The 2016 Algarve Cup was the 23rd edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 2 to 9 March.[1][2]
The groups were announced on 14 December 2015,[4] with the match schedule being announced on 10 February 2016.[5] All times WET (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:[6]
number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
Note: The official match report lists just the players who converted the penalties, in no particular order. New Zealand Football reports the missed penalty as being the sixth from New Zealand, citing Anna Green as the player who missed (contradicting the official report), without providing any information on the players who successfully converted their penalties.[10] For the statistics purpose of this page, the data provided by the tournament's organizer (Portuguese Football Federation) is being used.
