2016_Cyprus_Women's_Cup
2016 Cyprus Women's Cup
International football competition
The 2016 Cyprus Women's Cup was the ninth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. After being initially canceled due to schedule conflicts with both UEFA and AFC qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 SheBelieves Cup leaving many of the prior year's participants, including reigning champions England, unable to attend,[1] the tournament was rescheduled with the Football Association of Finland as tournament organizers and a scaled-down field of eight national teams.[2]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Cyprus |
| Dates | 2–9 March |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Austria (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Poland |
| Third place |  Italy |
| Fourth place |  Czech Republic |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 35 (2.19 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Nina Burger Lucie Voňková (3 goals) |
← 2015 2017 → | |
Austria defeated Poland in a final between two first-time participants in the Cyprus Cup.
The tournament consisted of a group stage held over three match days followed by a single day of classification matches to determine the final standings.
For the group stage, the eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. Each group played a round-robin tournament with each team playing one match against each other team in its group.
The classification day then had four matches: a first place match between the group winners, a third place match between the runners-up, a fifth place match between the third-placed teams, and a seventh place match between the bottom teams.
Tie-breaking criteria
For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:[3]
- number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
- goal difference in all the group matches
- number of goals scored in all the group matches
- drawing of lots
| Stadium | City | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| GSZ Stadium | Larnaca | 13,032 |
| Paralimni Stadium | Paralimni | 5,800 |
| Anagennisi Stadium | Deryneia | 4,500 |
| Team | FIFA Rankings (December 2015) |
|---|---|
| Italy | 13 |
 Finland | 24 |
| Austria | 27 |
| Poland | 31 |
 Republic of Ireland | 32 |
| Czech Republic | 33 |
 Wales | 36 |
 Hungary | 42 |
For the first time in Cyprus Cup history, all participants were from UEFA. Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Wales all made their first appearance in the tournament. Also for the first time, Finland was named "host nation" as the Football Association of Finland organized the tournament.[4] Prior co-organisers the Netherlands were instead hosting the 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, England instead competed in the 2016 SheBelieves Cup, and Scotland were controversially kept away by their performance director Brian McClair, who preferred to play a single friendly against Spain in Falkirk.[5]
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
| Italy |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
| Hungary |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| Republic of Ireland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | 0–1 | Hungary |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Szabó  76' |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| Czech Republic |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| Wales |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| Finland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| Finland | 1–3 | Czech Republic |
|---|---|---|
| Danielsson 60' |
Report | Necidová 2' Voňková 10', 18' |
Seventh place match
| Republic of Ireland | 2–0 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| Littlejohn 3' (pen.) Quinn 13' |
Report |
Fifth place match
Third place match
Final
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | Austria |
 | Poland |
 | Italy |
| 4 | Czech Republic |
| 5 | Hungary |
| 6 | Wales |
| 7 | Republic of Ireland |
| 8 | Finland |
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Nicole Billa- Katharina Schiechtl
- Sarah Zadrazil
Jenny Danielsson- Adelina Engman
- Maija Saari
Henrietta Csiszár- Viktória Szabó
- Fanny Vágó
- Bernadett Zágor
Barbara Bonansea- Marta Carissimi
- Melania Gabbiadini
- Cristiana Girelli
- Alia Guagni
- Daniela Sabatino
Silvana Chojnowski- Ewelina Kamczyk
- Ewa Pajor
- Martyna Wiankowska
Ruesha Littlejohn- Katie McCabe
- Louise Quinn
Chloe Chivers- Charlie Estcourt
- Kayleigh Green
- Helen Ward
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- "Cyprus Cup To Go Ahead?". shekicks.net. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- "Cyprus Women's Cup 2016". Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- Campbell, Alan (13 March 2016). "Alan Campbell on women's football: Staying at home a missed opportunity for Scots". The Herald (Glasgow). Retrieved 19 March 2016.