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2018 Cyprus Women's Cup

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]

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
← 2017
2019 →

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

Format edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Main article: 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup squads

Group stage edit

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

Group A edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Eleventh place game edit

Hungary  0–2  Finland
Report

Ninth place game edit

Slovakia  2–5  Czech Republic
 Report

Seventh place game edit

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

Fifth place game edit

South Africa  1–2  Belgium
Matlou   18' Report

Third place game edit

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

Final edit

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

Final standings edit

Rank Team
    Spain
    Italy
    North Korea
4   Switzerland
5   Belgium
6   South Africa
7   Austria
8   Wales
9   Czech Republic
10   Slovakia
11   Finland
12   Hungary

Goalscorers edit

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References edit

  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.

External links edit

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