2008 Cyprus Cup

2008 Cyprus Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Cyprus
Dates 5 March - 12 March 2008
Teams 6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (1st title)
Runners-up  United States (U20)
Third place  Japan
Fourth place  Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played 12
Goals scored 37 (3.08 per match)
Top scorer(s) Canada Christine Sinclair
(5 goals)

The 2008 Cyprus Cup was the inaugural edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. Six national teams, including five senior teams and one youth team, were invited: Canada, Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Scotland, and the United States U-20 team[1] (the United States senior team competed in the simultaneous 2008 Algarve Cup[2] in Portugal). Canada defeated the United States U-20 team in the championship 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 six teams were split into two groups of three teams. Each group played a round-robin tournament with each team playing one match against each other team in its group. In addition, on each group stage match day, one team from each group did not have a round-robin group match; these two teams played an exhibition match that was not counted towards the group stage standings.[3]

The classification day then had three matches: a first place match between the group winners, a third place match between the runners-up, and a fifth place match between the bottom teams.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 220041+36
 Netherlands 210112-13
 Scotland 200213-20

5 March 2008
United States  2 - 1  Scotland
Enyeart  27'
O'Hara  32' 		Report Grant  87'

10 March 2008
Netherlands  0 - 2  United States
O'Hara  32'
Enyeart  90+1'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 220051+46
 Japan 210134-13
 Russia 200225-30

5 March 2008
Canada  2 - 1  Russia
Armstrong  8'
Lang  50' 		Barbashina  18'

7 March 2008
Japan  0 - 3  Canada
Sinclair  22' (pen.),  42',  80'

10 March 2008
Russia  1 - 3  Japan
Truntaeva  37' Sakaguchi  28'
Ohno  51'
Utsugi  57'

Exhibition Matches


5 March 2008
Japan  3 - 1  Netherlands
Nagasato  35' (pen.)
Sato  69'
Goto  70' (pen.) 		Stevens  56'
Alpha Sports Center, Larnaca

7 March 2008
Russia  2 - 0  United States
Mokshanova  46'
Rogova  69'
Alpha Sports Center, Larnaca

10 March 2008
Scotland  2 - 0  Canada
Love  67'
Hamill  80'
Alpha Sports Center, Larnaca

Placement matches

Fifth place match

12 March 2008
Russia  3 - 2  Scotland
Morozova  13',  57'
Truntaeva  85' 		Little  21'
Thomson  87'

Third place match

12 March 2008
Netherlands  1 - 2  Japan
van Eyck  18' Nagasato  23'
Utsugi  90'

Final

12 March 2008
Canada  3 - 2  United States
Sinclair  10',  37'
Filigno  22' 		Report Steinbruch  75',  86'

Champion

 2008 Cyprus Cup 

Canada
First title

Goalscorers

5 goals
2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ↑ "Cyprus Women's Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "U.S. WNT One Day Away From Algarve Cup Opener Against China". U.S. Soccer Federation. 4 Mar 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Under-20 Women Will Travel to Cyprus for Tournament Against Full Women's National Teams". U.S. Soccer Federation. 25 Feb 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2014.