| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Cyprus |
| Dates | 5–12 March 2008 |
| Teams | 6 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Canada (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  United States (U20) |
| Third place |  Japan |
| Fourth place |  Netherlands |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 37 (3.08 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Christine Sinclair (5 goals) |
2009 → | |
The 2008 Cyprus Women's Cup was the inaugural edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. Six national teams, including five senior teams and one youth team, were invited: Canada, Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Scotland, and the United States U-20 team[1] (the United States senior team competed in the concurrent 2008 Algarve Cup).[2] Canada defeated the United States U-20 team in the final.
The tournament consisted of a group stage held over three match days followed by a single day of classification matches to determine the final standings.
For the group stage, the six teams were split into two groups of three teams. Each group played a round-robin tournament with each team playing one match against each other team in its group. In addition, on each group stage match day, one team from each group did not have a round-robin group match; these two teams played an exhibition match that was not counted towards the group stage standings.[3]
The classification day then had three matches: a first place match between the group winners, a third place match between the runners-up, and a fifth place match between the bottom teams.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
| Netherlands
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
 Scotland
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
| United States | 2–1 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
Enyeart  27'O'Hara 32' |
Report | Grant 87' |
| Scotland | 0–1 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Stevens 49' |
| Netherlands | 0–2 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| O'Hara 32' Enyeart 90+1' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| Japan
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
 Russia
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
| Canada | 2–1 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Armstrong 8' Lang 50' |
Barbashina 18' |
| Japan | 0–3 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Sinclair 22' (pen.), 42', 80' |
| Russia | 1–3 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| Truntaeva 37' |
Sakaguchi 28' Ohno 51'Utsugi 57' |
| Japan | 3–1 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Nagasato 35' (pen.) Sato 69'Goto 70' (pen.) |
Stevens 56' |
| Russia | 2–0 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Mokshanova 46' Rogova 69' |
| Scotland | 2–0 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Love 67' Hamill 80' |
| Russia | 3–2 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| Morozova 13', 57' Truntaeva 85' |
Little 21' Thomson 87' |
| Netherlands | 1–2 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| van Eyck 18' |
Nagasato 23' Utsugi 90' |
| Canada | 3–2 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Sinclair 10', 37' Filigno 22' |
Report | Steinbruch 75', 86' |
| 2008 Cyprus Cup |
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 Canada First title |
Rumi Utsugi Karin Stevens Elena Morozova Olesya Truntaeva Michelle Enyeart Kelley O'Hara Brittney Steinbruch Jonelle Filigno Kara Lang Michi Goto Shinobu Ohno Mizuho Sakaguchi Eriko Sato Nangila van Eyck Natalia Barbashina Natalia Mokshanova Alla Rogova Suzanne Grant Pauline Hamill Kim Little Joanne Love Hollie Thomson
