2013 Cyprus Cup

2013 Cyprus Cup
Tournament details
Host country Cyprus
Dates March 3–14, 2013
Teams 12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  England (2nd title)
Runners-up  Canada
Third place  New Zealand
Fourth place   Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 63 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) England Ellen White
Finland Sanna Talonen
(3 goals)

The 2013 Cyprus Cup was the sixth edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between March 3 – 14 2013.[1]

Defending champions France cancelled their participation just after the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 draw, because of too many European opponents in the tournament.[2] The tournament was won by England.[3]

Format

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

Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are 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 3 host stadiums in 3 cities.[4]

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

Teams

Listed are the confirmed teams.[1]

The only debutant is the Republic of Ireland.[5]

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 3210117+47
 New Zealand 320143+16
 Scotland 31116604
 Italy 300338-50

6 March 2013
14:30
New Zealand  1 – 0  Scotland
Hearn  26'

6 March 2013
17:30
England  4 – 2  Italy
Nobbs  8'
Houghton  30'
Clarke  33'
E. White  84' 		Camporese  17', 27'

8 March 2013
14:30
New Zealand  2 – 0  Italy
Wilkinson  65'
Green  71'

8 March 2013
17:30
Scotland  4 – 4  England
Evans  18'
Ross  49'
Little  51'
Mitchell  83' 		E. White  40'
Duggan  45+1'
Williams  74'
Smith  78'

11 March 2013
14:30
England  3 – 1  New Zealand
White  71'
Aluko  72'
Duggan  90' 		Hearn  7'

11 March 2013
14:30
Italy  1 – 2  Scotland
Gama  75' J.Ross  17'
Jones  63'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 330051+49
  Switzerland 311145–14
 Netherlands 302123–12
 Finland 301246–21

6 March 2013
14:30
Canada  2 – 0   Switzerland
Schmidt  2'
Matheson  79'
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 50

6 March 2013
17:30
Finland  1 – 1  Netherlands
Talonen  36' van de Donk  83'

8 March 2013
14:30
Switzerland   1 – 1  Netherlands
Bachmann  24' Martens  12'

8 March 2013
17:30
Finland  1 – 2  Canada
Alanen  6' Filigno  29'
Sinclair  37' (pen.)

11 March 2013
17:30
Finland  2 – 3   Switzerland
Saari  17'
Talonen  25' 		Bachmann  1'
Dickenmann  45'
Bernauer  63'

11 March 2013
17:30
Netherlands  0 – 1  Canada
Sinclair  43'

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Republic of Ireland 321061+57
 South Korea 321050+57
 South Africa 310224-23
 Northern Ireland 3003210-80

6 March 2013
17:30
Republic of Ireland  5 – 1  Northern Ireland
Caldwell  11'
Quinn  27'
Campbell  71'
Smyth  77'
Littlejohn  90' 		McShane  60'

8 March 2013
17:30
South Korea  3 – 0  Northern Ireland
Ji So-Yun  11'
Kim Sang-Eun  63'
Lee Eun-Mi  68'

11 March 2013
14:30
South Africa  2 – 1  Northern Ireland
Moodaly  65'
Seoposenwe  68' 		Shepherd  85'

Knockout stage

Eleventh place match

13 March 2013
South Africa  1 - 1 (a.e.t.)  Northern Ireland
Skiti  89' Nelson  2'
  Penalties  
5 - 4

Ninth place match

13 March 2013
South Korea  0 - 1  Italy
Bonansea  56'

Seventh place match

13 March 2013
Republic of Ireland  0 - 1  Finland
Talonen  20'

Fifth place match

13 March 2013
Scotland  1 - 0  Netherlands
Little  29'

Third place match

13 March 2013
New Zealand  2 - 1   Switzerland
Hassett  85'
Wilkinson  87' 		Crnogorčević  23'

Final

Canada already assured themselves a place in the final after matchday two. They have reached every Cyprus Cup final previously, making this their sixth consecutive appearance.

13 March 2013
England  1 - 0  Canada
Yankey  70' Report

Champion

 2013 Cyprus Cup 

England
Second title

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. 1 2 The Cyprus Women's Cup groups have been announced with current Cyprus Cup holders France missing from the tournament.
  2. ↑ "Cyprus Cup 2013 without France" (in German). womensoccer.de. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Rachel Yankey volley earns England women their second Cyprus Cup title". Guardian. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Official website with venues listed
  5. ↑ Cyprus Cup all-time table

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