The Cyprus Cup 2017 was the 10th edition of the women's football tournament for national teams , which has been held annually since 2008, and took place from March 1 to 8, 2017, as before, at various venues in the Republic of Cyprus . In contrast to the events between 2008 and 2015, the tournament has a number of special features. It was organized for the first time by the Czech association alone, before it was mainly organized by the English, Finnish, Dutch and Scottish associations, of which only the Scottish women participated again after a year break. As in the previous year, the two record winners with England and Canada did not take part. England competed in the SheBelieves Cup as in 2016 , Canada in the Algarve Cup 2017 . The top participant in the FIFA world rankings before the start of the tournament was North Korea , who finished 10th there (as of December 2016) and was the only first time participant. Five participants had qualified for the 2017 European Championship and used the tournament to prepare for the European Championship.
Twelve national teams took part in the tournament, which, like last time in 2015, initially played in three groups. The eight best-placed teams in the FIFA world rankings played in groups A and B, the four worse teams in group C. The teams in group C could thus occupy third place overall. For the placement after the group games, if two teams were tied, the direct comparison was decisive, in the case of three or more teams tied on points or if two teams tied on points would have drawn against each other, first the goal difference and then the number of goals and this would not have resulted in a decision would have been drawn been. Placement games then took place.
Since FIFA classifies the games as " friendly games" , each team was allowed to make six substitutions per game.
The locations of the placement games were only determined after the pairings were established. If the placement games end in a draw after regular playing time, there is an immediate penalty shoot-out in the games for 3rd to 11th place, in the final there is first overtime and only then - if necessary - a penalty shootout.
Switzerland (1st title)
Cyprus
Rosie White (3)
Belgium *
Ireland
Italy *
Austria *
North Korea
Scotland *
South Korea
Czech Republic
Hungary (for the originally invited South African and then invited Thai team)
Wales
1-0 Lara Dickenmann (57.)
Cho So-hyun
