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The Algarve Cup 2013 was the 20th edition of the annually held since 1994 and after the Olympic tournament of the women, the World Cup and European Championship most important women's football tournament for national teams and took place from 6 to 13. March 2013 as before held at various venues of the Algarve, the southernmost region of Portugal.

The venues were the Estádio Municipal in Albufeira, the Estádio Municipal de Bela Vista in Parchal, the Estádio Municipal in Lagos, the Estádio Municipal in Vila Real de Santo António, the Parque Desportivo da Nora in Ferreiras, the Estádio Municipal in Quarteira and the Estádio Algarve in Faro.

Mode mode
Twelve national teams took part in the tournament. The eight highest-rated teams formed Groups A and B, the four weaker teams Group C. First, the teams in their group played each against each for the placement. First the best score, then the direct comparison and only then the goal difference for the placement is decisive. The procedure was then as follows:

Game for 11th place: The third and fourth placed team of Group C.
Match for 9th place: The second-placed team of Group C against the worse fourth-placed team of Groups A or B.
Play for 7th place: Winner of Group C against the better fourth-placed team of Groups A or B.
Match for place 5: The third-placed teams of groups A and B.
Play for place 3: The second-placed teams of groups A and B.
Final: The winners of groups A and B play for the tournament victory.

If it was tied after the regular season of the placement matches, followed no extension, but directly afterwards a penalty shooting.

Since FIFA classified the games as "Friendly Games", each team was allowed to make six substitutions per game.

The Tournament
All times in Central European Time (CET), which corresponds to local time (UTC±0), or Coordinated Universal Time, plus one hour.

Group phase

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Placement games
Play for 11th place

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| colspan="4" | 13. March at 15:30 in Parchal (E. Municipal da Bela Vista)

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Play for 9th place

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| colspan="4" | 13. March at 12:00 in Parchal (E. Municipal da Bela Vista)

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Play for place 7

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| colspan="4" | 13. March at 15:30 in Lagos (Estádio Municipal)

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Play for place 5

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| colspan="4" | 13. March 13:10 in Faro (Estádio Algarve)

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Play for Place 3

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| colspan="4" | 13. March at 12:00 in Lagos at the Estádio Municipal

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Final

Goalscorers

Awards
Best Player: Megan Rapinoe (USA)
The Fairest Team: Japan

Special features
On the first matchday, Rachel Buehler (USA), Anita Pádár (Hungary), Caroline Seger and Sara Thunebro (both Swedes) made their 100th match. Lards