2012 Cyprus Cup

2012 Cyprus Cup
Tournament details
Host country Cyprus
Dates February 28 – March 6, 2012
Teams 12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  France (1st title)
Runners-up  Canada
Third place  Italy
Fourth place  England
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 66 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Finland Linda Sällström
South Korea Cha Yun-Hee
(4 goals)

The 2012 Cyprus Cup was the fifth edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between February 28 – March 6, 2012.[1]

Format

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

Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were 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 5 host stadiums in 4 cities.[2]

Stadium City Capacity
GSP Stadium Nicosia 22,859
GSZ Stadium Larnaca 13,032
Dasaki Stadium Achna 7,000
Paralimni Stadium Paralimni 5,800
Ammochostos Stadium Larnaca 5,500

Teams

Listed are the confirmed teams.[3]

Group stage

All times are local (EET/UTC+2).

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 330081+79
 England 32014406
 Finland 310256−13
  Switzerland 300317−60

28 February 2012
14:30
France  3 – 0   Switzerland
Delie  5'
Thiney  18'
Bompastor  38' (pen.) 		Report
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 20
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

28 February 2012
17:30
England  3 – 1  Finland
Smith  36' (pen.), 88' (pen.)
Carney  50' 		Report Tolvanen  8'

1 March 2012
14:30
Switzerland   0 – 1  England
Report Williams  77'
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

1 March 2012
17:30
Finland  1 – 2  France
Sällström  63' Report Le Sommer  35'
Renard  71'
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

4 March 2012
17:30
England  0 – 3  France
Report Nécib  14'
Delie  49'
Thiney  80'

4 March 2012
17:30
Finland  3 – 1   Switzerland
Sällström  25', 33', 47' Report Crnogorčević  58'
Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni
Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 330082+69
 Italy 310245−13
 Netherlands 310234−13
 Scotland 310248−43

28 February 2012
14:30
Netherlands  2 – 1  Italy
Melis  53'
Martens  61' 		Report Panico  39'
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 15

28 February 2012
17:30
Canada  5 – 1  Scotland
Parker  6'
Schmidt  36', 51'
Sinclair  59'
Tancredi  64' 		Report J. Ross  13'

1 March 2012
14:30
Scotland  2 – 1  Netherlands
Van den Berg  24' (o.g.)
Lauder  59' 		Report Spitse  24'

1 March 2012
17:30
Italy  1 – 2  Canada
Iannella  45+1' Report Sinclair  43'
Gayle  90+2'

4 March 2012
14:30
Italy  2 – 1  Scotland
Guagni  43'
Gabbiadini  69' 		Report L. Ross  67'

4 March 2012
14:30
Netherlands  0 – 1  Canada
Report Zurrer  84'

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 321042+27
 New Zealand 312031+25
 South Africa 311132+14
 Northern Ireland 300305−50

28 February 2012
14:30
South Korea  2 – 1  South Africa
Cha Yun-Hee  51'
Yeo Min-Ji  69' 		Report Dlamini  9'

28 February 2012
17:30
New Zealand  2 – 0  Northern Ireland
Hearn  54', 60' Report

4 March 2012
17:30
Northern Ireland  0 – 2  South Africa
Report Ntsibande  48', 78'

Knockout stage

Eleventh place match

6 March 2012
12:00
Switzerland   5 – 0  Northern Ireland
Crnogorčević  16', 81'
Mändly  54'
Schwarz  76'
Mehmeti  90'

Ninth place match

6 March 2012
12:00
Scotland  2 – 0  South Africa
Little  8', 25' (pen.)

Seventh place match

6 March 2012
14:00
New Zealand  2 – 2 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands
Hearn  45' (pen.)
Gregorius  56' 		Van de Ven  34'
Smit  58'
  Penalties  
2 – 4

Fifth place match

6 March 2012
14:00
South Korea  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Finland
Cha Yun-Hee  56' Sällström  53'
  Penalties  
7 – 6

Third place match

6 March 2012
14:30
England  1 – 3  Italy
Moore  26' Panico  59'
Conti  64'
Gabbiandini  86'

Final

6 March 2012
17:30
France  2 – 0  Canada
Delie  31'
Nécib  62' (pen.)

Champion

 2012 Cyprus Cup 

France
First title

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

References

  1. ↑ "Cyprus Women's Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Match schedule
  3. ↑ "Teilnehmerfeld beim Cyprus Cup ist komplett". womensoccer.de. 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2011-12-09.

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