1994 Algarve Cup

1994 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Teams	6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue	7
Final positions
Champions	Norway (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	27 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ann Kristin Aarønes; (5 goals)
Best player	Ann Kristin Aarønes
	1995 →

International women's football tournament

International football competition

The 1994 Algarve Cup was the inaugural edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 16 and 20 March 1994 in Portugal with Norway winning the event, defeating the USA, 1–0 in the final game. Sweden ended up third defeating Denmark, 1–0, in the game for third prize.^[1]

Format

The inaugural competition was contested between the hosts Portugal, four Scandinavian teams (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) and the USA. Only two confederations were thus represented, CONCACAF and UEFA.

The six invited teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin tournament. On completion of this, the third placed teams in 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 each group would compete for first and second place overall.

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.

All times WET (UTC±00:00).

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	6	2	2	0	6	0	+6
Sweden	3	2	1	1	3	1	+2
Portugal	0	2	0	2	0	8	−8

16 March 1994

16:30

United States	5–0	Portugal
Gabarra 5', 31' Lilly 21' Milbrett 85' Foudy 89'	^{[citation needed]}

Estádio Dr. Francisco Vieira, Silves

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Finn Lambek (Denmark)

17 March 1994

16:30

Sweden	3–0	Portugal
Nilsson 11' Cazuza 25' (o.g.) Nessvold 76'	^{[citation needed]}

Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão

Attendance: 500

Referee: Mika Peltola (Finland)

18 March 1994

United States	1–0	Sweden
Hamm 1'	^{[citation needed]}

Vila Real de Santo António

Attendance: 450

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup winners; the United States, finished in the top position of Group A with maximum points after winning both of their games including defeating the hosts Portugal 5–0.

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Norway	6	2	2	0	12	1	+11
Denmark	3	2	1	1	2	6	−4
Finland	0	2	0	2	0	7	−7

16 March 1994

Norway	6–0	Finland
Hegstad 1' Aarønes 4', 33' Krokan 52' Sandberg 85' ? (o.g.)	^{[citation needed]}

Portimão

Attendance: 462

17 March 1994

Denmark	1–0	Finland
Rasmussen 1'	^{[citation needed]}

Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão

18 March 1994

Norway	6–1	Denmark
Aarønes 9', 57' Riise 14' Medaln 17' Hegstad 38' Carlsen 60'	^{[citation needed]}	Hansen 1'

Vila Real de Santo António

Attendance: 436

Norway, 1991 World Cup runner's up, defeated their neighbours Denmark and Finland by scoring six goals in each match.

Fifth Place

20 March 1994

10:00

Portugal	2–0	Finland
Couto 55' Sequeira 68'	^{[citation needed]}

Estádio Municipal de Quarteira, Quarteira

Referee: Finn Lambek (Denmark)

Third Place

20 March 1994

Sweden	1–0	Denmark
Videkull 1'	^{[citation needed]}

Loulé

Attendance: 400

Final

20 March 1994

Norway	1–0	United States
Aarønes 84'	^{[citation needed]}

Estádio de São Luís, Faro

Attendance: 1,152

Referee: José Pratas (Portugal)

In a replay of the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Norway once again faced the USA but won on this occasion.

Awards

1994 Algarve Cup
Norway First title

Best player
Ann Kristin Aarønes

Goalscorers

5 goals

Ann Kristin Aarønes

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

? (against Norway)
Anabela Cazuza (against Sweden)

References

^ "Damerna vann bronsmatch" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. March 20, 1994. Retrieved February 2, 2017.

External links

1994 Algarve Cup on RSSSF

[1] "Damerna vann bronsmatch" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. March 20, 1994. Retrieved February 2, 2017.