1999 Algarve Cup

The 1999 Algarve Cup was an invitational women's football tournament. China won the event defeating the US, 2-1, in the final. It was China's first victory against the USA since 1993 and their first win over them since 1993.

1999 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	China (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	40 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tiffeny Milbrett

Teams

The host and the seven teams invited are Australia, China, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the United States.

The eight teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin group stage with playoff to determine seventh and eighth place. The winners of each group would compete for first and second place and the winners of the groups would be crowned champions.

Points

There are 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and none for a loss.

Group A

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

March 14, 1999

United States	1–1	Sweden
Tiffeny Milbrett	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Linda Fagerström

Silves

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March 14, 1999

Norway	1–0	Finland
Marianne Pettersen

Silves

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March 16, 1999

Norway	2–1	Sweden
Linda Medalen Anita Rapp	SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Malin Andersson

Quarteira

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March 16, 1999

United States	4–0	Finland
Tiffeny Milbrett Brandi Chastain Cindy Parlow	Report

Quarteira

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March 18, 1999

United States	2–1	Norway
Julie Foudy Kristine Lilly	Report	Ann Kristin Aarønes

Albufeira

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March 18, 1999

Sweden	0–0	Finland
	SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Albufeira

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China	9	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8
Denmark	4	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3
Australia	2	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2
Portugal	1	3	0	1	2	0	9	−9

March 14, 1999

Denmark	1–1	Australia
Louise Hansen		Julie Murray

Faro

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March 14, 1999

China	4–0	Portugal
2' 12' Sun Wen  20' Liu Ying  34' Pu Wei	Report

Faro

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March 16, 1999

China	2–0	Denmark
Pu Wei  (own goal)

Olhão

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March 16, 1999

Portugal	0–0	Australia
	Report

Olhão

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March 18, 1999

Denmark	5–0	Portugal
38' (own goal)  44' Merete Pedersen  45' Janne Rasmussen  66' Jeanne Axelsen  77' Mette Jokumsen	Report

Montechoro

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March 18, 1999

Australia	0–2	China
		Sun Wen Liu Ying

Montechoro

Seventh place

March 20, 1999

Portugal	2–1	Finland
9' Carla Couto  36' Adilia Martins	Report	70' Julia Uusmalmi

Montechoro

Fifth place

March 20, 1999

Australia	1–1 (7–6) (PSO)	Sweden
Murray	SvFF Report (in Swedish)	Gustafsson

Loulé

Third place

March 20, 1999

Norway	2–2 (4–1) (PSO)	Denmark
69' (own goal)  82' Cecilie Bendiksen	report (nor.) report (den.)	65' Janne Rasmussen  90' Merete Pedersen

Loulé

Final

March 20, 1999

China	2–1	United States
16' Pu Wei  65' Jin Yan	Report	45' Tiffeny Milbrett

Loulé

Final standings

Rank	Team
	China
	United States
	Norway
4	Denmark
5	Australia
6	Sweden
7	Portugal
8	Finland

Goal scorers

Goals	Player
4	Tiffeny Milbrett
3	Jin Yan
2	Julie Murray
	Pu Wei
	Sun Wen
	Liu Ying
	Jeanee Axelsen
	Mette Jokumsen
	Cecilie Bendiksen
1	15 athletes
1 own goal

1999 Algarve Cup
China First title

Other websites

• 1999 Algarve Cup on RSSSF