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.
Maps, Directions, and Place Reviews
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 amount of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.
Teams
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
Referees
Squads
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:
- number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
- goal difference in all the group matches
- number of goals scored in all the group matches
- fair-play ranking in all the group matches
- FIFA ranking
Group A
Group B
Group C
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
Placement matches
11th Place
9th Place
7th Place
5th Place
3rd Place
Final
Final standings
Goalscorers
- Pernille Harder
- Kumi Yokoyama
- Emily Gielnik
- Rumi Utsugi (playing against Netherlands)
- Sheila van den Bulk (playing against Japan)
- Maria Thorisdottir (playing against Spain)
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