1999 Algarve Cup

The 1999 Algarve Cup was an invitational women's football tournament. China won the event defeating the US, 2-1, in the final. It was China's first victory against the USA since 1993 and their first win over them since 1993.

1999 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	China PR (1st title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	40 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tiffeny Milbrett
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Teams

The host and the seven teams invited are Australia, China, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the United States.

The eight teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin group stage with playoff to determine seventh and eighth place. The winners of each group would compete for first and second place and the winners of the groups would be crowned champions.

Points

There are 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and none for a loss.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	7	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5
Norway	6	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1
Sweden	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1
Finland	1	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5

March 14, 1999	United States	1–1	Sweden	Silves
	Tiffeny Milbrett	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Linda Fagerström

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March 14, 1999	Norway	1–0	Finland	Silves
	Marianne Pettersen

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March 16, 1999	Norway	2–1	Sweden	Quarteira
	Linda Medalen Anita Rapp	SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Malin Andersson

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March 16, 1999	United States	4–0	Finland	Quarteira
	Tiffeny Milbrett Brandi Chastain Cindy Parlow	Report

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March 18, 1999	United States	2–1	Norway	Albufeira
	Julie Foudy Kristine Lilly	Report	Ann Kristin Aarønes

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March 18, 1999	Sweden	0–0	Finland	Albufeira
		SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	9	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8
Denmark	4	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3
Australia	2	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2
Portugal	1	3	0	1	2	0	9	−9

March 14, 1999	Denmark	1–1	Australia	Faro
	Louise Hansen		Julie Murray

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March 14, 1999	China PR	4–0	Portugal	Faro
	2' 12' Sun Wen  20' Liu Ying  34' Pu Wei	Report

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March 16, 1999	China PR	2–0	Denmark	Olhão
	Pu Wei

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March 16, 1999	Portugal	0–0	Australia	Olhão
		Report

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March 18, 1999	Denmark	5–0	Portugal	Montechoro
	38' (own goal)  44' Merete Pedersen  45' Janne Rasmussen  66' Jeanne Axelsen  77' Mette Jokumsen	Report

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March 18, 1999	Australia	0–2	China PR	Montechoro
			Sun Wen Liu Ying

Seventh place

March 20, 1999	Portugal	2–1	Finland	Montechoro
	9' Carla Couto  36' Adilia Martins	Report	70' Julia Uusmalmi

Fifth place

March 20, 1999	Australia	1–1 (7–6) (PSO)	Sweden	Loulé
	Murray	SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Gustafsson

Third place

March 20, 1999	Norway	2–2 (4–1) (PSO)	Denmark	Loulé
	69' (own goal)  82' Cecilie Bendiksen	report (nor.) report (den.)	65' Janne Rasmussen  90' Merete Pedersen

Final

March 20, 1999	China PR	2–1	United States	Loulé
	16' Pu Wei  65' Jin Yan	Report	45' Tiffeny Milbrett

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	China PR
2	United States
3	Norway
4	Denmark
5	Australia
6	Sweden
7	Portugal
8	Finland

Goal scorers

Goals	Player
4	Tiffeny Milbrett
3	Jin Yan
2	Julie Murray
	Pu Wei
	Sun Wen
	Liu Ying
	Jeanee Axelsen
	Mette Jokumsen
	Cecilie Bendiksen
1	15 athletes
1 own goal

1999 Algarve Cup
China PR First title

Other websites

• 1999 Algarve Cup on RSSSF