2018 Cyprus Women's Cup

The 2018 Cyprus Cup was the eleventh edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place from 28 February to 7 March 2018.^[1]

2018 Cyprus Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Cyprus
Dates	28 February – 7 March
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	North Korea
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	51 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tereza Kožárová Emmi Alanen Cristiana Girelli (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Thembi Kgatlana
← 2017 2019 →

Spain won the title for the first time after defeating Italy 2–0 in the final.^[2]

Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups to play a round-robin tournament.

Points awarded in the group stage follow 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 determine the higher place.

1st place match: Winners of Groups A and B.
3rd place match: Winner of Group C and best runner-up from Groups A and B.
5th place match: Runner-up in Group C and second-best runner-up from Groups A and B.
7th place match: Third-place teams in Groups A and B.
9th place match: Third-place team in Group C and best fourth-place team from Groups A and B.
11th place match: Fourth-place team in Group C and second-best fourth-place team from Groups A and B.

Venues

Stadium[1]	City	Capacity
GSZ Stadium	Larnaca	13,032
AEK Arena	Larnaca	7,400
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium	Larnaca	10,230
Ammochostos Stadium	Larnaca	5,500
Tasos Markos Stadium	Paralimni	5,800
GSP Stadium	Nicosia	22,859

Teams

Team[1]	FIFA Rankings[3] (December 2017)
North Korea	11
Spain	13
Italy	17
Switzerland	17
Austria	21
Belgium	22
Finland	28
Czech Republic	34
Wales	35
Hungary	43
Slovakia	47
South Africa	54

Squads

Main article: 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup squads

Group stage

The groups and schedule were announced on 18 January 2018.^[1][4]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
2	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Wales	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	4
4	Finland	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: Cypruswomenscup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Finland	0–1	Wales
	Report	Green 56'

28 February 2018

13:00

Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca

Italy	3–0	Switzerland
Bonansea 4' Bergamaschi 33' Girelli 87'	Report

28 February 2018

18:00

Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca

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Wales	0–3	Italy
	Report	Girelli 18', 44' Adami 86'

2 March 2018

13:00

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Switzerland	4–0	Finland
Lehmann 17' Widmer 52' Crnogorčević 68' Bernauer 77'	Report

2 March 2018

18:00

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

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Finland	2–2	Italy
Alanen 25' (pen.), 50' (pen.)	Report	Giacinti 28' Giugliano 86' (pen.)

5 March 2018

13:00

AEK Arena, Larnaca

Switzerland	0–0	Wales
	Report

5 March 2018

13:00

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
2	Belgium	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Austria	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

Source: Cypruswomenscup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Belgium	1–2	Czech Republic
De Caigny 76'	Report	Svitková 15' Kožárová 27'

28 February 2018

13:00

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Austria	0–2	Spain
	Report	García 31' Vilas 76'

28 February 2018

18:00

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovenia)

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Czech Republic	0–2	Austria
	Report	Feiersinger 68', 70'

2 March 2018

13:00

AEK Arena, Larnaca

Spain	0–0	Belgium
	Report

2 March 2018

18:00

AEK Arena, Larnaca

Referee: Florence Guillemin (France)

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Belgium	2–0	Austria
Coryn 36' Jaques 74'	Report

5 March 2018

18:00

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Spain	2–0	Czech Republic
Paredes 29' Putellas 90+3'	Report

5 March 2018

18:00

AEK Arena, Larnaca

Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North Korea	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
2	South Africa	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
3	Slovakia	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Hungary	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: Cypruswomenscup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Slovakia	0–0	South Africa
	Report

28 February 2018

13:00

Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni

Hungary	0–2	North Korea
	Report	Kim Yun-mi 56', 89'

28 February 2018

18:00

Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni

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North Korea	1–0	Slovakia
Kim Phyong-hwa 60'	Report

2 March 2018

13:00

Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni

South Africa	1–0	Hungary
Kgatlana 21'	Report

2 March 2018

18:00

Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni

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South Africa	0–0	North Korea
	Report

5 March 2018

13:00

Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni

Hungary	1–1	Slovakia
Jakabfi 30'	Report	Fischerová 62'

5 March 2018

18:00

Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni

Placement matches

Eleventh place game

Hungary	0–2	Finland
	Report	Sällström 21' Alanen 60'

7 March 2018

11:00

Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni

Ninth place game

Slovakia	2–5	Czech Republic
Hmírová 40' (pen.) Maťavková 81'	Report	Kožárová 6', 64' Dědinová 74' Szewieczková 89' Svitková 90+5'

7 March 2018

11:00

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Seventh place game

Wales	1–1	Austria
Green 86'	Report	Puntigam 13'
Penalties
Green Lawrence James Griffiths Ingle	2–3	Feiersinger Burger Klein Wenninger

7 March 2018

11:00

AEK Arena, Larnaca

Fifth place game

South Africa	1–2	Belgium
Matlou 18'	Report	Wullaert 33' Van Den Abbeele 87'

7 March 2018

15:00

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Third place game

North Korea	2–1	Switzerland
Yu Jong-hui 22' Kim Yun-mi 90+1'	Report	Rinast 90+3'

7 March 2018

14:00

Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni

Final

Italy	0–2	Spain
	Report	Sampedro 50' Guijarro 85'

7 March 2018

18:00

AEK Arena, Larnaca

Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Spain
	Italy
	North Korea
4	Switzerland
5	Belgium
6	South Africa
7	Austria
8	Wales
9	Czech Republic
10	Slovakia
11	Finland
12	Hungary

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Tereza Kožárová
• Emmi Alanen
• Cristiana Girelli
• Kim Yun-mi

2 goals

• Laura Feiersinger
• Kateřina Svitková
• Kayleigh Green

1 goal

• Sarah Puntigam
• Jana Coryn
• Tine De Caigny
• Heleen Jaques
• Nicky Van Den Abbeele
• Tessa Wullaert
• Aneta Dědinová
• Tereza Szewieczková
• Olga Ahtinen
• Zsanett Jakabfi
• Greta Adami
• Valentina Bergamaschi
• Barbara Bonansea
• Valentina Giacinti
• Manuela Giugliano
• Kim Phyong-hwa
• Yu Jong-hui
• Patrícia Fischerová
• Patrícia Hmírová
• Ľudmila Maťavková
• Thembi Kgatlana
• Noko Matlou
• Olga García
• Patricia Guijarro
• Irene Paredes
• Alexia Putellas
• Amanda Sampedro
• Mari Paz Vilas
• Vanessa Bernauer
• Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
• Alisha Lehmann
• Rachel Rinast
• Marilena Widmer