2015 Cyprus Women's Cup

The 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup was the eighth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place from 4–11 March 2015.

2015 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Cyprus
Dates4–11 March
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions England (3rd title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored60 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Scotland Kim Little
(5 goals)

Venues

Stadium City Capacity
GSP StadiumNicosia22,859
GSZ StadiumLarnaca13,032
Paralimni StadiumParalimni5,800
Ammochostos StadiumLarnaca5,500

Squads

Group stage

Teams were placed into three groups of four.[1][2] New Zealand were originally drawn in Group C, but later withdrew and were replaced by South Africa.[3]

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:[4]

  1. number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
  2. goal difference in all the group matches
  3. number of goals scored in all the group matches
  4. drawing of lots

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9
 Italy 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 3
 South Korea 3 0 0 3 2 5 3 0
Source:
South Korea 1–2 Italy
Ji So-yun 7' Report Bonansea 5'
Guagni 57'
Scotland 0–2 Canada
Report Fleming 4'
Sinclair 55'

Canada 1–0 South Korea
Sinclair 57' Report
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Italy 3–2 Scotland
Girelli 18', 67'
Tarenzi 55'
Report Mitchell 69'
Little 80'
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Italy 0–1 Canada
Report Chapman 50'
Scotland 2–1 South Korea
Little 16' (pen.)
Murray 89'
Report Yeo Min-ji 34'
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
 Australia 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Netherlands 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 2
 Finland 3 0 1 2 1 6 5 1
Source:
Finland 1–3 England
Saari 89' (pen.) Report Sanderson 21'
Aluko 66'
Clarke 83'
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Netherlands 0–1 Australia
Report Crummer 73'
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Finland 0–0 Netherlands
Report
Australia 0–3 England
Report Taylor 8', 17', 83'

Netherlands 1–1 England
Miedema 19' Report Aluko 43'
Australia 3–0 Finland
Gill 29'
Sykes 77'
Van Egmond 89'
report
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 South Africa 3 1 0 2 1 3 2 3
 Belgium 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 2
Source:
Mexico 2–0 South Africa
Corral 53'
Mayor 69'
Report
Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni
Czech Republic 2–2 Belgium
Voňková 17'
I. Martínková 71'
Report Daniels 53'
Wullaert 79'
Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Belgium 0–1 South Africa
Report Seoposenwe 21'
Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni
Czech Republic 0–1 Mexico
Report Noyola 63'
Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

South Africa 0–1 Czech Republic
Report Chlastáková 67'
Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni
Mexico 0–0 Belgium
Report
Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Knockout stage

Eleventh place match

South Korea 1–1 Belgium
Yoo Young-a 67' Report Daniëls 49'
Penalties
5–3
Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Ninth place match

Finland 2–1 South Africa
Kempi 7'
Westerlund 30'
Report Seoposenwe 63'

Seventh place match

Scotland 3–1 Netherlands
Little 17', 55', 90+1' Report Hoogendijk 70'
Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca

Fifth place match

Australia 6–2 Czech Republic
Gorry 8'
Van Egmond 15'
De Vanna 34'
Heyman 54'
Polkinghorne 85'
Sykes 86'
Report Benýrová 8', 63'
Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Third place match

Italy 2–3 Mexico
Cernoia 53'
Guagni 69'
Report Corral 45'
Franco 86'
Pérez 87'
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Final

Canada 0–1 England
Report Sanderson 67'
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) England
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mexico
4 Italy
5 Australia
6 Czech Republic
7 Scotland
8 Netherlands
9 Finland
10 South Africa
11 South Korea
12 Belgium

Goalscorers

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

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