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The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the region of since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and longest-running women's international football events and has been nicknamed the "Mini FIFA Women's World Cup".

The most successful teams have been the United States, with ten titles, followed by Norway and Sweden with five, and Germany with four. The United States has won all its titles since 2000, including nine in thirteen years since 2003. China has won twice. The United States, Norway, Germany, and Spain are the only nations to have won both the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Algarve Cup.

The Algarve Cup, as an annual event featuring most of the world's top women's football teams, has no parallel in the men's game, given that there are fewer professional women's leagues and thus fewer scheduling conflicts. It is played in late February or early March, at the same time as the Arnold Clark Cup, the Cup of Nations, the Cyprus Women's Cup, the , the , the , the Tournoi de France, the Turkish Women's Cup and the Women's Revelations Cup.


Format
From 2002 to 2014, 12 teams were invited, with the top eight competing for the championship. The teams were divided into three groups of four — A, B and C. Group C was added in 2002 to provide second-tier teams with high-level match experience every year. The teams first played round-robin within their pool. Then the placement round proceeded as follows:
  • 11th place: The two bottom teams in Group C played one game.
  • 9th place: The Group C runner-up played one game against the lower-ranked of the fourth-place teams from Groups A and B.
  • 7th place: The Group C winner played one game against the higher-ranked of the fourth-place teams from Groups A and B.
  • 5th place: The third-place teams from Groups A and B played one game.
  • 3rd place: The second-place teams from Groups A and B played one game.
  • 1st place: The first-place teams from Groups A and B played one game.

In 2015, Group C teams became eligible for the final, which is now played between the two best group winners. If teams are tied on points, finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:

  1. number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
  2. goal difference in all the group matches
  3. number of goals scored in all the group matches
  4. fair-play ranking in all the group matches
  5. FIFA ranking
The placement round is now as follows:
  • 11th place match: 3rd best 4th placed team vs. 2nd best 4th placed team
  • 9th place match: best 4th placed team vs. 3rd best 3rd placed team
  • 7th place match: 2nd best 3rd placed team vs. best 3rd placed team
  • 5th place match: 3rd best 2nd placed team vs. 2nd best 2nd placed team
  • 3rd place match: 3rd best group winner vs. best 2nd placed team
  • Final: Best group winner vs. 2nd best group winner


Results
119941–0 1–0 6
219953–2 3–3
8
319964–0 2–1 8
419971–0 0–0
8
519984–1 3–1 8
619992–1 2–2
8
720001–0 1–0 8
820013–0 5–1 8
920021–0 2–1 12
1020032–0 1–0 12
1120044–1 3–3
12
1220051–0 3–2 12
1320060–0
1–0 11
1420072–0 3–1 12
1520082–1 2–0 12
1620091–1
1–0 12
1720103–2 2–0 12
1820114–2 2–1 12
1920124–3 4–0 12
2020132–0 2–2
12
2120143–0 2–1 12
2220152–0 2–1 12
2320162–1 1–1
8
2420171–0 1–1
12
252018' and '
2–1 12
2620193–0 0–0
12
2720203–0 (awarded) 2–1 8
2021Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemicCancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2820221–1
2–0 5
2023Not held due to Portugal's participation in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification play-offsNot held due to Portugal's participation in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification play-offs

Notes


Teams reaching the top four
10 (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015)4 (1994, 1999, 2006, 2009)2 (1998, 2012)1 (1995)17
5 (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2019)3 (2000, 2002, 2004)7 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2020, 2022)15
5 (1995, 2001, 2009, 2018, 2022)1 (1996)6 (1994, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010)9 (1998, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019)21
4 (2006, 2012, 2014, 2020)3 (2005, 2010, 2013)1 (2015)3 (2002, 2008, 2009)11
2 (1999, 2002)2 (1997, 2003)3 (1996, 2000, 2001)1 (2010)8
1 (2016)1 (2017)1 (2019)1 (2001)4
1 (2017)1
1 (2018)1
5 (1995, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2008)2 (2009, 2017)4 (1994, 1996, 1997, 1999)11
2 (2012, 2014)1 (2011)3
2 (2020, 2022)1 (2004)3
1 (2015)2 (2004, 2005)3 (2003, 2006, 2007)6
1 (2011)2 (2014, 2016)3
1 (2016)1
1 (2019)1
1 (2018)1 (2022)2
2 (2017, 2018)2
2 (2016, 2020)2

Medals
  • Share gold in 2018 Algarve Cup.


Participating nations
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10th11th11th3
5th6th2
7th2nd2
5th4th8th7th1st2nd5th3rd8
11th1
3rd2nd5th1st3rd3rd1st2nd6th7th6th10th9th5th4th7th9th6th5th12th10th11th12th23
4th2nd4th4th2nd4th6th2nd6th9th7th6th9th2nd2nd3rd5th6th5th7th6th6th7th3rd10th6th5th5th28
9th8th2
12th1
6th5th8th6th8th8th7th7th7th6th9th10th7th6th8th7th8th10th18
4th3rd3rd4th4th2nd6
4th2nd1st8th4th4th2nd1st2nd1st3rd1st12
8th11th2
12th10th2
6th7th9th7th6th9th2nd6th9th3rd10th3rd9th9th9th15
11th10th11th12th11th5
7th4th7th6th2nd2nd6
3rd2nd5th2nd9th6th6th7
9th8th8th3
6th5th6th5th1st11th6
4th4th2
8th1
12th12thWD2
1st3rd1st1st1st3rd2nd5th2nd3rd2nd5th5th5th3rd9th6th5th7th3rd10th5th11th7th1st3rd3rd27
11th11th2nd3
5th8th7th8th7th7th8th8th11th10th8th11th11th12th10th8th10th9th10th11th12th11th8th12th3rd10th8th4th28
7th12th2
5th9th6th8th12th5
10th5th2
7th1
1st7th2
3rd1st2nd3rd4th6th4th1st3rd5th5th4th3rd3rd5th1st3rd4th4th4th4th4th7th1st4th7th1st27
8th8th2
2nd4th –3rd2nd1st6th5th1st1st1st2nd1st1st2nd1st1st3rd1st7th1st20
12th12th10th12th8th8th12th7


Statistics

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