2016 Cyprus Women's Cup

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2016 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Dates2–9 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Austria.svg  Austria (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Third placeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Fourth placeFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored35 (2.19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Austria.svg Nina Burger
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Voňková
(3 goals)
2015
2017

The 2016 Cyprus Women's Cup was the ninth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. After being initially canceled due to schedule conflicts with both UEFA and AFC qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 SheBelieves Cup leaving many of the prior year's participants, including reigning champions England, unable to attend, [1] the tournament was rescheduled with the Football Association of Finland as tournament organizers and a scaled-down field of eight national teams. [2]

Contents

Austria defeated Poland in a final between two first-time participants in the Cyprus Cup.

Format

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 eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. Each group played a round-robin tournament with each team playing one match against each other team in its group.

The classification day then had four matches: a first place match between the group winners, a third place match between the runners-up, a fifth place match between the third-placed teams, and a seventh place match between the bottom teams.

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: [3]

  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

Venues

StadiumCityCapacity
GSZ Stadium Larnaca 13,032
Paralimni Stadium Paralimni 5,800
Anagennisi Stadium Deryneia 4,500

Teams

Team FIFA Rankings
(December 2015)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
13
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
24
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
27
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
31
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
32
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
33
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
36
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
42

For the first time in Cyprus Cup history, all participants were from UEFA. Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Wales all made their first appearance in the tournament. Also for the first time, Finland was named "host nation" as the Football Association of Finland organized the tournament. [4] Prior co-organisers the Netherlands were instead hosting the 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, England instead competed in the 2016 SheBelieves Cup, and Scotland were controversially kept away by their performance director Brian McClair, who preferred to play a single friendly against Spain in Falkirk. [5]

Squads

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 321041+37
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 312031+25
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 31022423
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 30121431
Source: [ citation needed ]
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–0Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Burger Soccerball shade.svg20', 54' Report
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg0–2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report Gabbiadini Soccerball shade.svg13'
Sabatino Soccerball shade.svg24'

Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Zadrazil Soccerball shade.svg49'
Billa Soccerball shade.svg78'
Report Zágor Soccerball shade.svg66'
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–1Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Carissimi Soccerball shade.svg85' Report McCabe Soccerball shade.svg90'

Italy  Flag of Italy.svg0–0Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Report

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 321031+27
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 320142+26
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 30213412
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 30123631
Source: [ citation needed ]
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg2–2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Green Soccerball shade.svg34'
Chivers Soccerball shade.svg87'
Report [ usurped ] Engman Soccerball shade.svg11'
Saari Soccerball shade.svg62'
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–0Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Chojnowski Soccerball shade.svg76' Report

Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg1–1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Ward Soccerball shade.svg24' Report Pajor Soccerball shade.svg31'

Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Report Wiankowska Soccerball shade.svg22'

Knockout stage

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg2–1Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Csiszár Soccerball shade.svg26'
Vágó Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Report [ usurped ] Estcourt Soccerball shade.svg75'

Third place match

Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Guagni Soccerball shade.svg63'
Bonansea Soccerball shade.svg89'
Girelli Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Report Voňková Soccerball shade.svg45' (pen.)

Final

Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Burger Soccerball shade.svg11'
Schiechtl Soccerball shade.svg89'
Report Kamczyk Soccerball shade.svg3'

Final standings

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
6Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
7Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
8Flag of Finland.svg  Finland

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. "Tournament cancellation hits Scotland women's Euro 2017 preparations". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. "Cyprus Cup To Go Ahead?". shekicks.net. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  3. Regulations
  4. "Cyprus Women's Cup 2016" . Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. Campbell, Alan (13 March 2016). "Alan Campbell on women's football: Staying at home a missed opportunity for Scots". The Herald (Glasgow) . Retrieved 19 March 2016.