Algarve Cup Match Day 3 Preview

After an exciting weekend at the women's international football seminar in Hotel Dom Pedro Vilamoura, we are now preparing for the final group games of the 22nd edition of the Algarve Cup that take place tomorrow.

ExtraTime.ie will have full live updates of two of the games and some behind the scenes access to global stars of the women's game including five time Ballon D'or recipient Marta.

The first game kicks off at 2:10pm in Parchal between current World Champions Japan and France. The game will be a decisive game as France leads Group C with six points after two games and hope that any result against Japan will give them the ticket to be in the Algarve Cup final.

Another exciting game follows this match up at 5:30pm when current European champions Germany face Brazil. Brazil are leading in Group A with 4 points from two games and Germany are currently third in the group with 3 points from two games. The USA are leading Group B with six points from two games and look to be set for the final if they secure a result versus Iceland

The Algarve Cup final is set to take place on Wednesday which will be contested by the two best teams from the three groups. The Algarve Cup final will be contested by If any two teams or more have the same number of points after the group matches, the final classification will be determined by best results against each other, the greater goal difference, the best fair play ranking or the best FIFA ranking.

Below is a summary of the results so far including the current group standings. Follow ExtraTime.ie for all the action on Match Day 3 and the Final.

Group A

Match 1 - March 4th

Brazil 0 - 0 China PR

Germany 2 - 4 Sweden (Marozsan 2', Laudehr 4', Seger 30', 71', Jacobsson 54', 84')

Match 2 - March 6th

Germany 2 – 0 China PR (Mittag 41′, Popp 77′)

Sweden 0 – 2 Brazil (Marta 20′, Andressa Alves 68′)

Group B

Match Day 1 - March 4th

Switzerland 2 - 0 Iceland (Dickenmann 58',68')

Norway 1 - 2 USA (Hegerberg 43', Lloyd 56', 62')

Match 2 - March 6th

USA 3 – 0 Switzerland (Morgan 55′, Rodriguez 73′, Wambach 81′)

Norway 1 – 0 Iceland (Haaavi 9′)

Group C

Match Day 1 - March 4th

Japan 1 - 2 Denmark (Troelsgaard 2′, Ando 17′, Rasmussen 58′)

Portugal - 1 France (Le Sommer 65')

Match Day 2 - March 6th

Japan 3 – 0 Portugal (Kawamura 36′, Yokoyama, Sugasawa 78′)

France 4 – 1 Denmark (Le Sommer 1′, Abily 6′, Lavogez 43′, Troelsgaard 76′)