2011 Algarve Cup
International women's football tournament
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The 2011 Algarve Cup was the eighteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 2–9 March 2011.[1][2]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 2–9 March 2011 |
| Teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue | 9 (in 9 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (8th title) |
| Runners-up |  Iceland |
| Third place |  Japan |
| Fourth place |  Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 62 (2.58 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Alex Morgan Carli Lloyd Carla Couto Edite Fernandes Jessica Fishlock Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (3 goals) |
| Best player | Homare Sawa |
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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 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 number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.
Teams
Group stage
All times local (WET/UTC+0)
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 |
| Japan |
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
 Norway |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
 Finland |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 |
| United States | 2–0 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
Tarpley  33' Lloyd 63' |
Report |
Group B
| Iceland | 2–1 |  China |
|---|---|---|
| Margrét Lára 27', 50' |
Ma 21' |
Denmark  | 0–1 | Iceland |
|---|---|---|
| Dóra María 55' |
Group C
Placement play-offs
Final
| Iceland | 2–4 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Ómarsdóttir 26' Hallbera 28' |
Report | Lloyd 10' Cheney 45+1' O'Reilly 55' Morgan 87' |
| 2011 Algarve Cup |
|---|
 United States Eighth title |