2012 Cyprus Women's Cup

The 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup was the fifth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between 28 February – 6 March 2012.^[1]

2012 Cyprus Women's Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Cyprus
Dates	28 February – 6 March 2012
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	66 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Linda Sällström (5 goals)
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Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.

Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place. The Group C winner faced the better 3rd place team from Groups A and B for 5th, with the Group C runner-up facing the other third place team for 7th. Group C's third place team faced the better fourth place team of Groups A and B, while the other two 4th place teams play in the 11th place match.

Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.

Venues

Games were played in five host stadiums in four cities.^[2]

Stadium	City	Capacity
GSP Stadium	Nicosia	22,859
GSZ Stadium	Larnaca	13,032
Dasaki Stadium	Achna	7,000
Paralimni Stadium	Paralimni	5,800
Ammochostos Stadium	Larnaca	5,500

Teams

Listed are the confirmed teams.^[3]

•  Canada
•  England
•  Finland
•  France
•  Italy
•  New Zealand
•  Netherlands
•  Northern Ireland
•  Scotland
•  South Africa
•  South Korea
•  Switzerland

Group stage

All times are local (EET/UTC+2).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
England	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Finland	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
Switzerland	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 February 2012

14:30

France	3–0	Switzerland
Delie 5' Thiney 18' Bompastor 38' (pen.)	Report

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 20

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

28 February 2012

17:30

England	3–1	Finland
Smith 36' (pen.), 88' (pen.) Carney 50'	Report	Tolvanen 8'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

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1 March 2012

14:30

Switzerland	0–1	England
	Report	Williams 77'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

1 March 2012

17:30

Finland	1–2	France
Sällström 63'	Report	Le Sommer 35' Renard 71'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

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4 March 2012

17:30

England	0–3	France
	Report	Nécib 14' Delie 49' Thiney 80'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

4 March 2012

17:30

Finland	3–1	Switzerland
Sällström 25', 33', 47'	Report	Crnogorčević 58'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
Italy	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
Scotland	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 February 2012

14:30

Netherlands	2–1	Italy
Melis 53' Martens 61'	Report	Panico 39'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Attendance: 15

Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

28 February 2012

17:30

Canada	5–1	Scotland
Parker 6' Schmidt 36', 51' Sinclair 59' Tancredi 64'	Report	J. Ross 13'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

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1 March 2012

14:30

Scotland	2–1	Netherlands
Van den Berg 24' (o.g.) Lauder 59'	Report	Spitse 24'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

1 March 2012

17:30

Italy	1–2	Canada
Iannella 45+1'	Report	Sinclair 43' Gayle 90+2'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

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4 March 2012

14:30

Italy	2–1	Scotland
Guagni 43' Gabbiadini 69'	Report	L. Ross 67'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

4 March 2012

14:30

Netherlands	0–1	Canada
	Report	Zurrer 84'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
New Zealand	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
South Africa	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Northern Ireland	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 February 2012

14:30

South Korea	2–1	South Africa
Cha Yun-hee 51' Yeo Min-ji 69'	Report	Dlamini 9'

Dasaki Stadium, Achna

28 February 2012

17:30

New Zealand	2–0	Northern Ireland
Hearn 54', 60'	Report

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

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1 March 2012

14:30

Northern Ireland	0–1	South Korea
	Report	Cha Yun-Hee 7'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

1 March 2012

17:30

South Africa	0–0	New Zealand
	Report

Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca

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4 March 2012

14:30

New Zealand	1–1	South Korea
Gregorius 53'	Report	Cha Yun-hee 38'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

4 March 2012

17:30

Northern Ireland	0–2	South Africa
	Report	Ntsibande 48', 78'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Knockout stage

Eleventh place match

6 March 2012

12:00

Switzerland	5–0	Northern Ireland
Crnogorčević 16', 81' Mändly 54' Schwarz 76' Mehmeti 90'

Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca

Ninth place match

6 March 2012

12:00

Scotland	2–0	South Africa
Little 8', 25' (pen.)

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Seventh place match

6 March 2012

14:00

New Zealand	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
Hearn 45+1' (pen.) Gregorius 55'	Report	Smit 35' (pen.), 57'
Penalties
	2–4	Smit Heuver Spitse van de Ven

Dasaki Stadium, Achna

Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

Fifth place match

6 March 2012

14:00

South Korea	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Finland
Cha Yun-hee 56'		Sällström 53'
Penalties
	7–6

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Third place match

6 March 2012

14:30

England	1–3	Italy
Moore 26'		Panico 59' Conti 64' Gabbiandini 86'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Final

6 March 2012

17:30

France	2–0	Canada
Delie 31' Nécib 62' (pen.)

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Champion

2012 Cyprus Cup
France First title

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Linda Sällström

4 goals

• Cha Yun-hee

3 goals

• Ana-Maria Crnogorčević

2 goals

• Sophie Schmidt
• Christine Sinclair
• Kelly Smith
• Louisa Nécib
• Marie-Laure Delie
• Gaëtane Thiney
• Melania Gabbiadini
• Patrizia Panico
• Amber Hearn
• Kim Little
• Nomathemba Ntsibande

1 goal

• Robyn Gayle
• Kelly Parker
• Melissa Tancredi
• Emily Zurrer
• Karen Carney
• Fara Williams
• Jade Moore
• Marianna Tolvanen
• Sonia Bompastor
• Eugénie Le Sommer
• Wendie Renard
• Alia Guagni
• Sandy Iannella
• Pamela Conti
• Lieke Martens
• Manon Melis
• Sherida Spitse
• Sarah Gregorius
• Hayley Lauder
• Jane Ross
• Leanne Ross
• Amanda Dlamini
• Yeo Min-ji
• Jehona Mehmeti
• Sandy Maendly
• Daniela Schwarz

Own goal

• Mandy van den Berg (playing against Scotland)