Cyprus International Football Tournament

The Cyprus International Football Tournament was an annual winter association football friendly competition for national teams that takes place in Cyprus. It was traditionally held in February as a friendly tournament since at least 1997, and last played in 2011.[1] The 2006 tournament was played in two parallel groups.

Cyprus International Football Tournament
Founded1997
RegionCyprus (UEFA)
Number of teams4
Current championsUkraine Ukraine
Most successful team(s)Romania Romania (3 titles)

History

Of various matches played in February 1995 and 1996 it is not clear whether they were part of a tournament or not (most likely they were just a collection of unrelated friendlies).[1]

1995
Norway 7–0 Estonia[2]

Jakobsen ( 4', 73'), Bohinen ( 13', 58'), Brattbakk ( 48', 89'), Halle ( 57')

Cyprus 0–2 Norway[3]

Leonhardsen ( 21'), Flo ( 24')

Cyprus 3–1 Estonia[4]

Gogić ( 16'), Engomitis ( 83'), Larkou ( 85')
Reim ( 76' (pen.))

1996
Estonia 0–0 Azerbaijan
Cyprus 1–0 Estonia[5]

Konstantinou ( 21')

Estonia 2–2 Faroe Islands[6]

Kristal ( 13'), Rajala ( 45+1')
Johannesen ( 30'), Jarnskor ( 45')

Azerbaijan 3–0 Faroe Islands[7]

Lychkin ( 10'), Hüseynov ( 23' (pen.)), Qurbanov ( 30')

Winners
Season Winners Score Runners-up Ref
1997 Poland Poland Cyprus Cyprus [8]
1998 Cyprus Cyprus 1–0 Slovenia Slovenia [9]
1999 Greece Greece 1–0 Belgium Belgium [10]
2000 Cyprus Cyprus 3–2 (a.e.t.) Romania Romania [11]
2001 Romania Romania 3–0 Lithuania Lithuania [12]
2002 Czech Republic Czech Republic 4–3 Cyprus Cyprus [13]
2003 Russia Russia 4–2 Romania Romania [14]
2004 Romania Romania 3–0 Hungary Hungary [15]
2005 Finland Finland 2–1 Cyprus Cyprus [16]
2006 Greece Greece 2–0 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan [17]
Romania Romania 2–0 Slovenia Slovenia [18]
2007 Bulgaria Bulgaria 3–0 Cyprus Cyprus [19]
2008 Apparently not as tournament
(see Cyprus Four Nations Football Tournament 2008)		 [20]
2009 Ukraine Ukraine 1–0 Serbia Serbia [21]
2011 Ukraine Ukraine 1–1 (5–4 pen.) Sweden Sweden [22]

References
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  2. "Estonia vs Norway international football match report". football.eu. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  3. "Cyprus vs Norway international football match report". football.eu. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  4. "Cyprus vs Estonia, 15 February 1995". football.eu. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  5. "Cyprus vs Estonia, 20 February 1996". football.eu. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  6. "Estonia vs Faroe Islands, 24 February 1996". football.eu. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  7. "Azerbaijan vs Faroe Islands, 27 February 1996". football.eu. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  8. "Cyprus International Tournament 1997". RSSSF. 27 February 2001. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  9. "Cyprus International Tournament 1998". RSSSF. 27 February 2001. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  10. "Cyprus International Tournament 1999". RSSSF. 27 February 2001. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  11. "Cyprus International Tournament 2000". RSSSF. 27 February 2001. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  12. "Cyprus International Tournament 2001". RSSSF. 20 January 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  13. "Cyprus International Tournament 2002". RSSSF. 15 February 2003. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  14. "Cyprus International Tournament 2003". RSSSF. 21 February 2004. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  15. "Cyprus International Tournament 2004". RSSSF. 9 February 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  16. "Cyprus International Tournament 2005". RSSSF. 5 April 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  17. "Cyprus International Tournament 2006". RSSSF. 7 February 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  18. "Cyprus International Tournament 2006". RSSSF. 7 February 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  19. "Cyprus International Tournament 2007". RSSSF. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  20. "Cyprus International Tournament 2008". RSSSF. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  21. "Cyprus International Tournament 2009". RSSSF. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  22. "Cyprus International Tournament 2011 results". football.eu. Retrieved 27 May 2022.


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