2016 Algarve Cup

Not to be confused with 2016 Algarve Football Cup.
2016 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Portugal
Dates 2–9 March 2016
Teams 8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (1st title)
Runners-up  Brazil
Third place  Iceland
Fourth place  New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 38 (2.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Belgium Janice Cayman
(4 goals)
Best player Canada Kadeisha Buchanan
Fair play award  Denmark

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.[1][2]

Teams

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

Referees

On 19 February 2016, FIFA announced the referees and the assistant referees for the tournament.[3]

Confederation Referees Assistant referees
AFC

Myanmar Aye Thein

South Korea Lee Seul Gi
Vietnam Thi Le Trinh Truong

CAF

Ethiopia Ledya Tafesse

Ghana Emmanuella Aglago
Cameroon Josiane Mbakop

CONMEBOL

Costa Rica Marianela Araya Cruz
Paraguay Olga Miranda

Cuba Nereida Diaz
Costa Rica Katherine Jimenez
Brazil Neuza Back
Venezuela Yoleida Lara

OFC

Cook Islands Tupou Patia

Samoa Maria Tamalelagi
Fiji Lonisa Elite Dilioni

UEFA

Portugal Sandra Braz
Poland Monika Mularczyk
Sweden Sara Persson

Portugal Olga Martins
Republic of Macedonia Biljana Atanasovski
Poland Anna Dabrowska
Poland Katarzyna Wojs
Sweden Annica Johansson
Sweden Julia Magnusson

Squads


Group stage

The groups were announced on 14 December 2015,[4] with the match schedule being announced on 10 February 2016.[5]
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:[6]

  1. number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
  2. goal difference in all the group matches
  3. number of goals scored in all the group matches
  4. fair-play ranking in all the group matches
  5. FIFA ranking

Group A

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Canada 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 6
 Iceland 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
 Belgium 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 3
 Denmark 3 1 0 2 3 6 3 3

2 March 2016
15:00
Iceland  2–1  Belgium
Jónsdóttir  5'
Brynjarsdóttir  90+2'
Report Cayman  42'
Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos
Referee: Ledya Tafesse (Ethiopia)

2 March 2016
15:00
Canada  0–1  Denmark
Report Nadim  55'
Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
Referee: Olga Miranda (Paraguay)

4 March 2016
15:00
Canada  1–0  Belgium
Clarke  87' Report
VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António
Referee: Sandra Braz (Portugal)

4 March 2016
15:00
Denmark  1–4  Iceland
Nadim  53' Report Þorvaldsdóttir  11'
Ómarsdóttir  12'
Magnúsdóttir  56', 90'
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)
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.[7] However, for the statistics purpose of this page, the data provided by the tournament's organizer (Portuguese Football Federation) is being used.

7 March 2016
18:30
Denmark  1–2  Belgium
Sandvej  90+3' Report Sørensen  43' (o.g.)
Cayman  86'
Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
Referee: Aye Thein (Myanmar)

7 March 2016
18:30
Canada  1–0  Iceland
Beckie  41' Report
Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

Group B

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
 New Zealand 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
 Russia 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 4
 Portugal 3 0 0 3 1 5 4 0

2 March 2016
18:00
Portugal  0–1  Russia
Report Makarenko  58'
Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

2 March 2016
18:30
Brazil  1–0  New Zealand
Debinha  20' Report
Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

4 March 2016
18:30
New Zealand  0–0  Russia
Report
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal
Referee: Aye Thein (Myanmar)

4 March 2016
20:00
Portugal  1–3  Brazil
T. Pinto  30' Report Cristiane  17'
Marta  22'
Raquel  74'
VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

7 March 2016
15:00
Brazil  3–0  Russia
Formiga  51'
Bia  66'
Thaís Guedes  89'
Report
Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos
Referee: Sandra Braz (Portugal)

7 March 2016
15:00
Portugal  0–1  New Zealand
Report Hearn  78'
Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
Referee: Ledya Tafesse (Ethiopia)
Note: The New Zealand Football match report lists Annalie Longo (69') as the goal scorer of this match.[8] 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.[9]

7th Place

9 March 2016
15:00
Denmark  3–1  Portugal
Troelsgaard  4', 11'
Rasmussen  81'
Report Di. Silva  73'
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

5th Place

9 March 2016
14:00
Belgium  5–0  Russia
Wullaert  18'
Cayman  42', 73'
Schryvers  51'
Coutereels  61' (pen.)
Report
VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António
Referee: Marianela Araya Cruz (Costa Rica)

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.[10] For the statistics purpose of this page, the data provided by the tournament's organizer (Portuguese Football Federation) is being used.

Final

9 March 2016
18:30
Canada  2–1  Brazil
Zadorsky  60'
Beckie  67'
Report Andressa Alves  90'
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal
Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)
Note: The Brazilian Football Confederation match report lists Cristiane as the Brazilian goal scorer of this match.[11] 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
1st, gold medalist(s) Canada
2nd, silver medalist(s) Brazil
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Iceland
4 New Zealand
5 Belgium
6 Russia
7 Denmark
8 Portugal

Tournament's best player[12] Team
Kadeisha Buchanan  Canada

Fair play award[12]
 Denmark

Goalscorers

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

  1. "Algarve Cup 2016 guide". Women's Soccer United. 24 February 2016.
  2. "Fixtures and Results - Algarve Cup". FPF. March 2016.
  3. "Referees & Assistant Referees for the 2016 Algarve Cup" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  4. "Algarve Cup: Portugal vai defrontar o Brasil". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (in Portuguese). 14 December 2015.
  5. "Algarve Cup: match schedule". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  6. Regulations
  7. "Denmark 1–4 Iceland / Match Report" (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  8. "Longo winner downs Portugal". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  9. "Algarve Cup: Competition last day times and venues" (in Portuguese). FPF. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  10. "Ferns fourth after shootout loss". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  11. "Canada beats Brazil in the final" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Kadeisha Buchanan elected tournament's best player" (in Portuguese). FPF. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
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