2017 Cyprus Women's Cup

The 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup was the tenth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus.[1]

2017 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Cyprus
Dates1–8 March
Teams12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Switzerland (1st title)
Runners-up South Korea
Third place North Korea
Fourth place Republic of Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored65 (2.71 per match)

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

Venues

Stadium City Capacity
GSZ StadiumLarnaca13,032
Tasos Markos StadiumParalimni5,800
Ammochostos StadiumLarnaca5,500
GSP StadiumNicosia22,859
AEK ArenaLarnaca7,400

Teams

Team FIFA Rankings
(December 2016)
 North Korea
10
 Italy
16
  Switzerland
17
 South Korea
18
 New Zealand
19
 Scotland
21
 Austria
24
 Belgium
25
 Czech Republic
33
 Republic of Ireland
34
 Wales
36
 Hungary
40

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Switzerland 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7
 North Korea 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
 Belgium 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
 Italy 3 0 0 3 1 13 12 0
Source:
North Korea 3–0 Italy
  • Kim Yun-mi 3'
  • Ri Kyong-hyang 48'
  • Ho Un-byol 50'
Report
Belgium 2–2  Switzerland
Mermans 31'
Cayman 78'
Report Abbé 26'
Kuster 88'
Referee: Barbara Poxhofer (Austria)

Switzerland 1–0 North Korea
Kiwic 88' Report
Italy 1–4 Belgium
Sabatino 9' Report Wullaert 10' (pen.)
Van Wynendaele 39'
Coutereels 64'
Philtjens 81'
Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)

Italy 0–6  Switzerland
Report Humm 6'
Reuteler 22', 50'
Wälti 32'
Crnogorčević 82', 84' (pen.)
North Korea 4–1 Belgium
Kim Nam-hui 7'
Ho Un-byol 30'
Wi Jong-sim 57'
Ri Kyong-hyang 71'
Report Vanmechelen 62'
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
 Austria 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
 New Zealand 3 0 0 3 2 8 6 0
Source:
New Zealand 2–3 Scotland
White 20'
Hearn 90+2'
Report J. Ross 9'
Cuthbert 83'
Little 87'
South Korea 0–0 Austria
Report

Austria 3–0 New Zealand
Billa 19'
Aschauer 53'
Eder 77'
Report
Scotland 0–2 South Korea
Report Ji So-yun 48'
Cho So-hyun 74' (pen.)
Referee: Barbara Poxhofer (Austria)

Austria 1–3 Scotland
Billa 65' Report J. Ross 58'
L. Ross 78'
Evans 90'

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Republic of Ireland 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
 Wales 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
 Hungary 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 4
 Czech Republic 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 1
Source:
Hungary 0–2 Wales
Report Ward 34'
Estcourt 66'

Wales 0–0 Czech Republic
Report

Place matches stage

Eleventh place match

Italy 6–2 Czech Republic
Girelli 38', 40'
Parisi 45'
Bonansea 49'
Gabbiadini 55'
Giugliano 90+3'
Report Chlastáková 9'
Svitková 83' (pen.)

Ninth place match

New Zealand 3–1 Hungary
Pereira 36'
White 50', 90+3'
Report Németh 25'

Seventh place match

Belgium 1–1 Austria
Wullaert 63' Report Aschauer 78'
Penalties
4–3

Fifth place match

Scotland 0–0 Wales
Report
Penalties
6–5
Referee: Eszter Urban (Hungary)

Third place match

North Korea 2–0 Republic of Ireland
Wi Jong-sim 73'
Kim Ryu-song 85'
Report

Final

Switzerland 1–0 South Korea
Dickenmann 58' Report
Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)[2]

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) North Korea
4 Republic of Ireland
5 Scotland
6 Wales
7 Belgium
8 Austria
9 New Zealand
10 Hungary
11 Italy
12 Czech Republic

References

  1. "Australia set to return to Cyprus Cup in 2017". The Women's Game. 1 November 2016. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. "Árbitra española en la final de la Copa de Chipre". Comité Técnico de Árbitros de la RFEF. 7 March 2017.
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