1992 Albena Cup

1992 Grand Hotel Varna Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Dates	March 30th to April 5th
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
	← 1991 1993 →

The 1992 Grand Hotel Varna Tournament was the fifth edition of the Albena Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Varna, Bulgaria.

Format

The tournament consisted of a group stage, held over three match days followed by a single day of classification matches to determine the final standings.

For the group stage, the twelve teams were split into three groups of four teams. Each group played a round-robin tournament with each team playing one match against each other team in its group.

Venues

Matches were played at Novi Pazar Stadium and Grand Varna Stadium. Perhaps other stadiums were also used.

Teams

10 national teams, one club team, and one development national team

Squads

Spain: Muguruza, Pardo (Sondika); Roser Serra, Soledad (Barcelona); Arizeta, Arantza del Puerto, Idoia, Beatriz García, lxiar Bakero (Añorga); González, Piñera (Tradehí); Jaúregui (Oroquieta); Esther Banqué (Sabadell); Lorente (Racing); Begoña, Prieto (Villarde); Castillo (Puerta Blanca); Quevedo (Bizkerre)

First Round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
Spain	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	2
CIS XI	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 March 1992

Hungary	1–0	Spain
Kern 61'

Attendance: 300

Referee: Momirov (Bulgaria)

31 March 1992

Spain	2–0	CIS XI

1 April 1992

Hungary	0–0	CIS XI

Referee: Balinov (Bulgaria)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden under-20	2	2	0	6	0	+6	4
Poland	2	1	1	2	1	+1	2
Bulgaria	2	0	2	0	7	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 March 1992

Bulgaria	0–2	Poland
Otrębska Jendryczko

31 March 1992

Bulgaria	0–5	Sweden under-20
		Andersson Nilsson Gunskog

Attendance: 200

1 April 1992

Sweden under-20	1–0	Poland
(o.g.)

Novi Pazar Stadium

Attendance: 250

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Korea	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	4
FC Grand Hotel Varna	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
Scotland	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 March 1992

FC Grand Hotel Varna	0–1	North Korea
		Perehozheva (o.g.)

31 March 1992

North Korea	1–0	Scotland

1 April 1992

FC Grand Hotel Varna	0–0	Scotland

Note: Grand Hotel Varna placed ahead of Scotland on the basis of fewer yellow cards.

Final round

Group 1-3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden under-20	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3
North Korea	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3
Hungary	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 April 1992

North Korea	1–1	Sweden under-20
Ri 27'		Anersson 37'

Attendance: 175

4 April 1992

Sweden under-20	3–0	Hungary
Anersson Bowall

Attendance: 250

Referee: Lale Orta (Turkey)

5 April 1992

North Korea	3–0	Hungary

Attendance: 600

Referee: Momirov (Bulgaria)

Note: Sweden placed ahead of North Korea on the basis of fewer yellow cards.

Group 4-6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	4
FC Grand Hotel Varna	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
Poland	2	0	1	1	0	4	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 April 1992

FC Grand Hotel Varna	0–0	Poland

4 April 1992

Spain	4–0	Poland
Banqué Prieto García

5 April 1992

FC Grand Hotel Varna	0–2	Spain
		Prieto García

Referee: Mestropov (Bulgaria)

Group 7-9

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Scotland	2	2	0	5	1	+4	4
Bulgaria	2	1	1	2	3	−1	2
CIS XI	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 April 1992

Bulgaria	0–3	Scotland
		Lowe Brown

4 April 1992

Bulgaria	2–0	CIS XI
Georgieva

5 April 1992

Scotland	2–1	CIS XI

Final standing

R	Team
1	Sweden under-20
2	North Korea
3	Hungary
4	Spain
5	FC Grand Hotel Varna
6	Poland
7	Scotland
8	Bulgaria
9	CIS XI

Official awards

Top goal-scorer: Mar Prieto (Spain): 5 goals
Best goalkeeper: Ri Yong-Son (North Korea)
Best player: Ri Gi-Ong (North Korea)
Best young player: Katarzyna Ekiel (Poland)
Most sporting team: Scotland^[1]

References

^ Grand Hotel Varna Cup and Albena Cup (Women)

[1] Grand Hotel Varna Cup and Albena Cup (Women)

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