SheBelieves Cup

The SheBelieves Cup is an invitational women's association football tournament held in different cities in the United States in late February or early March. In its first three years (2016, 2017 and 2018), it was contested by the same four teams: the United States, England, France, and Germany. In 2019 the tournament line up changed for the first time to Brazil, England, Japan and the United States.[1] For 2020 the tournament includes England, Japan, Spain and the United States.[2]

SheBelieves Cup
Founded2016
Region United States
Number of teams4
Current champions United States (3rd title)
Most successful team(s) United States (3 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2021 SheBelieves Cup

Format

The four invited teams play in a round-robin tournament. Points awarded in the group stage followed the formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. A tie in points would be decided by goal differential; other tie-breakers are listed below.

Results
Year
Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place
2016
United States
Germany
England
France
2017
France
Germany
England
United States
2018
United States
England
France
Germany
2019
England
United States
Japan
Brazil
2020
United States
Spain
England
Japan
2021

MVP Awards
YearPlayer
2016 Alex Morgan
2020 Alexia Putellas

Participating nations
Team 16 17 18 19 20 21 Years
 Argentina–––––Q0
 Brazil–––4th–Q1
 Canada–––––Q0
 England3rd3rd2nd1st3rd–5
 France4th1st3rd–––3
 Germany2nd2nd4th–––3
 Japan–––3rd4th–2
 Spain––––2nd–1
 United States1st4th1st2nd1stQ5
Total 4 4 4 4 4 4

General statistics
As of March 11, 2020
Rank Team Tourn. Pld W D L GF GA Dif Win % Pts
1  United States 5 15 10 3 2 19 11 +8 066.67 33
2  England 5 15 5 3 7 17 16 +1 033.33 18
3  France 3 9 3 3 3 10 8 +2 033.33 12
4  Germany 3 9 3 2 4 7 10 −3 033.33 11
5  Spain 1 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 066.67 6
6  Japan 2 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 016.67 4
7  Brazil 1 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 000.00 0
8  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !— 0
 Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !— 0

Top goalscorers
As of March 11, 2020
Rank Name Total
1 Ellen White 5
2 Megan Rapinoe 4
3 Eugénie Le Sommer 3
Alex Morgan
5 Toni Duggan 2
Beth Mead
Camille Abily
Anja Mittag
Mana Iwabuchi
Yuka Momiki
Lucía García
Alexia Putellas
Tobin Heath
Christen Press

References
  1. "SheBelieves Cup: England to face Brazil, Japan and US in 2019 tournament". December 6, 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. "2020 Schedule Set for She Believess Cup". US Soccer. 13 January 2020.


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