2008 Cyprus Women's Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Cyprus |
| Dates | 5–12 March 2008 |
| Teams | 6 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (1st title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (U20) |
| Third place |  Japan |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 37 (3.08 per match) |
| Top scorer | Canada Christine Sinclair (5 goals) |
2009 → | |
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The 2008 Cyprus Women's Cup was the inaugural edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. Six national teams, including five senior teams and one youth team, were invited: Canada, Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Scotland, and the United States U-20 team[1] (the United States senior team competed in the concurrent 2008 Algarve Cup).[2] Canada defeated the United States U-20 team in the final.
Format
[edit | edit source]The tournament consisted of a group stage held over three match days followed by a single day of classification matches to determine the final standings.
For the group stage, the six teams were split into two groups of three teams. Each group played a round-robin tournament with each team playing one match against each other team in its group. In addition, on each group stage match day, one team from each group did not have a round-robin group match; these two teams played an exhibition match that was not counted towards the group stage standings.[3]
The classification day then had three matches: a first place match between the group winners, a third place match between the runners-up, and a fifth place match between the bottom teams.
Group stage
[edit | edit source]Group A
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
 Scotland
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
| United States File:Flag of the United States.svg | 2–1 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
Enyeart  27'O'Hara 32' |
Report | Grant 87' |
| Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 0–2 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
|---|---|---|
| O'Hara 32' Enyeart 90+1' |
Group B
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| Japan
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
| Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg | 2–1 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Armstrong 8' Lang 50' |
Barbashina 18' |
| Japan | 0–3 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Sinclair 22' (pen.), 42', 80' |
Exhibition Matches
[edit | edit source]| Japan | 3–1 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Nagasato 35' (pen.) Sato 69'Goto 70' (pen.) |
Stevens 56' |
| Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg | 2–0 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
|---|---|---|
| Mokshanova 46' Rogova 69' |
| Scotland | 2–0 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Love 67' Hamill 80' |
Placement matches
[edit | edit source]Fifth place match
[edit | edit source]Third place match
[edit | edit source]| Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 1–2 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| van Eyck 18' |
Nagasato 23' Utsugi 90' |
Final
[edit | edit source]| Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg | 3–2 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
|---|---|---|
| Sinclair 10', 37' Filigno 22' |
Report | Steinbruch 75', 86' |
Champion
[edit | edit source]| 2008 Cyprus Cup |
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| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada First title |
Goalscorers
[edit | edit source]- 5 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
References
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