# 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup

The 2018 Cyprus Cup was the eleventh edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place from 28 February to 7 March 2018.
Spain won the title for the first time after defeating Italy 2–0 in the final.

## 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.
1st place match: Winners of Groups A and B. 3rd place match: Winner of Group C and best runner-up from Groups A and B. 5th place match: Runner-up in Group C and second-best runner-up from Groups A and B. 7th place match: Third-place teams in Groups A and B. 9th place match: Third-place team in Group C and best fourth-place team from Groups A and B. 11th place match: Fourth-place team in Group C and second-best fourth-place team from Groups A and B.

## Venues

| Stadium | City | Capacity |
| GSZ Stadium | Larnaca | 13,032 |
| AEK Arena | Larnaca | 7,400 |
| Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium | Larnaca | 10,230 |
| Ammochostos Stadium | Larnaca | 5,500 |
| Tasos Markos Stadium | Paralimni | 5,800 |
| GSP Stadium | Nicosia | 22,859 |

## Teams

| Team | FIFA Rankings (December 2017) |
| North Korea | 11 |
| Spain | 13 |
| Italy | 17 |
| Switzerland | 17 |
| Austria | 21 |
| Belgium | 22 |
| Finland | 28 |
| Czech Republic | 34 |
| Wales | 35 |
| Hungary | 43 |
| Slovakia | 47 |
| South Africa | 54 |

## Group stage

The groups and schedule were announced on 18 January 2018.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | North Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Spain |
| | Italy |
| | North Korea |
| 4 | Switzerland |
| 5 | Belgium |
| 6 | South Africa |
| 7 | Austria |
| 8 | Wales |
| 9 | Czech Republic |
| 10 | Slovakia |
| 11 | Finland |
| 12 | Hungary |

## Goalscorers
### 3 goals

* Tereza Kožárová
* Emmi Alanen
* Cristiana Girelli
* Kim Yun-mi

### 2 goals

* Laura Feiersinger
* Kateřina Svitková
* Kayleigh Green

### 1 goal

* Sarah Puntigam
* Jana Coryn
* Tine De Caigny
* Heleen Jaques
* Nicky Van Den Abbeele
* Tessa Wullaert
* Aneta Dědinová
* Tereza Szewieczková
* Olga Ahtinen
* Zsanett Jakabfi
* Greta Adami
* Valentina Bergamaschi
* Barbara Bonansea
* Valentina Giacinti
* Manuela Giugliano
* Kim Phyong-hwa
* Yu Jong-hui
* Patrícia Fischerová
* Patrícia Hmírová
* Ľudmila Maťavková
* Thembi Kgatlana
* Noko Matlou
* Olga García
* Patricia Guijarro
* Irene Paredes
* Alexia Putellas
* Amanda Sampedro
* Mari Paz Vilas
* Vanessa Bernauer
* Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
* Alisha Lehmann
* Rachel Rinast
* Marilena Widmer