The Yongchuan International Tournament () is an invitational women's football tournament, originated in another women's football tournament Four Nations Tournament. It is staged annually in October in

Yongchuan District Yongchuan () is a district of Chongqing, China, located by the north side of upper reach of Yangtze River, with a history of 1200 years. Yongchuan borders Sichuan province to the southwest and is away from Yuzhong District of central Chongqing a ...

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, China.

History

The Four Nations Tournament was held in

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annually before 2010. When Guangzhou renounced to host the tournament due to celebrating the

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was agreed to take over the hosting right by the

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(CFA). The tournament was hosted by Yongchuan between January 2011 and January 2014. In 2015, considering for better preparation for the

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, CFA moved the tournament to

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, which was closer to

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's winter training base Guangzhou. Yongchuan International Tournament was set as a compensation.

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and

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were invited to the inaugural edition in October 2015.

Format

Results

General statistics

Award

Top scorer

References

{{International women's football International women's association football competitions hosted by China International women's association football invitational tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 2015 2015 establishments in China