2016 Cyprus Women's Cup

The 2016 Cyprus Women's Cup was the ninth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. After being initially canceled due to schedule conflicts with both UEFA and AFC qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 SheBelieves Cup leaving many of the prior year's participants, including reigning champions England, unable to attend,[1] the tournament was rescheduled with the Football Association of Finland as tournament organizers and a scaled-down field of eight national teams.[2]

2016 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Cyprus
Dates2–9 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Austria (1st title)
Runners-up Poland
Third place Italy
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored35 (2.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)Austria Nina Burger
Czech Republic Lucie Voňková
(3 goals)

Austria defeated Poland in a final between two first-time participants in the Cyprus Cup.

Format

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 eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. Each group played a round-robin tournament with each team playing one match against each other team in its group.

The classification day then had four matches: a first place match between the group winners, a third place match between the runners-up, a fifth place match between the third-placed teams, and a seventh place match between the bottom teams.

Tie-breaking criteria

For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:[3]

  1. number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
  2. goal difference in all the group matches
  3. number of goals scored in all the group matches
  4. drawing of lots

Venues

Stadium City Capacity
GSZ StadiumLarnaca13,032
Paralimni StadiumParalimni5,800
Anagennisi StadiumDeryneia4,500

Teams

Team FIFA Rankings
(December 2015)
 Italy
13
 Finland
24
 Austria
27
 Poland
31
 Republic of Ireland
32
 Czech Republic
33
 Wales
36
 Hungary
42

For the first time in Cyprus Cup history, all participants were from UEFA. Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Wales all made their first appearance in the tournament. Also for the first time, Finland was named "host nation" as the Football Association of Finland organized the tournament.[4] Prior co-organisers the Netherlands were instead hosting the 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, England instead competed in the 2016 SheBelieves Cup, and Scotland were controversially kept away by their performance director Brian McClair, who preferred to play a single friendly against Spain in Falkirk.[5]

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Austria 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
 Italy 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
 Hungary 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 3
 Republic of Ireland 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 1
Source:
Austria 2–0 Republic of Ireland
Burger 20', 54' Report
Anagennisi Stadium, Deryneia
Hungary 0–2 Italy
Report Gabbiadini 13'
Sabatino 24'
Anagennisi Stadium, Deryneia

Austria 2–1 Hungary
Zadrazil 49'
Billa 78'
Report Zágor 66'
Italy 1–1 Republic of Ireland
Carissimi 85' Report McCabe 90'

Italy 0–0 Austria
Report

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Poland 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
 Wales 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 2
 Finland 3 0 1 2 3 6 3 1
Source:
Wales 2–2 Finland
Green 34'
Chivers 87'
Report Engman 11'
Saari 62'
Poland 1–0 Czech Republic
Chojnowski 76' Report

Wales 1–1 Poland
Ward 24' Report Pajor 31'

Finland 0–1 Poland
Report Wiankowska 22'

Knockout stage

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Hungary 2–1 Wales
Csiszár 26'
Vágó 90+1'
Report Estcourt 75'

Third place match

Italy 3–1 Czech Republic
Guagni 63'
Bonansea 89'
Girelli 90+2'
Report Voňková 45' (pen.)

Final

Austria 2–1 Poland
Burger 11'
Schiechtl 89'
Report Kamczyk 3'

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Italy
4 Czech Republic
5 Hungary
6 Wales
7 Republic of Ireland
8 Finland

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. "Tournament cancellation hits Scotland women's Euro 2017 preparations". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. "Cyprus Cup To Go Ahead?". shekicks.net. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  3. Regulations
  4. "Cyprus Women's Cup 2016". Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. Campbell, Alan (13 March 2016). "Alan Campbell on women's football: Staying at home a missed opportunity for Scots". The Herald (Glasgow). Retrieved 19 March 2016.
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