Cyprus Women's Cup Explained

Cyprus Women's Cup
Founded:	2008
Number Of Teams:	12
Current Champions:	(1st title)
Most Successful Team:	(3 titles each)
Website:	Official website
Current:	2023 Cyprus Women's 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 competition.

It is played in late February or early March, at the same time as the Algarve Cup, the Arnold Clark Cup, the Cup of Nations, the Istria Cup, the Pinatar Cup, the SheBelieves Cup, the Tournoi de France, the Turkish Women's Cup and the Women's Revelations Cup.

Format

The Cyprus Women's Cup uses the following two-phase format:^[1]

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

Year	width=1% rowspan=18		Final			width=1% rowspan=18		Third place match
width=15%	Winner	width=8%	Score	width=15%	Runner-up	width=15%	Third place	width=8%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
2008		3–2	(U20)		2–1
2009		3–1			1–1 6–5 (pen.)
2010		1–0			4–0
2011		2–1			3–0
2012		2–0			3–1
2013		1–0			2–1
2014		2–0			1–1 3–1 (pen.)
2015		1–0			3–2
2016		2–1			3–1
2017		1–0			2–0
2018		2–0			2–1
2019		3–3 7–6 (pen.)			0–0 3–2 (pen.)
2020		Round-robin			Round-robin
2021
2022
2023		Round-robin			Round-robin

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total top four
	3 (2008, 2010, 2011)	4 (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015)			7
	3 (2009, 2013, 2015)	1 (2014)		1 (2012)	5
	2 (2012, 2014)		2 (2009, 2011)		4
	1 (2020)	1 (2023)			2
	1 (2023)	1 (2020)			2
	1 (2019)		2 (2017, 2018)		3
	1 (2017)			3 (2010, 2013, 2018)	4
	1 (2016)			1 (2019)	2
	1 (2018)				1
		2 (2018, 2019)	2 (2012, 2016)	1 (2015)	5
		1 (2011)	1 (2010)	1 (2008)	3
		1 (2010)	1 (2013)	1 (2009)	3
		1 (2017)	1 (2014)		2
		1 (2016)			1
(U20)		1 (2008)			1
			2 (2015, 2020)		2
			1 (2008)		1
			1 (2019)		1
			1 (2023)		1
				2 (2016, 2020)	2
				2 (2011, 2014)	2
				1 (2017)	1
				1 (2023)	1
Total (23 teams)	14	14	14	14	56

Participating nations

Team	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	23	Years
	–	–	–	–	–	–	7th	5th	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	8th	7th	4th	–	–	4
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12th	–	7th	5th	3rd	–	–	4
	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	5th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6th	4th	12th	9th	6th	4th	–	6
	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	5th	5th	4th	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
	–	–	–	–	6th	7th	12th	9th	8th	–	11th	9th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	9
	–	3rd	–	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5th	10th	12th	11th	–	4th	5
	–	–	–	–	–	8th	6th	–	7th	4th	–	–	–	–	4
	–	–	6th	9th	3rd	9th	8th	4th	3rd	11th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	–	10
	3rd	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	7th	–	–	–	3rd	–	–	–	5th	3rd	–	4
	4th	5th	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	7th	6th	9th	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
	–	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	8th	8th	3rd	11th	–	–	9th	–	–	–	–	7
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7th	–	–	1
	–	–	–	12th	12th	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3rd	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	3
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3rd	1
	5th	8th	–	10th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
	6th	7th	7th	4th	9th	5th	4th	7th	–	5th	–	–	–	–	9
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10th	12th	5th	–	3
	–	6th	8th	–	10th	11th	–	10th	–	–	6th	10th	–	–	7
	–	–	–	6th	5th	10th	3rd	11th	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	–	–	–	6
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	–	1
	–	–	4th	11th	11th	4th	10th	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	4th	–	–	–	7
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	WD	–	1
(U20)	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6th	6th	8th	–	–	–	3
Total	6	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	5	4

General statistics

As of 2018

width=5%	Rank	width=19%	Team	width=5%	Part	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	Dif	width=5%	Pts
1		8	32	25	1	6	51	24	+27	76
2		7	28	18	4	6	56	30	+26	58
3		9	36	14	5	17	48	60	−12	47
4		9	36	12	6	18	50	61	−11	42
5		4	16	12	3	1	38	13	+25	39
6		8	32	10	8	14	47	49	−2	38
7		7	28	10	7	11	39	48	−11	37
8		6	24	9	9	6	30	19	+11	36
9		7	28	9	5	14	40	49	−9	32
10		4	16	6	5	5	17	13	+4	23
11		2	8	6	1	1	14	3	+11	19
12		6	24	5	4	15	17	38	−21	19
13		2	8	5	3	0	15	4	+11	18
14		6	24	4	6	14	22	43	−21	18
15		3	12	5	2	5	14	11	+3	17
16		4	16	5	2	9	20	31	−11	17
17		3	12	3	6	3	16	15	+1	15
18		2	8	4	1	3	21	16	+5	13
19		3	12	4	1	7	16	20	−4	13
20		3	12	2	6	4	8	11	−3	11
21		3	12	3	2	7	8	17	−9	11
21		1	4	3	1	0	6	0	+6	10
22		1	4	3	0	1	8	6	+2	9
24		1	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7
25	(U20)	1	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	6
26		1	4	0	2	2	3	7	−4	2
25		3	12	0	1	11	7	31	−24	1

External links

• • • Cyprus Women's Cup – RSSSF Cyprus Women's Cup on WomensSoccerUnited.com (archived 23 January 2012)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Regulations . 13 March 2014.