International Women's Football Tournament
The Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino (English: International Women's Football Tournament) is an annual global invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football. Held every December in Brazil since 2009, the first four editions took place in São Paulo and Brasília hosted the 2013 and 2014 competitions. The 2015 edition will be hosted by Natal. Initially, it was organized by the Municipal Prefecture of São Paulo and the Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF). Three teams are invited to take part alongside Brazil. All matches in a particular tournament are staged at a single venue: Estádio do Pacaembu, in São Paulo, Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasília and Arena das Dunas in Natal.[1] In 2016, the tournament was moved to Manaus.
| Founded | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Region |  Brazil |
| Number of teams | 4 |
| Current champions | Brazil (8th title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Brazil (8 titles) |
| Television broadcasters | Band, BandSports |
 2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus | |
In September 2017, competition organizers announced that the 2017 tournament would be cancelled and the tournament would switch to a bi-yearly format beginning in 2018.[2] These plans fell through and no tournament was played in 2018.
In 2019, due to increased interest in Women's football surrounding the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, it was announced that the tournament would return for 2019 as the Torneio UBER Internacional de Futebol Feminino, to be played from August 29 to September 1.[3][4]
The tournament has been won on eight occasions by the hosts[5] and once each by Canada[6] and Chile.[7]
History edit
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Format edit
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Results edit
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||
| 2009 | São Paulo |  Brazil | 5–2 |  Mexico |  China | 2–0 |  Chile |
| 2010 | São Paulo |  Canada | 2–2 (b.r.) | Brazil |  Netherlands | 2–1 | Mexico |
| 2011 | São Paulo | Brazil | 2–1 |  Denmark |  Italy | 3–2 | Chile |
| 2012 | São Paulo | Brazil | 2–2 (b.r.) | Denmark | Mexico | 2–0 |  Portugal |
| 2013 | Brasília | Brazil | 5–0 | Chile | Canada | 1–0 |  Scotland |
| 2014 | Brasília | Brazil | 0–0 (b.r.) |  United States | China | 0–0 (b.r.) |  Argentina |
| 2015 | Natal | Brazil | 3–1 | Canada | Mexico | 2–1 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2016 | Manaus | Brazil | 5–3 | Italy |  Russia | 1–0 |  Costa Rica |
| 2019 | São Paulo | Chile | 0–0 (5–4 p.) | Brazil | Costa Rica | 3–1 | Argentina |
| 2021 | Manaus | Brazil | Round-robin | Chile |  Venezuela | Round-robin |  India |
Results by nation edit
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total top four |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 8 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021) | 2 (2010, 2019) | — | — | 10 |
 Chile | 1 (2019) | 2 (2013, 2021) | — | 2 (2009, 2011) | 5 |
 Canada | 1 (2010) | 1 (2015) | 1 (2013) | — | 3 |
 Denmark | — | 2 (2011, 2012) | — | — | 2 |
 Mexico | — | 1 (2009) | 2 (2012, 2015) | 1 (2010) | 4 |
 Italy | — | 1 (2016) | 1 (2011) | — | 2 |
 United States | — | 1 (2014) | — | — | 1 |
 China | — | — | 2 (2009, 2014) | — | 2 |
 Costa Rica | — | — | 1 (2019) | 1 (2016) | 2 |
 Netherlands | — | — | 1 (2010) | — | 1 |
 Russia | — | — | 1 (2016) | — | 1 |
 Venezuela | — | — | 1 (2021) | — | 1 |
 Argentina | — | — | — | 2 (2014, 2019) | 2 |
 India | — | — | — | 1 (2021) | 1 |
 Portugal | — | — | — | 1 (2012) | 1 |
 Scotland | — | — | — | 1 (2013) | 1 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | — | — | — | 1 (2015) | 1 |
Participating nations edit
| Team | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2019 | 2021 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | 4th | – | 2 |
| Brazil | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 10 |
| Canada | – | 1st | – | – | 3rd | – | 2nd | – | – | – | 3 |
| Chile | 4th | – | 4th | – | 2nd | – | – | – | 1st | 2nd | 5 |
| China | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Costa Rica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 3rd | — | 2 |
| Denmark | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| India | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 1 |
| Italy | – | – | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | 2 |
| Mexico | 2nd | 4th | – | 3rd | – | – | 3rd | – | – | – | 4 |
| Netherlands | – | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Portugal | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Russia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | – | – | 1 |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | – | 1 |
| United States | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Venezuela | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 1 |
| Total (17 teams) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
General statistics edit
- As of 2 December 2021
| Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 8 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 103 | 27 | +76 | 80 |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 21 |
| 3 | Mexico | 4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 37 | −16 | 15 |
| 4 | Italy | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 13 |
| 5 | Denmark | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 12 |
| 6 | China | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 15 |
| 7 | Chile | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 38 | −29 | 9 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 |
| 9 | Russia | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 6 |
| 10 | United States | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 5 |
| 11 | Portugal | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 4 |
| 12 | Venezuela | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
| 13 | Argentina | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 25 | −24 | 1 |
| 14 | Scotland | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
| 15 | India | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |
| 17 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 |
Top scorers by year edit
| Year | Top scorer(s) | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Marta | 7 |
| 2010 | Marta | 6 |
| 2011 | Érika | 4 |
| 2012 | Fabiana Line Røddik Hansen Johanna Rasmussen Sofia Huerta[note 1] | 2 |
| 2013 | Debinha Marta | 3 |
| 2014 | Carli Lloyd | 5 |
| 2015 | Marta | 7 |
| 2016 | Bia Zaneratto | 5 |
| 2019 | Priscila Chinchilla | 2 |
| 2021 | Kerolin | 4 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "International Tournament of Natal 2015 fixtures". Women's Soccer United. 10 October 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ International women's soccer tournament will not be held in 2017 Archived 2019-08-20 at the Wayback Machine A Tarde, 6 September 2017
- ^ Máquina do Esporte (8 May 2019). "Com nome em torneio, Uber amplia atuação no futebol feminino". Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ Jéssica de Paula Alves, para TORCEDORES.COM (8 May 2019). "Uber realiza torneio para patrocinar atuação no futebol feminino". Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ Brazil defeats Mexico and wins the Sao Paulo International Tournament. Archived 2009-12-26 at the Wayback Machine People's Daily, 21 December 2009
- ^ Canadian women’s soccer team draws Brazil 2–2 to win Sao Paolo tournament Archived 2012-01-23 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, 19 December 2012
- ^ Torneio Uber Internacional de Futebol Feminino de Seleções Fixtures Archived 2019-08-14 at the Wayback Machine. WSU, 11 August 2019
- ^ She switched her international allegiance into United States in 2017.