For this 25th edition of the Algarve Cup, the Portuguese tournament will have no grand finale. The Netherlands and Sweden will not compete for the title, for lack of practicable ground, but they will share it. A completely new result.

Due to weather conditions and completely flooded terrain, the tournament organizers were forced to make a big decision: cancel the final.

Indeed, the time not improving, the pitch was not going to get better and delaying the kickoff was not enough. But, because of the end of the international truce and the resumption of the championships of France, Germany and Spain this weekend, it was not possible to postpone the outcome of the Algarve Cup to a date higher. On the phone for the Dutch channel Fox Sport, Sarina Wiegman, the coach Oranje, said that this was "a shame" but that it is a decision "wise for the safety of the players. "

This edition of the Algarve will undoubtedly remain a little unfinished taste for each of the two teams, even if the two teams are declared victorious, with a first title in the tournament for the Netherlands, while Sweden now has four.


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