2015 Cyprus Cup

2015 Cyprus Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Cyprus
Dates 4–11 March
Teams 12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) 4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  England (3rd title)
Runners-up  Canada
Third place  Mexico
Fourth place  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 60 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Scotland Kim Little
(5 goals)

The 2015 Cyprus Cup was the eighth edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place from 4–11 March 2015.

Venues

Stadium City Capacity
GSP Stadium Nicosia 22,859
GSZ Stadium Larnaca 13,032
Paralimni Stadium Paralimni 5,800
Ammochostos Stadium Larnaca 5,500

Group stage

Teams were placed into three groups of four.[1][2] New Zealand were originally drawn in Group C, but later withdrew and were replaced by South Africa.[3]

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:[4]

  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

Group A

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9
 Italy 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 3
 South Korea 3 0 0 3 2 5 3 0

4 March 2015
14:30
South Korea  1–2  Italy
Ji So-yun  7' Report Bonansea  5'
Guagni  57'

4 March 2015
17:30
Scotland  0–2  Canada
Report Fleming  4'
Sinclair  55'

6 March 2015
14:30
Canada  1–0  South Korea
Sinclair  57' Report

6 March 2015
17:30
Italy  3–2  Scotland
Girelli  18', 67'
Tarenzi  55'
Report Mitchell  69'
Little  80'

9 March 2015
14:30
Italy  0–1  Canada
Report Chapman  50'

9 March 2015
14:30
Scotland  2–1  South Korea
Little  16' (pen.)
Murray  89'
Report Yeo Min-ji  34'

Group B

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 England 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
 Australia 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Netherlands 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 2
 Finland 3 0 1 2 1 6 5 1

4 March 2015
14:30
Finland  1–3  England
Saari  89' (pen.) Report Sanderson  21'
Aluko  66'
Clarke  83'

4 March 2015
17:30
Netherlands  0–1  Australia
Report Crummer  73'

6 March 2015
14:30
Finland  0–0  Netherlands
Report

6 March 2015
17:30
Australia  0–3  England
Report Taylor  8', 17', 83'

9 March 2015
17:30
Netherlands  1–1  England
Miedema  19' Report Aluko  43'

9 March 2015
17:30
Australia  3–0  Finland
Gill  29'
Sykes  77'
Van Egmond  89'
report

Group C

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Mexico 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 South Africa 3 1 0 2 1 3 2 3
 Belgium 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 2

4 March 2015
14:30
Mexico  2–0  South Africa
Corral  53'
Mayor  69'
Report


9 March 2015
17:30
Mexico  0–0  Belgium
Report

Knockout stage

Eleventh place match

11 March 2015
11:00
South Korea  1–1  Belgium
Yoo Young-a  67' Report Daniels  49'
  Penalties  
5–3

Ninth place match

11 March 2015
12:00
Finland  2–1  South Africa
Kempi  7'
Westerlund  30'
Report Seoposengwe  63'

Seventh place match

11 March 2015
13:00
Scotland  3–1  Netherlands
Little  17', 55', 90+1' Report Hoogendijk  70'

Fifth place match

11 March 2015
14:00
Australia  6–2  Czech Republic
Gorry  8'
Van Egmond  15'
De Vanna  34'
Heyman  54'
Polkinghorne  85'
Sykes  86'
Report Benýrová  8', 63'

Third place match

11 March 2015
14:00
Italy  2–3  Mexico
Cernoia  53'
Guagni  69'
Report Corral  45'
Franco  86'
Perez  87'

Final

11 March 2015
18:30
Canada  0–1  England
Report Sanderson  67'

Final standings

Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s) England
2nd, silver medalist(s) Canada
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Mexico
4 Italy
5 Australia
6 Czech Republic
7 Scotland
8 Netherlands
9 Finland
10 South Africa
11 South Korea
12 Belgium

Goalscorers

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

External links

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