2012 Algarve Cup

2012 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	February 29 – March 7 2012
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)

The 2012 Algarve Cup will be the nineteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It will take place between February 29 – March 7 2012.

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, are the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B will contest 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 are playing for places 7–12, with the winner of Group C playing the team that finishes 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 play for eleventh place.

Points awarded in the group stage follow 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 amount of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.

Teams

Listed are the confirmed teams.

• China
• Denmark
• Germany
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Japan
• Norway
• Portugal
• Republic of Ireland
• Sweden
• United States
• Wales

Group stage

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Republic of Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

External links

• Algarve Cup 2012 on WomensSoccerUnited.com
• Algarve Cup 2012 on frauenfussball-info.de