Aphrodite Women Cup

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Aphrodite Women Cup
Founded2015
RegionCyprus
Number of teams6
Current championsFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus (1st title)
Soccerball current event.svg 2019 Aphrodite Women Cup

The Aphrodite Women Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football. It has been held annually in Cyprus since 2015. As the competition takes place in Cyprus, the hosts have won the competition for the first time in 2019.

Contents

It is played at the same time as the Algarve Cup, the Cyprus Women's Cup, the SheBelieves Cup and the Turkish Women's Cup.

Format

The Aphrodite Women Cup uses the following two-phase format:

The first phase is a group stage in which the twelve invited teams are divided into three groups of four teams. Similar to the Algarve Cup, the teams in Group A and Group B consist of higher-ranked teams and are the only teams actually in contention for the championship; Group C consists of lower-ranked teams. Each group plays a round-robin of six games, with each team playing one match against each of the other teams in the same group.

The second phase is a single "finals day" in which six games involving all twelve teams are played to determine the tournament's final standings, with the match-ups as follows:

Results

YearFinalThird place match
WinnerScoreRunner-upThird placeScoreFourth place
2015 [1] Flag of Greece.svg
Greece
2–0Flag of Cyprus.svg
Cyprus
Flag of Malta.svg
Malta
2–0Flag of Latvia.svg
Latvia
2016 [2] Flag of Israel.svg
Israel
Round RobinFlag of Cyprus.svg
Cyprus
Flag of Malta.svg
Malta
Round RobinFlag of Estonia.svg
Estonia
2017 [3] Flag of Latvia.svg
Latvia
0–0 (5–4 p)Flag of Estonia.svg
Estonia
Flag of Lithuania.svg
Lithuania
1–1 (3–1 p)Flag of Malta.svg
Malta
2019 Flag of Cyprus.svg
Cyprus
Round RobinFlag of Malta.svg
Malta
Flag of Estonia.svg
Estonia
Round RobinFlag of Lithuania.svg
Lithuania

Previous Tournaments

2015

Notes: Azerbaijan replaced Qatar, who withdrew. [4]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3300251+249Final
2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 320194+56Third place play-off
3Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 31023963Fifth place play-off
4Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 3003023230Seventh place play-off
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg14–0Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg2–0Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg7–0Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg0–6Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg3–0Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg1–4Flag of Greece.svg  Greece

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus (H)330041+39Final
2Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 31114404Third place play-off
3Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 310253+23Fifth place play-off
4Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 30121651Seventh place play-off
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg0–1Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg2–1Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg0–4Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svg2–1Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg0–1Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg1–1Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain

Placements

Sources [5] [6]

Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svg0–2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg2–0Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg5–1Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg3–1Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon

2016

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 431061+510Winners
2Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 430152+39
3Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 41125504
4Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 41033523
5Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 410341063
Source: https://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/news/25806
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg1–3Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg1–1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg2–3Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svg1–0Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg2–0Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–2Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg2–0Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–1Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg3–0Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svg0–1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

2017

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 220031+26Final
2Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 21012203Third place play-off
3Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 20022420Fifth place play-off
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–1Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svg1–2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svg1–2Flag of Malta.svg  Malta

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 211030+34Final
2Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 211020+24Third place play-off
3Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 20020550Fifth place play-off
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg3–0Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg2–0Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–0Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania

Placements

Source [7]

Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg0–0 (5–4 p)Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg1–1 (3–1 p)Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svg7–1Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain

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