2013 Cyprus Women's Cup

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

2013 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryCyprus
Dates3–14 March 2013
Teams12 (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 played24
Goals scored63 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ellen White
Sanna Talonen
(3 goals)

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 third place team from Groups A and B for fifth, with the Group C runner-up facing the other third place team for seventh. Group C's third place team faced the better fourth place team of Groups A and B, while the other two fourth 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

The games were played in 3 host stadiums in 3 cities.[4]

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


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 3 2 1 0 11 7 +4 7
 New Zealand 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Scotland 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
 Italy 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
Source:
New Zealand 1–0 Scotland
Hearn 26'
England 4–2 Italy
Nobbs 8'
Houghton 30'
Clarke 33'
E. White 84'		 Camporese 17', 27'
New Zealand 2–0 Italy
Wilkinson 65'
Green 71'
Scotland 4–4 England
Evans 18'
Ross 49'
Little 51'
Mitchell 83'		 E. White 40'
Duggan 45+1'
Williams 74'
Smith 78'
England 3–1 New Zealand
White 71'
Aluko 72'
Duggan 90'		 Hearn 7'
Italy 1–2 Scotland
Gama 75' J.Ross 17'
Jones 63'

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9
  Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
 Netherlands 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
 Finland 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source:
Canada 2–0  Switzerland
Schmidt 2'
Matheson 79'
Attendance: 50
Finland 1–1 Netherlands
Talonen 36' van de Donk 83'
Switzerland  1–1 Netherlands
Bachmann 24' Martens 12'
Finland 1–2 Canada
Alanen 6' Filigno 29'
Sinclair 37' (pen.)
Finland 2–3  Switzerland
Saari 17'
Talonen 25'		 Bachmann 1'
Dickenmann 45'
Bernauer 63'
Netherlands 0–1 Canada
Sinclair 43'

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Republic of Ireland 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7
 South Africa 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
 Northern Ireland 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source:
South Korea 2–0 South Africa
Ji So-yun 10'
Lee Geum-min 55'		 Report
Republic of Ireland 5–1 Northern Ireland
Caldwell 11'
Quinn 27'
Campbell 71'
Smyth 77'
Littlejohn 90'		 McShane 60'
Republic of Ireland 1–0 South Africa
O'Gorman 52'
South Korea 3–0 Northern Ireland
Ji So-yun 11'
Kim Sang-eun 63'
Lee Eun-mi 68'		 Report
South Africa 2–1 Northern Ireland
Moodaly 65'
Seoposenwe 68'		 Shepherd 85'
South Korea 0–0 Republic of Ireland
Report

Knockout stage

Eleventh place match
South Africa 1–1 (a.e.t.) Northern Ireland
Skiti 89' Nelson 2'
Penalties
5–4

Ninth place match
South Korea 0–1 Italy
Report Bonansea 56'

Seventh place match
Republic of Ireland 0–1 Finland
Talonen 20'

Fifth place match
Scotland 1–0 Netherlands
Little 29'

Third place match
New Zealand 2–1  Switzerland
Hassett 85'
Wilkinson 87'		 Crnogorčević 23'

Final
England 1–0 Canada
Yankey 70' Report

Champion
 2013 Cyprus Cup 

England
Second title

Goalscorers
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. 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. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. 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". Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  5. Cyprus Cup all-time table
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