2012 Cyprus Cup

2012 Cyprus Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Cyprus
Dates	February 28 – March 6, 2012
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	66 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Linda Sällström Cha Yun-Hee (4 goals)

The 2012 Cyprus Cup was the fifth edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between February 28 – March 6, 2012.^[1]

Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.

Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place. The Group C winner faced the better 3rd place team from Groups A and B for 5th, with the Group C runner-up facing the other third place team for 7th. Group C's third place team faced the better fourth place team of Groups A and B, while the other two 4th place teams play in the 11th place match.

Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same amount of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.

Venues

Games will be played in 5 host stadiums in 4 cities.^[2]

Stadium	City	Capacity
GSP Stadium	Nicosia	22,859
GSZ Stadium	Larnaca	13,032
Dasaki Stadium	Achna	7,000
Paralimni Stadium	Paralimni	5,800
Ammochostos Stadium	Larnaca	5,500

Teams

Listed are the confirmed teams.^[3]

Group stage

All times are local (EET/UTC+2).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	8	1	+7	9
England	3	2	1	4	4	0	6
Finland	3	1	2	5	6	−1	3
Switzerland	3	0	3	1	7	−6	0

France v Switzerland

28 February 2012
14:30

France	3 – 0	Switzerland
Delie 5' Thiney 18' Bompastor 38' (pen.)	Report

GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 20
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

England v Finland

28 February 2012
17:30

England	3 – 1	Finland
Smith 36' (pen.), 88' (pen.) Carney 50'	Report	Tolvanen 8'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Switzerland v England

1 March 2012
14:30

Switzerland	0 – 1	England
	Report	Williams 77'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

Finland v France

1 March 2012
17:30

Finland	1 – 2	France
Sällström 63'	Report	Le Sommer 35' Renard 71'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

England v France

4 March 2012
17:30

England	0 – 3	France
	Report	Nécib 14' Delie 49' Thiney 80'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Finland v Switzerland

4 March 2012
17:30

Finland	3 – 1	Switzerland
Sällström 25', 33', 47'	Report	Crnogorčević 58'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni
Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	8	2	+6	9
Italy	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
Netherlands	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
Scotland	3	1	2	4	8	−4	3

Netherlands v Italy

28 February 2012
14:30

Netherlands	2 – 1	Italy
Melis 53' Martens 61'	Report	Panico 39'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 15

Canada v Scotland

28 February 2012
17:30

Canada	5 – 1	Scotland
Parker 6' Schmidt 36', 51' Sinclair 59' Tancredi 64'	Report	J. Ross 13'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Scotland v Netherlands

1 March 2012
14:30

Scotland	2 – 1	Netherlands
Van den Berg 24' (o.g.) Lauder 59'	Report	Spitse 24'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Italy v Canada

1 March 2012
17:30

Italy	1 – 2	Canada
Iannella 45+1'	Report	Sinclair 43' Gayle 90+2'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Italy v Scotland

4 March 2012
14:30

Italy	2 – 1	Scotland
Guagni 43' Gabbiadini 69'	Report	L. Ross 67'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Netherlands v Canada

4 March 2012
14:30

Netherlands	0 – 1	Canada
	Report	Zurrer 84'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
New Zealand	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
South Africa	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Northern Ireland	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

South Korea v South Africa

28 February 2012
14:30

South Korea	2 – 1	South Africa
Cha Yun-Hee 51' Yeo Min-Ji 69'	Report	Dlamini 9'

Dasaki Stadium, Achna

New Zealand v Northern Ireland

28 February 2012
17:30

New Zealand	2 – 0	Northern Ireland
Hearn 54', 60'	Report

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Northern Ireland v South Korea

1 March 2012
14:30

Northern Ireland	0 – 1	South Korea
	Report	Cha Yun-Hee 7'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

South Africa v New Zealand

1 March 2012
17:30

South Africa	0 – 0	New Zealand
	Report

Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca

New Zealand v South Korea

4 March 2012
14:30

New Zealand	1 – 1	South Korea
Gregorius 53'	Report	Cha Yun-Hee 38'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Northern Ireland v South Africa

4 March 2012
17:30

Northern Ireland	0 – 2	South Africa
	Report	Ntsibande 48', 78'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Knockout stage

Eleventh place match

Switzerland v Northern Ireland

6 March 2012
12:00

Switzerland	5 – 0	Northern Ireland
Crnogorčević 16', 81' Mändly 54' Schwarz 76' Mehmeti 90'

Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca

Ninth place match

Scotland v South Africa

6 March 2012
12:00

Scotland	2 – 0	South Africa
Little 8', 25' (pen.)

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Seventh place match

New Zealand v Netherlands

6 March 2012
14:00

New Zealand	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
Hearn 45' (pen.) Gregorius 56'		Van de Ven 34' Smit 58'
	Penalties
	2 – 4

Dasaki Stadium, Achna

Fifth place match

South Korea v Finland

6 March 2012
14:00

South Korea	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Finland
Cha Yun-Hee 56'		Sällström 53'
	Penalties
	7 – 6

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Third place match

England v Italy

6 March 2012
14:30

England	1 – 3	Italy
Moore 26'		Panico 59' Conti 64' Gabbiandini 86'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Final

France v Canada

6 March 2012
17:30

France	2 – 0	Canada
Delie 31' Nécib 62' (pen.)

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Champion

2012 Cyprus Cup
France First title

Goalscorers

4 goals

3 goals

Ana-Maria Crnogorčević

2 goals

Amber Hearn
Kim Little
Nomathemba Ntsibande

1 goal

Own goal

Mandy van den Berg (playing against Scotland)

References

↑ "Cyprus Women's Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
↑ Match schedule Archived May 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Teilnehmerfeld beim Cyprus Cup ist komplett". womensoccer.de. 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2011-12-09.

External links

Official website

Cyprus Cup

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International women's association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17

Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup

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