2014 International Women's Club Championship

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.

2014 Nestlé Cup
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Dates30 November–6 December
Teams6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions São José (1st title)
Runners-up Arsenal
Third place Urawa Red Diamonds
Fourth place Okayama Yunogo Belle
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored20 (3.33 per match)
Attendance7,872 (1,312 per match)

São José 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 previous edition the UEFA Champions League winners Wolfsburg didn't participate.

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

Results

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

All times are local (UTC+9)

First round

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

Okayama Yunogo Belle5–0 Melbourne Victory
Nakano 1', 82'
Arimachi 6', 37'
Miyama 75'
Report
Mimasaka Rugby Football Field, Mimasaka
Attendance: 1,863

Semifinals

Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 São José
Debinha 59'

Arsenal 2–0 Okayama Yunogo Belle
Ohno 16', 58'

Third place play-off

Urawa Red Diamonds 4–0 Okayama Yunogo Belle
Gotō 13'
Shibata 59'
Otaki 77'
Usui 90'

Final

São José 2–0 Arsenal
Rosana 4'
Giovania 71' (p)

Prize-pool

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

References

  1. "She Kicks - News Section: Sao Jose Beat Arsenal In IWCC Final". Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. "Arsenal Ladies going back to Japan". Arsenal F.C. 7 October 2014.
  3. "Westfield W-League 2014/15 season draw released". Football Federation Australia. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  4. "Yunogo Belle are the Japan Nadeshiko League Champions 2014 (First stage)". Women's Soccer United. 17 August 2014.
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