2013 Cyprus Cup

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2013 Cyprus Cup
Tournament details
Host country Cyprus
Dates March 3–14, 2013
Teams 12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  England (2nd title)
Runners-up  Canada
Third place  New Zealand
Fourth place   Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 63 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) England Ellen White
Finland Sanna Talonen
(3 goals)
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The 2013 Cyprus Cup was the sixth edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between March 3 – 14 2013.[1]

Defending champions France cancelled their participation just after the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 draw, because of too many European opponents in the tournament.[2] The tournament was won by England.[3]

Format

The twelve invited teams are split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.

Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place. The Group C winner faced the better 3rd place team from Groups A and B for 5th, with the Group C runner-up facing the other third place team for 7th. Group C's third place team faced the better fourth place team of Groups A and B, while the other two 4th place teams play in the 11th place match.

Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same amount of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.

Venues

Games will be played in 3 host stadiums in 3 cities.[4]

Host cities
Stadium City Capacity
GSP Stadium Nicosia 22,859
GSZ Stadium Larnaca 13,032
Paralimni Stadium Paralimni 5,800

Teams

Listed are the confirmed teams.[1]

The only debutant is the Republic of Ireland.[5]

Squads

Main article: 2013 Cyprus Cup squads

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 3210117+47
 New Zealand 320143+16
 Scotland 31116604
 Italy 300338-50
6 March 2013
14:30
New Zealand  1 – 0  Scotland
Hearn  26'
6 March 2013
17:30
England  4 – 2  Italy
Nobbs  8'
Houghton  30'
Clarke  33'
E. White  84' 		Camporese  17', 27'
8 March 2013
14:30
New Zealand  2 – 0  Italy
Wilkinson  65'
Green  71'
8 March 2013
17:30
Scotland  4 – 4  England
Evans  18'
Ross  49'
Little  51'
Mitchell  83' 		E. White  40'
Duggan  45+1'
Williams  74'
Smith  78'
11 March 2013
14:30
England  3 – 1  New Zealand
White  71'
Aluko  72'
Duggan  90' 		Hearn  7'
11 March 2013
14:30
Italy  1 – 2  Scotland
Gama  75' J.Ross  17'
Jones  63'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 330051+49
  Switzerland 311145–14
 Netherlands 302123–12
 Finland 301246–21
6 March 2013
14:30
Canada  2 – 0   Switzerland
Schmidt  2'
Matheson  79'
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 50
6 March 2013
17:30
Finland  1 – 1  Netherlands
Talonen  36' van de Donk  83'
8 March 2013
14:30
Switzerland   1 – 1  Netherlands
Bachmann  24' Martens  12'
8 March 2013
17:30
Finland  1 – 2  Canada
Alanen  6' Filigno  29'
Sinclair  37' (pen.)
11 March 2013
17:30
Finland  2 – 3   Switzerland
Saari  17'
Talonen  25' 		Bachmann  1'
Dickenmann  45'
Bernauer  63'
11 March 2013
17:30
Netherlands  0 – 1  Canada
Sinclair  43'

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Republic of Ireland 321061+57
 South Korea 321050+57
 South Africa 310224-23
 Northern Ireland 3003210-80
6 March 2013
14:30
South Korea  2 – 0  South Africa
Ji So-Yun  15'
Jeoun Eun-Ha  56'
6 March 2013
17:30
Republic of Ireland  5 – 1  Northern Ireland
Caldwell  11'
Quinn  27'
Campbell  71'
Smyth  77'
Littlejohn  90' 		McShane  60'
8 March 2013
14:30
Republic of Ireland  1 – 0  South Africa
O'Gorman  52'
8 March 2013
17:30
South Korea  3 – 0  Northern Ireland
Ji So-Yun  11'
Kim Sang-Eun  63'
Lee Eun-Mi  68'
11 March 2013
14:30
South Africa  2 – 1  Northern Ireland
Moodaly  65'
Seoposenwe  68' 		Shepherd  85'
11 March 2013
17:30
South Korea  0 – 0  Republic of Ireland

Knockout stage

Eleventh place match

13 March 2013
South Africa  1 - 1 (a.e.t.)  Northern Ireland
Skiti  89' Nelson  2'
  Penalties  
5 - 4

Ninth place match

13 March 2013
South Korea  0 - 1  Italy
Bonansea  56'

Seventh place match

13 March 2013
Republic of Ireland  0 - 1  Finland
Talonen  20'

Fifth place match

13 March 2013
Scotland  1 - 0  Netherlands
Little  29'

Third place match

13 March 2013
New Zealand  2 - 1   Switzerland
Hassett  85'
Wilkinson  87' 		Crnogorčević  23'

Final

Canada already assured themselves a place in the final after matchday two. They have reached every Cyprus Cup final previously, making this their sixth consecutive appearance.

13 March 2013
England  1 - 0  Canada
Yankey  70' Report

Champion

 2013 Cyprus Cup 

England
Second title

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Cyprus Women's Cup groups have been announced with current Cyprus Cup holders France missing from the tournament.
  2. ↑ "Cyprus Cup 2013 without France" (in German). womensoccer.de. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Rachel Yankey volley earns England women their second Cyprus Cup title". Guardian. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013. 
  4. ↑ Official website with venues listed
  5. ↑ Cyprus Cup all-time table

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See also
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