Canada wins Cyprus Women’s Cup

For more information on the championship final, please see the Canada-Netherlands match report.



Canada is bringing home another trophy. Canada won its third Cyprus Women’s Cup title in four years on Wednesday 9 March. Canada won 2:1 after extra time over Netherlands in the championship final. Emily Zurrer scored the winning goal off a corner kick in the first period of extra time.



Canada has won this tournament in 2008, 2010 and 2011. Canada also finished second to England in 2009. The tournament has grown from six to 12 teams since it was inaugurated in 2008. This year’s competition featured five teams from the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011.



Netherlands improved its third-place ranking from a year ago to finish second in the 2011 competition. In the other classification matches, France won 3:0 over Scotland in the match for third place, England won 2:0 over Korea Republic in the match for fifth place, Mexico won 5:0 over New Zealand in the match for 7th place, Italy won 2:0 over Russia in the match for 9th place, and Switzerland won 2:1 over Northern Ireland in the match for 11th place.



In the other major March women’s international football tournament that concluded today, USA won 4:2 over Iceland in the Algarve Women’s Cup final. Iceland had a 2-1 lead midway through the first half before USA came back to score late in the first half and then twice more in the second half. Including USA, that 12-team Algarve Women’s Cup featured four teams from the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011.



Canada, whose title sponsor is Winners and presenting sponsor is Teck, is currently preparing for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011. The tournament runs 26 June to 17 July in nine German cities. This will mark Canada’s fifth consecutive appearance in the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Canada will also participate in four years time when it hosts the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015.