshimi Yamashita | Renae Coghill Gi Allyson Flynn Makoto Bozono Malko Hagio |
| CAF | Mukansanga Salima Fatou Thioune Kabakama Jonesla | Mary Njoroge Gi Bernadettar Kwimbira Fanta Kone Queency Victoire |
| CONCACAF | Marianela Araya Ekaterina Koroleva | Kimberly Moreira Yudillia Briones Felisha Mariscal Kathryn Nesbitt |
| CONMEBOL | Laura Fortunato Edina Alves Batista | Dalana Milone Tatiane Sacilotti Leslie Vasquez Mary Cristina Blanco |
| OFC | | Sarah Jones Maria Tamalelagi |
| UEFA | Riem Hussein Sandra Braz Anastasia Pustovoitova | Ekaterina Marinova Lisa Rashid Christina Biehl Ekaterina Kurochkina Kylie McMullan Rocío Puente |

## 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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 6 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| Iceland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| Norway | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |

### 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
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Final |
| 2 | A | Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Final |
| 3 | C | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Third-place match |
* 2nd placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | A | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 6 | Third-place match |
| 2 | B | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Fifth-place match |
| 3 | C | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Fifth-place match |
* 3rd placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | C | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Seventh-place match |
| 2 | A | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | Seventh-place match |
| 3 | B | Iceland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | Ninth-place match |
* 4th placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | C | China | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | Ninth-place match |
| 2 | B | Norway | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | Eleventh-place match |
| 3 | A | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 | Eleventh-place match |

## Final standings

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | B | Spain | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 10 |
| 2 | A | Canada | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 7 |
| 3 | A | Denmark | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 7 |
| 4 | C | Australia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 |
| 5 | C | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 |
| 6 | B | Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
| 7 | C | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
| 8 | A | Russia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 |
| 9 | B | Iceland | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 |
| 10 | C | China | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| 11 | B | Norway | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 |
| 12 | A | Portugal | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 1 |
| Tournament's best player | Team |
| Irene Paredes | Spain |
* Fair play award
* Japan

## 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)