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2019 Cyprus Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Cyprus
Dates	27 February – 6 March
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Belgium
Fourth place	Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	85 (3.54 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kim Yun-mi (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Sara Gama
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The 2019 Cyprus Cup was the twelfth edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took from 27 February to 6 March 2019.

North Korea won their first title after a final win over Italy.

Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups to play a round-robin tournament.

Points awarded in the group stage follow 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 determine the higher place.

Venues

Teams

Team	FIFA Rankings (December 2018)
North Korea	11
Italy	16
Belgium	21
Austria	23
Mexico	27
Finland	28
Thailand	29
Czech Republic	31
Nigeria	39
Hungary	43
Slovakia	45
South Africa	48

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North Korea	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6
3	Finland	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1
4	South Africa	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

South Africa	2–2	Finland
Smeda 70' (pen.) Kgatlana 83'	Report	Kemppi 49' Engman 77'

North Korea	4–2	Czech Republic
Ju Hyo-sim 14' Kim Yun-mi 18', 90+4' Ri Hyang-sim 83'	Report	Bartoňová 63' Szewieczková 85'

Finland	1–2	Czech Republic
Ahtinen 11'	Report	Pikkujämsä 67' (o.g.) Chlastáková 90+1'

South Africa	1–4	North Korea
Ramalepe 48'	Report	Kim Yun-mi 7', 23' Ri Hyang-sim 13', 35'

Czech Republic	2–1	South Africa
Dubcová 81', 89'	Report	Makhabane 17'

Finland	0–1	North Korea
	Report	Jon Yun-so 45'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9
2	Mexico	3	1	1	1	5	9	−4	4
3	Thailand	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
4	Hungary	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1

Mexico	0–5	Italy
	Report	Bergamaschi 45' Bonansea 50' Giacinti 70', 78' Mauro 66'

Thailand	4–0	Hungary
Thongsombut 10', 49' Srimanee 45+2' Nildhamrong 86'	Report

Thailand	1–2	Mexico
Dangda 46'	Report	Corral 3' (pen.), 82'

Hungary	0–3	Italy
	Report	Giacinti 18', 44' Serturini 55'

Italy	4–1	Thailand
Bonansea 19' Sabatino 54' Galli 57' Chinwong 89' (o.g.)	Report	Dangda 67'

Mexico	3–3	Hungary
Corral 29' (pen.) Iturbide 54' Espinosa 89'	Report	Zeller 19' Jakabfi 85', 87'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
2	Belgium	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
3	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Slovakia	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Belgium	3–0	Slovakia
Cayman 13', 65' (pen.) Daniëls 90+1'	Report

Nigeria	1–4	Austria
Oshoala 65'	Report	Burger 48' Billa 59' Feiersinger 72' Klein 82'

Slovakia	3–4	Nigeria
Vojteková 67' Haršányová 72' (pen.), 77' (pen.)	Report	Chikwelu 8', 38' Ohale 28' Imo 82'

Austria	0–0	Belgium
	Report

Slovakia	0–1	Austria
	Report	Billa 46'

Nigeria	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Dhont 7'

Ranking of teams for placement matches

The ranking of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placed teams in each group to determine the placement matches:

• 1st placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Italy	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Final
2	A	North Korea	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9
3	C	Austria	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Third-place match

• 2nd placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Belgium	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Third-place match
2	A	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6	Fifth-place match
3	B	Mexico	3	1	1	1	5	9	−4	4

• 3rd placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Thailand	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3	Seventh-place match
2	C	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
3	A	Finland	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1	Ninth-place match

• 4th placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	South Africa	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1	Ninth-place match
2	B	Hungary	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1	Eleventh-place match
3	C	Slovakia	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Final stage

Eleventh place game

Slovakia	2–3	Hungary
Vojteková 27' Ondrušová 41'	Report	Németh 30' Pinczi 35' Jakabfi 53'

Ninth place game

Finland	3–0	South Africa
Naumanen 31' Salmi 51' Ahtinen 88'	Report

Seventh place game

Nigeria	3–0	Thailand
Oshoala 23' Ebi 28' Imo 74'

Fifth place game

Czech Republic	1–2	Mexico
Chlastáková 48'	Report	Ovalle 34' Bertholdová 54' (o.g.)

Third place game

Austria	0–0	Belgium
	Report
Penalties
Mayr Feiersinger Aschauer Puntigam Prohaska	2–3	Jaques Cayman Coutereels Wullaert Evrard

Final

North Korea	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Kim Yun-mi 38' Ju Hyo-sim 45+1' Yon So-jon 106'	Report	Girelli 19' Sabatino 79' Cernoia 111'
Penalties
Yon So-jon Kim Yun-mi Ju Hyo-sim Pak Sin-jong Pak Kyong-mi Ri Pom-hyang Ri Un-yong	7–6	Giugliano Girelli Serturini Cernoia Sabatino Salvai Bonansea

Final standings

Rank	Team
	North Korea
	Italy
	Belgium
4	Austria
5	Mexico
6	Czech Republic
7	Nigeria
8	Thailand
9	Finland
10	South Africa
11	Hungary
12	Slovakia

Goalscorers

There were 85 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.54 goals per match.

5 goals

• Kim Yun-mi

4 goals

• Valentina Giacinti

3 goals

• Zsanett Jakabfi
• Charlyn Corral
• Ri Hyang-sim

2 goals

• Nicole Billa
• Janice Cayman
• Jitka Chlastáková
• Kamila Dubcová
• Olga Ahtinen
• Barbara Bonansea
• Daniela Sabatino
• Rita Chikwelu
• Anam Imo
• Asisat Oshoala
• Ju Hyo-sim
• Yon So-jon
• Lucia Haršányová
• Jana Vojteková
• Taneekarn Dangda
• Rattikan Thongsombut

1 goal

• Nina Burger
• Laura Feiersinger
• Jennifer Klein
• Yana Daniëls
• Elena Dhont
• Eva Bartoňová
• Tereza Szewieczková
• Adelina Engman
• Juliette Kemppi
• Katarina Naumanen
• Iina Salmi
• Loretta Németh
• Anita Pinczi
• Dóra Zeller
• Valentina Bergamaschi
• Valentina Cernoia
• Aurora Galli
• Cristiana Girelli
• Ilaria Mauro
• Annamaria Serturini
• Daniela Espinosa
• Adriana Iturbide
• Lizbeth Ovalle
• Onome Ebi
• Osinachi Ohale
• Lucia Ondrušová
• Thembi Kgatlana
• Mamello Makhabane
• Lebogang Ramalepe
• Leandra Smeda
• Suchawadee Nildhamrong
• Orathai Srimanee

1 own goal

• Petra Bertholdová (against Mexico)
• Olga Ahtinen (against the Czech Republic)
• Natthakarn Chinwong (against Italy)

References

1. ^ "Cyprus Women's Cup". cypruswomenscup. 22 December 2018.
2. FIFA.com. "The FIFA Women's World Ranking – Ranking Table". fifa.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

External links

• Official website

• Cyprus Women's Cup
• 2019 in women's association football
• 2018–19 in Cypriot football
• February 2019 sports events in Europe
• March 2019 sports events in Europe