2013 Cyprus Women's Cup

The 2013 Cyprus Women's Cup was the sixth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between March 3–14, 2013.[1]

2013 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryCyprus
DatesMarch 3–14, 2013
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions England (2nd title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place New Zealand
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored63 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ellen White
Sanna Talonen
(3 goals)

Defending champions France cancelled their participation just after the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 draw, because of too many European opponents in the tournament.[2] The tournament was won by England.[3]

Format

The twelve invited teams are split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.

Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are 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 third place team from Groups A and B for fifth, with the Group C runner-up facing the other third place team for seventh. Group C's third place team faced the better fourth place team of Groups A and B, while the other two fourth 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 number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.

Venues

The games were played in 3 host stadiums in 3 cities.[4]

Host cities
Stadium City Capacity
GSP StadiumNicosia22,859
GSZ StadiumLarnaca13,032
Paralimni StadiumParalimni5,800


Teams

Listed are the confirmed teams.[1]

The only debutant is the Republic of Ireland.[5]

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 3 2 1 0 11 7 +4 7
 New Zealand 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Scotland 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
 Italy 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
Source:
New Zealand 1 – 0 Scotland
Hearn  26'
England 4 – 2 Italy
Nobbs  8'
Houghton  30'
Clarke  33'
E. White  84'		 Camporese  17', 27'
New Zealand 2 – 0 Italy
Wilkinson  65'
Green  71'
Scotland 4 – 4 England
Evans  18'
Ross  49'
Little  51'
Mitchell  83'		 E. White  40'
Duggan  45+1'
Williams  74'
Smith  78'
England 3 – 1 New Zealand
White  71'
Aluko  72'
Duggan  90'		 Hearn  7'
Italy 1 – 2 Scotland
Gama  75' J.Ross  17'
Jones  63'

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9
  Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
 Netherlands 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
 Finland 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source:
Canada 2 – 0  Switzerland
Schmidt  2'
Matheson  79'
Attendance: 50
Finland 1 – 1 Netherlands
Talonen  36' van de Donk  83'
Switzerland  1 – 1 Netherlands
Bachmann  24' Martens  12'
Finland 1 – 2 Canada
Alanen  6' Filigno  29'
Sinclair  37' (pen.)
Finland 2 – 3  Switzerland
Saari  17'
Talonen  25'		 Bachmann  1'
Dickenmann  45'
Bernauer  63'
Netherlands 0 – 1 Canada
Sinclair  43'

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Republic of Ireland 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7
 South Africa 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
 Northern Ireland 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source:
South Korea 2 – 0 South Africa
Ji So-Yun  10'
Lee Geum-min  55'		 Report
Republic of Ireland 5 – 1 Northern Ireland
Caldwell  11'
Quinn  27'
Campbell  71'
Smyth  77'
Littlejohn  90'		 McShane  60'
Republic of Ireland 1 – 0 South Africa
O'Gorman  52'
South Korea 3 – 0 Northern Ireland
Ji So-Yun  11'
Kim Sang-Eun  63'
Lee Eun-Mi  68'		 Report
South Africa 2 – 1 Northern Ireland
Moodaly  65'
Seoposenwe  68'		 Shepherd  85'
South Korea 0 – 0 Republic of Ireland
Report

Knockout stage

Eleventh place match
South Africa 1 - 1 (a.e.t.) Northern Ireland
Skiti  89' Nelson  2'
Penalties
5 - 4

Ninth place match
South Korea 0 - 1 Italy
Report Bonansea  56'

Seventh place match
Republic of Ireland 0 - 1 Finland
Talonen  20'

Fifth place match
Scotland 1 - 0 Netherlands
Little  29'

Third place match
New Zealand 2 - 1  Switzerland
Hassett  85'
Wilkinson  87'		 Crnogorčević  23'

Final
England 1 - 0 Canada
Yankey  70' Report

Champion
 2013 Cyprus Cup 

England
Second title

Goalscorers
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. The Cyprus Women's Cup groups have been announced with current Cyprus Cup holders France missing from the tournament.
  2. "Cyprus Cup 2013 without France" (in German). womensoccer.de. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  3. "Rachel Yankey volley earns England women their second Cyprus Cup title". Guardian. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  4. "Official website with venues listed". Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  5. Cyprus Cup all-time table
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