Cyprus Women's Cup is an international tournament among women's national teams. Held annually since 2008 at the same time as the Algarve Cup . Teams are invited to participate in the tournament by the organizers. Despite the fact that the matches are held in Cyprus , the national team of this country has never taken part in it.
| Women's Cup Cyprus | |
|---|---|
| Cyprus Women's Cup | |
| Based | 2008 |
| Number of participants | 12 (since 2011) |
| Current winner |  Switzerland (1st title) |
| Most titled |  Canada England (3 titles each) |
| Site | cypruswomenscup.net |
Content
Rules
The tournament is held in two stages. At the first, 12 participating teams are divided into three groups. Groups A and B include teams with the highest rating, group C consists of teams with a low rating and its participants cannot claim to win the competition.
Matches in groups are held in one round .
The second stage of the tournament consists of six matches in which the final places are distributed. Pairs are formed as follows:
- Final - winners of groups A and B
- Match for 3rd place - winner of group C and the best team from the runners-up in groups A and B
- Match for 5th place - the worst of the teams that took second places in groups A and B, and the team that took second place in group C
- Match for 7th place - teams that took third places in groups A and B
- Match for 9th place - the team taking third place in group C, and the best of the teams taking fourth place in groups A and B
- The match for 11th place is the worst of the teams that took fourth places in groups A and B, and the team that took fourth place in group C
Results
| Year | Final game | match for 3rd place | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Finalist | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||
| 2008 | Canada | 3: 2 | USA (under 20 years old) | Japan | 2: 1 | Netherlands | |
| 2009 | England | 3: 1 | Canada | France | 1: 1 penalty kick 6: 5 | New Zealand | |
| 2010 | Canada | 1-0 | New Zealand | Netherlands | 4-0 | Switzerland | |
| 2011 | Canada | 2: 1 | Netherlands | France | 3-0 | Scotland | |
| 2012 | France | 2: 1 | Canada | Italy | 3: 1 | England | |
| 2013 | England | 1-0 | Canada | New Zealand | 2: 1 | Switzerland | |
| 2014 | France | 2-0 | England | South Korea | 1: 1 penalty kick 3: 1 | Scotland | |
| 2015 | England | 1-0 | Canada | Mexico | 3: 2 | Italy | |
| 2016 | Austria | 2: 1 | Poland | Italy | 3: 1 | Czech | |
| 2017 | Switzerland | 1-0 | South Korea | DPRK | 2-0 | Ireland | |
Winners
| Team | Victory | The final | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 3 (2008, 2010, 2011) | 4 (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015) | - | - |
| England | 3 (2009, 2013, 2015) | 1 (2014) | - | 1 (2012) |
| France | 2 (2012, 2014) | - | 2 (2009, 2011) | - |
| Switzerland | 1 (2017) | - | - | 2 (2010, 2013) |
| Austria | 1 (2016) | - | - | - |
| Netherlands | - | 1 (2011) | 1 (2010) | 1 (2008) |
| New Zealand | - | 1 (2010) | 1 (2013) | 1 (2009) |
| South Korea | - | 1 (2017) | 1 (2014) | - |
| Poland | - | 1 (2016) | - | - |
| USA | - | 1 (2008) | - | - |
| Italy | - | - | 2 (2012, 2016) | 1 (2015) |
| Japan | - | - | 1 (2008) | - |
| Mexico | - | - | 1 (2015) | - |
| DPRK | - | - | 1 (2017) | - |
| Scotland | - | - | - | 2 (2011, 2014) |
| Czech | - | - | - | 1 (2016) |
| Ireland | - | - | - | 1 (2017) |
See also
- Algarve Cup