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China crush Finland in Algarve Cup
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-03-17 14:14
Han Duan's hat-trick helped China trounce Finland 4-0 in their second
match in Group B action of the women's Algarve Cup in Quarteira,
Portugal on Tuesday.
In Group A, France staged a surprise for World Cup runner-up Sweden after
beating its opponent 3-0 while the defending championUnited States downed
Denmark 1-0.
Former world champion Norway crushed Italy 3-0 in another GroupB match.
The winners of the two groups meet in Sunday's final of the invitation
tournament.
China stands in second in Group B with three points after suffering an
unexpected 1-0 loss to Italy in their opening match on Sunday. Norway tops the
group by three points from China, who meet on Thursday.
The United States leads Group A with six points from two games,and can reach
the championship match with at least a draw or low-scoring loss to Sweden, which
has three points, on Thursday in thelast group games.
Han Duan notched a hat trick for China and Zhang Ouying got theother goal.
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