2012 Algarve Cup

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
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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.

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	12
Iceland	15
China	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

Group stage

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

Group A

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

29 February 2012

14:00

Germany	1–0	Iceland
Mittag 25'	Report

Estádio Municipal, Lagos

Attendance: 200^[2]

Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)^[2]

29 February 2012