International Women's Club Championship

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Nestle Cup International Women's Club Championship
Founded2012
RegionInternational
Number of teams6
Current championsBrazil São José (1st title)
Most successful club(s)France Olympique Lyonnais
Japan INAC Kobe Leonessa
Brazil São José (1 title each)
Websiteiwcchampionship.com (in Japanese)

The International Women's Club Championship (IWCC), previously named the mobcast Cup and the Nestlé Cup for sponsorship reasons,[1] was an international association football knockout cup competition contested by women's champion clubs. It was organised by the Japan Football Association and the Nadeshiko League.[2] The first International Women's Club Championship took place in Japan in November 2012 with participation from four teams; Olympique Lyonnais (Europe), Canberra United (Australia), INAC Kobe Leonessa (Japan) and NTV Beleza (cup winner, Japan).[3] The holders are São José, who beat Arsenal Ladies 2–0 in the 2014 final.

The Nadeshiko League's senior executive announced in October 2012 that they intended to run the competition for three years and expand to include more champions, such as the South American Copa Libertadores winner.[4] It was envisaged that International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the sport's global governing body, would ultimately endorse the tournament as the female equivalent of the FIFA Club World Cup.[5]

Results[edit]

Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
2012
details 		Japan
Japan 		France
Olympique Lyonnais 		2–1
(a.e.t.) 		Japan
INAC Kobe Leonessa 		Japan
NTV Beleza 		4–3 Australia
Canberra United 		4
2013
details 		Japan
Japan 		Japan
INAC Kobe Leonessa 		4–2 England
Chelsea 		Australia
Sydney FC 		3–3
4–2 (p) 		Chile
Colo Colo 		5
2014
details 		Japan
Japan 		Brazil
São José 		2–0 England
Arsenal 		Japan
Urawa Red Diamonds 		4–0 Japan
Okayama Yunogo Belle 		6

Honours[edit]

Year Most Valuable
Player 		Most Impressive
Player 		Top Goalscorer
2012 France Corine Franco South Korea Ji So-yun Switzerland Lara Dickenmann
United States Beverly Goebel-Yanez
Japan Azusa Iwashimizu
Japan Asano Nagasato
2013 United States Beverly Goebel-Yanez
Chile Francisca Lara
Japan Emi Nakajima
Australia Renee Rollason
2014 Japan Saori Arimachi
Japan Chinatsu Kira
Japan Manami Nakano
Japan Shinobu Ohno

Prize money[edit]

The winners earned $60,000 out of a total purse of $100,000.[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "International Women's Club Championship 2014". Full Bloom Guidebook. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. ^ Kessel, Anna (29 November 2013). "Chelsea Ladies anticipate 'mind-blowing' reception in Japan for IWCC". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Women's round-up: November 2012". FIFA. 30 November 2012. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  4. ^ a b International women’s club championship set for November Japan Football Association, Oct 18, 2012, viewed Nov. 23, 2012
  5. ^ "１１月に国際女子クラブ選手権初開催！日テレなど参加 (International Women's Club Championship will be first held in November! NTV etc. participate)" (in Japanese). Japan. Sports Nippon. 2012-10-17. Retrieved November 25, 2012.

External links[edit]

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