2019 Four Nations Tournament (women's football)

The 2019 Four Nations Tournament was the 18th edition of the Four Nations Tournament, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in China.[1][2] The tournament used single-elimination instead of single round-robin system for the first time.

2019 Four Nations Tournament
Meizhou International Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryChina
CityMeizhou
Dates17–20 January 2019
Teams4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions China (7th title)
Runners-up South Korea
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored12 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)China Li Ying (2 goals)
2018
2021

Teams edit

Team[1] FIFA Rankings[3]
(December 2018)
  South Korea
14
  China (host)
15
  Nigeria
39
  Romania
41

Venues edit

Wuhua County, Meizhou
 
 
Huitang Stadium
Wuhua County Olympic Sports Centre
Huitang Stadium
23°54′46″N 115°46′10″E / 23.912864°N 115.769322°E / 23.912864; 115.769322 (Wuhua County Olympic Sports Centre)
Capacity: 30,000

Matches edit

All times are local (UTC+08:00).

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 January - Meizhou
 
 
  South Korea3
 
20 January - Meizhou
 
  Romania0
 
  South Korea0
 
17 January - Meizhou
 
  China1
 
  China3
 
 
  Nigeria0
 
Third place
 
 
20 January - Meizhou
 
 
  Romania1
 
 
  Nigeria4

Semi-finals edit

South Korea  3–0  Romania
Report
Attendance: 8,038
Referee: Gu Chunhan (China)
China  3–0  Nigeria
Report
Attendance: 13,618
Referee: Mi Siyu (China)

Third-place playoff edit

Romania  1–4  Nigeria
Report
Attendance: 7,319
Referee: Chang Xinxin (China)

Final edit

South Korea  0–1  China
Report
Attendance: 17,999
Referee: Qin Liang (China)

Goalscorers edit

There have been 12 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

References edit

  1. ^ a b "女足与澳洲两队封闭热身均获胜 四国赛对手已确定". Sina.Com (in Chinese). 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  2. ^ "关于2019CFA中国之队· 梅州五华国际女足锦标赛媒体报名的通知". CFA.Com (in Chinese). 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. ^ FIFA.com. "The FIFA Women's World Ranking - Ranking Table". fifa.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-24.

External links edit