Algarve Cup 2015 Dates and Fixtures

The official dates and groups for the Algarve Cup 2015 were released earlier this month. Today we got a peek at the provisional fixtures for the 22nd edition of the tournament. The Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women’s football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) annually in the Algarve region.

The Algarve Cup is one of the most anticipated and prestigious female football events in the World. This year it will be even more sought after as it’s the final challenge in preparing for this Summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada for 9 of the 12 teams involved. The only teams who are not qualified for the World Cup are the hosts Portugal, Denmark and Iceland whereas among the other teams there are the current World Champions Japan and previous world cup winners Germany, United States and Norway.

You can watch the tournament live on British Eurosport and follow all the action from the tournament including live updates of Match Day 3, the Final and behind the scenes features here.

Group A: Sweden, Germany, Brazil, China.

Group B: Norway, USA, Switzerland, Iceland.

Group C: Denmark, France, Japan, Portugal

Match Day 1:  4th March 2015

Group           Time      Match                               Venue

Group A        15:00     Brazil v China PR              Albufeira
Group A        16:00     Germany v Sweden          V. Real S. António
Group B        15:00     Switzerland v Iceland       Lagos
Group B        19:00     Norway v USA                  V. Real S. António

Group C        14:10    Japan v Denmark             Parchal
Group C        17:10    Portugal v France             Parchal

Match Day 2: 6th March 2015

Group            Time     Match                              Venue

Group A        13:00    Germany v China PR      V. Real S.António
Group A        13:30    Sweden v Brazil               Lagos

Group B        17:00    USA v Switzerland           V. Real S. António
Group B        18:00    Norway v Iceland             Lagos

Group C       12:10    Japan v Portugal              Algarve
Group C       15:00    France v Denmark           Algarve

Match Day 3: 9th March 2015

Group          Time      Match                               Venue

Group A      17:30      Brazil v Germany             Parchal
Group A      17:30      Norway v Switzerland      Albufeira

Group B      17:30      Sweden v China PR         V. Real S. António
Group B      17:30      USA v Iceland                  Lagos

Group C      14:10      Japan v France               Parchal
Group C      14:10      Portugal v Denmark        V. Real S. António

Match Day 4: 11th March 2015

Placement   Time       Match              Venue

Final           TBC        TBD                  TBC

3rd Place    TBC        TBD                  TBC

5th Place    TBC        TBD                  TBC

7th Place    TBC        TBD                  TBC

9th Place    TBC        TBD                  TBC

11th Place  TBC        TBD                  TBC