COTIF Women's Football Tournament

The COTIF Women's Football Tournament is a Spanish annual women's football summer tournament held in L'Alcúdia, Valencia. First held in 2012, it is the women's football section of the L'Alcúdia International Football Tournament.

Unlike the male tournament, which is played by U-20 clubs and national teams, the women's tournament is contested by senior teams. It has gradually progressed from local to international in scope.

2011

Held on 12 August. It was a single match confronting the two Valencian teams in the top national championship, Levante UD and Valencia CF.^[1] Levante won the first of three trophies in a row.

Levante UD v Valencia CF

12 August 2011 22:00 (CEST) Final

Levante UD	2–0	Valencia CF
García  pen.' Merino	Report

Estadio Municipal Els Arcs L'Alcúdia, Spain

2012

Held from 16 to 22 August. Levante UD and Valencia CF were joined by two local teams from the second tier's Group 7, CFF Marítim and Mislata CF. The two top teams in a round robin first stage qualified for the final, with Levante again defeating Valencia by the same score.^[2]

Valencia v Mislata

16 August 2012 Round robin – 1	Valencia	3–0	Mislata	Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
	Martínez  20', 34' Ves  28'	Report		Attendance: 100 Referee: Ruiz García

Levante v Marítim

17 August 2012 Round robin – 1	Levante	5–0	Marítim	Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
	Esteban  3', 11', 60' Merino  34' Guijarro  68'	Report

Valencia v Marítim

18 August 2012 Round robin – 2	Valencia	2–0	Marítim	Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
	Pinel  45' Mateos  54'

Levante v Mislata

19 August 2012 Round robin – 2	Levante	6–0	Mislata	Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
	N. Pérez  1' Casado  31', 37' Pérez  38' Guijarro  54' González  68'

Marítim v Mislata

20 August 2012 Round robin – 3	Marítim	1–0	Mislata	Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
	Ferrer  27'	Report

Levante v Levante

21 August 2012 Round robin – 3	Levante	2–2	Levante	Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
	N. Pérez  48' Miret  62'	Report	Paredes  10' Pinel  51'

Levante v Valencia

22 August 2012 Final	Levante	2–0	Valencia	Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
	Motoso  25' González  30'	Report		Referee: Márquez Gordo

Awards

	Player	Team
Best player	Alharilla Casado	Levante
Top scorer	Raquel Pinel	Valencia

2013

Held from 16 to 20 August. It was again contested by Primera División's Levante UD and Valencia CF and two clubs from the second category, but in a final four format. For the first time it featured a team from outside the Valencian Community, Fundación Albacete. Levante won again the trophy on penalties.

Levante v Villarreal

16 August 2013 Semifinals	Levante	2–0	Villarreal	Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
	García  1', 68' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Felguera

Valencia v Albacete

17 August 2013 Semifinals	Valencia	3–0	Albacete	Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
	Mateos  5' Vilas  44' Peiró  53'	Report		Referee: Sánchez

Villarreal v Albacete

20 August 2013 Third place	Villarreal	3–4	Albacete	Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
	Monfort  35' Traver  39' Navarro  53'	Report	Martínez  22' Redondo  43' Lorca  60' Martí  68'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Andújar Raya

(won on penalties) Levante v Valencia

20 August 2013 Final	(won on penalties) Levante	1–1	Valencia	Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
	Méndez  62'	Report	Martí  60'	Referee: Felguera

Awards

	Player	Team
Best player	Mitsue Iwakura	Valencia
Top scorer	Olga García	Levante

2014

Held from 17 to 19 September. It was the first edition to include a Primera División from outside Valencia (2013-14 champion FC Barcelona), as well as a foreign team (Montpellier HSC, 4th in the 2013-14 French league).

Barcelona won the final with a single goal by Jennifer Hermoso.^[3]

Semifinals     Final                 Levante UD 1     Montpellier HSC 0           Levante UD 0       FC Barcelona 1   Valencia CF 0       FC Barcelona 3   3rd place   Montpellier HSC 2   Valencia CF 1

MVP Zouga (Montpellier) Scorers Barcelona Levante Montpellier Valencia 1 goal Caldentey N. Garrote Hermoso Putellas Méndez 0 0 0 Tonazzi Utsugi 0 0 Carreras 0 0 0

2015

Held from 15 to 19 August. The tournament is expanded from 4 to 6 teams, and a two groups first stage is introduced. For the first time it features national teams, with Namibia and Venezuela. Ivory Coast's Juventus de Yopougon would have been the first club from another continent but it was replaced by RCD Espanyol.^[4]

Athletic Bilbao won the final with a single goal by Elixabet Ibarra.^[5]

Group A Teams P W D L GF GA Pt Athletic Bilbao 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 Namibia 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 Levante UD 2 0 0 2 1 4 0

Group B Teams P W D L GF GA Pt Valencia CF 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 RCD Espanyol 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 Venezuela 2 0 0 2 1 4 0

Semifinals     Final                 Athletic Bilbao 2     RCD Espanyol 0           Athletic Bilbao 1       Valencia CF 0   Valencia CF 4       Namibia 0   3rd place   RCD Espanyol 1   Namibia 0 5th-6th place play-off Winner Res. Loser Levante UD 1–1 (2–0 p) Venezuela

MVP Paredes (Athletic Bilbao) Scorers Athletic Valencia Espanyol Namibia Levante Venezuela 2 goals Ibarra Gio Mari Paz 1 goal Flaviano Gómez Nekane Paredes Carol Monforte Romero Lomba Paloma Coleman Juliana Martín Palacios Gabriela Yenifer

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