2013 Valais Women's Cup

2013 Valais Women's Cup
Valais Football Summer Cup
Tournament details
Host country Switzerland
Dates 22 September – 25 September
Teams 4 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up  China PR
Third place  Brazil
Fourth place  Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played 4
Goals scored 10 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) New Zealand Amber Hearn

The Valais Women's Cup is a two-day international women football tournament that features four women national teams.[1] It is played at the Stade du Lussy in Châtel-St-Denis and at the Stade St-Germain in Savièse, Switzerland.[2]

This tournament is the closing tournament of the Valais Football Summer Cups. The first edition of the competition have been won by the New Zealand women's national football team. The New Zealanders surprisingly beat Brazil in semi-finals for the first time of its history.[3]

Amber Hearn was the player of tournament. With 3 goals, she was the best scorer of the competition andhave been elected as best player of the tournament.[4]

Participants

The competition featured four women national teams:

Competition format

Semi-finals
22 September
Final
25 September
13:30 CEST - Châtel-St-Denis
 China China  1  
 Mexico Mexico  0  
 
17:30 CEST - Savièse
     New Zealand New Zealand  4
   China China  0
Third place
16:30 CEST - Châtel-St-Denis 14:30 CEST - Savièse
 Brazil Brazil  0  Brazil Brazil  4
 New Zealand New Zealand  1    Mexico Mexico  0

Matches

Semi-finals

22 September 2013
13:30 CEST
China China 1–0 Mexico Mexico
L. Wang  66' Report
Stade du Lussy, Châtel-St-Denis
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist, (Sweden)


22 September 2013
16:30 CEST
Brazil Brazil 0-1 New Zealand New Zealand
Report Hearn  66'
Stade du Lussy, Châtel-St-Denis
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (French)

Third place play-off

25 September 2013
14:30 CEST
Mexico Mexico 0-4 Brazil Brazil
report Fabiana  19'
Debinha  25', 41'
Tamires  80'
Stade St-Germain, Savièse
Referee: Esther Staubli,(Switzerland)

Final

25 September 2013
17:30 CEST
China China 0-4 New Zealand New Zealand
Report Wilkinson  53'
Hearn  64', 87'
White  82'
Stade St-Germain, Savièse
Referee: Simona Ghisletta, (Switzerland)

Awards

References

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