# 2012 Algarve Cup

The 2012 Algarve Cup was the nineteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It began on 29 February and ended on 7 March 2012.

## Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.
Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place and those that finished third in these two groups playing for fifth place.
The teams in Group C were playing for places 7–12, with the winner of Group C playing the team that finished fourth in Group A or B with the better record for seventh place and the Group C runner-up playing the team which came 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

Listed are the confirmed teams.
| Team | FIFA Rankings (December 2011) |
| United States | 1 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Japan | 3 |
| Sweden | 5 |
| Denmark | 12 |
| Norway | 12 |
| Iceland | 15 |
| China | 18 |
| Republic of Ireland | 29 |
| Hungary | 34 |
| Portugal (hosts) | 43 |
| Wales | 46 |

## Match officials

| Country | Referee | Assistant referees |
| Argentina | Salomé di Iorio | |
| China PR | Liang Qin | Yongmei Cui Yan Fang |
| Cuba | Irazema Aguilera | |
| Czech Republic | Jana Adámková | Adriana Šecová |
| Hungary | Katalin Kulcsár | |
| Italy | Carina Vitulano | Manuela Nicolosi |
| Japan | Nami Sato | Emi Chiba Chie Ohata |
| Mexico | Lucila Venegas | Enedina Caudillo |
| Scotland | Morag Pirie | |
| Singapore | Abirami Apbai | |
| Sweden | Pernilla Larsson | |
| Togo | Aissata Amegee | |
| United States | Margaret Domka | |
| Country | Assistant referees |
| Canada | Marie-Josée Charbonneau |
| Colombia | Luzmila Gonzalez |
| Costa Rica | Kimberly Moreira |
| Croatia | Sanja Rodak |
| Cyprus | Angela Kyriakou |
| Dominican Republic | Milagros Leonardo |
| England | Sian Massey |
| Guatemala | Marisol Salazar |
| Jamaica | Stacey Greyson |
| Paraguay | Nadia Weiler |
| Romania | Petruta Iugulsecu |
| Switzerland | Eveline Bolli |
| Thailand | Supawan Hinthong |
| Uganda | Diana Mukasa |
| Vietnam | Thi Kieu |
| Country | Fourth official |
| Argentina | Salomé di Iorio |
| China PR | Liang Qin |
| Cuba | Irazema Aguilera |
| Czech Republic | Jana Adámková |
| Hungary | Katalin Kulcsár |
| Italy | Carina Vitulano |
| Japan | Nami Sato |
| Mexico | Lucila Venegas |
| Scotland | Morag Pirie |
| Singapore | Abirami Apbai |
| Sweden | Pernilla Larsson |
| Togo | Aissata Amegee |
| United States | Margaret Domka |

## Group stage

All times are local (WET/UTC+0).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |

### Group B

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

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Wales | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 3 |
| Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |

## Goalscorers
### 6 goals

* Célia Okoyino da Mbabi

### 5 goals

* Alex Morgan

### 3 goals

* Cecilie Pedersen
* Ana Borges
* Antonia Göransson
* Abby Wambach

### 2 goals

* Johanna Rasmussen
* Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
* Nahomi Kawasumi
* Yūki Nagasato
* Sydney Leroux
* Helen Lander

### 1 goal

* Ma Xiaoxu
* Melanie Behringer
* Dzsenifer Marozsán
* Anja Mittag
* Alexandra Popp
* Lilla Sipos
* Szabina Tálosi
* Fanny Vágó
* Áine O'Gorman
* Louise Quinn
* Julie-Ann Russell
* Fanndís Friðriksdóttir
* Dóra María Lárusdóttir
* Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir
* Isabell Herlovsen
* Elise Thorsnes
* Shinobu Ohno
* Yuika Sugasawa
* Megumi Takase
* Asuna Tanaka
* Carla Couto
* Carolina Mendes
* Andrea Rodrigues
* Jessica Landström
* Lotta Schelin
* Carli Lloyd
* Angharad James

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Germany |
| | Japan |
| | United States |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Denmark |
| 6 | Iceland |
| 7 | Norway |
| 8 | Wales |
| 9 | China |
| 10 | Portugal |
| 11 | Republic of Ireland |
| 12 | Hungary |
* 2012 Algarve Cup
* Germany Second title