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 28 February – 6 March 2012.[1]

2012 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryCyprus
Dates28 February – 6 March 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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