International Women's Club Championship

The International Women's Club Championship (IWCC), previously named the mobcast Cup and the Nestlé Cup for sponsorship reasons,[1] was an international association football knockout cup competition contested by women's champion clubs. It was organised by the Japan Football Association and the Nadeshiko League.[2] The first International Women's Club Championship took place in Japan in November 2012 with participation from four teams; Olympique Lyonnais (Europe), Canberra United (Australia), INAC Kobe Leonessa (Japan) and NTV Beleza (cup winner, Japan).[3] The holders are São José, who beat Arsenal Ladies 2–0 in the 2014 final.

Nestle Cup International Women's Club Championship
Founded2012
RegionInternational
Number of teams6
Current champions São José (1st title)
Most successful club(s) Olympique Lyonnais
INAC Kobe Leonessa
São José (1 title each)
Websiteiwcchampionship.com (in Japanese)

The Nadeshiko League's senior executive announced in October 2012 that they intended to run the competition for three years and expand to include more champions, such as the South American Copa Libertadores winner.[4] It was envisaged that International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the sport's global governing body, would ultimately endorse the tournament as the female equivalent of the FIFA Club World Cup.[5]

Results
Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
2012
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Japan
Olympique Lyonnais		 2–1
(a.e.t.)
INAC Kobe Leonessa
NTV Beleza		 4–3
Canberra United		 4
2013
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Japan
INAC Kobe Leonessa		 4–2
Chelsea
Sydney FC		 3–3
4–2 (p)
Colo Colo		 5
2014
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Japan
São José		 2–0
Arsenal
Urawa Red Diamonds		 4–0
Okayama Yunogo Belle		 6

Honours
Year Most Valuable
Player		 Most Impressive
Player		 Top Goalscorer
2012 Corine Franco Ji So-yun Lara Dickenmann
Beverly Goebel-Yanez
Azusa Iwashimizu
Asano Nagasato
2013 Beverly Goebel-Yanez
Francisca Lara
Emi Nakajima
Renee Rollason
2014 Saori Arimachi
Chinatsu Kira
Manami Nakano
Shinobu Ohno

Prize money

The winners earned $60,000 out of a total purse of $100,000.[4]

See also

References
  1. "International Women's Club Championship 2014". Full Bloom Guidebook. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. Kessel, Anna (29 November 2013). "Chelsea Ladies anticipate 'mind-blowing' reception in Japan for IWCC". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. "Women's round-up: November 2012". FIFA. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  4. International women’s club championship set for November Japan Football Association, Oct 18, 2012, viewed Nov. 23, 2012
  5. "１１月に国際女子クラブ選手権初開催！日テレなど参加 (International Women's Club Championship will be first held in November! NTV etc. participate)" (in Japanese). Japan. Sports Nippon. 2012-10-17. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
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