COTIF Women's Football Tournament

Spanish annual women's football tournament

The COTIF Women's Football Tournament is a Spanish annual women's football summer tournament held in L'Alcúdia, Valencia. First held in 2012, it is the women's football section of the L'Alcúdia International Football Tournament.

Unlike the male tournament, which is played by U-20 clubs and national teams, the women's tournament is contested by senior teams. It has gradually progressed from local to international in scope.

2011

Held on 12 August. It was a single match confronting the two Valencian teams in the top national championship, Levante UD and Valencia CF.[1] Levante won the first of three trophies in a row.

Levante v Valencia
12 August 2011 Final Levante 2–0 Valencia Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
García pen.'
Merino 		Report

2012

Held from 16 to 22 August. Levante UD and Valencia CF were joined by two local teams from the second tier's Group 7, CFF Marítim and Mislata CF. The two top teams in a round robin first stage qualified for the final, with Levante again defeating Valencia by the same score.[2]

Valencia v Mislata
16 August 2012 Round robin – 1 Valencia 3–0 Mislata Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
Martínez 20', 34'
Ves 28'		 Report Attendance: 100
Referee: Ruiz García
Levante v Marítim
17 August 2012 Round robin – 1 Levante 5–0 Marítim Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
Esteban 3', 11', 60'
Merino 34'
Guijarro 68'		 Report
Valencia v Marítim
18 August 2012 Round robin – 2 Valencia 2–0 Marítim Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
Pinel 45'
Mateos 54'
Levante v Mislata
19 August 2012 Round robin – 2 Levante 6–0 Mislata Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
N. Pérez 1'
Casado 31', 37'
Pérez 38'
Guijarro 54'
González 68'
Marítim v Mislata
20 August 2012 Round robin – 3 Marítim 1–0 Mislata Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
Ferrer 27' Report
Levante v Levante
21 August 2012 Round robin – 3 Levante 2–2 Levante Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
N. Pérez 48'
Miret 62'		 Report Paredes 10'
Pinel 51'
Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Levante 3 2 1 0 13 2 +11 7
2 Valencia 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
3 Marítim 3 1 0 2 1 7 −6 3
4 Mislata 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: [citation needed]
Levante v Valencia
22 August 2012 Final Levante 2–0 Valencia Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
Motoso 25'
González 30'		 Report Referee: Márquez Gordo
Awards
Player Team
Best player Spain Alharilla Casado Levante
Top scorer Spain Raquel Pinel Valencia

2013

Held from 16 to 20 August. It was again contested by Primera División's Levante UD and Valencia CF and two clubs from the second category, but in a final four format. For the first time it featured a team from outside the Valencian Community, Fundación Albacete. Levante won again the trophy on penalties.

Levante v Villarreal
16 August 2013 Semifinals Levante 2–0 Villarreal Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
García 1', 68' (pen.) Report Referee: Felguera
Valencia v Albacete
17 August 2013 Semifinals Valencia 3–0 Albacete Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
Mateos 5'
Vilas 44'
Peiró 53'		 Report Referee: Sánchez
Villarreal v Albacete
20 August 2013 Third place Villarreal 3–4 Albacete Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
Monfort 35'
Traver 39'
Navarro 53'		 Report Martínez 22'
Redondo 43'
Lorca 60'
Martí 68'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Andújar Raya
(won on penalties) Levante v Valencia
20 August 2013 Final (won on penalties) Levante 1–1 Valencia Els Arcs, L'Alcúdia
Méndez 62' Report Martí 60' Referee: Felguera
Awards
Player Team
Best player Japan Mitsue Iwakura Valencia
Top scorer Spain Olga García Levante

2014

Held from 17 to 19 September. It was the first edition to include a Primera División from outside Valencia (2013-14 champion FC Barcelona), as well as a foreign team (Montpellier HSC, 4th in the 2013-14 French league).

Barcelona won the final with a single goal by Jennifer Hermoso.[3]

Semifinals Final
    
Spain Levante UD 1
France Montpellier HSC 0
Spain Levante UD 0
Spain FC Barcelona 1
Spain Valencia CF 0
Spain FC Barcelona 3 3rd place
France Montpellier HSC 2
Spain Valencia CF 1
MVP Cameroon Zouga (Montpellier)
Scorers Barcelona Levante Montpellier Valencia
1 goal Spain Caldentey
Spain N. Garrote
Spain Hermoso
Spain Putellas		 Spain Méndez
0
0
0		 France Tonazzi
Japan Utsugi
0
0		 Spain Carreras
0
0
0

2015

Held from 15 to 19 August. The tournament is expanded from 4 to 6 teams, and a two groups first stage is introduced. For the first time it features national teams, with Namibia and Venezuela. Ivory Coast's Juventus de Yopougon would have been the first club from another continent but it was replaced by RCD Espanyol.[4]

Athletic Bilbao won the final with a single goal by Elixabet Ibarra.[5]

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Athletic Bilbao 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
Namibia Namibia 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
Spain Levante UD 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Valencia CF 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
Spain RCD Espanyol 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
Venezuela Venezuela 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinals Final
    
Spain Athletic Bilbao 2
Spain RCD Espanyol 0
Spain Athletic Bilbao 1
Spain Valencia CF 0
Spain Valencia CF 4
Namibia Namibia 0 3rd place
Spain RCD Espanyol 1
Namibia Namibia 0
5th-6th place play-off
Winner Res. Loser
Levante UD Spain 1–1 (2–0 p) Venezuela Venezuela
MVP Spain Paredes (Athletic Bilbao)
Scorers Athletic Valencia Espanyol Namibia Levante Venezuela
2 goals Spain Ibarra Spain Gio
Spain Mari Paz
1 goal Spain Flaviano
Spain Gómez
Spain Nekane
Spain Paredes		 Spain Carol
Spain Monforte
Spain Romero		 Spain Lomba
Spain Paloma		 Namibia Coleman
Namibia Juliana		 Spain Martín
Spain Palacios		 Venezuela Gabriela
Venezuela Yenifer

References

  1. ^ "Futfem". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  2. ^ "Fundación Valencia CF". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  3. ^ Superdeporte
  4. ^ "COTIF". Archived from the original on 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  5. ^ "El Athletic Club gana el IV Cotif Femenino al imponerse al Valencia en una vibrante final". COTIF Femenino (in Spanish). 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.