2013 Cyprus Women's Cup

The 2013 Cyprus Women's Cup was the sixth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between 3–14 March 2013.^[1]

2013 Cyprus Women's Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Cyprus
Dates	3–14 March 2013
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	England (2nd title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	63 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ellen White Sanna Talonen (3 goals)
← 2012 2014 →

Defending champions France cancelled their participation just after the UEFA Euro 2013 draw, because of too many European opponents in the tournament.^[2] The tournament was won by England.^[3]

Format

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

Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are 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 third place team from Groups A and B for fifth, with the Group C runner-up facing the other third place team for seventh. Group C's third place team faced the better fourth place team of Groups A and B, while the other two fourth 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

The games were played in 3 host stadiums in 3 cities.^[4]

Larnaca

Nicosia

Paralimni

Host cities

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

Teams

Listed are the confirmed teams.^[1]

The only debutant is the Republic of Ireland.^[5]

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

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	11	7	+4	7
New Zealand	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Scotland	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
Italy	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

New Zealand	1–0	Scotland
Hearn 26'

6 March 2013

14:30

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

England	4–2	Italy
Nobbs 8' Houghton 30' Clarke 33' E. White 84'	Report	Camporese 17', 27'

6 March 2013

17:30

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

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New Zealand	2–0	Italy
Wilkinson 65' Green 71'	Report

8 March 2013

14:30

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Scotland	4–4	England
Evans 18' Ross 49' Little 51' Mitchell 83'	Report	E. White 40' Duggan 45+1' Williams 74' Smith 78'

8 March 2013

17:30

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

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England	3–1	New Zealand
White 71' Aluko 72' Duggan 90'		Hearn 7'

11 March 2013

14:30

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Italy	1–2	Scotland
Gama 75'	Report	J.Ross 17' Jones 63'

11 March 2013

14:30

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Group B

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Canada	2–0	Switzerland
Schmidt 2' Matheson 79'	Report

6 March 2013

14:30

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Attendance: 50

Referee: Christina Husballe (Denmark)

Finland	1–1	Netherlands
Talonen 36'	Report (Palloliitto) Report (OnsOranje)	van de Donk 83'

6 March 2013

17:30

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

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Switzerland	1–1	Netherlands
Bachmann 24'	Report (SFV) Report (KNVB)	Martens 12'

8 March 2013

14:30

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Finland	1–2	Canada
Alanen 6'	Report	Filigno 29' Sinclair 37' (pen.)

8 March 2013

17:30

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

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Finland	2–3	Switzerland
Saari 17' Talonen 25'	Report	Bachmann 1' Dickenmann 45' Bernauer 63'

11 March 2013

17:30

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Referee: Rhona Dhaly (Republic of Ireland)

Netherlands	0–1	Canada
	Report	Sinclair 43'

11 March 2013

17:30

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
South Korea	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
South Africa	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Northern Ireland	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

South Korea	2–0	South Africa
Ji So-yun 10' Lee Geum-min 55'	Report

6 March 2013

14:30

Tasos Markou, Paralimni

Republic of Ireland	5–1	Northern Ireland
Caldwell 11' Quinn 27' Campbell 71' Smyth 77' Littlejohn 90'	Report	McShane 60'

6 March 2013

17:30

Tasos Markou, Paralimni

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Republic of Ireland	1–0	South Africa
O'Gorman 52'	Report

8 March 2013

14:30

Tasos Markou, Paralimni

South Korea	3–0	Northern Ireland
Ji So-yun 11' Kim Sang-eun 63' Lee Eun-mi 68'	Report

8 March 2013

17:30

Tasos Markou, Paralimni

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South Africa	2–1	Northern Ireland
Moodaly 65' Seoposenwe 68'	Report	Shepherd 85'

11 March 2013

14:30

Tasos Markou, Paralimni

South Korea	0–0	Republic of Ireland
	Report (KFA) Report (ET)

11 March 2013

17:30

Tasos Markou, Paralimni

Knockout stage

Eleventh place match

South Africa	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Northern Ireland
Skiti 89'	Report	Nelson 2'
Penalties
	5–4

13 March 2013

Ninth place match

South Korea	0–1	Italy
	Report (KFA) Report (FIGC)	Bonansea 56'

13 March 2013

Seventh place match

Republic of Ireland	0–1	Finland
		Talonen 20'

13 March 2013

Fifth place match

Scotland	1–0	Netherlands
Little 29'	Report

13 March 2013

Third place match

New Zealand	2–1	Switzerland
Hassett 85' Wilkinson 87'	Report	Crnogorčević 23'

13 March 2013

Referee: Barbara Bollenberger (Austria)

Final

England	1–0	Canada
Yankey 70'	Report

13 March 2013

Champion

2013 Cyprus Cup
England Second title

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Ellen White
• Sanna Talonen

2 goals

• Christine Sinclair
• Toni Duggan
• Elisa Camporese
• Amber Hearn
• Hannah Wilkinson
• Kim Little
• Jane Ross
• Ji So-yun
• Ramona Bachmann

1 goal

• Jonelle Filigno
• Diana Matheson
• Sophie Schmidt
• Eniola Aluko
• Jessica Clarke
• Steph Houghton
• Jordan Nobbs
• Kelly Smith
• Rachel Williams
• Rachel Yankey
• Emmi Alanen
• Maija Saari
• Barbara Bonansea
• Sara Gama
• Daniëlle van de Donk
• Lieke Martens
• Anna Green
• Betsy Hassett
• Alana McShane
• Julie Nelson
• Lynda Shepherd
• Diane Caldwell
• Megan Campbell
• Ruesha Littlejohn
• Áine O'Gorman
• Louise Quinn
• Shannon Smyth
• Lisa Evans
• Rhonda Jones
• Emma Mitchell
• Robyn Moodaly
• Jermaine Seoposenwe
• Nocane Skiti
• Lee Geum-min
• Lee Eun-mi
• Kim Sang-eun
• Vanessa Bernauer
• Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
• Lara Dickenmann