2018 Cyprus Women's Cup

2018 Cyprus Cup
Tournament details
Host country Cyprus
Dates28 February – 7 March
Teams12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place North Korea
Fourth place Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored51 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Czech Republic Tereza Kožárová
Finland Emmi Alanen
Italy Cristiana Girelli
(3 goals)
Best player(s)South Africa Thembi Kgatlana
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The 2018 Cyprus Cup was the eleventh edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place from 28 February to 7 March 2018.[1]

Spain won the title for the first time after defeating Italy 2–0 in the final.[2]

Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups to play a round-robin tournament.

Points awarded in the group stage follow 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 number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determine the higher place.

1st place match: Winners of Groups A and B.
3rd place match: Winner of Group C and best runner-up from Groups A and B.
5th place match: Runner-up in Group C and second-best runner-up from Groups A and B.
7th place match: Third-place teams in Groups A and B.
9th place match: Third-place team in Group C and best fourth-place team from Groups A and B.
11th place match: Fourth-place team in Group C and second-best fourth-place team from Groups A and B.

Venues

Stadium[1] City Capacity
GSZ Stadium Larnaca 13,032
AEK Arena Larnaca 7,400
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Larnaca 10,230
Ammochostos Stadium Larnaca 5,500
Tasos Markos Stadium Paralimni 5,800
GSP Stadium Nicosia 22,859

Teams

Team[1] FIFA Rankings[3]
(December 2017)
 North Korea
11
 Spain
13
 Italy
17
 Switzerland
17
 Austria
21
 Belgium
22
 Finland
28
 Czech Republic
34
 Wales
35
 Hungary
43
 Slovakia
47
 South Africa
54

Squads

Main article: 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup squads

Group stage

The groups and schedule were announced on 18 January 2018.[1][4]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Italy 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
2  Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Wales 3 1 1 1 1 3 −2 4
4  Finland 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: Cypruswomenscup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Finland 0–1 Wales
Report Green 56'
Italy 3–0 Switzerland
 Report
Wales 0–3 Italy
Report
Switzerland 4–0 Finland
 Report
Finland 2–2 Italy
Alanen 25' (pen.), 50' (pen.) Report
Switzerland 0–0 Wales
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
2  Belgium 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3  Austria 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
Source: Cypruswomenscup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Belgium 1–2 Czech Republic
De Caigny 76' Report
Austria 0–2 Spain
Report
Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovenia)
Czech Republic 0–2 Austria
Report Feiersinger 68', 70'
Spain 0–0 Belgium
Report
Referee: Florence Guillemin (France)
Belgium 2–0 Austria
 Report
Spain 2–0 Czech Republic
 Report
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  North Korea 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
2  South Africa 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
3  Slovakia 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
4  Hungary 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: Cypruswomenscup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Slovakia 0–0 South Africa
Report
Hungary 0–2 North Korea
Report Kim Yun-mi 56', 89'
North Korea 1–0 Slovakia
Kim Phyong-hwa 60' Report
South Africa 1–0 Hungary
Kgatlana 21' Report
South Africa 0–0 North Korea
Report
Hungary 1–1 Slovakia
Jakabfi 30' Report Fischerová 62'

Placement matches

Eleventh place game

Hungary 0–2 Finland
Report

Ninth place game

Slovakia 2–5 Czech Republic
 Report

Seventh place game

Wales 1–1 Austria
Green 86' Report Puntigam 13'
Penalties
 2–3

Fifth place game

South Africa 1–2 Belgium
Matlou 18' Report

Third place game

North Korea 2–1 Switzerland
 Report Rinast 90+3'

Final

Italy 0–2 Spain
Report
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  North Korea
4  Switzerland
5  Belgium
6  South Africa
7  Austria
8  Wales
9  Czech Republic
10  Slovakia
11  Finland
12  Hungary

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Cyprus Women's Cup". cypruswomenscup. 18 January 2018.
  2. ^ "CRÓNICA | ¡España, campeona de la Cyprus Cup!". rfef.es. 7 March 2018.
  3. ^ FIFA ranking
  4. ^ "Fixtures and results 2018". cypruswomenscup. 18 January 2018.