The Cyprus Women's Cup was a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's football. It was held annually in Cyprus since 2008 until the introduction of the UEFA Women's Nations League in 2023. Although the competition takes place in Cyprus, the hosts never took part in the competition.

It was 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.

Canada became the first winners in 2008 and Finland were the final winners in 2023.

Canada and England currently have three titles, followed by France with two titles while Croatia, Finland, North Korea, Switzerland, Austria and Spain all have single titles.

Format The Cyprus Women's Cup uses the following two-phase format:

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 Final Third place matchWinnerScoreRunner-upThird placeScoreFourth place20083–2 (U20)2–120093–11–1 6–5 (pen.)20101–04–020112–13–020122–03–120131–02–120142–01–1 3–1 (pen.)20151–03–220162–13–120171–02–020182–02–120193–3 7–6 (pen.)0–03–2 (pen.)2020Round-robinRound-robin202120222023Round-robinRound-robin

Teams reaching the top four TeamChampionsRunners-upThird placeFourth placeTotal top four3 (2008, 2010, 2011)4 (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015)73 (2009, 2013, 2015)1 (2014)1 (2012)52 (2012, 2014) 2 (2009, 2011)41 (2020)1 (2023)21 (2023)1 (2020)21 (2019)2 (2017, 2018)31 (2017) 3 (2010, 2013, 2018)41 (2016) 1 (2019)21 (2018) 1 2 (2018, 2019)2 (2012, 2016)1 (2015)51 (2011)1 (2010)1 (2008)31 (2010)1 (2013)1 (2009)31 (2017)1 (2014)21 (2016)1 (U20)1 (2008)12 (2015, 2020)2 1 (2008)11 (2019)11 (2023)1 2 (2016, 2020)2 2 (2011, 2014)2 1 (2017)11 (2023)1Total (23 teams) 14 14 14 14 56

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General statistics As of 2018 RankTeamPartPldWDLGFGADifPts183225165124+2776272818465630+26583936145174860−12474936126185061−1142541612313813+25396832108144749−2387728107113948−113786249963019+1136972895144049−932104166551713+4231128611143+11191262454151738−21191328530154+11181462446142243−2118153125251411+317164165292031−1117173123631615+11518284132116+513193124171620−41320312264811−31121312327817−911211431060+610221430186+29241421143+1725 (U20)142026606261402237−42253120111731−241

References

External links

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