Tournament details | |
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Host country | Cyprus |
Dates | February 28 – March 6, 2012 |
Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | France (1st title) |
Runners-up | Canada |
Third place | Italy |
Fourth place | England |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 66 (2.75 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Linda Sällström Cha Yun-Hee (4 goals) |
The 2012 Cyprus Cup was the fifth edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between February 28 – March 6, 2012.
The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.
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 amount of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.
Games will be played in 5 host stadiums in 4 cities.
Listed are the confirmed teams.
All times are local (EET/UTC+2).