The 2018 Cyprus Cup was the eleventh edition of the

Cyprus Cup The Cyprus Women's Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's football. It has been held annually in Cyprus since 2008. Although the competition takes place in Cyprus, the hosts have yet to take part in the competitio ...

, an invitational

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tournament held annually in

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

. It took place from 28 February to 7 March 2018.

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

won the title for the first time after defeating

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

2–0 in the final.

Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups to play a

round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & ...

. Points awarded in the group stage follow the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determine the higher place. 1st place match: Winners of Groups A and B.
3rd place match: Winner of Group C and best runner-up from Groups A and B.
5th place match: Runner-up in Group C and second-best runner-up from Groups A and B.
7th place match: Third-place teams in Groups A and B.
9th place match: Third-place team in Group C and best fourth-place team from Groups A and B.
11th place match: Fourth-place team in Group C and second-best fourth-place team from Groups A and B.

Venues

Teams

Squads

Group stage

The groups and schedule were announced on 18 January 2018.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Placement matches

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final standings

Goalscorers

;3 goals * Tereza Kožárová * Emmi Alanen *

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 ...

* Kim Yun-mi ;2 goals * Laura Feiersinger * Kateřina Svitková *

Kayleigh Green Kayleigh Anne Marie Barton ( Green; born 22 March 1988) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a forward for Charlton Athletic and the Wales national team. Barton began her career with Cardiff City, before joining Yeovil Town in 201 ...

;1 goal * Sarah Puntigam * Jana Coryn * Tine De Caigny * Heleen Jaques * Nicky Van Den Abbeele *

Tessa Wullaert Tessa Wullaert (born 19 March 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Belgium national team, where she has amassed the second-highest number of caps for her country ever. She is her ...

* Aneta Dědinová *

Tereza Szewieczková Tereza Szewieczková (born 4 May 1998) is a Czech Republic, Czech women's association football, football Striker (association football), striker, currently playing for SK Slavia Praha (women), Slavia Praha in the Czech First Division (women), Cze ...

* Olga Ahtinen * Zsanett Jakabfi * Greta Adami * Valentina Bergamaschi *

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 ...

Valentina Giacinti Valentina Giacinti (born 2 January 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as Forward (association football), forward for Serie A (women's football), Serie A club A.S. Roma (women), A.S. Roma and the Italy women's national football ...

* Manuela Giugliano * Kim Phyong-hwa * Yu Jong-hui * Patrícia Fischerová * Patrícia Hmírová * Ľudmila Maťavková *

Thembi Kgatlana Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana (born 2 May 1996) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a Forward (soccer), forward for Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL (women), Tigres UANL Femenil and the South Africa women's national soccer tea ...

Noko Matlou Noko Alice Matlou (born 30 September 1985) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera Federación side CP Cacereño Femenino. She has played for the South Africa women's national team both as a ...

* Olga García * Patricia Guijarro *

Irene Paredes Irene Paredes Hernández (; born 4 July 1991) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga F club FC Barcelona Femení, Barcelona and captains the Spain women's national football team, Spain na ...

Alexia Putellas Alèxia Putellas i Segura ( , Alexia Putellas Segura; born 4 February 1994), often known mononymously as Alexia, is a Spanish professional footballer from Catalonia who plays as a midfielder or forward for Liga F club Barcelona, which she cap ...

* Amanda Sampedro * Mari Paz Vilas * Vanessa Bernauer *

Ana-Maria Crnogorčević Ana-Maria Crnogorčević (born 3 October 1990) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger or right-back for Seattle Reign FC and the Switzerland national team. A fast player with good heading ability, she is considered one of ...

Alisha Lehmann Alisha Debora Lehmann (born 21 January 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Juventus and the Switzerland national team. She is the most followed woman footballer in the world on Instagram. Club car ...

Rachel Rinast Rachel Miriam Marcia Free Rinast (born 2 June 1991) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for German club St. Pauli. Born in Germany, she represented the Switzerland national team internationally. Club career Rinast began her senior ca ...

* Marilena Widmer

References

External links

Official website
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