2017 Cyprus Women's Cup

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]

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)

Format

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

Stadium City Capacity
GSZ StadiumLarnaca13,032
Tasos Markos StadiumParalimni5,800
Ammochostos StadiumLarnaca5,500
GSP StadiumNicosia22,859
AEK ArenaLarnaca7,400

Teams

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

Group stage

Group A

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:
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

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:
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

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:
Hungary 0–2 Wales
Report Ward  34'
Estcourt  66'

Wales 0–0 Czech Republic
Report

Czech Republic 1–2 Hungary
Report

Place matches stage

Eleventh place match

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

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

Seventh place match

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

Fifth place match

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

Third place match

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

Final

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

Final standings

Rank Team
  Switzerland
 South Korea
 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

  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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