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The 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup was the fifth 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 28 February – 6 March 2012.


Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a
round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...
. Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were 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 3rd place team from Groups A and B for 5th, with the Group C runner-up facing the other third place team for 7th. Group C's third place team faced the better fourth place team of Groups A and B, while the other two 4th 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

Games were played in five host stadiums in four cities.


Teams

Listed are the confirmed teams. * * * * * * * * * * * *


Group stage

''All times are local ( EET/UTC+2).''


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

;5 goals * Linda Sällström ;4 goals *
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* Jade Moore * Marianna Tolvanen *
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* Alia Guagni * Sandy Iannella *
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References


External links

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