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1999 Cyprus International Tournament

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1999 Cyprus International Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryCyprus
Dates3 – 5 February
Teams3
Final positions
Champions Greece (1st title)
Runners-up Belgium
Third place Cyprus
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored8 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Seven players
(1 goal each)
1998
2000

The 1999 Cyprus International Tournament was an winter international football friendly tournament held in Cyprus, that took place between 3 and 5 February 1999. The host nation Cyprus, Greece, Belgium and Finland participated in the tournament, and it was won by Greece.[1] The tournament was played in a knock out cup format, with only four games played (two semifinals, a final and a third place match).[2]

Participating teams[edit]

Results[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 February
 
 
 Greece2
 
5 February
 
 Finland1
 
 Greece1
 
3 February
 
 Belgium0
 
 Cyprus0
 
 
 Belgium1
 
Third place
 
 
5 February
 
 
 Cyprus (a.e.t.)2
 
 
 Finland1

Semifinals[edit]

Greece 2 – 1 Finland
Nikolaidis Goal 67' (pen.)
Georgatos Goal 88'
Report Kaijasilta Goal 63'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Kostas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
Cyprus 0–1 Belgium
Report Mpenza Goal 76'
De Brul Red card 80'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)

Third place match[edit]

Cyprus 2–1 (a.e.t.) Finland
Karjalainen Goal 39' (o.g.)
Papavasiliou Goal 101'
Report Pohja Goal 6'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus)

Final[edit]

Greece 1 – 0 Belgium
Giannakopoulos Goal 90' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Giannakis Kyprianidis (Cyprus)

Winner[edit]

 1999 Cyprus International Tournament 

Greece
First title

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 8 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

1 goal

  • Belgium Mbo Mpenza
  • Cyprus Nikodimos Papavasiliou
  • Finland Antti Pohja
  • Finland Petteri Kaijasilta
  • Greece Stelios Giannakopoulos
  • Greece Demis Nikolaidis
  • Greece Grigoris Georgatos

1 own goal

  • Finland Lasse Karjalainen (against Cyprus)

Source: EU-Football[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Cyprus International Tournament 1999". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 27 February 2001. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  2. "Cyprus International Tournaments". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  3. "Cyprus International Tournament 1999 results". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

External links[edit]


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