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.

1992 Grand Hotel Varna Tournament
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
DatesMarch 30th to April 5th
Teams12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
1991
1993

Format edit

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 edit

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

Teams edit

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

Squads edit

  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 edit

Group A edit

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]
Hungary  1–0  Spain
Kern   61'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Momirov (Bulgaria)

Spain  2–0CIS XI  

Hungary  0–0CIS XI  
Referee: Balinov (Bulgaria)

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden under-20 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 4
  Poland 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 2
  Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Bulgaria  0–2  Poland
Otrębska  
Jendryczko  

Bulgaria  0–5  Sweden under-20
Andersson  
Nilsson    
Gunskog    
Attendance: 200

Sweden under-20  1–0  Poland
  (o.g.)
Novi Pazar Stadium
Attendance: 250

Group C edit

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

North Korea  1–0  Scotland

FC Grand Hotel Varna  0–0  Scotland

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

Final round edit

Group 1-3 edit

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]
North Korea  1–1  Sweden under-20
Ri   27' Anersson   37'
Attendance: 175

Sweden under-20  3–0  Hungary
Anersson    
Bowall  
Attendance: 250
Referee: Lale Orta (Turkey)

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 edit

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]
FC Grand Hotel Varna  0–0  Poland

Spain  4–0  Poland
Banqué  
Prieto    
García  

FC Grand Hotel Varna  0–2  Spain
Prieto  
García  
Referee: Mestropov (Bulgaria)

Group 7-9 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Scotland 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 4
  Bulgaria 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 2
  CIS XI 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]
Bulgaria  0–3  Scotland
Lowe    
Brown  

Bulgaria  2–0  CIS XI
Georgieva    

Scotland  2–1  CIS XI

Final standing edit

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 edit

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 edit