International Women's Club Championship

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Nestle Cup International Women's Club Championship
Founded 2012
Region International
Number of teams 6
Current champions Brazil São José (1st title)
Most successful club(s) France Olympique Lyonnais
Japan INAC Kobe Leonessa
Brazil São José (1 title each)
Website iwcchampionship.com (Japanese)
2014 tournament

The International Women's Club Championship (IWCC), previously named the mobcast Cup and now the Nestlé Cup for sponsorship reasons,[1] is an international association football knockout cup competition contested by women's champion clubs. It is organised by the Japan Football Association and the Nadeshiko League.[2] The first International Women's Club Championship took place in Japan in November 2012 with participation from four teams; Olympique Lyonnais (Europe), Canberra United (Australia), INAC Kobe Leonessa (Japan) and NTV Beleza (cup winner, Japan).[3] The holders and de facto world club champions are São José, who beat wild card entrant Arsenal Ladies 2–0 in the 2014 final.

The Nadeshiko League's senior executive announced in October 2012 that they intended to run the competition for three years and expand to include more champions, such as the South American Copa Libertadores winner.[4] It was envisaged that International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the sport's global governing body, would ultimately endorse the tournament as the female equivalent of the FIFA Club World Cup.[5]

Organization

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The first competition was hosted by the Japan Football Association and Japan Women's Football league and organized by "mobcast cup International Women's Club Championship 2012 organization committee" in 2012.

Results

Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
2012
details
Japan
Japan
France
Olympique Lyonnais
2–1
(a.e.t.)
Japan
INAC Kobe Leonessa
Japan
NTV Beleza
4–3 Australia
Canberra United
4
2013
details
Japan
Japan
Japan
INAC Kobe Leonessa
4–2 England
Chelsea
Australia
Sydney FC
3–3
4–2 (pen.)
Chile
Colo Colo
5
2014
details
Japan
Japan
Brazil
São José
2–0 England
Arsenal
Japan
Urawa Red Diamonds
4–0 Japan
Okayama Yunogo Belle
6
2015
not held

Honours

Year Most Valuable
Player
Most Impressive
Player
Top Goalscorer
2012 France Corine Franco South Korea Ji So-Yun Japan Azusa Iwashimizu
Japan Asano Nagasato
Switzerland Lara Dickenmann
United States Beverly Goebel-Yanez
2013 Chile Francisca Lara
United States Beverly Goebel-Yanez
Japan Emi Nakajima
Australia Renee Rollason

Prize money

The winners earned $60,000 out of a total purse of $100,000.[4]

See also

References

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