2019 Yongchuan International Tournament

Summary

The 2019 Yongchuan International Tournament (Chinese: 2019年茶山竹海杯永川国际女子足球邀请赛) was the 5th edition of the Yongchuan International Tournament, an invitational women's football tournament held in Yongchuan District, Chongqing, China.[1] Unlike the previous editions of the tournament where each team played all the other teams, 2019 tournament was played in bracket format where the winners of the first round played each other and the losers of the first round played each other to determine the standings.

2019 Yongchuan International Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryChina
CityChongqing
Dates7–10 November 2019
Teams4 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions China (4th title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Canada
Fourth place New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored9 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Bia Zaneratto
Canada Janine Beckie
China Wang Shuang
Best player(s)China Wang Shuang
2018
2020 →

Participants edit

In September 2019, the participants were announced.[2]

Team FIFA Rankings
(September 2018)[3]
  China (host) 16
  Canada 7
  Brazil 11
  New Zealand 23

Venues edit

Chongqing
 
 
Yongchuan Sports Center
 
Yongchuan Sports Center
29°20′45″N 105°56′01″E / 29.345833°N 105.933611°E / 29.345833; 105.933611 (Yongchuan Sports Center)
Capacity: 25,017

Match results edit

All times are local, CST (UTC+8).

Semi-finals edit

Brazil  4–0  Canada
Report

New Zealand  0–2  China
Report

Third place playoff edit

Canada  3–0  New Zealand
Report

Final edit

Statistics edit

There were 9 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.25 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

References edit

  1. ^ Yamei, Wang. "Brazil women's team to play in China". Xinhua. Archived from the original on October 17, 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Ferns confirmed to play in China". Archived from the original on 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  3. ^ FIFA Rankings September 2019