2005 Algarve Cup
The 2005 Algarve Cup was the 12th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 9 to 15 March 2005. The USA won the tournament defeating Germany, 1–0, in the final-game. The tournament victory was the fourth for the US, and their third in a row.
Format
The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.Since the expansion to 12 teams in 2002, the Algarve Cup format had been as follows: Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group A and B winners contested the final – to win the Algarve Cup. The runners-up played for third place, and those that finish third in the groups played for fifth place. The teams in Group C played for places 7–12. The winner of Group C played the team that finished fourth in Group A or B for seventh place. The Group C runner-up played the team who finishes last in Group A or B for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for the eleventh place.
Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.
Teams
| Team | FIFA Rankings |
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 9 | |
| 14 | |
| 16 | |
| 25 | |
| 34 | |
| 83 |