Cyprus International Football Tournament

The Cyprus International Football Tournament was an annual winter association football friendly competition for national teams that takes place in Cyprus. It was traditionally held in February as a friendly tournament since at least 1997, and last played in 2011.^[1] The 2006 tournament was played in two parallel groups.

Cyprus International Football Tournament

Founded	1997
Region	Cyprus (UEFA)
Number of teams	4
Current champions	Ukraine
Most successful team(s)	Romania (3 titles)

History

Of various matches played in February 1995 and 1996 it is not clear whether they were part of a tournament or not (most likely they were just a collection of unrelated friendlies).^[1]

1995

Norway 7–0 Estonia^[2]

Jakobsen ( 4', 73'), Bohinen ( 13', 58'), Brattbakk ( 48', 89'), Halle ( 57')

Cyprus 0–2 Norway^[3]

Leonhardsen ( 21'), Flo ( 24')

Cyprus 3–1 Estonia^[4]

Gogić ( 16'), Engomitis ( 83'), Larkou ( 85')
Reim ( 76' (pen.))

1996

Estonia 0–0 Azerbaijan

Cyprus 1–0 Estonia^[5]

Konstantinou ( 21')

Estonia 2–2 Faroe Islands^[6]

Kristal ( 13'), Rajala ( 45+1')
Johannesen ( 30'), Jarnskor ( 45')

Azerbaijan 3–0 Faroe Islands^[7]

Lychkin ( 10'), Hüseynov ( 23' (pen.)), Qurbanov ( 30')

Winners

Season	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Ref
1997	Poland		Cyprus	[8]
1998	Cyprus	1–0	Slovenia	[9]
1999	Greece	1–0	Belgium	[10]
2000	Cyprus	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Romania	[11]
2001	Romania	3–0	Lithuania	[12]
2002	Czech Republic	4–3	Cyprus	[13]
2003	Russia	4–2	Romania	[14]
2004	Romania	3–0	Hungary	[15]
2005	Finland	2–1	Cyprus	[16]
2006	Greece	2–0	Kazakhstan	[17]
	Romania	2–0	Slovenia	[18]
2007	Bulgaria	3–0	Cyprus	[19]
2008	Apparently not as tournament (see Cyprus Four Nations Football Tournament 2008)			[20]
2009	Ukraine	1–0	Serbia	[21]
2011	Ukraine	1–1 (5–4 pen.)	Sweden	[22]