The 2016 Cyprus Women's Cup was the ninth edition of the

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, an invitational

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tournament held annually in

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. After being initially canceled due to schedule conflicts with both

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and AFC

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and the

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leaving many of the prior year's participants, including reigning champions

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, unable to attend, the tournament was rescheduled with the

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as tournament organizers and a scaled-down field of eight national teams.

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defeated

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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: # 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

Teams

For the first time in Cyprus Cup history, all participants were from

. 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. Prior co-organisers the

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were instead hosting the

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instead competed in the

, and

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were controversially kept away by their performance director

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, who preferred to play a single friendly against

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in Falkirk.

Squads

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

Final standings

Goalscorers

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* Lucie Voňková ;2 goals *

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;1 goal *

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* Katharina Schiechtl *

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* Jenny Danielsson *

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Maija Saari Maija Karoliina Saari (born 26 March 1986) is a Finnish international footballer who plays as a defender. She previously represented AIK, Mallbackens IF and Umeå IK in Sweden, Kolbotn, Stabæk Fotball Kvinner, and Vålerenga in the Norwegian ...

Henrietta Csiszár Henrietta Csiszár (born 15 May 1994 in Hajdúnánás) is a Hungarian football midfielder currently playing in the Serie A Femminile for Inter Milan. She is the captain of the Hungarian national team.Viktória Szabó Viktória Szabó (born 26 May 1997) is a Hungarian football midfielder who plays for Swiss club Zürich in Swiss Women's Super League and the Hungary national team. Club career In July 2016 Szabó joined 2. Bundesliga club Saarbrücken from 1. ...

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Bernadett Zágor Bernadett Zágor (born 31 January 1990) is a Hungarian women's association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for Noi NB I club MTK Hungária FC (women), MTK Hungária. She is a member of the Hungary wom ...

Barbara Bonansea Barbara Bonansea (born 13 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward or midfielder for Serie A club Juventus FC and the Italy women's national team. Club career After more than a 100 games for A.C.F. Torino, Bo ...

* Marta Carissimi *

Melania Gabbiadini Melania Gabbiadini (born 28 August 1983) is an Italian former football forward. After beginning her career with Bergamo in 2000, she later joined AGSM Verona in 2004 and went on to captain the team, until her retirement in 2017. She won five ...

Cristiana Girelli Cristiana Girelli (born 23 April 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus and the Italy women's national team. Girelli joined Juventus in 2018, after five seasons with Brescia. She was the ...

* Alia Guagni *

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* Silvana Chojnowski * Ewelina Kamczyk *

Ewa Pajor Ewa Barbara Pajor (; born 3 December 1996) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga F club Barcelona and captains the Poland national team. Between 2015 and 2024, she played for VfL Wolfsburg. She is a five-time winn ...

* Martyna Wiankowska *

Ruesha Littlejohn Ruesha Littlejohn (born 3 July 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Shamrock Rovers and the Republic of Ireland. She has had four spells with Glasgow City, and stints with Norwegian First Division club IL Sandviken a ...

Katie McCabe Katie Alison McCabe (born 21 September 1995) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for English Women's Super League club Arsenal and captains the Republic of Ireland women's national team. Mainly a left back, she can also operate as ...

Louise Quinn Louise Catherine Quinn (born 17 June 1990) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a centre back. At club level Quinn began her senior career with Peamount United, captaining the club to the inaugural 2011–12 Women's Natio ...

* Chloe Chivers *

Charlie Estcourt Charlotte Lucy Estcourt (born 27 May 1998) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder in the USL Super League for DC Power and the Wales national team. Early life Born in Reading, Berkshire, Estcourt attended the John Madejski Academy, where s ...

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* Helen Ward

References

External links

Official websiteResults at Women's Soccer United
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