2012 Algarve Cup

The 2012 Algarve Cup was the nineteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It began on 29 February and ended on 7 March 2012.

2012 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	29 February – 7 March 2012
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	62 (2.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Célia Okoyino da Mbabi (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Aya Miyama

Format

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

Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place and those that finished third in these two groups playing for fifth place.

The teams in Group C were playing for places 7–12, with the winner of Group C playing the team that finished fourth in Group A or B with the better record for seventh place and the Group C runner-up playing the team which came last in Group A or B with the worse record for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for the eleventh place.

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.

Teams

Listed are the confirmed teams.[1]

Team	FIFA Rankings (December 2011)
United States	1
Germany	2
Japan	3
Sweden	5
Denmark	12
Norway
Iceland	15
China PR	18
Republic of Ireland	29
Hungary	34
Portugal (hosts)	43
Wales	46

Match officials

Country	Referee	Assistant referees
Argentina	Salomé di Iorio
China PR	Liang Qin	Yongmei Cui Yan Fang
Cuba	Irazema Aguilera
Czech Republic	Jana Adámková	Adriana Šecová
Hungary	Katalin Kulcsár
Italy	Carina Vitulano	Manuela Nicolosi
Japan	Nami Sato	Emi Chiba Chie Ohata
Mexico	Lucila Venegas	Enedina Caudillo
Scotland	Morag Pirie
Singapore	Abirami Apbai
Sweden	Pernilla Larsson
Togo	Aissata Amegee
United States	Margaret Domka

Country	Assistant referees
Canada	Marie-Josée Charbonneau
Colombia	Luzmila Gonzalez
Costa Rica	Kimberly Moreira
Croatia	Sanja Rodak
Cyprus	Angela Kyriakou
Dominican Republic	Milagros Leonardo
England	Sian Massey
Guatemala	Marisol Salazar
Jamaica	Stacey Greyson
Paraguay	Nadia Weiler
Romania	Petruta Iugulsecu
Switzerland	Eveline Bolli
Thailand	Supawan Hinthong
Uganda	Diana Mukasa
Vietnam	Thi Kieu

Country	Fourth official
Argentina	Salomé di Iorio
China PR	Liang Qin
Cuba	Irazema Aguilera
Czech Republic	Jana Adámková
Hungary	Katalin Kulcsár
Italy	Carina Vitulano
Japan	Nami Sato
Mexico	Lucila Venegas
Scotland	Morag Pirie
Singapore	Abirami Apbai
Sweden	Pernilla Larsson
Togo	Aissata Amegee
United States	Margaret Domka

Squads

Main article: 2012 Algarve Cup squads

Group stage

All times are local (WET/UTC+0).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
Sweden	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Iceland	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
China PR	3	0	0	3	0	3	−3	0

29 February 2012 (2012-02-29)

14:00

Germany	1–0	Iceland
Mittag  25'	Report

Estádio Municipal, Lagos

Attendance: 200[2]

Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)[2]

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29 February 2012 (2012-02-29)

15:00

Sweden	1–0	China PR
Göransson  83'	Report

Estádio Municipal, Santo António

Attendance: 207[3]

Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)[3]

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2 March 2012 (2012-03-02)

13:30

Iceland	1–4	Sweden
Lárusdóttir  21'	Report	Schelin  2' Göransson  13', 38' Landström  33'

Desportivo da Nora Park, Ferreiras

Attendance: 150[4]

Referee: Morag Pirie (Scotland)[4]

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2 March 2012 (2012-03-02)

15:00

Germany	1–0	China PR
Behringer  33' (pen.)	Report

Estádio Municipal, Santo António

Attendance: 300[5]

Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)[5]

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5 March 2012 (2012-03-05)

15:30

Sweden	0–4	Germany
	Report	Okoyino da Mbabi  24', 31', 65' Popp  90+2'

Estádio Municipal, Parchal

Attendance: 500[6]

Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)[6]

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5 March 2012 (2012-03-05)

15:30

China PR	0–1	Iceland
	Report	Friðriksdóttir  80'

Estádio Municipal, Lagos

Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9
United States	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
Denmark	3	1	0	2	1	7	−6	3
Norway	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

29 February 2012 (2012-02-29)

12:40

Japan	2–1	Norway
Nagasato  45+1' Kawasumi  66'	Report	Herlovsen  17'

Estádio Municipal, Parchal

Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)[7]

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29 February 2012 (2012-02-29)

17:00

United States	5–0	Denmark
Morgan  21', 82' Wambach  45+1' Lloyd  77' Leroux  90+1'	Report

Estádio Municipal, Lagos

Attendance: 300[8]

Referee: Liang Qin (China PR)[8]

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2 March 2012 (2012-03-02)

12:10

Denmark	0–2	Japan
	Report	Sugasawa  52' Ohno  90+1'

Estádio Municipal, Parchal

Attendance: 250[9]

Referee: Irazema Aguilera (Cuba)[9]

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2 March 2012 (2012-03-02)

15:00

United States	2–1	Norway
Wambach  52' Leroux  83'	Report	Thorsnes  90+3'

Estádio Municipal, Lagos

Attendance: 300[10]

Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)[10]

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5 March 2012 (2012-03-05)

14:10

Norway	0–1	Denmark
	Report	Rasmussen  7'

Desportivo da Nora Park, Ferreiras

Attendance: 223[11]

Referee: Nami Sato (Japan)[11]

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5 March 2012 (2012-03-05)

14:10

Japan	1–0	United States
Takase  84'	Report

Estádio Algarve, Faro

Attendance: 1,000[12]

Referee: Pernill Larsson (Sweden)[12]

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Wales	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
Portugal	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Hungary	3	1	0	2	2	6	–4	3
Republic of Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

29 February 2012 (2012-02-29)

15:00

Republic of Ireland	0–1	Hungary
	Report	Sipos  2'

Estádio Municipal, Silves

Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)[13]

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29 February 2012 (2012-02-29)

15:45

Portugal	0–1	Wales
	Report	James  90+2'

Estádio Municipal, Parchal

Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)[14]

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2 March 2012 (2012-03-02)

15:30

Portugal	4–0	Hungary
Rodrigues  13' Mendes  56' Borges  64' Couto  85'	Report

Estádio Municipal, Parchal

Referee: Abirami Apbai (Singapore)[15]

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2 March 2012 (2012-03-02)

18:00

Wales	0–0	Republic of Ireland
	Report

Desportivo da Nora Park, Ferreiras

Referee: Aissata Amegee (Togo)[16]

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5 March 2012 (2012-03-05)

17:15

Hungary	1–2	Wales
Vágó  72'	Report	Lander  10', 50'

Estádio Municipal, Santo António

Referee: Liang Qin (China PR)[17]

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5 March 2012 (2012-03-05)

17:15

Portugal	2–1	Republic of Ireland
Borges  7', 74'	Report	Quinn  29'

Estádio Algarve, Faro

Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)[18]

Placement play-offs

Eleventh place match

7 March 2012 (2012-03-07)

11:00

Hungary	1–2	Republic of Ireland
Tálosi  60'	Report	O'Gorman  18' Russell  52'

Estádio Municipal de Quarteira, Quarteira

Referee: Aissata Amegee (Togo)[19]

Ninth place match

7 March 2012 (2012-03-07)

10:15

Portugal	0–1	China PR
	Report	Ma Xiaoxu  58'

Estádio Algarve, Faro

Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)[20]

Seventh place match

7 March 2012 (2012-03-07)

11:00

Wales	0–3	Norway
	Report	Pedersen  49', 69', 81'

Estádio Municipal de Loulé, Loulé

Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)[21]

Fifth place match

7 March 2012 (2012-03-07)

11:00

Iceland	1–3	Denmark
Magnúsdóttir  44'	Report	Troelsgaard Nielsen  3', 18' Rasmussen  88'

Desportivo da Nora Park, Ferreiras

Attendance: 54[22]

Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)[22]

Third place match

7 March 2012 (2012-03-07)

11:00

Sweden	0–4	United States
	Report	Morgan  4', 33', 73' Wambach  36'

Estádio Municipal, Parchal

Attendance: 400[23]

Referee: Morag Pirie (Scotland)[23]

Final

7 March 2012 (2012-03-07)

13:10

Germany	4–3	Japan
Marozsán  20' Okoyino da Mbabi  22', 88', 90+2'	Report	Kawasumi  35' Tanaka  55' Nagasato  90'

Estádio Algarve, Faro

Attendance: 500[24]

Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)[24]

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Célia Okoyino da Mbabi

5 goals

• Alex Morgan

3 goals

• Cecilie Pedersen
• Ana Borges
• Antonia Göransson
• Abby Wambach

2 goals

Johanna Rasmussen Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen

Nahomi Kawasumi Yūki Nagasato

Sydney Leroux Helen Lander

1 goal

Ma Xiaoxu Melanie Behringer Dzsenifer Marozsán Anja Mittag Alexandra Popp Lilla Sipos Szabina Tálosi Fanny Vágó Áine O'Gorman

Louise Quinn Julie-Ann Russell Fanndís Friðriksdóttir Dóra María Lárusdóttir Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir Isabell Herlovsen Elise Thorsnes Shinobu Ohno Yuika Sugasawa

Megumi Takase Asuna Tanaka Carla Couto Carolina Mendes Andrea Rodrigues Jessica Landström Lotta Schelin Carli Lloyd Angharad James

Final standings

Rank Team  Germany  Japan  United States 4  Sweden 5  Denmark 6  Iceland 7  Norway 8  Wales 9  China PR 10  Portugal 11  Republic of Ireland 12  Hungary  2012 Algarve Cup  Germany Second title References Juchem, Markus (4 October 2011). "DFB-Elf wieder beim Algarve Cup dabei". Womensoccer (in German). Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2011. "Germany – Iceland 1:0 (1:0) Algarve-Cup". German Football Association. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Göransson avgjorde mot Kina". Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). 29 February 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Succé för nya spelsystemet". Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). 2 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Germany – China 1:0 (1:0) Algarve-Cup". German Football Association. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Germany – Sweden 4:0 (2:0) Algarve-Cup". German Football Association. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Match report Japan-Norway" (PDF). Portuguese Football Federation. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Morgan Scores Twice as U.S. WNT Defeats Denmark 5–0 to Open 2012 Algarve Cup". United States Soccer Federation. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Danmark – Japan 0–2". Danish Football Association (in Danish). 2 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "U.S. WNT Nets 2–1 Win Against Norway in Algarve Cup". United States Soccer Federation. 2 March 2012. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Danmark – Norge 1–0". Danish Football Association (in Danish). 5 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Japan Edges U.S. Women's National Team 1–0 to Take First Place in Group B at 2012 Algarve Cup". United States Soccer Federation. 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Match report Republic of Ireland-Hungary" (PDF). Portuguese Football Federation. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Match report Portugal-Wales" (PDF). Portuguese Football Federation. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Match report Portugal-Hungary" (PDF). Portuguese Football Federation. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Match report Wales-Republic of Ireland" (PDF). Portuguese Football Federation. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Match report Hungary-Wales". Portuguese Football Federation. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Match report Portugal-Republic of Ireland". Portuguese Football Federation. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Match report Hungary-Republic of Ireland". Portuguese Football Federation. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012. "Match report Portugal-China PR". 7 March 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012. "Match report Wales-Norway". Portuguese Football Federation. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012. "Danmark – Island 3–1". Danish Football Association. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012. "U.S. Women's National Team Routs Sweden 4–0 to Take Third Place at 2012 Algarve Cup". United States Soccer Federation. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2012. "Germany – Japan 4:3 (2:1) Algarve-Cup". German Football Association. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012. External links Algarve Cup 2012 on WomensSoccerUnited.com Algarve Cup 2012 on frauenfussball-info.de