2013 Valais Women's Cup

2013 Valais Women's Cup

Valais Football Summer Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	22 September – 25 September
Teams	4 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	10 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Amber Hearn

The Valais Women's Cup is a two-day international women football tournament that features four women national teams.[1] It is played at the Stade du Lussy in Châtel-St-Denis and at the Stade St-Germain in Savièse, Switzerland.[2]

This tournament is the closing tournament of the Valais Football Summer Cups. The first edition of the competition have been won by the New Zealand women's national football team. The New Zealanders surprisingly beat Brazil in semi-finals for the first time of its history.[3]

Amber Hearn was the player of tournament. With 3 goals, she was the best scorer of the competition andhave been elected as best player of the tournament.[4]

Participants

The competition featured four women national teams:

• Brazil[5]
• China[6]
• Mexico[7]
• New Zealand[8]

Competition format

	Semi-finals 22 September				Final 25 September
	13:30 CEST - Châtel-St-Denis
	China	1
					17:30 CEST - Savièse
	Mexico	0
					New Zealand	4
	16:30 CEST - Châtel-St-Denis
					China	0
	Brazil	0
	New Zealand	1
					Third place
					14:30 CEST - Savièse
					Brazil	4
					Mexico	0

Matches

Semi-finals

22 September 2013

13:30 CEST

China	1–0	Mexico
L. Wang 66'	Report

Stade du Lussy, Châtel-St-Denis

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist, (Sweden)

22 September 2013

16:30 CEST

Brazil	0-1	New Zealand
	Report	Hearn 66'

Stade du Lussy, Châtel-St-Denis

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (French)

Third place play-off

25 September 2013

14:30 CEST

Mexico	0-4	Brazil
	report	Fabiana 19' Debinha 25', 41' Tamires 80'

Stade St-Germain, Savièse

Referee: Esther Staubli,(Switzerland)

Final

25 September 2013

17:30 CEST

China	0-4	New Zealand
	Report	Wilkinson 53' Hearn 64', 87' White 82'

Stade St-Germain, Savièse

Referee: Simona Ghisletta, (Switzerland)

Awards

• Best player : Amber Hearn[9]
• Best goalkeeper : Thaís Ribeiro Picarte[10]

References

1. "Valais Football Summer Cups". Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
2. "Valais Football Summer Cups". Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
3. http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=11&tx_ttnews Archived 2013-02-10 at the Wayback Machine[tt_news]=2551&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=8ece4d9a45
4. "Valais Football Summer Cups". Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
5. "Confederação Brasileira de Futebol". Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
7. "Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A. C. Fecha de Impresion: 02/10/2013 07:11:58 a.m." Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
8. http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=11&tx_ttnews Archived 2013-02-10 at the Wayback Machine[pointer]=4&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2529&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=6b06ad91c0
9. "Valais Football Summer Cups". Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
10. "Valais Football Summer Cups". Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.

External links

• Official website