2014 International Women's Club Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Japan |
Dates | 30 November–6 December |
Teams | 6 (from 3 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | São José (1st title) |
Runners-up | Arsenal |
Third place | Urawa Red Diamonds |
Fourth place | Okayama Yunogo Belle |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 20 (3.33 per match) |
Attendance | 7,872 (1,312 per match) |
The 2014 International Women's Club Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Nestlé Cup, was the third worldwide international women's football club tournament, held in Japan from 30 November to 6 December 2014.
São José won the final 2–0 against Arsenal.[1]
Participating teams[]
Jiangsu Huatai from China won the last open spot by winning a qualifying tournament, called the Asian Women's Club Championship by some sources. As with the previous edition the UEFA Champions League winners Wolfsburg didn't participate.
Team | Tournament won | Confederation or FA | Reference |
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Arsenal | invitee (2013–14 FA Women's Cup) | UEFA | [2] |
Melbourne Victory | 2013–14 W-League | Football Federation Australia | [3] |
São José | 2013 Copa Libertadores Femenina | CONMEBOL | [2] |
Jiangsu Huatai | IWCC Qualifying tournament winner | AFC | |
Okayama Yunogo Belle | 2014 Nadeshiko League Regular Series | Japan Football Association | [4] |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 2014 Nadeshiko League Exciting Series |
Results[]
Playoffs | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
Urawa Red Diamonds | 5 | ||||||||||
Jiangsu Huatai | 1 | ||||||||||
Urawa Red Diamonds | 0 | ||||||||||
São José | 1 | ||||||||||
São José | 2 | ||||||||||
Arsenal | 0 | ||||||||||
Arsenal | 2 | Third place | |||||||||
Okayama Yunogo Belle | 0 | ||||||||||
Okayama Yunogo Belle | 5 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 4 | ||||||||
Melbourne Victory | 0 | Okayama Yunogo Belle | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+9)
First round[]
Urawa Red Diamonds | 5–1 | Jiangsu Huatai |
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11' Kira 27', 58' 76' (o.g.) Kishikawa 86' |
Wang L. 41' |
Mimasaka Rugby Football Field, Mimasaka
Attendance: 1,295
Okayama Yunogo Belle | 5–0 | Melbourne Victory |
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Nakano 1', 82' Arimachi 6', 37' Miyama 75' |
Report |
Mimasaka Rugby Football Field, Mimasaka
Attendance: 1,863
Semifinals[]
Urawa Red Diamonds | 0–1 | São José |
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Debinha 59' |
Attendance: 965
Arsenal | 2–0 | Okayama Yunogo Belle |
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Ohno 16', 58' |
Attendance: 1,339
Third place play-off[]
Urawa Red Diamonds | 4–0 | Okayama Yunogo Belle |
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13' Shibata 59' Otaki 77' Usui 90' |
Attendance: 1,041
Final[]
Prize-pool[]
The total prize-pool was 10 million Yen (about $85,000) for all teams combined.
References[]
- ^ "She Kicks - News Section: Sao Jose Beat Arsenal In IWCC Final". Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Arsenal Ladies going back to Japan". Arsenal F.C. 7 October 2014.
- ^ "Westfield W-League 2014/15 season draw released". Football Federation Australia. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Yunogo Belle are the Japan Nadeshiko League Champions 2014 (First stage)". Women's Soccer United. 17 August 2014.
External links[]
- Official website Archived 30 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
Categories:
- International Women's Club Championship
- 2014 in women's association football
- 2014 in Japanese women's football
- 2014–15 in English women's football
- 2014 in Brazilian women's football
- International women's association football competitions hosted by Japan
- 2014–15 in Australian women's soccer
- 2014 in Chinese football