2016 Cyprus Women's Cup

2016 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Cyprus
Dates 2–9 March
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Austria (1st title)
Runners-up  Poland
Third place  Italy
Fourth place  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 35 (2.19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Austria Nina Burger
Czech Republic Lucie Voňková
(3 goals)

The 2016 Cyprus Women's Cup was the ninth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. After being initially canceled due to schedule conflicts with both UEFA and AFC qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 SheBelieves Cup leaving many of the prior year's participants, including reigning champions England, unable to attend,[1] the tournament was rescheduled with the Football Association of Finland as tournament organizers and a scaled-down field of eight national teams.[2]

Austria defeated Poland in a final between two first-time participants in the Cyprus Cup.

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 eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. Each group played a round-robin tournament with each team playing one match against each other team in its group.

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

Tie-breaking criteria

For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:[3]

  1. number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
  2. goal difference in all the group matches
  3. number of goals scored in all the group matches
  4. drawing of lots

Venues

Stadium City Capacity
GSZ Stadium Larnaca 13,032
Paralimni Stadium Paralimni 5,800
Anagennisi Stadium Deryneia 4,500

Teams

Team FIFA Rankings
(December 2015)
 Italy
13
 Finland
24
 Austria
27
 Poland
31
 Republic of Ireland
32
 Czech Republic
33
 Wales
36
 Hungary
42

For the first time in Cyprus Cup history, all participants were from UEFA. Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Wales all made their first appearance in the tournament. Also for the first time, Finland was named "host nation" as the Football Association of Finland organized the tournament.[4] Prior co-organisers the Netherlands were instead hosting the 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, England instead competed in the 2016 SheBelieves Cup, and Scotland were controversially kept away by their performance director Brian McClair, who preferred to play a single friendly against Spain in Falkirk.[5]

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Austria 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
 Italy 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
 Hungary 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
 Republic of Ireland 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1

2 March 2016
14:30
Austria  2–0  Republic of Ireland
Burger  20', 54' Report
Anagennisi Stadium, Deryneia

2 March 2016
17:30
Hungary  0–2  Italy
Report Gabbiadini  13'
Sabatino  24'
Anagennisi Stadium, Deryneia

4 March 2016
14:30
Austria  2–1  Hungary
Zadrazil  49'
Billa  78'		 Report Zágor  66'

7 March 2016
14:30
Italy  0–0  Austria
Report

Group B

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Poland 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
 Wales 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
 Finland 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1

2 March 2016
14:30
Wales  2–2  Finland
Green  34'
Chivers  87'		 Report Engman  11'
Saari  62'

2 March 2016
17:30
Poland  1–0  Czech Republic
Chojnowski  76' Report

4 March 2016
14:30
Wales  1–1  Poland
Ward  24' Report Pajor  31'

4 March 2016
17:30
Finland  1–3  Czech Republic
Danielsson  60' Report Necidová  2'
Voňková  10', 18'

7 March 2016
14:30
Finland  0–1  Poland
Report Wiankowska  22'


Knockout stage

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

9 March 2016
14:00
Hungary  2–1  Wales
Csiszár  26'
Vágó  90+1'		 Report Estcourt  75'

Third place match

9 March 2016
14:00
Italy  3–1  Czech Republic
Guagni  63'
Bonansea  89'
Girelli  90+2'		 Report Voňková  45' (pen.)

Final

9 March 2016
17:00
Austria  2–1  Poland
Burger  11'
Schiechtl  89'		 Report Kamczyk  3'

Final standings

Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s) Austria
2nd, silver medalist(s) Poland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Italy
4 Czech Republic
5 Hungary
6 Wales
7 Republic of Ireland
8 Finland

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ↑ "Tournament cancellation hits Scotland women's Euro 2017 preparations". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Cyprus Cup To Go Ahead?". shekicks.net. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Regulations
  4. ↑ "Cyprus Women's Cup 2016". Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Campbell, Alan (13 March 2016). "Alan Campbell on women's football: Staying at home a missed opportunity for Scots". The Herald (Glasgow). Retrieved 19 March 2016.
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