The Cyprus Women's Cup is a global invitational
tournament for national teams in
women's association football
Women's association football, more commonly known simply as women's football or women's soccer, is a team sport of association football when played by women only. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries and 176 national t ...
. It has been held annually in
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...
since 2008. Although the competition takes place in Cyprus, the
hosts have yet to take part in the competition.
It is played in late February or early March, at the same time as the
Algarve Cup
The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious an ...
, the
Turkish Women's Cup, the
SheBelieves Cup
The SheBelieves Cup is an invitational women's soccer tournament held in different cities in the United States in late February or early March. In its first three years (2016, 2017 and 2018), it was contested by the same four teams: the United ...
, the
Arnold Clark Cup
The Arnold Clark Cup is an invitational women's association football tournament hosted by The Football Association, starting in 2022. It is named after car retailer Arnold Clark, who signed a multi-year sponsorship deal. ITV acts as the competiti ...
, the
Pinatar Cup, and the
Tournoi de France.
History
Format
The Cyprus Women's Cup uses the following two-phase format:
The first phase is a group stage in which the twelve invited teams are divided into three groups of four teams. Similar to the Algarve Cup, the teams in Group A and Group B consist of higher-ranked teams and are the only teams actually in contention for the championship; Group C consists of lower-ranked teams. Each group plays a
round-robin of six games, with each team playing one match against each of the other teams in the same group.
The second phase is a single "finals day" in which six games involving all twelve teams are played to determine the tournament's final standings, with the match-ups as follows:
*11th place match: 3rd best 4th placed team vs. 2nd best 4th placed team
*9th place match: best 4th placed team vs. 3rd best 3rd placed team
*7th place match: 2nd best 3rd placed team vs. best 3rd placed team
*5th place match: 3rd best 2nd placed team vs. 2nd best 2nd placed team
*3rd place match: 3rd best group winner vs. best 2nd placed team
*Final: Best group winner vs. 2nd best group winner
Results
Teams reaching the top four
Participating nations
General statistics
As of 2018
References
External links
*
Cyprus Women's Cup RSSSF.com
Cyprus Women's Cup on WomensSoccerUnited.com
{{International women's football
International association football competitions in Europe
International association football competitions hosted by Cyprus
Women's football competitions in Cyprus
Recurring sporting events established in 2008
International women's association football invitational tournaments
2008 establishments in Cyprus