The Cyprus Women's Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in

women's football Women's football most often refers to: * Women's association football Women's football may also refer to: * Women's gridiron football * Women's Australian rules football * Ladies' Gaelic football * Women's rugby league * Women's rugby union ...

. It has been held annually in

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

since 2008. Although the competition takes place in Cyprus, the

hosts A host is a person responsible for guests at an event or for providing hospitality during it. Host may also refer to: Places * Host, Pennsylvania, a village in Berks County * Host Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica People * ...

have yet to take part in the competition. It is played in late February or early March, at the same time as the

Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and ...

, the

Arnold Clark Cup The Arnold Clark Cup is an invitational women's association football tournament hosted by the Football Association in England, starting in 2022. It is named after car retailer Arnold Clark, who signed a multi-year sponsorship deal. ITV acts as t ...

, the Cup of Nations, the

Istria Cup The Istria Cup is an annual invitational women's football tournament, hosted by Croatia since 2013, in the Istria region of Croatia. It is held at the same time of the year as the Algarve Cup, the Arnold Clark Cup, the Cup of Nations, the Cyprus ...

, the

Pinatar Cup The Pinatar Cup, by full name Pinatar Cup by IAST SPORTS, is an invitational women's association football tournament held in March in San Pedro del Pinatar, Region of Murcia, Spain. In the first edition (in 2020), it was contested by Iceland, Nor ...

, the

SheBelieves Cup The SheBelieves Cup is an invitational women's association football, women's soccer tournament held in different cities in the United States in late February or early March. In its first three years (2016, 2017, and 2018), it was contested by t ...

, the

Tournoi de France The ''Tournoi de France'' ( French, 'Tournament of France') was a friendly international football tournament organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) that was held in France. There have been two tournaments: the first in February 1988 and ...

, the

Turkish Women's Cup The Turkish Women's Cup (Turkish: Türkiye Kadınlar Kupası) is the annual cup competition of women's football teams in Turkey. The tournament is also known as ''Alanya Gold City Cup'', as the tournament is held at the Gold City in Alanya, Turkey ...

and the

Women's Revelations Cup The Women's Revelations Cup is an international invitational women's football tournament organized by the Mexican Football Federation that is held in Mexico. The tournament was announced to the public on 20 July 2022, and the first edition (2022 ...

Format

The Cyprus Women's Cup uses the following two-phase format: The first phase is a group stage in which the twelve invited teams are divided into three groups of four teams. Similar to the Algarve Cup, the teams in Group A and Group B consist of higher-ranked teams and are the only teams actually in contention for the championship; Group C consists of lower-ranked teams. Each group plays a round-robin of six games, with each team playing one match against each of the other teams in the same group. The second phase is a single "finals day" in which six games involving all twelve teams are played to determine the tournament's final standings, with the match-ups as follows: *11th place match: 3rd best 4th placed team vs. 2nd best 4th placed team *9th place match: Best 4th placed team vs. 3rd best 3rd placed team *7th place match: 2nd best 3rd placed team vs. best 3rd placed team *5th place match: 3rd best 2nd placed team vs. 2nd best 2nd placed team *3rd place match: 3rd best group winner vs. best 2nd placed team *Final: Best group winner vs. 2nd best group winner

Results

Teams reaching the top four

Participating nations

General statistics

As of 2018

References

External links

*
Cyprus Women's Cup
–

RSSSF The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (''RSSSF'') is an international organisation dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around ...

Cyprus Women's Cup
on WomensSoccerUnited.com (archived 23 January 2012) {{International women's football International association football competitions in Europe International association football competitions hosted by Cyprus Women's football competitions in Cyprus Recurring sporting events established in 2008 International women's association football invitational tournaments 2008 establishments in Cyprus