2015 Cyprus Women's Cup

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

2015 Cyprus Women's 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)	Kim Little (5 goals)
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Venues

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

Squads

Main article: 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup squads

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

4 March 2015

14:30

South Korea	1–2	Italy
Ji So-yun 7'	Report	Bonansea 5' Guagni 57'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

4 March 2015

17:30

Scotland	0–2	Canada
	Report	Fleming 4' Sinclair 55'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

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6 March 2015

14:30

Canada	1–0	South Korea
Sinclair 57'	Report

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

6 March 2015

17:30

Italy	3–2	Scotland
Girelli 18', 67' Tarenzi 55'	Report	Mitchell 69' Little 80'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

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9 March 2015

14:30

Italy	0–1	Canada
	Report	Chapman 50'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

9 March 2015

14:30

Scotland	2–1	South Korea
Little 16' (pen.) Murray 89'	Report	Yeo Min-ji 34'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

4 March 2015

14:30

Finland	1–3	England
Saari 89' (pen.)	Report	Sanderson 21' Aluko 66' Clarke 83'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

4 March 2015

17:30

Netherlands	0–1	Australia
	Report	Crummer 73'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

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6 March 2015

14:30

Finland	0–0	Netherlands
	Report

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

6 March 2015

17:30

Australia	0–3	England
	Report	Taylor 8', 17', 83'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

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9 March 2015

17:30

Netherlands	1–1	England
Miedema 19'	Report	Aluko 43'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

9 March 2015

17:30

Australia	3–0	Finland
Gill 29' Sykes 77' Van Egmond 89'	report

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

4 March 2015

14:30

Mexico	2–0	South Africa
Corral 53' Mayor 69'	Report

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

4 March 2015

17:30

Czech Republic	2–2	Belgium
Voňková 17' I. Martínková 71'	Report	Daniels 53' Wullaert 79'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

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6 March 2015

14:30

Belgium	0–1	South Africa
	Report	Seoposenwe 21'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

6 March 2015

17:30

Czech Republic	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Noyola 63'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

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9 March 2015

14:30

South Africa	0–1	Czech Republic
	Report	Chlastáková 67'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

9 March 2015

17:30

Mexico	0–0	Belgium
	Report

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Knockout stage

Eleventh place match

11 March 2015

11:00

South Korea	1–1	Belgium
Yoo Young-a 67'	Report	Daniëls 49'
Penalties
	5–3

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Ninth place match

11 March 2015

12:00

Finland	2–1	South Africa
Kempi 7' Westerlund 30'	Report	Seoposenwe 63'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Seventh place match

11 March 2015

13:00

Scotland	3–1	Netherlands
Little 17', 55', 90+1'	Report	Hoogendijk 70'

Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca

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'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Third place match

11 March 2015

14:00

Italy	2–3	Mexico
Cernoia 53' Guagni 69'	Report	Corral 45' Franco 86' Pérez 87'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Final

11 March 2015

18:30

Canada	0–1	England
	Report	Sanderson 67'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Final standings

Rank	Team
	England
	Canada
	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

• Kim Little

3 goals

• Jodie Taylor

2 goals

• Ashleigh Sykes
• Emily van Egmond
• Yana Daniels
• Christine Sinclair
• Eniola Aluko
• Lianne Sanderson
• Cristiana Girelli
• Alia Guagni
• Charlyn Corral
• Jermaine Seoposenwe

1 goal

• Larissa Crummer
• Lisa De Vanna
• Kathryn Gill
• Katrina Gorry
• Michelle Heyman
• Clare Polkinghorne
• Tessa Wullaert
• Candace Chapman
• Jessie Fleming
• Pavla Benýrová
• Jitka Chlastáková
• Irena Martínková
• Lucie Voňková
• Jessica Clarke
• Juliette Kemppi
• Maija Saari
• Anna Westerlund
• Barbara Bonansea
• Valentina Cernoia
• Stefania Tarenzi
• Ji So-yun
• Yeo Min-ji
• Yoo Young-a
• Yamile Franco
• Stephany Mayor
• Teresa Noyola
• Verónica Pérez
• Anouk Hoogendijk
• Vivianne Miedema
• Emma Mitchell
• Christie Murray