2008 Cyprus Women's Cup

May 2026 5–12 March 2008 6 3 5 4 Canada 1 20 United States (U20) Japan Netherlands 12 37 CAN Christine Sinclair (5 goals) 2009 The 2008 Cyprus Women's Cup was the inaugural edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. Six national teams, including five senior teams and one youth team, were invited: Canada, Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Scotland, and the United States U-20 teamhttps://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-cypcup08.html Cyprus Women's Cup RSSSF 24 May 2014 (the United States senior team competed in the concurrent 2008 Algarve Cup).http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/13/50/u-s-wnt-one-day-away-from-algarve-cup-opener-against-china U.S. WNT One Day Away From Algarve Cup Opener Against China 4 Mar 2008 U.S. Soccer Federation 23 May 2014 Canada defeated the United States U-20 team in the final. Format 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 six teams were split into two groups of three teams. Each group played a round-robin tournament with each team playing one match against each other team in its group. In addition, on each group stage match day, one team from each group did not have a round-robin group match; these two teams played an exhibition match that was not counted towards the group stage standings.http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/11/25/u-s-under-20-women-will-travel-to-cyprus-for-tournament-against-full-womens-national-teams U.S. Under-20 Women Will Travel to Cyprus for Tournament Against Full Women's National Teams 25 Feb 2008 U.S. Soccer Federation 23 May 2014 The classification day then had three matches: a first place match between the group winners, a third place match between the runners-up, and a fifth place match between the bottom teams. Group stage Group A main WDL Group A Q n USA 20 USA NED NED SCO SCO 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 complete 5 March 2008 20 USA 2–1 Report SCO Enyeart 27O'Hara 32 Grant 87 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 7 March 2008 SCO 0–1 NED Stevens 49 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni 10 March 2008 NED 0–2 20 USA O'Hara 32Enyeart 90+1 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca Group B main WDL Group B Q n CAN CAN JPN JPN RUS RUS 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 2 2 5 complete 5 March 2008 CAN 2–1 RUS Armstrong 8Lang 50 Barbashina 18 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni 7 March 2008 JPN 0–3 CAN Sinclair 22 pen. 42 80 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 10 March 2008 RUS 1–3 JPN Truntaeva 37 Sakaguchi 28Ohno 51Utsugi 57 Dasaki Stadium, Achna Exhibition Matches 5 March 2008 JPN 3–1 NED Nagasato 35 pen.Sato 69Goto 70 pen. Stevens 56 Alpha Sports Center, Larnaca 7 March 2008 RUS 2–0 20 USA Mokshanova 46Rogova 69 Alpha Sports Center, Larnaca 10 March 2008 SCO 2–0 CAN Love 67Hamill 80 Alpha Sports Center, Larnaca Placement matches Fifth place match 12 March 2008 RUS 3–2 SCO Morozova 13 57Truntaeva 85 Little 21Thomson 87 GSP Stadium, Nicosia Third place match 12 March 2008 NED 1–2 JPN van Eyck 18 Nagasato 23Utsugi 90 GSP Stadium, Nicosia Final 12 March 2008 CAN 3–2 Report 20 USA Sinclair 10 37Filigno 22 Steinbruch 75 86 GSP Stadium, Nicosia Champion fbw 2008 Cyprus Cup CAN First Goalscorers 5 goals CAN Christine Sinclair 2 goals 22em JPN Yuki Nagasato JPN Rumi Utsugi NED Karin Stevens RUS Elena Morozova RUS Olesya Truntaeva USA Michelle Enyeart USA Kelley O'Hara USA Brittney Steinbruch 1 goal 22em CAN Julie Armstrong CAN Jonelle Filigno CAN Kara Lang JPN Michi Goto JPN Shinobu Ohno JPN Mizuho Sakaguchi JPN Eriko Sato NED Nangila van Eyck RUS Natalia Barbashina RUS Natalia Mokshanova RUS Alla Rogova SCO Suzanne Grant SCO Pauline Hamill SCO Kim Little SCO Joanne Love SCO Hollie Thomson References 2008 Cyprus Cup Category:2008 in European women's international football