1998 Algarve Cup

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1998 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	9 (in host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Norway (4th title)
Second place	Denmark
Third place	USA
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	45 (2.81 per match)
Best player	Marianne Pettersen

The 1998 Algarve Cup was the fifth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 15 and 21 March 1998 in Portugal with Norway winning the event for the fourth time in it's history.

1 Format
2 Group A
3 Group B
4 Seventh Place
5 Fifth Place
6 Third Place
7 Final
8 Awards
9 External links

[edit] Format

The United States returned to the tournament, replacing Iceland.

The eight invited teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin tournament. On completion of this, the fourth placed teams in each group would play each other to determine seventh and eighth place, 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.

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Norway	6	3	2	1	5	2	+3
USA	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2
China PR	6	3	2	1	3	4	−1
Finland	0	3	0	3	0	4	−4

March 15, 1998	Norway	1–0	China PR	Olhão
				Olhão

March 15, 1998	USA	2–0	Finland	Olhão
				Olhão

March 17, 1998	Norway	1–0	Finland	Loulé
	Riise			Loulé

March 17, 1998	USA	4–1	China PR	Loulé
				Loulé

March 19, 1998	Norway	4–1	USA	Lagos
	Pettersen Riise Lehn			Lagos

March 19, 1998	China PR	1–0	Finland	Lagos
				Lagos

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Denmark	9	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8
Sweden	6	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3
Netherlands	3	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6
Portugal	0	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5

March 15, 1998	Denmark	0–0	Sweden	Vila Real de Santo António
				Vila Real de Santo António

March 15, 1998	Netherlands	2–1	Portugal	Vila Real de Santo António
				Vila Real de Santo António

March 17, 1998	Sweden	2–0	Portugal	Silves
				Silves

March 17, 1998	Denmark	6–0	Netherlands	Silves
				Silves

March 19, 1998	Denmark	2–0	Portugal	Montechoro, Albufeira
				Montechoro, Albufeira

March 19, 1998	Sweden	1–0	Netherlands	Montechoro, Albufeira
				Montechoro, Albufeira

[edit] Seventh Place

March 21, 1998	Portugal	2–2 (4–2) (PSO)	Finland	Paderne
	Patrícia Carla Couto			Paderne

Portugal finished bottom of their group for the fifth year in a row but won the match to decide seventh place on penalties after a 2–2 draw with Finland.