2013 Cyprus Women's Cup

2013 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryCyprus
Dates3–14 March 2013
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions England (2nd title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place New Zealand
Fourth place Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored63 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Ellen White
Finland Sanna Talonen
(3 goals)
2012
2014

The 2013 Cyprus Women's Cup was the sixth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between 3–14 March 2013.[1]

Defending champions France cancelled their participation just after the UEFA Euro 2013 draw, because of too many European opponents in the tournament.[2] The tournament was won by England.[3]

Format[edit]

The twelve invited teams are split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.

Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place. The Group C winner faced the better third place team from Groups A and B for fifth, with the Group C runner-up facing the other third place team for seventh. Group C's third place team faced the better fourth place team of Groups A and B, while the other two fourth place teams play in the 11th place match.

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.

Venues[edit]

The games were played in 3 host stadiums in 3 cities.[4]

Stadium City Capacity
GSP Stadium Nicosia 22,859
GSZ Stadium Larnaca 13,032
Paralimni Stadium Paralimni 5,800


Teams[edit]

Listed are the confirmed teams.[1]

The only debutant is the Republic of Ireland.[5]

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 3 2 1 0 11 7 +4 7
 New Zealand 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Scotland 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
 Italy 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
New Zealand 1–0 Scotland
Hearn 26'
England 4–2 Italy
Nobbs 8'
Houghton 30'
Clarke 33'
E. White 84'
Report Camporese 17', 27'

New Zealand 2–0 Italy
Wilkinson 65'
Green 71'
Report
Scotland 4–4 England
Evans 18'
Ross 49'
Little 51'
Mitchell 83'
Report E. White 40'
Duggan 45+1'
Williams 74'
Smith 78'

England 3–1 New Zealand
White 71'
Aluko 72'
Duggan 90'
Hearn 7'
Italy 1–2 Scotland
Gama 75' Report J.Ross 17'
Jones 63'

Group B[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9
 Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
 Netherlands 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
 Finland 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Canada 2–0 Switzerland
Schmidt 2'
Matheson 79'
Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Christina Husballe (Denmark)

Finland 1–2 Canada
Alanen 6' Report Filigno 29'
Sinclair 37' (pen.)

Finland 2–3 Switzerland
Saari 17'
Talonen 25'
Report Bachmann 1'
Dickenmann 45'
Bernauer 63'
Netherlands 0–1 Canada
Report Sinclair 43'

Group C[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Republic of Ireland 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7
 South Africa 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
 Northern Ireland 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0


Knockout stage[edit]

Eleventh place match[edit]

South Africa 1–1 (a.e.t.) Northern Ireland
Skiti 89' Report Nelson 2'
Penalties
5–4

Ninth place match[edit]

Seventh place match[edit]

Republic of Ireland 0–1 Finland
Talonen 20'

Fifth place match[edit]

Scotland 1–0 Netherlands
Little 29' Report

Third place match[edit]

New Zealand 2–1 Switzerland
Hassett 85'
Wilkinson 87'
Report Crnogorčević 23'
Referee: Barbara Bollenberger (Austria)

Final[edit]

England 1–0 Canada
Yankey 70' Report

Champion[edit]

 2013 Cyprus Cup 

England
Second title

Goalscorers[edit]

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b The Cyprus Women's Cup groups have been announced with current Cyprus Cup holders France missing from the tournament.
  2. ^ "Cyprus Cup 2013 without France" (in German). womensoccer.de. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Rachel Yankey volley earns England women their second Cyprus Cup title". Guardian. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Official website with venues listed". Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  5. ^ Cyprus Cup all-time table

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