The Cyprus Women's Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's football . 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.
6-985: It is played in late February or early March, at the same time as the Algarve Cup , the Arnold Clark Cup , the Cup of Nations , the Istria Cup , the Pinatar Cup , the SheBelieves Cup , the Tournoi de France , the Turkish Women's Cup and the Women's Revelations Cup . The Cyprus Women's 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
12-542: The "Mini FIFA Women's World Cup" . The most successful teams have been the United States , with ten titles, followed by Norway and Sweden with five, and Germany with four. The United States has won all its titles since 2000, including nine in thirteen years since 2003. China has won twice. The United States, Norway, Germany, and Spain are the only nations to have won both the FIFA Women's World Cup and
18-427: The SheBelieves Cup , the Tournoi de France , the Turkish Women's Cup and the Women's Revelations Cup . From 2002 to 2014, 12 teams were invited, with the top eight competing for the championship. The teams were divided into three groups of four — A, B and C. Group C was added in 2002 to provide second-tier teams with high-level match experience every year. The teams first played round-robin within their pool. Then
24-550: 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
30-475: The Algarve Cup. The Algarve Cup, as an annual event featuring most of the world's top women's football teams, has no parallel in the men's game, given that there are fewer professional women's leagues and thus fewer scheduling conflicts. It is played in late February or early March, at the same time as the Arnold Clark Cup , the Cup of Nations , the Cyprus Women's Cup , the Istria Cup , the Pinatar Cup ,
36-575: The tournament's final standings, with the match-ups as follows: As of 2018 Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and longest-running women's international football events and has been nicknamed
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