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CANADA FACES POLAND IN LEAD-UP TO WOMEN'S CYPRUS CUP

10th February 2010 From CSA website

Canada’s Women’s National Team has announced that it will face Poland in an international friendly match in the lead-up to this year’s 2010 Cyprus Women’s Cup.

The two sides will play on 20th February at a neutral ground in Larnaka, Cyprus. “For us, it is always important to add international games to our schedule,” said National Coach Carolina Morace. “Poland is a good, quick team that has improved in the last five to six years.”

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Canada is one of eight teams competing in this year’s Cyprus Women’s Cup, their third Cyprus tournament in a row. Canada faces Switzerland on 24th February, England on 26th February, South Africa on 1st March, and an opponent from the opposite group on 3rd March in the classification final (which will be against either Italy, Scotland, New Zealand or the Netherlands).

England is the returning champion from 2009 while Canada was the inaugural champion in 2008. While Poland is not competing in the Cyprus Women’s Cup, it is preparing for the FIFA Women’s World Cup to be held in Germany 2011. Poland currently ranks first in UEFA Group 4 in the qualification stage that runs 19th September 2009 to 25th August 2010 ( 41 countries in eight groups with only four or five qualifying for the finals in Germany 2011). Poland’s next opponent in the qualification stage is Romania on 31st March.

The match up with Poland on 20th February will be the first-ever meeting between the two countries.

Canada’s Women’s team, whose title sponsor is Winners, and whose presenting sponsor is Teck, will open its 2010 season in Cyprus with five games from 20th February to 3rd March.

As part of its 2010 schedule, the team will also play at least two games at home, with dates, venues and opponents still to be announced.

As for the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup, that schedule is expected to be announced shortly by CONCACAF, with the top-two teams qualifying for Germany in 2011 and the third-place team entering a playoff against the fifth-place team from Europe.