2014 Cyprus Women's Cup

The 2014 Cyprus Women's Cup was the seventh edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between 5–12 March 2014.[1]

2014 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Cyprus
Dates5–12 March
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (2nd title)
Runners-up England
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored79 (3.29 per match)
Top scorer(s) Lisa Evans
(4 goals)

France won the final over defending champions England. For the first time, Canada did not reach the final, eventually finishing in fifth place.

Format

The first phase of the tournament was a group stage in which the twelve invited teams were divided into three groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. The group stage was followed by a single "finals day" in which six games involving all twelve teams were played to determine the tournament's final standings, with the matchups being determined as follows:[2]

1st place match: Winners of Groups A and B.
3rd place match: Winner of Group C and best runner-up from Groups A and B.
5th place match: Runner-up in Group C and second-best runner-up from Groups A and B.
7th place match: Third-place teams in Groups A and B.
9th place match: Third-place team in Group C and best fourth-place team from Groups A and B.
11th place match: Fourth-place team in Group C and second-best fourth-place team from Groups A and B.

Venues

Games were played in 4 host stadiums in 3 cities.

Host cities
Stadium City Capacity
GSP StadiumNicosia22,859
GSZ StadiumLarnaca13,032
Ammochostos StadiumLarnaca5,500
Paralimni StadiumParalimni5,800

Teams

Listed are the confirmed teams.

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9
 Canada 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
 Italy 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
 Finland 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Source:
Canada 3–0 Finland
Schmidt  34', 41'
Sinclair  60'		 Report
England 2–0 Italy
Carney  45' (pen.)
Duggan  62'		 Report
Finland 0–3 England
Report Asante  31'
Bonner  67'
Aluko  72'
Canada 3–1 Italy
Matheson  33'
Leon  44'
Kyle  48'		 Report Girelli  51'
England 2–0 Canada
Sanderson  2', 33' Report
Italy 1–1 Finland
Panico  82' Report Talonen  34'

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
 Scotland 3 2 1 0 9 6 +3 7
 Australia 3 0 1 2 6 9 −3 1
 Netherlands 3 0 1 2 5 9 −4 1
Source:
Netherlands 2–2 Australia
Miedema  12'
van der Gragt  33'		 Report Gorry  54'
Heyman  59'
Referee: Linn Andersson (Sweden)
France 1–1 Scotland
Beattie  68' (o.g.) Report L. Ross  8'
Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)
Scotland 4–3 Netherlands
Evans  16', 18', 34'
Beattie  55'		 Report Pieëte  43'
Martens  44'
Melis  70'
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
Australia 2–3 France
Kerr  55'
van Egmond  72' (pen.)		 Report Delie  9'
Thomis  24'
Nécib  37'
Netherlands 0–3 France
Report Bussaglia  39', 81'
Renard  90+4'
Referee: Lena Lethovara (Finland)
Australia 2–4 Scotland
Heyman  64', 74' Report Evans  13'
J. Ross  30', 31', 70'

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5
 Republic of Ireland 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
  Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 New Zealand 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source:
New Zealand 1–1 Republic of Ireland
Wilkinson  87' Report O'Gorman  64'
Switzerland  1–1 South Korea
Dickenmann  6' Report Ji So-Yun  48'
Referee: Nina Lehtovaara (Finland)
Republic of Ireland 1–1 South Korea
Quinn  24' Report Ji So-Yun  38'
Referee: Lorraine Clark (Scotland)
Switzerland  2–1 New Zealand
Aigbogun  65', 67' Report Wilkinson  3'
Switzerland  1–2 Republic of Ireland
Dickenmann  76' (pen.) Report O’Sullivan  48'
Roche  90'
South Korea 4–0 New Zealand
Kwon Hah-Nul  8', 71'
Yoo Young-A  36'
Park Hee-young  52'		 Report
Referee: Lorraine Clark (Scotland)

Knockout stage

Eleventh place match
Finland 0–1 New Zealand
Report Gregorius  42'

Ninth place match
Netherlands 4–1  Switzerland
Miedema  1'
Martens  17', 50'
Heuver  90'		 Report Crnogorčević  3'
Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)

Seventh place match
Italy 2–5 Australia
Tuttino  86'
Panico  90+1'		 Report Kerr  17'
van Egmond  22', 38'
Gorry  56'
Raso  79'

Fifth place match
Canada 2–1 Republic of Ireland
Matheson  55'
Schmidt  90'		 Report Littlejohn  13'

Third place match
Scotland 1–1 South Korea
Little  87' Report Yoo Young-A  64'
Penalties
Corsie
J. Ross
Beattie
Sneddon 		1–3 Ji So-Yun
Park Hee-young
Kwon Hah-Nul
Referee: Linn Andersson (Sweden)

Final
England 0–2 France
Report Thiney  6'
Abily  18'

Final standings
Rank Team
 France
 England
 South Korea
4 Scotland
5 Canada
6 Republic of Ireland
7 Australia
8 Italy
9 Netherlands
10  Switzerland
11 New Zealand
12 Finland

Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 Goal
1 own-goal

References
  1. "Strong field set for 2014 Cyprus Cup". equalizersoccer.com. 2013-11-23.
  2. "Regulations". Retrieved 13 March 2014.
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