Albena Cup

Albena Cup

Founded	1988
Region	Albena, Bulgaria

The Albena Cup, established in 1988, is an invitational women's football tournament hosted annually in the town of Albena, Bulgaria. ^[1] Initially conceived to promote women's football in Eastern Europe, the competition has grown to attract clubs and national teams from across the continent.^{[ citation needed ]} Played in a round-robin format, the tournament serves both as a preseason warm-up and a scouting ground for emerging talent.^{[ citation needed ]}

List of finals

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd	Score	4th
1988	Norway	?–?	Renova Budapest	TSV Siegen	1–0	Akademik Sofia
1989	Norway	?–?	Renova Budapest	Poland	1–0	Bulgaria
1990	China	2–0	France	Canada	5–0	Soviet Union
1991	United States	5–0	Soviet Union	France	3–0	Poland
1992	Sweden U-20	R. Robin	North Korea	Hungary	R. Robin	Spain
1994	Grand Hotel Varna	1–0	Romania	Latvia	1–1 (shared)	Norway U-20
1995	Sweden U-20	1–0	Ukraine	Spain	4–2	Russia
1999	Russia	3–0	Scotland	North Korea	2–1	Ukraine
2000	Ukraine	0–0 (5–3 p)	United States U-18	Bulgaria	0–0 (4–3 p)	Ryazan VDV
2001	Russia	0–0 (5–3 p)	North Korea	Bulgaria	3–1	Russia U-20
2002	North Korea	3–0	Russia	Ukraine	0–0 (3–1 p)	Bulgaria
2003	Ryazan VDV	1–1 (4–2 p)	Russia	Romania	1–1 (3–2 p)	Greece
2004	Russia	2–0	Ryazan VDV	Nadezhda Noginsk	2–0	Alma-KTZh
2005	WFC Rossiyanka	R. Robin	Ukraine	Ryazan VDV
2006	WFC Rossiyanka	R. Robin	Ryazan VDV	Ukraine	R. Robin	Bulgaria
2008	Bulgaria	R. Robin	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Armenia

Other contestants

•   Belarus
•   England U-21 (1991)
•   Hungary
•   Israel
•   Japan
•   Kazakhstan
•   Moldova
• Russian SFSR
•   United States U-19
•   Yugoslavia
• CSKA Sofia
• Beijing
• Millwall Lionesses (1989)
• Pakhtakor Tashkent

References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-albena.html

External links

• https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-albena.html