The Cyprus International Football Tournament was an annual winter
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
friendly competition for national teams that takes place 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 was traditionally held in February as a friendly tournament since at least 1997, and last played in 2011.
The 2006 tournament was played in two parallel groups.
History
Of various matches played in February 1995 and 1996 it is not clear whether they were part of a tournament or not (most likely they were just a collection of unrelated friendlies).
1995
:: Norway 7–0 Estonia
Jakobsen (), Bohinen (), Brattbakk (), Halle ()
:: Cyprus 0–2 Norway
Leonhardsen (), Flo ()
:: Cyprus 3–1 Estonia
Gogić (), Engomitis (), Larkou ()
Reim ()
1996
:: Estonia 0–0 Azerbaijan
:: Cyprus 1–0 Estonia
Konstantinou ()
:: Estonia 2–2 Faroe Islands
Kristal (), Rajala ()
Johannesen (), Jarnskor ()
:: Azerbaijan 3–0 Faroe Islands
Winners
References
External links
Cyprus International Tournament
a
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
International association football competitions hosted by Cyprus
International men's association football invitational tournaments
Recurring sporting events established in 1997
1997 establishments in Cyprus
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