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The Algarve Cup 2014 was the 21st edition of the annual since 1994 and after the Olympic tournament of the women, the World Cup and European Championships most important women's football tournament for national teams and took place from 5 to 12. March 2014 as before held at various venues of the Algarve, the southernmost region of Portugal. The tournament was attended by six teams from the top 10 FIFA World Rankings. The tournament also served as preparation for possible referees for the U-20 World Cup 2014 and World Cup 2015. The tournament should also test electronic performance control systems worn by the players in the form of electronic chips or other small devices.

Locations were the Estádio Algarve in Faro and other places in the Algarve.

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 classifies the games as friendly matches, each team was allowed to make six substitutions per match.

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" | 12. March in Faro/Loulé

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Play for 9th place

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| colspan="4" | 12. March in Parchal

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Play for place 7

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| colspan="4" | 12. March in Parchal

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Play for place 5

|- style="background:#FFC1C1"
| colspan="4" | 12. March in Albufeira

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Play for Place 3

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| colspan="4" | 12. March in Albufeira

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Final

Goalscorers

Notes: * = 1. Player's international goal
In addition, there is an own goal of the Chinese in the game against Iceland.

Awards
Best Player: Dzsenifer Marozsán (Germany)
The Fairest Team: Japan

Special features
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