Four Nations Tournament 2013

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The 2013 four-nation tournament for national women's football teams (also known as the “Yongchuan Cup”) took place between January 12th and 16th in the Chinese city ​​of Chongqing at the Chongqing Olympic Sports Center . With Canada only one team from the top 10 of the FIFA world rankings participated, with hosts China and Norway, however, two former tournament winners. The winner was the team from Norway, which was able to win the tournament for the second time since 2002. No player could score more than one goal. Canada had to compete without record national player Christine Sinclair because she was suspended.

Game results

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. NorwayNorway Norway  3  2  1  0 003-000  +3 07th
 2. CanadaCanada Canada  3  1  1  1 002: 300  −1 04th
 3. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China  3  1  0  2 002: 200  ± 0 03
 4th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea  3  1  0  2 003: 500  −2 03
January 12, 2013
China - Canada 0: 1 (0: 0)
Norway - South Korea 2: 0 (1: 0)
January 14, 2013
Canada - South Korea 1: 3 (0: 2)
China - Norway 0: 1 (0: 0)
January 16, 2013
China - South Korea 2: 0 (0: 0)
Norway - Canada 0-0

Best goalscorers

1. Nine players - 1 goal and 1 own goal each

Individual evidence

  1. canadasoccer.com: "Canada WNT names roster for Yongchuan Cup"
  2. Canada vs Switzerland - 2013-03-06
  3. cbc.ca: "FIFA suspends Canada's Christine Sinclair 4 games"

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