The 2003 Algarve Cup is the tenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament hosted annually by Portugal. It was held from fourteenth to twentieth day of March 2003.

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2003 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
City	various cities in Algarve
Dates	14-20 March 2003
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	56 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hanna Ljungberg (4 goals each)
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The USA won the tournament defeating China, 2-0, in the final game.^[1]

The twelve teams are divided into three groups that played a round-robin group stage, followed by one position play-off match for every team.

With 12 teams participating, the Algarve Cup format has been as follows: Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are the only ones in contention to win the title. The group A and B winners contest the final - to win the Algarve Cup. The runners-up play for third place, and those that finish third in the groups play 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 (whichever has the better record) for seventh place. The Group C runner-up played the team who finishes last in Group A or B (with the worse record) 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 point for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied in a group, their head-to-head result determined their place in the group.