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)Scotland Lisa Evans
(4 goals)

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]

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.

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 (CS)
Report (FIGC)		 Girelli 51'
England 2–0 Canada
Sanderson 2', 33' Report (FA)
Report (CS)
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'
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:
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'
Referee: Rhona Daly (Republic of Ireland)
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

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
 Report

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

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

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) England
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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