Host country Portugal Runners-up France Matches played 24 Top scorer Sofia Jakobsson Teams 12 | Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities) Fourth place Sweden Dates 4 Mar 2015 – 11 Mar 2015 Location Portugal | |
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Champions United States (10th title) Champion United States women's national soccer team Third place Germany women's national football team Similar 2014 CONCACAF Women's, 2014 AFC Challenge Cup, 2015 CONCACAF Cup | ||
The 2015 Algarve Cup was the 22nd edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place on 4–11 March.
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Wnt journey to the 2015 algarve cup final
Format
Because of the number of competitive teams this year, the format was changed. Previously Group C teams were unable to get into the final, which was played between Group A and B winners. This year however, the final was played between the two best group winners.
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 amount of points in a group, their head-to-head result determine the higher place.
Teams
The participating teams were announced on 20 October 2014.
Match officials
The referees were announced on 20 February 2015.
Group stage
The groups were announced on 18 December 2014.
All times are local (UTC±00:00).
Tie-breaking criteria
For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:
- number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
- goal difference in all the group matches
- number of goals scored in all the group matches
- fair-play ranking in all the group matches
- FIFA ranking
Ranking of teams for placement matches
The ranking of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed teams in each group to determine the placement matches: