1999 Algarve Cup

The 1999 Algarve Cup was the sixth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 14 and 20 March 1999 in Portugal with China winning the event defeating the US, 2-1, in the final game. The Chinese triumph also became China's first victory against the USA since 1993.[1]

1999 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions China PR (1st title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored40 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Tiffeny Milbrett

Format

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. On completion of this, the fourth placed teams from each group would playoff to determine seventh and eighth place, the third placed teams from each group would play each other to decide fifth and sixth place, the second placed teams in each group would play to determine third and fourth place and the winners of the groups would compete for first and second place.

Points awarded in the group stage are three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a loss.

Group A
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United States 7321072+5
 Norway 6320143+1
 Sweden 2302123−1
 Finland 1301205−5
United States 1–1 Sweden
Tiffeny Milbrett Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)		 Linda Fagerström
Norway 1–0 Finland
Marianne Pettersen
Norway 2–1 Sweden
Linda Medalen
Anita Rapp		 SvFF Report (in Swedish) Malin Andersson
United States 4–0 Finland
Tiffeny Milbrett
Brandi Chastain
Cindy Parlow		 Report
United States 2–1 Norway
Julie Foudy
Kristine Lilly		 Report Ann Kristin Aarønes
Sweden 0–0 Finland
SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China PR 9330080+8
 Denmark 4311163+3
 Australia 2302113−2
 Portugal 1301209−9
Denmark 1–1 Australia
Louise Hansen Julie Murray
China PR 4–0 Portugal
 2' 12' Sun Wen
 20' Liu Ying
 34' Pu Wei		 Report
China PR 2–0 Denmark
Pu Wei
 (own goal)
Portugal 0–0 Australia
Report
Denmark 5–0 Portugal
 38' (own goal)
 44' Merete Pedersen
 45' Janne Rasmussen
 66' Jeanne Axelsen
 77' Mette Jokumsen		 Report
Australia 0–2 China PR
Sun Wen
Liu Ying

Seventh place
Portugal 2–1 Finland
 9' Carla Couto
 36' Adilia Martins		 Report  70' Julia Uusmalmi

Portugal finished bottom of their group for the sixth year in a row but won the seventh place playoff with a 2–1 win against Finland.

Fifth place
Australia 1–1
(7–6)
(PSO)		 Sweden
Julie Murray SvFF Report (in Swedish) Malin Gustafsson

Third place
Norway 2–2
(4–1)
(PSO)		 Denmark
 69' (own goal)
 82' Cecilie Bendiksen		 report (nor.) report (den.)  65' Janne Rasmussen
 90' Merete Pedersen

Final
China PR 2–1 United States
 16' Pu Wei
 65' Jin Yan		 Report  45' Tiffeny Milbrett

Final standings
Rank Team
 China PR
 United States
 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

References
  1. "Soccer; Algarve Cup Goes to China". New York Times. 21 March 1999. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
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