1992 Albena Cup Explained

Tourney Name:Grand Hotel Varna Tournament
Year:1992
Dates:March 30th to April 5th
Num Teams:12
Confederations:3
Venues:2
Cities:1
Prevseason:1991
Nextseason:1993

The 1992 Grand Hotel Varna Tournament was the fifth edition of the Albena Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Varna, Bulgaria.

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 twelve teams were split into three groups of four teams. Each group played a round-robin tournament with each team playing one match against each other team in its group.

Venues

Matches were played at Novi Pazar Stadium and Grand Varna Stadium. Perhaps other stadiums were also used.

Teams

10 national teams, one club team, and one development national team

Squads

Muguruza, Pardo (Sondika); Roser Serra, Soledad (Barcelona); Arizeta, Arantza del Puerto, Idoia, Beatriz García, lxiar Bakero (Añorga); González, Piñera (Tradehí); Jaúregui (Oroquieta); Esther Banqué (Sabadell); Lorente (Racing); Begoña, Prieto (Villarde); Castillo (Puerta Blanca); Quevedo (Bizkerre)

First Round

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

--------Note: Grand Hotel Varna placed ahead of Scotland on the basis of fewer yellow cards.

Final round

Group 1-3

--------Note: Sweden placed ahead of North Korea on the basis of fewer yellow cards.

Group 4-6

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Group 7-9

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Final standing

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9 CIS XI

Official awards

Top goal-scorer: Mar Prieto (Spain): 5 goals
  • Best goalkeeper: Ri Yong-Son (North Korea)
  • Best player: Ri Gi-Ong (North Korea)
  • Best young player: Katarzyna Ekiel (Poland)
  • Most sporting team: Scotland[1]
  • Notes and References

    1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-albena.html#92 Grand Hotel Varna Cup and Albena Cup (Women)