The 2013 Cyprus Women's Cup was the sixth edition of the
Cyprus Women's Cup
The Cyprus Women's Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's association 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 th ...
, an invitational
women's football tournament held annually in
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...
. It took place between 3–14 March 2013.
[The Cyprus Women's Cup groups have been announced with current Cyprus Cup holders France missing from the tournament.](_blank)
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Defending champions France
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cancelled their participation just after the UEFA Women's Euro 2013
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draw, because of too many European opponents in the tournament. The tournament was won by England.
Format
The twelve invited teams are split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament
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.
Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place. The Group C winner faced the better third place team from Groups A and B for fifth, with the Group C runner-up facing the other third place team for seventh. Group C's third place team faced the better fourth place team of Groups A and B, while the other two fourth place teams play in the 11th place match.
Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.
Venues
The games were played in 3 host stadiums in 3 cities.
Teams
Listed are the confirmed teams.
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Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Knockout stage
Eleventh place match
Ninth place match
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Third place match
Final
Champion
Goalscorers
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* Ellen White
* Sanna Talonen
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* Christine Sinclair
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* Toni Duggan
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* Elisa Camporese
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* Amber Hearn
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* Hannah Wilkinson
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* Kim Little
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* Jane Ross Jane Ross may refer to:
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* Ji So-yun
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* Ramona Bachmann
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* Jonelle Filigno
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* Diana Matheson
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* Sophie Schmidt
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* Eniola Aluko
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* Jessica Clarke
* Steph Houghton
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* Jordan Nobbs
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* Kelly Smith
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* Rachel Williams
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* Rachel Yankey
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* Emmi Alanen
* Maija Saari
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* Barbara Bonansea
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* Sara Gama
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* Daniëlle van de Donk
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* Lieke Martens
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* Anna Green
* Betsy Hassett
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* Alana McShane
* Julie Nelson
* Lynda Shepherd
* Diane Caldwell
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* Megan Campbell
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* Ruesha Littlejohn
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* Áine O'Gorman
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* Louise Quinn
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* Shannon Smyth
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* Lisa Evans
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* Rhonda Jones
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* Emma Mitchell Emma Mitchell may refer to:
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* Robyn Moodaly
* Jermaine Seoposenwe
* Nocane Skiti
* Lee Geum-min
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* Lee Eun-mi
* Kim Sang-eun
* Vanessa Bernauer
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* Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
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* Lara Dickenmann
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References
External links
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Tournament
at soccerway.com
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2013 in women's association football
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