2012 Algarve Cup


The 2012 Algarve Cup was the nineteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It began on 29 February and ended on 7 March 2012.

Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.
Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place and those that finished third in these two groups playing for fifth place.
The teams in Group C were playing for places 7–12, with the winner of Group C playing the team that finished fourth in Group A or B with the better record for seventh place and the Group C runner-up playing the team which came last in Group A or B with the worse record for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for the eleventh place.
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 determined the higher place.

Teams

Listed are the confirmed teams.
TeamFIFA Rankings
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5
12
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15
18
29
34
43
46

Match officials

CountryAssistant referees
CanadaMarie-Josée Charbonneau
ColombiaLuzmila Gonzalez
Costa RicaKimberly Moreira
CroatiaSanja Rodak
CyprusAngela Kyriakou
Dominican RepublicMilagros Leonardo
EnglandSian Massey
GuatemalaMarisol Salazar
JamaicaStacey Greyson
ParaguayNadia Weiler
RomaniaPetruta Iugulsecu
SwitzerlandEveline Bolli
ThailandSupawan Hinthong
UgandaDiana Mukasa
VietnamThi Kieu

CountryFourth official
ArgentinaSalomé di Iorio
China PRLiang Qin
CubaIrazema Aguilera
Czech RepublicJana Adámková
HungaryKatalin Kulcsár
ItalyCarina Vitulano
JapanNami Sato
MexicoLucila Venegas
ScotlandMorag Pirie
SingaporeAbirami Apbai
SwedenPernilla Larsson
TogoAissata Amegee
United StatesMargaret Domka

Squads

Group stage

All times are local.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Placement play-offs

Eleventh place match

Ninth place match

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

Goalscorers

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RankTeam
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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12