Host country Cyprus Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities) Runners-up Canada | Dates March 3–14, 2013 Champions England (2nd title) | |
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Teams 12 (from 5 confederations) | ||
The 2013 Cyprus Cup was the sixth edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between March 3 – 14 2013.
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Defending champions France cancelled their participation just after the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 draw, because of too many European opponents in the tournament. The tournament was won by England.
Format
The twelve invited teams are split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.
Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are 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.
Venues
Games will be played in 3 host stadiums in 3 cities.
Teams
Listed are the confirmed teams.
The only debutant is the Republic of Ireland.
Final
Canada already assured themselves a place in the final after matchday two. They have reached every Cyprus Cup final previously, making this their sixth consecutive appearance.