2015 Cyprus Women's Cup

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2015 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Cyprus
Dates4–11 March
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions England (3rd title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored60 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Scotland Kim Little
(5 goals)
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The 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup was the eighth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place from 4–11 March 2015.

Venues[]

Stadium City Capacity
GSP Stadium Nicosia 22,859
GSZ Stadium Larnaca 13,032
Paralimni Stadium Paralimni 5,800
Ammochostos Stadium Larnaca 5,500

Squads[]

Main article: 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup squads

Group stage[]

Teams were placed into three groups of four.[1][2] New Zealand were originally drawn in Group C, but later withdrew and were replaced by South Africa.[3]

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:[4]

  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

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9
 Italy 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
 South Korea 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source:[citation needed]
South Korea 1–2 Italy
Ji So-yun Goal 7' Report Bonansea Goal 5'
Guagni Goal 57'
Scotland 0–2 Canada
Report Fleming Goal 4'
Sinclair Goal 55'
Canada 1–0 South Korea
Sinclair Goal 57' Report
Italy 3–2 Scotland
Girelli Goal 18', 67'
Tarenzi Goal 55'		 Report Mitchell Goal 69'
Little Goal 80'
Italy 0–1 Canada
Report Chapman Goal 50'
Scotland 2–1 South Korea
Little Goal 16' (pen.)
Murray Goal 89'		 Report Yeo Min-ji Goal 34'

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
 Australia 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Netherlands 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
 Finland 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source:[citation needed]
Finland 1–3 England
Saari Goal 89' (pen.) Report Sanderson Goal 21'
Aluko Goal 66'
Clarke Goal 83'
Netherlands 0–1 Australia
Report Crummer Goal 73'
Finland 0–0 Netherlands
Report
Australia 0–3 England
Report Taylor Goal 8', 17', 83'
Netherlands 1–1 England
Miedema Goal 19' Report Aluko Goal 43'
Australia 3–0 Finland
Gill Goal 29'
Sykes Goal 77'
Van Egmond Goal 89'		 report

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 South Africa 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
 Belgium 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source:[citation needed]
Mexico 2–0 South Africa
Corral Goal 53'
Mayor Goal 69'		 Report
Czech Republic 2–2 Belgium
Voňková Goal 17'
I. Martínková Goal 71'		 Report Daniels Goal 53'
Wullaert Goal 79'
Belgium 0–1 South Africa
Report Seoposenwe Goal 21'
Czech Republic 0–1 Mexico
Report Noyola Goal 63'
South Africa 0–1 Czech Republic
Report Chlastáková Goal 67'
Mexico 0–0 Belgium
Report

Knockout stage[]

Eleventh place match[]

South Korea 1–1 Belgium
Yoo Young-a Goal 67' Report Daniëls Goal 49'
Penalties
5–3

Ninth place match[]

Finland 2–1 South Africa
Goal 7'
Westerlund Goal 30'		 Report Goal 63'

Seventh place match[]

Scotland 3–1 Netherlands
Little Goal 17', 55', 90+1' Report Hoogendijk Goal 70'

Fifth place match[]

Australia 6–2 Czech Republic
Gorry Goal 8'
Van Egmond Goal 15'
De Vanna Goal 34'
Heyman Goal 54'
Polkinghorne Goal 85'
Sykes Goal 86'		 Report Benýrová Goal 8', 63'

Third place match[]

Italy 2–3 Mexico
Cernoia Goal 53'
Guagni Goal 69'		 Report Corral Goal 45'
Franco Goal 86'
Perez Goal 87'

Final[]

Canada 0–1 England
Report Sanderson Goal 67'

Final standings[]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mexico
4  Italy
5  Australia
6  Czech Republic
7  Scotland
8  Netherlands
9  Finland
10  South Africa
11  South Korea
12  Belgium

Goalscorers[]

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References[]

  1. ^ "FIFA not flinching on turf following inspections". thefa.com. 19 January 2015.
  2. ^ Match schedule
  3. ^ "2015 Cyprus Cup preview: Six WWC teams in action". equalizersoccer.com. 3 March 2015.
  4. ^ Regulations

External links[]

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