2019 Cup of Nations

The 2019 Cup of Nations was the first edition of the Cup of Nations, an international women's football tournament, held in Australia from 28 February to 6 March 2019. It consisted of a single match round-robin tournament and featured four teams.^[1]

2019 Cup of Nations

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	28 February – 6 March
Teams	4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	19 (3.17 per match)
Attendance	24,159 (4,027 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ji So-yun (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Ji So-yun
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Australia won the inaugural tournament.

Teams

Team	FIFA Rankings (December 2018)
Australia	6
South Korea	14
New Zealand	19
Argentina	36

Squads

Main article: 2019 Cup of Nations squads

Venues

Three cities were used as venues for the tournament.^[1]

Jubilee Oval was the originally announced venue for the Sydney matches, but it was changed to Leichhardt Oval due to poor pitch conditions.

Sydney	Brisbane	Melbourne
Leichhardt Oval	Suncorp Stadium	AAMI Park
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 52,500	Capacity: 30,050
Sydney Brisbane Melbourne

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Australia (H, C)	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: ^[1]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

All times are local (AEDT in Sydney and Melbourne, AEST in Brisbane).

Fixtures

Argentina	0–5	South Korea
	Report Summary	Moon Mi-ra 4' Son Hwa-yeon 53' Lee So-dam 56' Ji So-yun 68', 75'

28 February 2019

16:35 AEDT

Leichhardt Oval, Sydney

Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Australia	2–0	New Zealand
Gielnik 44' Raso 75'	Report Summary

28 February 2019

19:30 AEDT

Leichhardt Oval, Sydney

Attendance: 6,805

Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)

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Argentina	0–2	New Zealand
	Report Summary	Rood 50' Bott 70'

3 March 2019

15:05 AEST

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

Australia	4–1	South Korea
Kerr 6' (pen.), 45+1' De Vanna 36' Gielnik 81'	Report Summary	Ji So-yun 12'

3 March 2019

18:00 AEST

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 10,520

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South Korea	2–0	New Zealand
Ji So-yun 74' Moon Mi-ra 87'	Report Summary

6 March 2019

15:05 AEDT

AAMI Park, Melbourne

Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)

Australia	3–0	Argentina
Kerr 4' Kennedy 33' Foord 90+4' (pen.)	Report Summary

6 March 2019

18:00 AEDT

AAMI Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 6,834

Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)

Goalscorers

There have been 19 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.

4 goals

• Ji So-yun

3 goals

• Samantha Kerr

2 goals

• Emily Gielnik
• Moon Mi-ra

1 goal

• Alanna Kennedy
• Caitlin Foord
• Hayley Raso
• Lisa De Vanna
• CJ Bott
• Katie Rood
• Lee So-dam
• Son Hwa-yeon

Broadcasters

Australia & New Zealand

Country	Broadcaster	Summary	Ref
Australia (host)	Fox Sports	All 6 matches live, also available on MyFootball and Kayo Sports.	[2]
	SBS	3 Matildas matches only, 2 live on Viceland, 1 on delay.
New Zealand	Sky Sport	All 6 matches exclusively live.

Rest of the world

Country/Region	Broadcaster	Summary
International	YouTube	All 6 matches exclusively live and free on MyFootball channel.
South Korea	SBS	Taegeuk Nangja vs Matildas only, live on Sport channel also available on Naver.[3]