I predict USA 3-0

I have a question regarding France
- hasn't Soubeyrand retired?
Shlj posted in the "Pichon Retires" thread
that she was retiring as well and now she's in Algarve
Is she back or has she never called it a day?

I read she retired she must have changed her mind.

I have found some old news : she said she considered retiring for a while but she is still in ? I am sure I read somewhere she retired though.

OK, nevermind mate, the most important for France
is that she is still there

Wow we won 1-0 against Norway Camille Abily from a Sonia Bompastor cross 67th minute.

Today's results and final standings before play-offs:


Group A:
Germany 3-0 Denmark
France 1-0 Norway

Final Standings:
Denmark
France
Norway
Germany


Group B
USA 3-2 Sweden
Finland 2-0 China

Final Standings:
USA
Sweden
Finland
China


Group C
Iceland 5-1 Portugal
Italy 4-1 Ireland

Final Standings:
Italy
Iceland
Ireland
Portugal


FINALS:
Wed 14 March
10.00: Play-off for 11th place: Ireland v Portugal
10.00: Play-off for 9th place: Italy v Iceland
10.30: Play-off for 7th place: Germany v Finland
10.30: Play-off for 5th place: Norway v China
13.00: Play-off for 3rd place: France v Sweden
16.30: Final: USA v Denmark

(U-19 Tourney in La Manga:
Sweden 1-0 France
Italy 2-1 Iceland
Norway 1-1 England)

My predictions:

Champions: USA
Runners-up: Denmark
3rd place: Sweden
4th: France
5th: Norway
6th: China
7th: Germany
8th: Finland
9th: Italy
10th: Iceland
11th: Ireland
12th: Portugal

This can't be right, unless they changed the rules. Winner of group C plays the best 4th placed team from the A and B groups for the 7th and runner up of groups C the other 4th placed team from A and B. And playing for the 5th placed should be the 3rd placed teams from A and B (Norway and Finland).

I copied it from > this site < but they've changed it now

So now it looks like this:

Final: Denmark v USA 16.30
3/4 France v Sweden 13.00
5/6 Norway v Finland 10.30
7/8 Germany v Italy 10.30
9/10 Iceland v China 10.00
11/12 Ireland v Portugal 10.00

Hope it's correct this time


And my new predictions:

Champions: USA
Runners-up: Denmark
3rd place: Sweden
4th: France
5th: Norway
6th: Finland
7th: Germany
8th: Italy
9th: China
10th: Iceland
11th: Ireland
12th: Portugal

That looks right.

And by the way I think your predications are right too, a bit conservative (I think you have the higer ranked team as winners in all of the games), but that is the way I se it too.

Well I wouldn't mind Denmark to go all the way and beat USA,
I actually said a few days ago that they might be a black horse of the tourney
But USA are a strong team so I think the Cup is theirs.

Another match I have doubts about is Norway v Finland.
I think the Finns have everything to beat the fellow Scandis.
Again - I put Norway higher though, as they are more experienced
and technically a bit better side

We'll see what happens

My predictions

1.USA 2. Denmark 3.France 4 Sweden 5 Finland 6 Norway 7 Germany 8 Italy 9 Iceland 10 China 11 Ireland 12 Portugal

What a tournament! The weirdest Algarve Cup in the history!

The Germans got beaten by France and now Italy as well
but managed to beat Denmark who are now in the final
Iceland who should struggle against China, beat them by 4-1
and Ireland who shouldn't have bigger problems with Portugal,
beat them only by one goal in penalties

Today's results:

11/12 Ireland (5) 0-0 (4) Portugal
9/10 Iceland 4-1 China
7/8 Italy 1-0 Germany
5/6 Norway 2-0 Finland
3/4 Sweden 3-1 France
1/2 USA 2-0 Denmark


Final standings:
Champions: USA
Runners-up: Denmark
3rd place: Sweden
4th: France
5th: Norway
6th: Finland
7th: Italy
8th: Germany
9th: Iceland
10th: China
11th: Ireland
12th: Portugal

Honours:

Player of the Tournament: Carli Lloyd (USA)
Leading scorer: Carli Lloyd (USA, 4 goals)
Best goalkeeper: Caroline Jonsson (Sweden)
Fair Play: Finland