Germany and Japan, the No. 2 and No. 3 teams in the world, respectively, will play for the 2014 Algarve Cup title on Wednesday and England will take on France in the Cyprus Cup final. The placement matches for both tournaments are set after Monday’s final day of group play.
The major shock of the day was the United States’ historic 5-3 to Denmark, which sends the Americans into the 7th place game against North Korea.
Scotland continued to impress at the Cyprus Cup, beating Australia 4-2, but the Scots will have to settle for the third place game. France’s 3-0 win over the Netherlands on Monday was enough to see them through to the final. England advanced to the final with a 2-0 win over Canada, who will play for 5th. Here are highlights of the match, in which Boston Breakers midfielder/forward Lianne Sanderson scored both goals for England:
Elise Bussaglia scored twice in France’s win. Highlights:
Below are all of Monday’s scores and subsequent placement matches for Wednesday —
Algarve Cup
Monday’s scores —
Group A: Germany 3-Norway 1 | Iceland 1-China 0
Group B: Japan 2-Sweden 1 | Denmark 5-USA 3
Group C: North Korea 2-Portugal 0 | Austria 3-Russia 2
Wednesday’s placement matches —
1st place: Germany vs. Japan
3rd place: Sweden vs. Iceland
5th place: China vs. Denmark
7th place: USA vs. North Korea
9th place: Norway vs. Russia
11th place: Austria vs. Portugal
Cyprus Cup
Monday’s scores —
Group A: England 2-Canada 0 | Italy 1-Finland 1
Group B: France 3-Netherlands 0 | Scotland 4-Australia 2
Group C: Ireland 2-Switzerland 1 | South Korea 4-New Zealand 0
Wednesday’s placement matches —
1st place: England vs. France
3rd place: Scotland vs. South Korea
5th place: Canada vs. Ireland
7th place: Italy vs. Australia
9th place: Netherlands vs. Switzerland
11th place: Finland vs. New Zealand
