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The Istria Cup 2015 was the 3rd edition of the women’s football invitation tournament for national teams held since 2013 (then known as the Slavic Cup 2013) and took place from 4 to 11. March 2015 at various venues in Croatia. The tournament ran parallel to the Algarve and Cyprus Cup in which stronger teams participated. Only one participant in the Istria Cup, the team from Costa Rica was able to qualify for the 2015 World Cup, but France let his B team participate while the A team participated in the Algarve Cup. Both met in Group C. For Costa Rica – the only non-European participant – it was the first games in Europe and against European teams.

The venues were Buje/Novigrad (City Stadium Buje), Poreč (Veli Jože), Rovinj (Valbruna) Rovinjsko Selo and Umag, in Istria on the Adriatic.

Participants (position in the FIFA World Rankings, as of December 2014)
For the first time, the tournament took place with 12 teams.

(71)
(37)
-B
(29)
(59)
(63)
(27)
(35)
(38)
(47)
(39)
(33)

Mode mode
The twelve teams initially played in their group each against each for the placement. The best score, then the direct comparison and only then the goal difference for the placement was decisive. After that, placement matches took place.

Final: Winner Group A – Best Winner of Groups B and C
Play for place 3: Second group A – Second best winner of groups B and C
Play for 5th place: Second group B – Second group C
Play for 7th place: Third group A – Best third in groups B and C
Game for 9th place: Fourth group A – second best third in groups B and C
Play for 11th place: Fourth group B – Fourth group C

Since FIFA classified the games as “friendly matches”, each team was allowed to make six substitutions per match. The matches against the French B team were not counted by FIFA and therefore did not enter the classification for the FIFA world ranking.

The Tournament

Group phase

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Placement games
Play for 11th place

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Play for 9th place

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Play for place 7

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Play for place 5

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Play for Place 3

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Final

Weblinks
Official page of the Istria Cup's 2015
oefb.at: Women's national team at the Istria Cup
fedefutbolcr.com: Femenina contra Francia
Fai.ie: Early birthday present for Connolly
Nominácia reprezentácie žien na turnaj Istria Cup 2015

Individual evidence and footnotes

2015
Football event 2015