1998 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	9
Final positions
Champions	Norway (4th title)
Runners-up	Denmark
Third place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	47 (2.94 per match)
Best player(s)	Marianne Pettersen
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The 1998 Algarve Cup was the fifth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 15 and 21 March 1998 in Portugal with Norway winning the event for the fourth time in its history defeating Denmark, 4-1, in the final-game. The United States ended up third defeating Sweden, 3-1, in the third prize game. ^[1]

Format

The United States returned to the tournament, replacing Iceland.

The eight invited teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin tournament. On completion of this, the fourth placed teams in each group would play each other to determine seventh and eighth place, the third placed teams in 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 each group would compete for first and second place overall.

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.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Norway	6	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3
United States	6	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2
China	6	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1
Finland	0	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Denmark	7	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8
Sweden	7	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3
Netherlands	3	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6
Portugal	0	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5

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Seventh Place

Portugal finished bottom of their group for the fifth year in a row but won the match to decide seventh place on penalties after a 2–2 draw with Finland.

Fifth Place

Third Place

Final

Awards

1998 Algarve Cup
Norway Fourth title

Best player
Marianne Pettersen

References

External links

• 1998 Algarve Cup on RSSSF