Founded 2008 Current champions Austria (1st title) | Number of teams 12 Website Official website | |
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Most successful team(s) Canada
England (3 titles) | ||
The Cyprus Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's football (soccer). It has been held annually in Cyprus since 2008. Although the competition takes place in Cyprus, the hosts have yet to take part in the competition.
Contents
It is played at the same time as the Algarve Cup.
Format
The Cyprus 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: