2014 International Women's Club Championship

2014 Nestlé Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Japan
Dates 30 November–6 December
Teams 6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil São José (1st title)
Runners-up England Arsenal
Third place Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Fourth place Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 20 (3.33 per match)
Attendance 7,872 (1,312 per match)

The 2014 International Women's Club Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Nestlé Cup, was the third worldwide international women's football club tournament, held in Japan from 30 November to 6 December 2014.

Sao Jose won the final 2–0 against Arsenal.[1]

Participating teams

Jiangsu Huatai from China won the last open spot by winning a qualifying tournament, called the Asian Women's Club Championship by some sources. As with the last edition the UEFA Champions League winners Wolfsburg didn't participate.

Team Tournament won Confederation or FA
England Arsenal[2] invitee (2013–14 FA Women's Cup) UEFA
Australia Melbourne Victory[3] 2013–14 W-League Football Federation Australia
Brazil São José[2] 2013 Copa Libertadores Femenina CONMEBOL
China Jiangsu Huatai IWCC Qualifying tournament winner AFC
Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle[4] 2014 Nadeshiko League Regular Series Japan Football Association
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 2014 Nadeshiko League Exciting Series

Results

The schedule was revealed on 7 October 2014.[5]

  Playoffs Semifinals Final
 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 5
 China Jiangsu Huatai 1
 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 0
 Brazil São José 1
 
 
 Brazil São José 2
 England Arsenal 0
 
 
 England Arsenal 2 Third place
 Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle 0
 Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle 5  Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 4
 Australia Melbourne Victory 0  Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle 0

All times are local (UTC+9)

First round

30 November 2014
11:05
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan 5–1 China Jiangsu Huatai
Katō  11'
Kira  27', 58'
 76' (o.g.)
Kishikawa  86'
Wang L.  41'
Mimasaka Rugby Football Field, Mimasaka
Attendance: 1,295

30 November 2014
14:10
Okayama Yunogo BelleJapan 5–0 Australia Melbourne Victory
Nakano  1', 82'
Arimachi  6', 37'
Miyama  75'
Report
Mimasaka Rugby Football Field, Mimasaka
Attendance: 1,863

Semifinals


3 December 2014
19:05
Arsenal England 2–0 Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle
Ohno  16', 58'

Third place play-off

Final

6 December 2014
15:10
São José Brazil 2–0 England Arsenal
Rosana  4'
Giovania  71' (p)

Prize-pool

The total prize-pool was 10 million Yen (about $85,000) for all teams combined.

References

External links

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