The 2016 Cyprus Women's Cup was the ninth edition of the

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, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in

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. After being initially canceled due to schedule conflicts with both

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and AFC

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and the

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leaving many of the prior year's participants, including reigning champions

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, unable to attend, the tournament was rescheduled with the Football Association of Finland as tournament organizers and a scaled-down field of eight national teams. Austria defeated Poland in a final between two first-time participants in the Cyprus Cup.

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 eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. Each group played a round-robin tournament with each team playing one match against each other team in its group. The classification day then had four matches: a first place match between the group winners, a third place match between the runners-up, a fifth place match between the third-placed teams, and a seventh place match between the bottom teams.

Tie-breaking criteria

For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order: # number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question # goal difference in all the group matches # number of goals scored in all the group matches # drawing of lots

Venues

Teams

For the first time in Cyprus Cup history, all participants were from

. Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Wales all made their first appearance in the tournament. Also for the first time, Finland was named "host nation" as the Football Association of Finland organized the tournament. Prior co-organisers the

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were instead hosting the

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instead competed in the

, and

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were controversially kept away by their performance director

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, who preferred to play a single friendly against

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in Falkirk.

Squads

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

Final standings

Goalscorers

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;2 goals * Simona Necidová ;1 goal *

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* Katharina Schiechtl *

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Jenny Danielsson Jenny-Julia Danielsson (born 30 August 1994) is a Finnish football midfielder who plays for Rangers W.F.C in the Scottish Women's Premier League and the Finland national team. International goals Honours Club ;FC Honka Winner * Finnish ...

Adelina Engman Adelina Viktoria Engman (born 11 October 1994) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hammarby IF and the Finland national team. Club career Engman made her debut for Åland United in NIG 2009. In 2015, she moved t ...

Maija Saari Maija Karoliina Saari (born 26 March 1986) is a Finnish international footballer who plays as a defender. She previously represented AIK, Mallbackens IF and Umeå IK in Sweden, Kolbotn, Stabæk Fotball Kvinner, and Vålerenga in the Norwegian ...

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* Cristiana Girelli * Alia Guagni *

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* Silvana Chojnowski * Ewelina Kamczyk *

Ewa Pajor Ewa Pajor (born 3 December 1996) is a Polish football striker, currently playing for VfL Wolfsburg and the Poland national team. Club career Pajor comes from Pęgów. She started her football training at the age of 8 in Orlęty Wielenin. Af ...

* Martyna Wiankowska * Ruesha Littlejohn * Katie McCabe *

Louise Quinn Louise Quinn (born 17 June 1990) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for the Women's Championship club Birmingham City and the Ireland national soccer team. At club level Quinn began her senior career with Peamount ...

* Chloe Chivers *

Charlie Estcourt Charlotte Lucy "Charlie" Estcourt (born 27 May 1998) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder in the FA Women's Championship for Birmingham City. and the Wales national team and most recently for FA WSL club Reading. Estcourt was named Footb ...

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* Helen Ward

References

External links

Official websiteResults at Women's Soccer United
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