- 1997 Algarve Cup
Infobox International Football Competition
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country = Portugal
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num_teams = 8
confederations = 2
venues = 9
cities =
champion_other= fbw|Norway
count = 3
second_other = fbw|CHN
third_other = fbw|SWE
matches = 16
goals = 39
attendance =
top_scorer =
player = flagicon|NorwayMarianne Pettersen
updated =The 1997 Algarve Cup was the fourth edition of theAlgarve Cup , an invitationalwomen's association football tournament. It took place between 10 and16 March 1997 inPortugal with Norway winning the event for the third time in its history.Format
The Netherlands returned to the tournament, replacing Russia.
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
External links
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/wom-algarve97.html 1997 Algarve Cup] on RSSSF
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