The 2008 Cyprus Women's Cup was the inaugural edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. Six national teams, including five senior teams and one youth team, were invited: Canada, Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Scotland, and the United States U-20 team[1] (the United States senior team competed in the concurrent 2008 Algarve Cup).[2] Canada defeated the United States U-20 team in the final.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Cyprus |
| Dates | 5–12 March 2008 |
| Teams | 6 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Canada (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  United States (U20) |
| Third place |  Japan |
| Fourth place |  Netherlands |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 37 (3.08 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Christine Sinclair (5 goals) |
Format edit
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 six teams were split into two groups of three teams. Each group played a round-robin tournament with each team playing one match against each other team in its group. In addition, on each group stage match day, one team from each group did not have a round-robin group match; these two teams played an exhibition match that was not counted towards the group stage standings.[3]
The classification day then had three matches: a first place match between the group winners, a third place match between the runners-up, and a fifth place match between the bottom teams.
Group stage edit
Group A edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
| Netherlands
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
 Scotland
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
| Scotland | 0–1 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
Stevens  49' |
| Netherlands | 0–2 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| O'Hara 32' Enyeart 90+1' |
Group B edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| Japan
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
 Russia
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
| Canada | 2–1 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Armstrong 8' Lang 50' |
Barbashina 18' |
Exhibition Matches edit
| Japan | 3–1 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Nagasato 35' (pen.) Sato 69'Goto 70' (pen.) |
Stevens 56' |
| Russia | 2–0 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Mokshanova 46' Rogova 69' |
Placement matches edit
Fifth place match edit
Third place match edit
| Netherlands | 1–2 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| van Eyck 18' |
Nagasato 23' Utsugi 90' |
Final edit
| Canada | 3–2 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Sinclair 10', 37' Filigno 22' |
Report | Steinbruch 75', 86' |
Champion edit
| 2008 Cyprus Cup |
|---|
 Canada First title |
Goalscorers edit
- 5 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
References edit
- ^ "Cyprus Women's Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "U.S. WNT One Day Away From Algarve Cup Opener Against China". U.S. Soccer Federation. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "U.S. Under-20 Women Will Travel to Cyprus for Tournament Against Full Women's National Teams". U.S. Soccer Federation. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2014.