Valais Women's Cup

The Valais Women's Cup was a Swiss invitational women's football tournament played each year in Châtel-St-Denis and Savièse. It was part of the Valais Summer Cups, and the female counterpart to the Valais Cup.

2013

Held from 22 – 25 September, the inaugural edition was contested by national teams, including London Olympics quarterfinalists Brazil and New Zealand. New Zealand won the tournament, its first trophy outside the OFC since the 1975 Asian Cup.^[1]

Semifinals Final         China 1 Mexico 0 China 0 New Zealand 4 Brazil 0 New Zealand 1 Third place Mexico 0 Brazil 4

Best player Hearn Best goalkeeper Thaís Scorers NZL CHN BRA MEX 3 goals Hearn 2 goals Debinha 1 goals White Wilkinson Wang L. 0 Fabiana Tamires

2014

The second edition was held from 7 – 9 August and switched from national teams to clubs.^[2] It was contested by French champion and runner-up Olympique Lyonnais and Paris St.-Germain, Spanish champion FC Barcelona and BeNe League's 8th RSC Anderlecht. The final confronted both French teams, with Lyon winning the trophy.^[3]

Semifinals Final         RSC Anderlecht 1 Olympique Lyonnais 7 Olympique Lyonnais 3 Paris St.-Germain 2 FC Barcelona 1 Paris St.-Germain (PSO: 1-3) 1 Third place RSC Anderlecht 1 FC Barcelona 6

Best player Hegerberg (Lyon) Best goalkeeper Ashurst (Barcelona) Scorers LYO PSG BAR AND 3 goals Hegerberg 2 goals Romero Crammer 1 goal Dickenmann Henry Le Sommer Majri Petit-Franco Schelin Thomis Asllani Delannoy Seger 0 0 0 0 Caldentey Gili Hermoso Putellas Torrecilla 0 0

2015

It was held from 14 – 16 August, and it was contested by European runner-up Paris St.-Germain, French champion Olympique Lyonnais, German champion Bayern Munich and Swiss champion FC Zürich. Bayern won the trophy, beating defending champion Lyon in the final.^[4]

Semifinals Final         FC Zürich 3 Olympique Lyonnais 9 Olympique Lyonnais 1 Bayern Munich 3 Bayern Munich (PSO: 4-3) 0 Paris St.-Germain 0 Third place FC Zürich 0 Paris St.-Germain 3

Best player Best goalkeeper Scorers BAY LYO PSG ZÜR 3 goals Bremer 2 goals Le Sommer Mittag 1 goals Miedema Rolser 0 0 0 Abily Cascarino Hegerberg Lavogez Nécib Delie 0 0 0 0 Deplazes Humm Terchoun 0 0

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