| 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 | Tiffeny Milbrett |
←1998 2000 → | |
The1999 Algarve Cup was the sixth edition of theAlgarve Cup, an invitationalwomen's association football tournament. It took place between 14 and 20 March 1999 inPortugal withChina winning the event defeating the US, 2-1, in the final game. The Chinese triumph also became China's first victoryagainst the USA since 1993.[1]
The host and the seven teams invited areAustralia,China,Denmark,Finland,Norway,Portugal,Sweden and theUnited States.
The eight teams were split into two groups that played around-robin group stage. On completion of this, the fourthplaced 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.
| 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 |
| United States | 1–1 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
Tiffeny Milbrett 15' | Report SvFF Report (in Swedish) | Linda Fagerström 76' |
| Norway | 2–1 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Linda MedalenAnita Rapp | SvFF Report (in Swedish) | Malin Andersson |
| United States | 4–0 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| Tiffeny Milbrett 15',33' Cindy Parlow 28'Brandi Chastain 71' | Report |
| Sweden | 0–0 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| SvFF Report (in Swedish) |
| 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 |
| Denmark | 5–0 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| 38' (own goal) 44'Merete Pedersen 45' Janne Rasmussen 66' Jeanne Axelsen 77' Mette Jokumsen | Report |
| Portugal | 2–1 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| 9'Carla Couto 36' Adilia Martins | Report | 70' Julia Uusmalmi |
Portugal finished bottom of their group for the sixth year in a row but won the seventh place playoff with a 2–1 win against Finland.
| Australia | 1–1 (7–6) (PSO) | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Murray | SvFF Report (in Swedish) | Gustafsson |
| Norway | 2–2 (4–1) (PSO) | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Selvmal 69' (own goal) 82'Bendiiksen | report (nor.)report (den.) | 65'Rasmussen 90'Pedersen |
| China | 2–1 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 16'Pu Wei 65'Yan | Report | 45'Tiffeny Milbrett |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | China |
 | United States |
 | Norway |
| 4 | Denmark |
| 5 | Australia |
| 6 | Sweden |
| 7 | Portugal |
| 8 | Finland |
| 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 |
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