Cyprus Women's Cup
| Founded | 2008 |
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| Abolished | 2023 |
| Region | File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus |
| Teams | 12 |
| Last champions | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (1st title) |
| Most championships | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada File:Flag of England.svg England (3 titles each) |
| Website | Official website |
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The Cyprus Women's Cup was a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's football. It was held annually in Cyprus since 2008 until the introduction of the UEFA Women's Nations League in 2023. Although the competition takes place in Cyprus, the hosts never took part in the competition.
It was played in late February or early March, at the same time as the Algarve Cup, the Arnold Clark Cup, the Cup of Nations, the Istria Cup, the Pinatar Cup, the SheBelieves Cup, the Tournoi de France, the Turkish Women's Cup and the Women's Revelations Cup.
Format
[edit | edit source]The Cyprus Women's Cup uses the following two-phase format:[1]
The first phase is a group stage in which the twelve invited teams are divided into three groups of four teams. Similar to the Algarve Cup, the teams in Group A and Group B consist of higher-ranked teams and are the only teams actually in contention for the championship; Group C consists of lower-ranked teams. Each group plays a round-robin of six games, with each team playing one match against each of the other teams in the same group.
The second phase is a single "finals day" in which six games involving all twelve teams are played to determine the tournament's final standings, with the match-ups as follows:
- 11th place match: 3rd best 4th placed team vs. 2nd best 4th placed team
- 9th place match: Best 4th placed team vs. 3rd best 3rd placed team
- 7th place match: 2nd best 3rd placed team vs. best 3rd placed team
- 5th place match: 3rd best 2nd placed team vs. 2nd best 2nd placed team
- 3rd place match: 3rd best group winner vs. best 2nd placed team
- Final: Best group winner vs. 2nd best group winner
Results
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Teams reaching the top four
[edit | edit source]Participating nations
[edit | edit source]| Team | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 23 | Years |
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| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | 8th | 7th | 4th | – | – | 4 |
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | 7th | 5th | 3rd | – | – | 4 |
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | 2nd | 2 |
| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 4th | 12th | 9th | 6th | 4th | – | 6 |
| File:Flag of England.svg England | – | 1st | 5th | 5th | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | – | – | – | – | 6th | 7th | 12th | 9th | 8th | – | 11th | 9th | 2nd | 1st | 9 |
| File:Flag of France.svg France | – | 3rd | – | 3rd | 1st | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 10th | 12th | 11th | – | 4th | 5 |
| File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 6th | – | 7th | 4th | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | – | – | 6th | 9th | 3rd | 9th | 8th | 4th | 3rd | 11th | 2nd | 2nd | – | – | 10 |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | 3rd | – | – | – | 5th | 3rd | – | 4 |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 6th | 9th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | – | 4th | 2nd | 8th | 8th | 3rd | 11th | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 1 |
| File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland | – | – | – | 12th | 12th | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | – | – | 3 |
| File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 1 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 5th | 8th | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 6th | 7th | 7th | 4th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 7th | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | 12th | 5th | – | 3 |
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | – | 6th | 8th | – | 10th | 11th | – | 10th | – | – | 6th | 10th | – | – | 7 |
| File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | – | – | – | 6th | 5th | 10th | 3rd | 11th | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | 1 |
| File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland | – | – | 4th | 11th | 11th | 4th | 10th | – | – | 1st | 4th | – | – | – | 7 |
| File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | WD | – | 1 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (U20) | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 6th | 8th | – | – | – | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
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General statistics
[edit | edit source]As of 2018
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website (in English)
- Cyprus Women's Cup – RSSSF (in English)
- Cyprus Women's Cup on WomensSoccerUnited.com (archived 23 January 2012)
- Cyprus Women's Cup
- International association football competitions in Europe
- International association football competitions hosted by Cyprus
- Women's football competitions in Cyprus
- Recurring sporting events established in 2008
- International women's association football invitational tournaments
- 2008 establishments in Cyprus