Cyprus Women's Cup

The Cyprus Women's Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football. It has been held annually in Cyprus since 2008. Although the competition takes place in Cyprus, the hosts have yet to take part in the competition.

Cyprus Women's Cup
Founded2008
Region Cyprus
Number of teams12
Current champions Croatia
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) Canada
 England
(3 titles each)
WebsiteOfficial website
2020 Cyprus Women's Cup

It is played in late February or early March, at the same time as the Algarve Cup, the Turkish Women's Cup and the SheBelieves Cup.

Format

The Cyprus Women's Cup uses the following two-phase format:[1]

The first phase is a group stage in which the twelve invited teams are divided into three groups of four teams. Similar to the Algarve Cup, the teams in Group A and Group B consist of higher-ranked teams and are the only teams actually in contention for the championship; Group C consists of lower-ranked teams. Each group plays a round-robin of six games, with each team playing one match against each of the other teams in the same group.

The second phase is a single "finals day" in which six games involving all twelve teams are played to determine the tournament's final standings, with the match-ups as follows:

  • 11th place match: 3rd best 4th placed team vs. 2nd best 4th placed team
  • 9th place match: best 4th placed team vs. 3rd best 3rd placed team
  • 7th place match: 2nd best 3rd placed team vs. best 3rd placed team
  • 5th place match: 3rd best 2nd placed team vs. 2nd best 2nd placed team
  • 3rd place match: 3rd best group winner vs. best 2nd placed team
  • Final: Best group winner vs. 2nd best group winner

Results

Year Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2008
Canada
3–2
United States (U20)

Japan
2–1
Netherlands
2009
England
3–1
Canada

France
1–1 (a.e.t.)
6–5 (pen.)

New Zealand
2010
Canada
1–0
New Zealand

Netherlands
4–0
Switzerland
2011
Canada
2–1
Netherlands

France
3–0
Scotland
2012
France
2–0
Canada

Italy
3–1
England
2013
England
1–0
Canada

New Zealand
2–1
Switzerland
2014
France
2–0
England

South Korea
1–1 (a.e.t.)
3–1 (pen.)

Scotland
2015
England
1–0
Canada

Mexico
3–2
Italy
2016
Austria
2–1
Poland

Italy
3–1
Czech Republic
2017
Switzerland
1–0
South Korea

North Korea
2–0
Republic of Ireland
2018
Spain
2–0
Italy

North Korea
2–1
Switzerland
2019
North Korea
3–3
7–6 (pen.)

Italy

Belgium
0–0
3–2 (pen.)

Austria
2020
Croatia
Round-robin
Finland

Mexico
Round-robin
Czech Republic

Teams reaching the top four

Team Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Total top four
 Canada 3 (2008, 2010, 2011) 4 (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015) 7
 England 3 (2009, 2013, 2015) 1 (2014) 1 (2012) 5
 France 2 (2012, 2014) 2 (2009, 2011) 4
 North Korea 1 (2019) 2 (2017, 2018) 3
  Switzerland 1 (2017) 3 (2010, 2013, 2018) 4
 Austria 1 (2016) 1 (2019) 2
 Spain 1 (2018) 1
 Croatia 1 (2020) 1
 Italy 2 (2018, 2019) 2 (2012, 2016) 1 (2015) 5
 Netherlands 1 (2011) 1 (2010) 1 (2008) 3
 New Zealand 1 (2010) 1 (2013) 1 (2009) 3
 South Korea 1 (2017) 1 (2014) 2
 Poland 1 (2016) 1
 United States (U20) 1 (2008) 1
 Finland 1 (2020) 1
 Mexico 2 (2015, 2020) 2
 Japan 1 (2008) 1
 Belgium 1 (2019) 1
 Czech Republic 2 (2016, 2020) 2
 Scotland 2 (2011, 2014) 2
 Republic of Ireland 1 (2017) 1
Total (21 teams) 13 13 13 13 52

Participating nations

Team 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Years
 Australia 7th 5th 2
 Austria 1st 8th 7th 4th 4
 Belgium 12th 7th 5th 3rd 4
 Canada 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 5th 2nd 8
 Croatia 1st 1
 Czech Republic 6th 4th 12th 9th 6th 4th 6
 England 1st 5th 5th 4th 1st 2nd 1st 7
 Finland 6th 7th 12th 9th 8th 11th 9th 2nd 8
 France 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 4
 Hungary 5th 10th 12th 11th 4
 Republic of Ireland 8th 6th 7th 4th 4
 Italy 6th 9th 3rd 9th 8th 4th 3rd 11th 2nd 2nd 10
 Japan 3rd 1
 Mexico 7th 3rd 5th 3rd 4
 Netherlands 4th 5th 3rd 2nd 7th 6th 9th 8th 8
 New Zealand 4th 2nd 8th 8th 3rd 11th 9th 7
 Nigeria 7th 1
 Northern Ireland 12th 12th 12th 3
 North Korea 3rd 3rd 1st 3
 Poland 2nd 1
 Russia 5th 8th 10th 3
 Scotland 6th 7th 7th 4th 9th 5th 4th 7th 5th 9
 Slovakia 10th 12th 5th 3
 South Africa 6th 8th 10th 11th 10th 6th 10th 7
 South Korea 6th 5th 10th 3rd 11th 2nd 6
 Spain 1st 1
  Switzerland 4th 11th 11th 4th 10th 1st 4th 7
 Thailand 8th WD 1
 United States (U20) 2nd 1
 Wales 6th 6th 8th 3
Total (30 teams) 6 8 8 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 5

General statistics

As of 2018

Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
1  Canada 83225165124+2776
2  England 72818465630+2658
3  Scotland 936145174860−1247
4  Italy 936126185061−1142
5  France 41612313813+2539
6  Netherlands 832108144749−238
7  New Zealand 728107113948−1137
8  South Korea 6249963019+1136
9   Switzerland 72895144049−932
10  Republic of Ireland 4166551713+423
11  North Korea 28611143+1119
12  South Africa 62454151738−2119
13  Mexico 28530154+1118
14  Finland 62446142243−2118
15  Austria 3125251411+317
16  Czech Republic 4165292031−1117
17  Belgium 3123631615+115
18  Australia 284132116+513
19  Russia 3124171620−413
20  Wales 312264811−311
21  Hungary 312327817−911
21  Spain 1431060+610
22  Japan 1430186+29
24  Poland 1421143+17
25  United States (U20) 142026606
26  Slovakia 1402237−42
25  Northern Ireland 3120111731−241

References

  1. "Regulations". Retrieved 13 March 2014.
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