The 2018 Algarve Cup was the 25th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 28 February to 7 March 2018.
The final was cancelled after torrential rain flooded the pitch: the Netherlands and Sweden were declared joint winners of the Algarve Cup.
Format
The twelve invited teams were split into three groups to play a round-robin tournament.
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 number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determine the higher place.
Teams
Venues
Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal
Estádio Algarve
Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos
VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António
Squads
Group stage
The groups were announced on 6 December 2017, and re-organised on 18 December, due to South Korea being drawn against Australia in the Asian Cup finals the following month.
All times are local (UTC±0).
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 were 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
Group A
Group B
Group C
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:
1st placed teams
2nd placed teams
3rd placed teams
4th placed teams
Placement matches
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
The match was abandoned at half-time with the score 0–0 due to torrential rain that flooded the pitch: both teams were awarded joint seventh place.
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
The final was cancelled after torrential rain flooded the pitch: the Netherlands and Sweden were declared joint winners of the Algarve Cup.
Final standings
Awards
Goalscorers
3 goals
Christine Sinclair
Lieke Martens
Fridolina Rolfö
2 goals
Chloe Logarzo
Sam Kerr
Janine Beckie
Hlín Eiríksdóttir
Mana Iwabuchi
Elise Thorsnes
Lee Min-a
Stina Blackstenius
1 goal
Caitlin Cooper
Larissa Crummer
Clare Polkinghorne
Ashley Lawrence
Jessie Fleming
Liu Shanshan
Song Duan
Xu Yanlu
Pernille Harder
Frederikke Thøgersen
Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
Yui Hasegawa
Emi Nakajima
Yuika Sugasawa
Rumi Utsugi
Lineth Beerensteyn
Shanice van de Sanden
Cheyenne van den Goorbergh
Stefanie van der Gragt
Siri Worm
Ingrid Engen
Maren Mjelde
Lisa-Marie Utland
Carole Costa
Nádia Gomes
Vanessa Malho
Carolina Mendes
Cláudia Neto
Diana Silva
Anna Belomyttseva
Sofia Shishkina
Han Chae-rin
Jung Seol-bin
Filippa Angeldal
Mimmi Larsson
Own goal
Simone Boye Sørensen (playing against the Netherlands)