2020 Pinatar Cup

The 2020 Pinatar Cup was the inaugural edition of the Pinatar Cup, an international women's football tournament, consisting of a series of friendly games. It was held in San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain from 4 to 10 March 2020, and featured four teams.[1][2]

2020 Pinatar Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates4–10 March
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Scotland (1st title)
Runners-up Iceland
Third place Ukraine
Fourth place Northern Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored13 (2.17 per match)
Top scorer(s) Martha Thomas
Daryna Apanashchenko
(2 goals)

Scotland won the first edition of the tournament.

Format

The four invited teams played a round-robin tournament. Points awarded in the group stage followed the formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. A tie in points was decided by goal differential.

Teams
Team FIFA Rankings
(December 2019)
 Iceland
18
 Northern Ireland
56
 Scotland
22
 Ukraine
27

Squads
Main article: 2020 Pinatar Cup squads

Venues

All the matches were played at the Pinatar Arena in San Pedro del Pinatar.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Scotland (C) 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
2  Iceland 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 6
3  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4  Northern Ireland 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored; 7) FIFA ranking.
(C) Champion.

Matches

All times are local (UTC+1).[2]

Northern Ireland 0–1 Iceland
Report Brynjarsdóttir  23'
Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar
Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)
Ukraine 0–3 Scotland
Report
Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar
Scotland 1–0 Iceland
Grant  55' Report
Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar
Ukraine 4–0 Northern Ireland
 Report
Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar
Iceland 1–0 Ukraine
Jónsdóttir  34' Report
Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar
Northern Ireland 1–2 Scotland
Furness  5' Report
Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.17 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

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References
  1. Bunting, Joshua (24 January 2020). "Northern Ireland Women to play at 2020 Pinatar Cup". Belfast Live.
  2. "Scotland to compete in Pinatar Cup". Scottish Football Association. 24 January 2020.
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