2015 Cyprus Women's Cup

The 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup was the eighth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place from 4–11 March 2015.

2015 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Cyprus
Dates4–11 March
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions England (3rd title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored60 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Kim Little
(5 goals)

Venues
Stadium City Capacity
GSP StadiumNicosia22,859
GSZ StadiumLarnaca13,032
Paralimni StadiumParalimni5,800
Ammochostos StadiumLarnaca5,500

Group stage

Teams were placed into three groups of four.[1][2] New Zealand were originally drawn in Group C, but later withdrew and were replaced by South Africa.[3]

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:[4]

  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

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9
 Italy 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
 South Korea 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source:
South Korea 1–2 Italy
Ji So-yun  7' Report Bonansea  5'
Guagni  57'
Scotland 0–2 Canada
Report Fleming  4'
Sinclair  55'
Canada 1–0 South Korea
Sinclair  57' Report
Italy 3–2 Scotland
Girelli  18', 67'
Tarenzi  55'		 Report Mitchell  69'
Little  80'
Italy 0–1 Canada
Report Chapman  50'
Scotland 2–1 South Korea
Little  16' (pen.)
Murray  89'		 Report Yeo Min-ji  34'

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
 Australia 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Netherlands 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
 Finland 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source:
Finland 1–3 England
Saari  89' (pen.) Report Sanderson  21'
Aluko  66'
Clarke  83'
Netherlands 0–1 Australia
Report Crummer  73'
Finland 0–0 Netherlands
Report
Australia 0–3 England
Report Taylor  8', 17', 83'
Netherlands 1–1 England
Miedema  19' Report Aluko  43'
Australia 3–0 Finland
Gill  29'
Sykes  77'
Van Egmond  89'		 report

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 South Africa 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
 Belgium 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source:
Mexico 2–0 South Africa
Corral  53'
Mayor  69'		 Report
Czech Republic 2–2 Belgium
Voňková  17'
I. Martínková  71'		 Report Daniels  53'
Wullaert  79'
Belgium 0–1 South Africa
Report Seoposenwe  21'
Czech Republic 0–1 Mexico
Report Noyola  63'
South Africa 0–1 Czech Republic
Report Chlastáková  67'
Mexico 0–0 Belgium
Report

Knockout stage

Eleventh place match
South Korea 1–1 Belgium
Yoo Young-a  67' Report Daniels  49'
Penalties
5–3

Ninth place match
Finland 2–1 South Africa
Kempi  7'
Westerlund  30'		 Report Seoposengwe  63'

Seventh place match
Scotland 3–1 Netherlands
Little  17', 55', 90+1' Report Hoogendijk  70'

Fifth place match
Australia 6–2 Czech Republic
Gorry  8'
Van Egmond  15'
De Vanna  34'
Heyman  54'
Polkinghorne  85'
Sykes  86'		 Report Benýrová  8', 63'

Third place match
Italy 2–3 Mexico
Cernoia  53'
Guagni  69'		 Report Corral  45'
Franco  86'
Perez  87'

Final
Canada 0–1 England
Report Sanderson  67'

Final standings
Rank Team
 England
 Canada
 Mexico
4 Italy
5 Australia
6 Czech Republic
7 Scotland
8 Netherlands
9 Finland
10 South Africa
11 South Korea
12 Belgium

Goalscorers
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. "FIFA not flinching on turf following inspections". thefa.com. 19 January 2015.
  2. Match schedule
  3. "2015 Cyprus Cup preview: Six WWC teams in action". equalizersoccer.com. 3 March 2015.
  4. Regulations
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