2017 Algarve Cup

The 2017 Algarve Cup was the 24th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 1 to 8 March.

Format
The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.

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.

Venues

 * Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
 * Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal
 * Estádio Algarve
 * Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos
 * VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António

Group stage
The groups were announced on 18 November 2016, All times WET (UTC±00:00).

Tie-breaking criteria
For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions were 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

Ranking of teams for placement matches
The ranking of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed teams in each group to determine the placement matches:


 * 1st placed teams


 * 2nd placed teams


 * 3rd placed teams


 * 4th placed teams

Goalscorers

 * 4 goals
 * Pernille Harder
 * 🇯🇵 Kumi Yokoyama
 * 3 goals
 * 🇦🇺 Emily Gielnik
 * 2 goals


 * 🇨🇦 Christine Sinclair
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Shanshan
 * Sarah Hansen
 * Stine Larsen
 * Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
 * 🇮🇸 Málfríður Erna Sigurðardóttir
 * 🇯🇵 Yui Hasegawa
 * 🇪🇸 Olga García
 * 🇸🇪 Kosovare Asllani


 * 1 goal


 * 🇦🇺 Ellie Carpenter
 * 🇦🇺 Alanna Kennedy
 * 🇦🇺 Kyah Simon
 * 🇨🇦 Sophie Schmidt
 * Line Jensen
 * Nicoline Sørensen
 * Katrine Veje
 * 🇮🇸 Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir
 * Mandy van den Berg
 * Anouk Dekker
 * Renate Jansen
 * Lieke Martens
 * Vivianne Miedema
 * Sherida Spitse
 * 🇳🇴 Ada Hegerberg
 * 🇳🇴 Ingvild Isaksen
 * 🇳🇴 Guro Reiten
 * 🇷🇺 Margarita Chernomyrdina
 * 🇷🇺 Daria Makarenko
 * 🇷🇺 Olesya Mashina
 * 🇪🇸 Jennifer Hermoso
 * 🇪🇸 Silvia Meseguer
 * 🇪🇸 Leila Ouahabi
 * 🇸🇪 Nilla Fischer
 * 🇸🇪 Fridolina Rolfö
 * 🇸🇪 Lotta Schelin


 * Own goal
 * 🇯🇵 Rumi Utsugi (playing against Netherlands)
 * Sheila van den Bulk (playing against Japan)
 * 🇳🇴 Maria Thorisdottir (playing against Spain)