Cyprus Cup
The Cyprus Cup is a since 2008 been registered in Cyprus competition for women's football league teams of the national football associations of England (FA), Scotland (SFA ) and the Netherlands (KNVB ) is organized. He held in March in parallel to the Algarve Cup, participate in the generally stronger teams. Even if the tournament takes place in Cyprus, Cyprus did not participate in the team so far. Record winner with three titles is Canada. Scorer 's Christine Sinclair with 16 before Manon Melis with 12 goals. Venues for the games were far Achna, Larnaca, Nicosia, Paralimni and Sotira.
Already in the years 1990, 1992 and 1993 there had been in the Cypriot town of Ayia Napa a tournament that was held as an alternative of the Nordic Cup. In the statistics of the Danish Association will this tournament - as well as the 1991 in Troia (Portugal ) discharged tournament - as " Open Nordic Cup" performed while the DFB, who took part in 1993, it operates as " Cyprus Cup". In the statistics of the Norwegian and Swedish Association of these games, however, are not particularly classified. 1990 and 1991, the four Nordic associations in part, in 1992 and 1993 lacked Finland. 1993 was attended by Germany nor France and the United States. Record winner of three tournaments is Sweden with two wins.
Mode
At the inaugural tournament in 2008 was attended by six teams, including the U-20 team in the USA, the first " every man for himself " mode played in two groups of three in the. The leaders then played against each other for the title, the runner-up for 3rd place and the third place to place 5th addition found in the first year instead of three games in which each team played against a team in the other group. However, these games did not count for the tournament championship.
2009 the number of participants was increased to 8 and played in two groups of four. Here then were the same then placed teams in games against each other for places.
2011 was an enlargement of the field on 12 and it was played in three groups of four. The winner of the third group played against the third party of the first group to position 5 and the second in the third group against the third party of the second group to 7th place
Since 2012, the contest is organized by the British, Dutch and Scottish Football Association.
2014 played in the games to accommodate 3 to 6 no longer the same placed teams in Groups A and B against each other, but each better team in second place in Group A or B against the First and the poorer runner-up of Group A or B against the second group C. Thus was the winner of Group C will first tournament of third parties, which the team from South Korea succeeded. In previous years, the winner of Group C could best be seventh.
The tournaments at a glance
Rankings
* So far, none of the participants from South America.