The 2005 Algarve Cup was the 12th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 9 to 15 March 2005. The USA won the tournament defeating Germany, 1–0, in the final-game. The tournament victory was the fourth for the US, and their third in a row.

Format The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.

Since the expansion to 12 teams in 2002, the Algarve Cup format had been as follows: Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group A and B winners contested the final – to win the Algarve Cup. The runners-up played for third place, and those that finish third in the groups played for fifth place. The teams in Group C played for places 7–12. The winner of Group C played the team that finished fourth in Group A or B (whichever has the better record) for seventh place. The Group C runner-up played the team who finishes 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

Team FIFA Rankings(December 2004) (hosts)

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Placement play-offs

Eleventh place match

Ninth place match

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

GERMANY: GK 1 Silke RottenbergDF 2 Kerstin StegemannDF 17 Ariane HingstDF 4 Steffi JonesDF 5 Sarah Günther MF 18 Kerstin Garefrekes MF 14 Britta Carlson MF 6 Renate Lingor MF 20 Conny Pohlers FW 9 Birgit Prinz (c)FW 11 Anja Mittag Substitutes:DF 3 Sonja Fuss MF 16 Viola Odebrecht MF 13 Celia Okoyino Da Mbabi MF 7 Pia Wunderlich FW 8 Sandra Smisek Manager: Tina Theune-MeyerUNITED STATES: GK 1 Hope SoloDF 15 Kate MarkgrafDF 2 Heather MittsDF 4 Cat ReddickMF 7 Shannon BoxxMF 17 Lori ChalupnyMF 13 Kristine Lilly (c)MF 5 Lindsay TarpleyFW 10 Aly Wagner FW 20 Abby WambachFW 8 Christie Welsh Substitutes:MF 9 Heather O'Reilly MF 19 Angela Hucles Manager: Greg Ryan

Final standings Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

References

External links Algarve Cup on WomensSoccerUnited.com RSSSF.com history page, with links to full results