2012 Cyprus Cup

2012 Cyprus Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Cyprus
Dates	February 28 – March 6 2012
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	66 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Linda Sällström (4 goals)
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The 2012 Cyprus Cup was the fifth edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between February 28 – March 6 2012.

Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.

Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place. The Group C winner faced the better 3rd place team from Groups A and B for 5th, with the Group C runner-up facing the other third place team for 7th. Group C's third place team faced the better fourth place team of Groups A and B, while the other two 4th place teams play in the 11th place match.

Points awarded in the group stage followed 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 amount of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.

Venues

Games will be played in 5 host stadiums in 4 cities.

Stadium	City	Capacity
GSP Stadium	Nicosia	22,859
GSZ Stadium	Larnaca	13,032
Dasaki Stadium	Achna	7,000
Paralimni Stadium	Paralimni	5,800
Ammochostos Stadium	Larnaca	5,500

Teams

Listed are the confirmed teams.

• Canada
• England
• Finland
• France

• Italy
• New Zealand
• Netherlands
• Northern Ireland

• Scotland
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Switzerland

Group stage

All times are local (EET/UTC+2).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
England	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Finland	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
Switzerland	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

28 February 2012 14:30	France	3 – 0	Switzerland	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 20 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
	Delie  5' Thiney  18' Bompastor  38' (pen.)	Report

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28 February 2012 17:30	England	3 – 1	Finland	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
	Smith  36' (pen.), 88' (pen.) Carney  50'	Report	Tolvanen  8'

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1 March 2012 14:30	Switzerland	0 – 1	England	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)
		Report	Williams  77'

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1 March 2012 17:30	Finland	1 – 2	France	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
	Sällström  63'	Report	Le Sommer  35' Renard  71'

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4 March 2012 17:30	England	0 – 3	France	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni
		Report	Nécib  14' Delie  49' Thiney  80'

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4 March 2012 17:30	Finland	3 – 1	Switzerland	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)
	Sällström  25', 33', 47'	Report	Crnogorčević  58'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
Italy	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
Scotland	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3

28 February 2012 14:30	Netherlands	2 – 1	Italy	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca Attendance: 15
	Melis  53' Martens  73'	Report	Panico  39'

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28 February 2012 17:30	Canada	5 – 1	Scotland	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
	Parker  6' Schmidt  36', 51' Sinclair  59' Tancredi  64'	Report	J. Ross  13'

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1 March 2012 14:30	Scotland	2 – 1	Netherlands	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
	Van den Berg  24' (o.g.) Lauder  59'	Report	Spitse  24'

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1 March 2012 17:30	Italy	1 – 2	Canada	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
	Iannella  45+1'	Report	Sinclair  43' Gayle  90+2'

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4 March 2012 14:30	Italy	2 – 1	Scotland	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni
	Guagni  43' Gabbiadini  69'	Report	L. Ross  67'

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4 March 2012 14:30	Netherlands	0 – 1	Canada	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni
		Report	Zurrer  84'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
New Zealand	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
South Africa	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Northern Ireland	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

28 February 2012 14:30	South Korea	2 – 1	South Africa	Dasaki Stadium, Achna
	Cha Yun-Hee  51' Yeo Min-Ji  69'	Report	Dlamini  9'

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28 February 2012 17:30	New Zealand	2 – 0	Northern Ireland	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
	Hearn  54', 60'	Report

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1 March 2012 14:30	Northern Ireland	0 – 1	South Korea	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
		Report	Cha Yun-Hee  7'

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1 March 2012 17:30	South Africa	0 – 0	New Zealand	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
		Report

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4 March 2012 14:30	New Zealand	1 – 1	South Korea	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni
	Gregorius  53'	Report	Cha Yun-Hee  38'

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4 March 2012 17:30	Northern Ireland	0 – 2	South Africa	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni
		Report	Ntsibande  48', 78'

Knockout stage

Eleventh place match

6 March 2012 12:00	Switzerland	5 – 0	Northern Ireland	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
	Crnogorčević  16', 81' Mändly  54' Schwarz  76' Mehmeti  90'

Ninth place match

6 March 2012 12:00	Scotland	2 – 0	South Africa	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni
	Little  8', 25' (pen.)

Seventh place match

6 March 2012 14:00	New Zealand	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands	Dasaki Stadium, Achna
	Hearn  45' (pen.) Gregorius  56'		Van de Ven  34' Smit  58'
		Penalties
		2 – 4

Fifth place match

6 March 2012 14:00	South Korea	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Finland	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
	Cha Yun-Hee  56'		Sällström  53'
		Penalties
		7 – 6

Third place match

6 March 2012 14:30	England	1 – 3	Italy	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni
	Moore  26'		Panico  59' Conti  64' Gabbiandini  86'

Final

6 March 2012 17:30	France	2 – 0	Canada	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
	Delie  31' Nécib  62' (pen.)

Champion

2012 Cyprus Cup
France First title

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Linda Sällström

3 goals

• Cha Yun-Hee
• Ana-Maria Crnogorčević

2 goals

• Sophie Schmidt
• Christine Sinclair
• Kelly Smith
• Louisa Nécib

• Marie-Laure Delie
• Gaëtane Thiney
• Melania Gabbiadini
• Patrizia Panico

• Amber Hearn
• Kim Little
• Nomathemba Ntsibande

1 goal

• Robyn Gayle
• Kelly Parker
• Melissa Tancredi
• Emily Zurrer
• Karen Carney
• Fara Williams
• Jade Moore
• Marianna Tolvanen
• Sonia Bompastor

• Eugénie Le Sommer
• Wendie Renard
• Alia Guagni
• Sandy Iannella
• Pamela Conti
• Lieke Martens
• Manon Melis
• Sherida Spitse
• Sarah Gregorius

• Hayley Lauder
• Jane Ross
• Leanne Ross
• Amanda Dlamini
• Yeo Min-Ji
• Jehona Mehmeti
• Sandy Maendly
• Daniela Schwarz

Own goal

• Mandy van den Berg (playing against Scotland)

External links

• Official website