2017 Cyprus Women's Cup

2017 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Cyprus
Dates1–8 March
Teams12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Switzerland (1st title)
Runners-up South Korea
Third place North Korea
Fourth place Republic of Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored65 (2.71 per match)
2016
2018

The 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup was the tenth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus.[1]

Format

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The tournament consisted of a group stage, held over three match days followed by a single day of classification matches to determine the final standings.

For the group stage, the twelve teams were split into three groups of four teams. Each group played a round-robin tournament with each team playing one match against each other team in its group.

Venues

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Stadium City Capacity
GSZ Stadium Larnaca 13,032
Tasos Markos Stadium Paralimni 5,800
Ammochostos Stadium Larnaca 5,500
GSP Stadium Nicosia 22,859
AEK Arena Larnaca 7,400

Teams

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Team FIFA Rankings
(December 2016)
 North Korea
10
 Italy
16
 Switzerland
17
 South Korea
18
 New Zealand
19
 Scotland
21
 Austria
24
 Belgium
25
 Czech Republic
33
 Republic of Ireland
34
 Wales
36
 Hungary
40

Squads

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Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Switzerland 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7
 North Korea 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
 Belgium 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
 Italy 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
North Korea 3–0 Italy
Report
Belgium 2–2 Switzerland
Mermans 31'
Cayman 78'
Report Abbé 26'
Kuster 88'
Referee: Barbara Poxhofer (Austria)

Switzerland 1–0 North Korea
Kiwic 88' Report
Italy 1–4 Belgium
Sabatino 9' Report Wullaert 10' (pen.)
Van Wynendaele 39'
Coutereels 64'
Philtjens 81'
Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)

Italy 0–6 Switzerland
Report Humm 6'
Reuteler 22', 50'
Wälti 32'
Crnogorčević 82', 84' (pen.)
North Korea 4–1 Belgium
Kim Nam-hui 7'
Ho Un-byol 30'
Wi Jong-sim 57'
Ri Kyong-hyang 71'
Report Vanmechelen 62'
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
 Austria 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
 New Zealand 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
New Zealand 2–3 Scotland
White 20'
Hearn 90+2'
Report J. Ross 9'
Cuthbert 83'
Little 87'
South Korea 0–0 Austria
Report

Austria 3–0 New Zealand
Billa 19'
Aschauer 53'
Eder 77'
Report
Scotland 0–2 South Korea
Report Ji So-yun 48'
Cho So-hyun 74' (pen.)
Referee: Barbara Poxhofer (Austria)

Austria 1–3 Scotland
Billa 65' Report J. Ross 58'
L. Ross 78'
Evans 90'

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Republic of Ireland 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
 Wales 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
 Hungary 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
 Czech Republic 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Hungary 0–2 Wales
Report Ward 34'
Estcourt 66'

Wales 0–0 Czech Republic
Report

Place matches stage

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Eleventh place match

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Italy 6–2 Czech Republic
Girelli 38', 40'
Parisi 45'
Bonansea 49'
Gabbiadini 55'
Giugliano 90+3'
Report Chlastáková 9'
Svitková 83' (pen.)

Ninth place match

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New Zealand 3–1 Hungary
Pereira 36'
White 50', 90+3'
Report Németh 25'

Seventh place match

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Belgium 1–1 Austria
Wullaert 63' Report Aschauer 78'
Penalties
4–3

Fifth place match

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Scotland 0–0 Wales
Report
Penalties
6–5
Referee: Eszter Urban (Hungary)

Third place match

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North Korea 2–0 Republic of Ireland
Wi Jong-sim 73'
Kim Ryu-song 85'
Report

Final

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Switzerland 1–0 South Korea
Dickenmann 58' Report
Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)[2]

Final standings

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Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  North Korea
4  Republic of Ireland
5  Scotland
6  Wales
7  Belgium
8  Austria
9  New Zealand
10  Hungary
11  Italy
12  Czech Republic

References

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  1. ^ "Australia set to return to Cyprus Cup in 2017". The Women's Game. 1 November 2016. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Árbitra española en la final de la Copa de Chipre". Comité Técnico de Árbitros de la RFEF. 7 March 2017.
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