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2001 Algarve Cup

2001 Algarve Cup
Tournament details
Host country Portugal
Dates 11–17 March 2001
Teams 8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  Sweden
Runners-up  Denmark
Third place  China PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 63 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sweden Hanna Ljungberg
(6 goals)
2000
2002

The 2001 Algarve Cup was the eighth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 11 and 17 March 2001 in Portugal with Sweden winning the event defeating Denmark, 3-0, in the final game.

The eight participating teams are same as previous year: Canada, 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. On completion of this, the fourth placed teams from each group would playoff to determine seventh and eighth place, the third placed teams from 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 the groups would compete for first and second place.

Points awarded in the group stage are three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a loss.


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