2012 Cyprus Women's Cup

2012 Cyprus Women's 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 Women's Cup was the fifth edition of the Cyprus Women's 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 Archived May 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Teilnehmerfeld beim Cyprus Cup ist komplett". womensoccer.de. 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
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