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.

Match officials

Squads

Group stage

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

Group A

Group B

Group C

Placement play-offs

Eleventh place match

Ninth place match

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Germany Célia Okoyino da Mbabi

5 goals

• United States Alex Morgan

3 goals

• Norway Cecilie Pedersen
• Portugal Ana Borges
• Sweden Antonia Göransson
• United States Abby Wambach

2 goals

• Denmark Johanna Rasmussen
• Denmark Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
• Japan Nahomi Kawasumi
• Japan Yūki Nagasato
• United States Sydney Leroux
• Wales Helen Lander

1 goal

• China Ma Xiaoxu
• Germany Melanie Behringer
• Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán
• Germany Anja Mittag
• Germany Alexandra Popp
• Hungary Lilla Sipos
• Hungary Szabina Tálosi
• Hungary Fanny Vágó
• Republic of Ireland Áine O'Gorman
• Republic of Ireland Louise Quinn
• Republic of Ireland Julie-Ann Russell
• Iceland Fanndís Friðriksdóttir
• Iceland Dóra María Lárusdóttir
• Iceland Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir
• Norway Isabell Herlovsen
• Norway Elise Thorsnes
• Japan Shinobu Ohno
• Japan Yuika Sugasawa
• Japan Megumi Takase
• Japan Asuna Tanaka
• Portugal Carla Couto
• Portugal Carolina Mendes
• Portugal Andrea Rodrigues
• Sweden Jessica Landström
• Sweden Lotta Schelin
• United States Carli Lloyd
• Wales Angharad James

Final standings

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