2012 Cyprus Women's Cup

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

2012 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryCyprus
DatesFebruary 28 – March 6, 2012
Teams12 (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 played24
Goals scored66 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Linda Sällström
(5 goals)

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 number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.

Venues

Games were played in five host stadiums in four cities.[2]

Stadium City Capacity
GSP StadiumNicosia22,859
GSZ StadiumLarnaca13,032
Dasaki StadiumAchna7,000
Paralimni StadiumParalimni5,800
Ammochostos StadiumLarnaca5,500

Teams

Listed are the confirmed teams.[3]

Group stage

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

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9
 England 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
 Finland 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
  Switzerland 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source:
France 3 – 0  Switzerland
Delie  5'
Thiney  18'
Bompastor  38' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
England 3 – 1 Finland
Smith  36' (pen.), 88' (pen.)
Carney  50'		 Report Tolvanen  8'
Switzerland  0 – 1 England
Report Williams  77'
Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)
Finland 1 – 2 France
Sällström  63' Report Le Sommer  35'
Renard  71'
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
England 0 – 3 France
Report Nécib  14'
Delie  49'
Thiney  80'
Finland 3 – 1  Switzerland
Sällström  25', 33', 47' Report Crnogorčević  58'
Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9
 Italy 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
Source:
Netherlands 2 – 1 Italy
Melis  53'
Martens  61'		 Report Panico  39'
Attendance: 15
Canada 5 – 1 Scotland
Parker  6'
Schmidt  36', 51'
Sinclair  59'
Tancredi  64'		 Report J. Ross  13'
Scotland 2 – 1 Netherlands
Van den Berg  24' (o.g.)
Lauder  59'		 Report Spitse  24'
Italy 1 – 2 Canada
Iannella  45+1' Report Sinclair  43'
Gayle  90+2'
Italy 2 – 1 Scotland
Guagni  43'
Gabbiadini  69'		 Report L. Ross  67'
Netherlands 0 – 1 Canada
Report Zurrer  84'

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
Source:
South Korea 2 – 1 South Africa
Cha Yun-Hee  51'
Yeo Min-Ji  69'		 Report Dlamini  9'
New Zealand 2 – 0 Northern Ireland
Hearn  54', 60' Report
Northern Ireland 0 – 1 South Korea
Report Cha Yun-Hee  7'
South Africa 0 – 0 New Zealand
Report
New Zealand 1 – 1 South Korea
Gregorius  53' Report Cha Yun-Hee  38'
Northern Ireland 0 – 2 South Africa
Report Ntsibande  48', 78'

Knockout stage

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

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

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

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

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

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

Champion
 2012 Cyprus Cup 

France
First title

Goalscorers
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References
  1. "Cyprus Women's Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  2. Match schedule Archived May 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Teilnehmerfeld beim Cyprus Cup ist komplett". womensoccer.de. 2011-12-09. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
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