2018 Turkish Women's Cup

The 2018 Turkish Women's Cup was the second edition of the Turkish Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Turkey. It took place from 27 February to 7 March 2018.^[1]

2018 Turkish Women's Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Dates	27 February 2018 (2018-02-27)– 7 March 2018 (2018-03-07)
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France B
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Ukraine
Fourth place	Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	58 (2.9 per match)
Attendance	2,050 (103 per match)
← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 7 March 2018.

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.

Teams

Team	FIFA Rankings[2] (December 2017)
Mexico	26
Ukraine	27
Poland	30
Romania	39
Jordan	50
Northern Ireland	55
Kazakhstan	67
Latvia	82
Kosovo	97
France B	—

Squads

Kosovo

Kosovo[3]

Coach: Afërdita Fazlija No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Florentina Kolgeci (2000-10-30)30 October 2000 (aged 17) 9 0 Mitrovica 1GK Besarta Leci (1993-10-14)14 October 1993 (aged 24) 3 0 VfL Sindelfingen 1GK Diellza Musa (1997-11-29)29 November 1997 (aged 20) 1 0 Hajvalia 2DF Liridona Syla (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 32) 8 0 Mitrovica 2DF Fjolla Shala (1993-03-20)20 March 1993 (aged 24) 5 0 Breiðablik 2DF Valentina Tërnava (2001-01-06)6 January 2001 (aged 17) 2 0 Kosova (P) 2DF Gjenifer Pjetri (2001-04-22)22 April 2001 (aged 16) 2 0 Dukagjini 2DF Endrina ElezajGUE (1997-01-02)2 January 1997 (aged 21) 0 0 Mitrovica 3MF Blerta Shala (1998-12-03)3 December 1998 (aged 19) 11 1 Mitrovica 3MF Edona Kryeziu (1995-10-03)3 October 1995 (aged 22) 11 0 Mitrovica 3MF Feride Kastrati (1993-05-23)23 May 1993 (aged 24) 10 0 Hajvalia 3MF Qendresa Bajra (1992-05-11)11 May 1992 (aged 25) 9 1 Mitrovica 3MF Ilirjana Vllasaliu (1999-06-16)16 June 1999 (aged 18) 5 0 IFK Värnamo 3MF Gresa Berisha (1998-04-26)26 April 1998 (aged 19) 4 0 Mitrovica 3MF Verona Berisha (2000-04-05)5 April 2000 (aged 17) 3 0 Kosova (P) 3MF Rina Arifi (2000-07-29)29 July 2000 (aged 17) 0 0 Hoger Op Wolvertem 4FW Valentina Limani (1997-02-02)2 February 1997 (aged 21) 11 1 1. FFC Frankfurt 4FW Agnesa Rexha (1994-10-04)4 October 1994 (aged 23) 10 2 Mitrovica 4FW Kaltrina Biqkaj (2000-08-05)5 August 2000 (aged 17) 10 1 Intelektualet 4FW Mirela Jakupi (2000-01-16)16 January 2000 (aged 18) 5 2 Aïre-le-Lignon 4FW Leonora Ejupi (2000-02-07)7 February 2000 (aged 18) 4 0 Warendorf 4FW Besjana Reçica (1996-04-13)13 April 1996 (aged 21) 3 0 1.FFC Recklinghausen 2003 4FW Leutrime Bushati (1993-07-18)18 July 1993 (aged 24) 1 0 Kloten Notes GUE = Guest player.

Group stage

The groups and schedule were announced on 22 February 2018.^[4]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
3	Jordan	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Latvia	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

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

28 February 2018

11:00

Poland	2–0	Jordan
Guściora 51' Wiankowska 65'

Alanya

Attendance: 50

Referee: Sturmilov Andrei

28 February 2018

16:00

Mexico	5–0	Latvia
Corral 3', 30' Mayor 27' Nieto 71' Gómez-Junco 90+3'

Alanya

Attendance: 50

Referee: Berladean Vasile

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2 March 2018

11:00

Latvia	0–2	Poland
		Winczo 71' Grabowska 87'

Side, Turkey

Attendance: 100

Referee: Bosca Igor

2 March 2018

16:00

Jordan	1–5	Mexico
Al-Masri 27'		Cuéllar 25' Johnson 63' Corral 67' Mayor 73', 83'

Alanya

Attendance: 70

Referee: Berladean Vasile

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4 March 2018

11:00

Jordan	3–2	Latvia
Al-Naber 3' Jbarah 38' Jebreen 88'		Fjodorova 57' Giržda 89'

Side, Turkey

Attendance: 100

Referee: Sturmilov Andrei

4 March 2018

15:00

Mexico	1–0	Poland
Johnson 89'

Alanya

Attendance: 100

Referee: Berladean Vasile

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	France B	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9
2	Kosovo	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1
3	Kazakhstan	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1

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

28 February 2018

13:00

France	6–0	Kosovo
Tolmais 3', 37' Lavogez 12' Cascarino 42' Clérac 74' Nadjim 85'

Alanya

Attendance: 100

Referee: Bosca Igor

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2 March 2018

10:00

Kazakhstan	0–6	France
		Nadjim 18' Dali 31', 50' Thomas 54' Butel 67' Tolmais 89'

Alanya

Attendance: 50

Referee: Leu Stanislav

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4 March 2018

15:00

Kosovo	1–1	Kazakhstan
Jakupi 65'		Kirgizbayeva 71'

Side, Turkey

Attendance: 70

Referee: Sturmilov Andrei

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
2	Northern Ireland	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Romania	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2

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

28 February 2018

15:00

Ukraine	0–0	Romania

Side, Turkey

Attendance: 150

Referee: Leu Stanislav

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2 March 2018

13:00

Romania	1–1	Northern Ireland
Herczeg 62'		Bell 25'

Alanya

Attendance: 100

Referee: Sturmilov Andrei

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4 March 2018

13:00

Ukraine	3–1	Northern Ireland
Kalinina 54', 58' Apanashchenko 68'		McGuinness 65'

Alanya

Attendance: 70

Referee: Leu Stanislav

Additional matches

28 February 2018

11:00

Northern Ireland	2–0	Kazakhstan
McGuinness 4' Wade 18'

Side, Turkey

Attendance: 50

Referee: Leu Stanislav

2 March 2018

15:00

Kosovo	0–2	Ukraine
		Apanashchenko 33' Kravets 45+3'

Side, Turkey

Attendance: 200

Referee: Bosca Igor

4 March 2018

10:00

France	3–0	Romania
Lavogez 15' Cascarino 26' Mateo 40'

Alanya

Attendance: 150

Referee: Bosca Igor

Ranking of teams for placement matches

Rank	Team	Group	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	GF	Qualification
1	France B	B	1	3	9	+15	15	Final
2	Mexico	A	1	3	9	+10	11
3	Ukraine	C	1	3	7	+4	5	Third place game
4	Poland	A	2	3	6	+3	4
5	Northern Ireland	C	2	3	4	0	4	Fifth place game
6	Kosovo	B	2	3	1	−8	1
7	Jordan	A	3	3	3	−5	4	Seventh place game
8	Romania	C	3	3	2	−3	1
9	Kazakhstan	B	3	3	1	−8	1	Ninth place game
10	Latvia	A	4	3	0	−8	2

Placement matches

Ninth place game

6 March 2018

09:00

Kazakhstan	1–2	Latvia
Nurusheva 60'		Voitāne 79', 90'

Side, Turkey

Attendance: 70

Referee: Berladean Vasile

Seventh place game

6 March 2018

09:00

Jordan	1–2	Romania
Jbarah 53'		Carp 9' Voicu 16'

Alanya

Attendance: 50

Referee: Sturmilov Andrei

Fifth place game

6 March 2018

11:00

Northern Ireland	0–1	Kosovo
		Bajra 86'

Side, Turkey

Attendance: 50

Referee: Berladean Vasile

Third place game

6 March 2018

11:00

Poland	0–0	Ukraine
Penalties
	1–3

Alanya

Attendance: 70

Referee: Leu Stanislav

Final

6 March 2018

13:30

France	2–1	Mexico
Cascarino 12' Butel 40'		Ocampo 82'

Alanya Oba Stadium

Attendance: 400

Referee: Bosca Igor

Goalscorers