2016 Cyprus Women's Cup

Cyprus Women's Cup 2016 2–9 March 8 1 3 3 AUT 1 POL ITA CZE 16 35 AUT Nina BurgerCZE Lucie Voňková(3 goals) 2015 2017 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,http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14135039.Tournament_cancellation_hits_Scotland_women_s_Euro_2017_preparations/ Tournament cancellation hits Scotland women's Euro 2017 preparations 9 December 2015 heraldscotland.com The Herald 15 April 2016 the tournament was rescheduled with the Football Association of Finland as tournament organizers and a scaled-down field of eight national teams.http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/12538 Cyprus Cup To Go Ahead? 30 December 2015 shekicks.net 15 April 2016 Austria defeated Poland in a final between two first-time participants in the Cyprus Cup. 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 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:Regulations 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 Venues Stadium City Capacity GSZ Stadium Larnaca 13,032 Paralimni Stadium Paralimni 5,800 Anagennisi Stadium Deryneia 4,500 Teams Team FIFA Rankings(December 2015) ITA 13 FIN 24 AUT 27 POL 31 IRL 32 CZE 33 WAL 36 HUN 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.http://www.cypruswomenscup.net/ Cyprus Women's Cup 2016 15 April 2016 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.Campbell Alan Alan Campbell on women's football: Staying at home a missed opportunity for Scots http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14340438.Alan_Campbell_on_women_s_football__Staying_at_home_a_missed_opportunity_for_Scots/ 19 March 2016 The Herald (Glasgow) 13 March 2016 Squads 2016 Cyprus Women's Cup squads Group stage Group A main WDL Group A Q n AUT AUT ITA ITA HUN HUN IRL IRL 2 1 0 4 1 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 4 0 1 2 1 4 complete 2 March 2016 14:30 AUT 2–0 Report IRL Burger 20 54 Anagennisi Stadium, Deryneia 2 March 2016 17:30 HUN 0–2 https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/news/cyprus-cup-buona-la-prima-battuta-l-ungheria-con-i-gol-di-gabbiadini-e-sabatino-1/ ITA Gabbiadini 13Sabatino 24 Anagennisi Stadium, Deryneia 4 March 2016 14:30 AUT 2–1 Report HUN Zadrazil 49Billa 78 Zágor 66 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 4 March 2016 17:30 ITA 1–1 https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/news/cyprus-cup-azzurre-beffate-nel-finale-finisce-1-1-la-sfida-con-la-repubblica-d-irlanda/ IRL Carissimi 85 McCabe 90 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 7 March 2016 14:30 ITA 0–0 https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/news/cyprus-cup-azzurre-fermate-dai-pali-finisce-0-0-con-l-austria-mercoled%C3%AC-in-palio-il-3-posto-1/ AUT GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 7 March 2016 17:30 IRL 0–1 Report HUN Szabó 76 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni Group B main WDL Group B Q n POL POL CZE CZE WAL WAL FIN FIN 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 4 2 0 2 1 3 4 0 1 2 3 6 complete 2 March 2016 14:30 WAL 2–2 Report FIN Green 34Chivers 87 Engman 11Saari 62 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 2 March 2016 17:30 POL 1–0 Report CZE Chojnowski 76 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 4 March 2016 14:30 WAL 1–1 Report POL Ward 24 Pajor 31 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni 4 March 2016 17:30 FIN 1–3 Report CZE Danielsson 60 Necidová 2Voňková 10 18 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni 7 March 2016 14:30 FIN 0–1 Report POL Wiankowska 22 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 7 March 2016 14:30 CZE 1–0 report WAL Necidová 88 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni Knockout stage Seventh place match 9 March 2016 11:00 IRL 2–0 Report FIN Littlejohn 3 pen.Quinn 13 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni Fifth place match 9 March 2016 14:00 HUN 2–1 Report WAL Csiszár 26Vágó 90+1 Estcourt 75 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni Third place match 9 March 2016 14:00 ITA 3–1 Report CZE Guagni 63Bonansea 89Girelli 90+2 Voňková 45 pen. GSZ Stadium, Larnaca Final 9 March 2016 17:00 AUT 2–1 Report POL Burger 11Schiechtl 89 Kamczyk 3 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca Final standings Rank TeamAUTPOLITA4CZE5HUN6WAL7IRL8FIN Goalscorers 3 goals AUT Nina Burger CZE Lucie Voňková 2 goals CZE Simona Necidová 1 goal 22em AUT Nicole Billa AUT Katharina Schiechtl AUT Sarah Zadrazil FIN Jenny Danielsson FIN Adelina Engman FIN Maija Saari HUN Henrietta Csiszár HUN Viktória Szabó HUN Fanny Vágó HUN Bernadett Zágor ITA Barbara Bonansea ITA Marta Carissimi ITA Melania Gabbiadini ITA Cristiana Girelli ITA Alia Guagni ITA Daniela Sabatino POL Silvana Chojnowski POL Ewelina Kamczyk POL Ewa Pajor POL Martyna Wiankowska IRL Ruesha Littlejohn IRL Katie McCabe IRL Louise Quinn WAL Chloe Chivers WAL Charlie Estcourt WAL Kayleigh Green WAL Helen Ward References External links Official website Results at Women's Soccer United 2016 Cyprus Cup Category:2016 in European women's international football