2012 Cyprus Women's Cup

2012 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Cyprus
Dates	28 February – 6 March 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 ; (5 goals)
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The 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup was the fifth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between 28 February – 6 March 2012.^[1]

Format[edit]

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 number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.

Venues[edit]

Games were played in five host stadiums in four cities.^[2]

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[edit]

Listed are the confirmed teams.^[3]

Group stage[edit]

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

Group A[edit]

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 February 2012

14:30

France	3–0	Switzerland
Delie 5' Thiney 18' Bompastor 38' (pen.)	Report

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 20

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

28 February 2012

17:30

England	3–1	Finland
Smith 36' (pen.), 88' (pen.) Carney 50'	Report	Tolvanen 8'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

1 March 2012

14:30

Switzerland	0–1	England
	Report	Williams 77'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

1 March 2012

17:30

Finland	1–2	France
Sällström 63'	Report	Le Sommer 35' Renard 71'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

4 March 2012

17:30

England	0–3	France
	Report	Nécib 14' Delie 49' Thiney 80'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

4 March 2012

17:30

Finland	3–1	Switzerland
Sällström 25', 33', 47'	Report	Crnogorčević 58'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)

Group B[edit]

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 February 2012

14:30

Netherlands	2–1	Italy
Melis 53' Martens 61'	Report	Panico 39'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Attendance: 15

Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

28 February 2012