2008 Cyprus Women's Cup

2008 Cyprus Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Cyprus
Dates	5–12 March 2008
Teams	6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (1st title)
Runners-up	United States (U20)
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	37 (3.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Christine Sinclair (5 goals)
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The 2008 Cyprus Women's Cup was the inaugural edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. Six national teams, including five senior teams and one youth team, were invited: Canada, Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Scotland, and the United States U-20 team^[1] (the United States senior team competed in the concurrent 2008 Algarve Cup).^[2] Canada defeated the United States U-20 team in the final.

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 six teams were split into two groups of three teams. Each group played a round-robin tournament with each team playing one match against each other team in its group. In addition, on each group stage match day, one team from each group did not have a round-robin group match; these two teams played an exhibition match that was not counted towards the group stage standings.^[3]

The classification day then had three matches: a first place match between the group winners, a third place match between the runners-up, and a fifth place match between the bottom teams.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	4	1	+3	6
Netherlands	2	1	1	1	2	−1	3
Scotland	2	0	2	1	3	−2	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5 March 2008

United States	2–1	Scotland
Enyeart 27' O'Hara 32'	Report	Grant 87'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

7 March 2008

Scotland	0–1	Netherlands
		Stevens 49'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

10 March 2008

Netherlands	0–2	United States
		O'Hara 32' Enyeart 90+1'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6
Japan	2	1	1	3	4	−1	3
Russia	2	0	2	2	5	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5 March 2008

Canada	2–1	Russia
Armstrong 8' Lang 50'		Barbashina 18'

Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni

7 March 2008

Japan	0–3	Canada
		Sinclair 22' (pen.), 42', 80'

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

10 March 2008

Russia	1–3	Japan
Truntaeva 37'		Sakaguchi 28' Ohno 51' Utsugi 57'

Dasaki Stadium, Achna

Exhibition Matches

5 March 2008

Japan	3–1	Netherlands
Nagasato 35' (pen.) Sato 69' Goto 70' (pen.)		Stevens 56'

Alpha Sports Center, Larnaca

7 March 2008

Russia	2–0	United States
Mokshanova 46' Rogova 69'

Alpha Sports Center, Larnaca

10 March 2008

Scotland	2–0	Canada
Love 67' Hamill 80'

Alpha Sports Center, Larnaca

Placement matches

Fifth place match

12 March 2008

Russia	3–2	Scotland
Morozova 13', 57' Truntaeva 85'		Little 21' Thomson 87'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Third place match

12 March 2008

Netherlands	1–2	Japan
van Eyck 18'		Nagasato 23' Utsugi 90'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Final

12 March 2008

Canada	3–2	United States
Sinclair 10', 37' Filigno 22'	Report	Steinbruch 75', 86'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Champion

2008 Cyprus Cup
Canada First title

Goalscorers

References

^ "Cyprus Women's Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
^ "U.S. WNT One Day Away From Algarve Cup Opener Against China". U.S. Soccer Federation. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
^ "U.S. Under-20 Women Will Travel to Cyprus for Tournament Against Full Women's National Teams". U.S. Soccer Federation. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

[1] "Cyprus Women's Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2014.

[2] "U.S. WNT One Day Away From Algarve Cup Opener Against China". U.S. Soccer Federation. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

[3] "U.S. Under-20 Women Will Travel to Cyprus for Tournament Against Full Women's National Teams". U.S. Soccer Federation. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

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