2022 Algarve Cup

2022 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country Portugal
Dates16–23 February
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Sweden (5th title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Norway
Fourth place Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored14 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Valentina Giacinti
Norway Celin Bizet Ildhusøy
(2 goals)
Best player(s)Italy Barbara Bonansea
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The 2022 Algarve Cup was the 28th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 16 to 23 February 2022.[1]

Teams

Five teams were participating.[2][3]

Team FIFA Rankings
(December 2021)
 Sweden
2
 Australia
11
 Norway
12
 Denmark
14
 Italy
15
 Portugal
29

Note: Australia withdrew before the draw due to serious concerns for the health and wellbeing of players and team officials following a lengthy and crowded 2021 schedule.[4]

Squads

Main article: 2022 Algarve Cup squads

Format

Five teams played two matches each to determine the standings. The top two teams played the final, while the other three teams played each other in 45 minutes matches to determine the final ranking.

Preliminary round

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6 Final
2  Italy 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
3  Portugal 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3 Third place match
4  Norway 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
5  Denmark[a] 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 Withdrew
Source: FPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ On 17 February, Denmark withdrew following the discovery of four COVID-19 cases within their squad: Sweden were awarded a 3–0 victory for their match against Denmark.[5]

Results

All times are local (UTC±0)

Denmark 0–1 Italy
Report Bonansea 50'
Norway 0–2 Portugal
Report
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritania)
Italy 2–1 Norway
 Report
Portugal 0–4 Sweden
Sweden 3–0 (awarded)[5] Denmark

As the withdrawal of Denmark after their second match left four teams in the competition, the remaining five group matches were scratched: Sweden and Italy qualified for the final, while Portugal and Norway qualified for the third place match.

Third place match

Originally, it was planned that the teams finishing third to fifth would play each other in a round-robin of 45-minute matches.

However, following the withdrawal of Denmark, this was scratched and a full-length third place match was played.

Portugal 0–2 Norway
Report

Final

Sweden 1–1 Italy
Seger 72' (pen.) Report Giacinti 18'
Penalties
 6–5

Final ranking

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Norway
4  Portugal
5  Denmark

Goalscorers

There were 14 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Algarve Cup 2022 tournament dates". womenssoccerunited.com (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ^ "La Nazionale femminile italiana parteciperà all'Algarve Cup 2022". lfootball.it. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Calendário de jogos". fpf.pt. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Bank Matildas February FIFA Window activity update". Matildas. Football Australia. 8 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Suécia-Dinamarca cancelado". fpf.pt (in Portuguese). The Portuguese Football Federation. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.