2015 Algarve Cup

2015 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	4–11 March
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (10th title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	75 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sofia Jakobsson; (4 goals)
	← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 Algarve Cup was the 22nd edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place on 4–11 March.

Format

Because of the number of competitive teams this year, the format was changed. Previously Group C teams were unable to get into the final, which was played between Group A and B winners. This year however, the final was played between the two best group winners.^[1]

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 determine the higher place.

Teams

The participating teams were announced on 20 October 2014.^[2]

Team	FIFA Rankings (December 2014)
Germany^[3]	1
United States	2
France^[4]	3
Japan	4
Sweden^[5]	5
Brazil	8
Norway	12
China	13
Denmark	16
Switzerland^[6]	19
Iceland	20
Portugal (hosts)	42

Match officials

The referees were announced on 20 February 2015.^[7]

Referees

María Carvajal
Qin Liang
Jana Adámková
Stéphanie Frappart
Melissa Borjas
Carina Vitulano
Cardella Samuels
Lucila Montes
Ri Hyang-ok
Cristina Dorcioman
Abirami Naidu
Esther Staubli
Claudia Rodriguez
Gladys Lengwe

Assistant referees

Sarah Ho
Ella De Vries
Janette Arcanjo
Loreto Cravero
Cui Yongmei
Liang Jianping
Sanja Karšić
Lucie Ratajová
Manuela Nicolosi
Chrysoula Kourompylia
Princess Brown
Stacy-Ann Greyson
Bernadettar Kwimbira
Enedina Gómez
Lixy Guerrero
Widiya Habibah Shamsuri
Hong Kum-nyo
Petruţa Iugulescu
Kim Kyoung-min
Yolanda Rodriguez
Belinda Brem
Susanne Küng
Aywa Dzodope
Natalia Rachynska
Luciana Mascaraña
Mariana Odone

Squads

Group stage

The groups were announced on 18 December 2014.^[8]^[9]

All times are local (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:^[10]

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
Sweden	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
Germany	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
Brazil	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
China	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

4 March 2015

15:00

Brazil	0–0	China
	Report

Estádio Municipal, Albufeira

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

4 March 2015

16:00

Germany	2–4	Sweden
Marozsán 2' Laudehr 3'	Report	Seger 30', 71' Jakobsson 54', 84'

Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

Attendance: 769

Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)

6 March 2015

13:00

Germany	2–0	China
Mittag 40' Popp 76'	Report

Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

Attendance: 502

Referee: Lucila Montes (Mexico)

6 March 2015

13:30

Sweden	0–2	Brazil
	Report	Marta 20' Andressa 68' (pen.)

Municipal Stadium, Lagos

Referee: Qin Liang (China)

9 March 2015

17:30

Brazil	1–3	Germany
Bruna 47'	Report	Popp 39' Šašić 49' Marozsán 56'

Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal

Attendance: 769

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

9 March 2015

17:30

Sweden	3–0	China
Asllani 4' Schelin 33' (pen.) Jakobsson 40'	Report

Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António

Referee: María Carvajal (Chile)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Norway	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
Iceland	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

4 March 2015