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Grand Hotel Varna Cup and Albena Cup (Women)

 

1988

1st Grand Hotel Varna Tournament (indoor)

[March 2-5?]

Played in Varna.

26- 6 Bulgaria        2-1 Poland

Final Ranking:

 1.Norway
 2.Renova Budapest (HUN)
 3.TSV Siegen (GER)
 4.Akademik Sofia (BUL)
 5.Poland
 6.CFKA Sredets (BUL)
 7.Boeler (??; SWE)
 8.Grand Hotel Varna (BUL)

1989

2nd Grand Hotel Varna Tournament (indoor)

[March 6-10]

Played in Varna.

Final Ranking:

 1.Norway
 2.Renova Budapest (HUN)
 3.Poland
 4.Bulgaria
 5.Beijing (CHI)
 6.Millwall (ENG)
 7.Russian Federation (USSR)
 8.Pakhtakor (USSR)

1990

3rd Grand Hotel Varna Tournament

[April 16-21]

Played in Varna, Tolbuhin, Novi Pazar, General Toshevo.

Group A
16- 4 France          3-0 Renova Budapest
      China           3-0 USA U-19
17- 4 France          1-0 USA U-19
      China           1-1 Renova Budapest
18- 4 France          1-1 China
      USA U-19        3-1 Renova Budapest

Group B
16- 4 Canada          1-1 Soviet Union
      GH Varna       11-0 Reggio di Calabria
17- 4 Canada          7-0 Reggio di Calabria
      Soviet Union    1-1 Grand Hotel Varna
18- 4 Canada          1-0 Grand Hotel Varna
      Soviet Union    6-1 Reggio di Calabria


Semifinals
20- 4 France          7-1 Soviet Union
20- 4 China           2-0 Canada

Seventh Place Match
20- 4 Renova         11-0 Reggio di Calabria

Fifth Place Match
20- 4 USA U-19	      4-3 Grand Hotel Varna

Third Place Match
21- 4 Canada          5-0 Soviet Union

Final
21- 4 China           2-0 France

1991

4th Grand Hotel Varna Tournament

[April 1-7] 

Played in Varna, Dobrich (formerly Tolbuhin), Shumen 

Group A
 1- 4 France          3-1 Japan
 2- 4 France          1-0 Sweden
 3- 4 Sweden          2-2 Japan

Group B
 1- 4 USA             8-0 Yugoslavia
 1- 4 Hungary         unk Bulgaria
 2- 4 USA             3-0 Bulgaria
 2- 4 Yugoslavia      3-1 Hungary
 3- 4 USA             6-0 Hungary
 3- 4 Yugoslavia      1-0 Bulgaria

Group C
 1- 4 GH Varna        1-1 Romania
 2- 4 Poland          3-1 Romania
 3- 4 GH Varna        unk Poland

Group D
 1- 4 Soviet Union    1-1 England
 2- 4 Soviet Union    1-0 China
 3- 4 England         unk China

Semifinals 9-12
 5- 4 Japan           2-0 Hungary
 5- 4 China           3-1 Romania

Semifinals 5-8
 5- 4 Sweden          0-0 Yugoslavia     [3-2 pen]
      England         bt  GH Varna

Semifinals 1-4
 4- 4 Soviet Union    5-1 Poland
 5- 4 USA             2-0 France

Thirteenth: Bulgaria

Eleventh Place Match
 6- 4 Hungary         3-1 Romania

Ninth Place Match
      China	      bt  Japan

Seventh Place Match
      Yugoslavia      bt  Grand Hotel Varna

Fifth Place Match
 7- 4 Sweden U-20     2-0 England

Third Place Match
 7- 4 France	      3-0 Poland

Final 
 7- 4 USA             5-0 Soviet Union
        [Lilly, Heinrichs, Akers (3)]

1992

5th Grand Hotel Varna Tournament

[March 30 to April 5]
Matches were played at Novi Pazar Stadium and Grand Varna Stadium. Perhaps other stadiums were also used.

First round

Group A
30- 3 Hungary      1-0  Spain         [Kern Edit 61'] [att: 300] [ref: Momirov, Bulgaria]
31- 3 Spain        2-0  Russia XI
 1- 4 Hungary      0-0  Russia XI

 1.HUNGARY     2  1  1  0  1- 0  3
 2.Spain       2  1  0  1  2- 1  2
 3.Russia XI   2  0  1  1  0- 2  1

Group B
30- 3 Bulgaria     0-2  Poland        [HT 0-1] [Marta Otrębska, Katarzyna Jendryczko]
31- 3 Bulgaria     0-5  Sweden U-20   [HT 0-2] [Malin Andersson, Angelica Nilsson x2, Pernilla Gunskog x2] [att: 200]
 1- 4 Sweden U-20  1-0  Poland        [HT 0-0] [at Novi Pazar] [own-goal] [att: 250]

 1.SWEDEN U-20   2  2  0  0  6- 0  4
 2.Poland        2  1  0  1  2- 1  2
 3.Bulgaria      2  0  0  2  0- 7  0

Group C
30- 3 G.H. Varna   0-1  North Korea   [Perehozheva own-goal]
31- 3 North Korea  1-0  Scotland
 1- 4 G.H. Varna   0-0  Scotland

 1.NORTH KOREA   2  2  0  0  2- 0  4
 2.G.H. Varna    2  0  1  1  0- 1  1
 3.Scotland      2  0  1  1  0- 1  1
Note: Grand Hotel Varna placed ahead of Scotland on the basis of fewer yellow cards.

Final round

Group 1-3
 3- 4 North Korea  1-1  Sweden U-20   [Ri Chu-Ol 27' / Malin Andersson 37'] [att: 175]
 4- 4 Sweden U-20  3-0  Hungary       [HT 1-0] [Malin Andersson x2, Pernilla Bowall] [att: 100 or 400] [ref: Lale Orta, Turkey]
 5- 4 North Korea  3-0  Hungary       [HT 1-0] [att: 600] [ref: Momirov, Bulgaria]

 1.SWEDEN U-20   2  1  1  0  4- 1  3
 2.North Korea   2  1  1  0  4- 1  3
 3.Hungary       2  0  0  2  0- 6  0
Note: Sweden placed ahead of North Korea on the basis of fewer yellow cards.

Group 4-6
 3- 4 G.H. Varna   0-0  Poland
 4- 4 Spain        4-0  Poland        [HT 2-0] [Banqué, García, Prieto x2]
 5- 4 G.H. Varna   0-2  Spain

 4.Spain         2  2  0  0  6- 0  4
 5.G.H. Varna    2  0  1  1  0- 2  1
 6.Poland        2  0  1  1  0- 4  1

Group 7-9
 3- 4 Bulgaria     0-3  Scotland      [Lowe x2, Brown]
 4- 4 Bulgaria     2-0  Russia XI     [Georgieva x2]
 5- 4 Scotland     2-1  Russia XI

 7.Scotland      2  2  0  0  5- 1  4
 8.Bulgaria      2  1  0  1  2- 3  2
 9.Russia XI     2  0  0  2  1- 4  0


Final Ranking:
 1.Sweden U-20
 2.North Korea
 3.Hungary
 4.Spain
 5.FC Grand Hotel Varna (BUL)
 6.Poland
 7.Scotland
 8.Bulgaria
 9.Russia XI (not national team)

Official awards:
    Top goal-scorer: 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


Main source: "Sport" newspaper (Bulgaria)
Thanks to Evelina Stoyneva (Bulgarian national library)

1994

6th Grand Hotel Varna Tournament

Group Stage

Group ?
 4- 4 Romania         1-0 Grand Hotel Varna
 5- 4 Sweden U-20     0-1 Romania
 6- 4 GH Varna        bt  Sweden U-20

 1.Romania      2  2  0  0  2- 0  4
 2.GH Varna     2  1  0  1        2
 3.Sweden U-20  2  0  0  2        0

Group ? 
 ?- 4 Latvia           - Hungary
 ?- 4 Latvia           - Norway
 ?- 4 Hungary          - Norway

 1.Norway
 2.Latvia
 3.Hungary

Fifth Place Match
   -4 Sweden U-20     0-1 Hungary

Semifinal
 8- 4 Romania         2-0 Latvia
      GH Varna        bt  Norway

Third Place Match
 9- 4 Latvia          1-1 Norway         [shared]

Final
 9- 4 GH Varna        1-0 Romania

Final Ranking:
 1.FC Grand Hotel Varna-BATC (BUL)
 2.Romania
 3.Latvia
   Norway (clearly not full international side, probably youth team)
 5.Hungary
 6.Sweden U-20

1996 (known results)

17-10 Romania	      5-0 Bulgaria
21-10 Romania	      0-2 Ukraine

1998 (known results)

[April 16-20]

16- 4 Romania         5-0 Moldova
18- 4 Romania         1-2 Belarus
19- 4 Romania         1-0 Russia
20- 4 Romania         4-1 Bulgaria

Albena Cup 1999 (Bulgaria)

Played April 13-18, 1999

(Grand Hotel Varna is a club from Varna.  Romanian sources list them
 as the Bulgarian national team, with which they presumably are identical,
 as the club won the national league in all seasons 1993-2001)

Group A
Russia        7-1 Moldova        1.Russia       3 2 1 0 11- 1 7
Scotland      3-3 Romania        2.Scotland     3 1 2 0  8- 3 5
Russia        4-0 Romania        3.Romania      3 1 1 1  9- 7 4
Scotland      5-0 Moldova        4.Moldova      3 0 0 3  1-18 0
Russia        0-0 Scotland
Romania       6-0 Moldova
  
Group B   
Ukraine       3-0 FC GH Varna    1.North Korea  3 3 0 0  8- 0 9
North Korea   3-0 Belarus        2.Ukraine      3 1 1 1  3- 2 4
FC GH Varna   2-1 Belarus        3.FC GH Varna  3 1 0 2  2- 7 3
North Korea   2-0 Ukraine        4.Belarus      3 0 1 2  1- 5 1
North Korea   3-0 FC GH Varna
Ukraine       0-0 Belarus 
    
Semifinals
Russia        0-0 Ukraine        [Russia on pen]
North Korea   1-1 Scotland       [Scotland on pen]

Seventh Place Match
Belarus       2-0 Moldova 

Fifth Place Match
Romania       4-0 FC GH Varna

Third Place Match
North Korea   2-1 Ukraine

Final
Russia        3-0 Scotland
    

Albena Cup 2000 (Varna, Bulgaria)

Played April 1-7, 2000

Group A 
Scotland      0-2 USA U-18       1.USA U-18     3 3 0 0 10- 2 9  
Ukraine       5-1 Moldova 	 2.Ukraine      3 1 1 1  9- 6 4
USA U-18      2-1 Ukraine 	 3.Scotland     3 1 1 1  8- 5 4
Moldova       0-5 Scotland       4.Moldova      3 0 0 3  2-16 0
Ukraine       3-3 Scotland  
USA U-18      6-1 Moldova 
  
Group B    
Bulgaria      2-2 Romania        1.Russia       2 1 1 0  6- 0 4                                      
Russia        6-0 Romania        2.Bulgaria     2 0 2 0  2- 2 2  	     
Bulgaria      0-0 Russia         3.Romania      2 0 1 1  2- 8 1
                                   Kazakhstan withdrew
    
Semifinals [Apr 5]
Ukraine	      3-1 Russia
USA U18       5-4 Bulgaria       [aet]

Fifth Place Match [Apr 7]
Scotland      2-0 Romania    

Third Place Match [Apr 7]
Bulgaria      0-0 Russia         [4-3 pen]

Final [Apr 7]
Ukraine	      0-0 USA U18        [5-3 pen]  

Albena Cup 2001 (Bulgaria)

Played in Albena and Obrochishte.

Group A 
 2- 4 Romania       1-4 Russia B
      North Korea   3-0 Belarus
 3- 4 North Korea   4-0 Romania
      Russia B      4-0 Belarus
 4- 4 North Korea   5-1 Russia B
      Belarus       1-0 Romania

 1.North Korea    3  3  0  0 12- 1  9
 2.Russia B       3  2  0  1  9- 6  6  [mainly players Ryazan TNK]
 3.Belarus        3  1  0  2  1- 7  3
 4.Romania        3  0  0  3  1- 9  0

Group B
 2- 4 Bulgaria      2-0 Greece
      Russia       10-0 Moldova
 3- 4 Greece        0-3 Russia
      Bulgaria      2-1 Moldova
 4- 4 Bulgaria      0-2 Russia
      Greece        2-1 Moldova

 1.Russia         3  3  0  0 15- 0  9
 2.Bulgaria       3  2  0  1  4- 3  6
 3.Greece         3  1  0  2  2- 6  3
 4.Moldova        3  0  0  3  2-14  0

Semifinals
 6- 4 Russia        4-0 Russia B
      North Korea   3-0 Bulgaria

Seventh Place Match
 7- 4 Moldova       1-0 Romania

Fifth Place Match
 7- 4 Belarus       0-0 Greece         [5-4 pen]

Third Place Match
 8- 4 Bulgaria      3-1 Russia B

Final 
 8- 4 Russia        0-0 North Korea    [5-3 pen]

Albena Cup 2002 (Bulgaria)

02.04.2002
North Korea		5-1 Romania
Bulgaria		0-1 Ukraine

03.04.2002
Russia		 	1-2 North Korea
Romania		 	0-0 Bulgaria 

04.04.2002
Russia			3-0 Romania 
North Korea		3-0 Ukraine 

05.04.2002
Russia			3-2 Ukraine
North Korea		4-0 Bulgarie

07.04.2002
Ukraine			2-0 Romania
Bulgaria		1-4 Russia


Table :

1.North Korea		4  4 0 0  14- 2  12
2.Russia		4  3 0 1  11- 5   9
3.Ukraine		4  2 0 2   5- 6   6
4.Bulgaria		4  0 1 3   1- 9   1
  Romania		4  0 1 3   1-10   1


Third place match
9.04.02	 Ukraine	3-1 Romania
 
Final
9.04.02	 North Korea	3-0 Russia

Albena Cup 2003 (Bulgaria)

Group A 

02.04  TNK Ryazan	2-0 Romania
04.04  Bulgaria		0-4 Romania
06.04  Bulgaria		1-2 TNK Ryazan

Table :
1. TNK Ryazan 		2  2 0 0  4-1  6 (Russia II)
2. Romania 		2  1 0 1  4-2  3
3. Bulgaria 		2  0 0 2  1-6  0 


Group B : Russia I, Greece, Israel 

03.04  Greece		0-2 Russia
04.04  Russia		2-0 Israel
06.04  Israel		0-3 Greece

Table :
1. Russia  		2  2 0 0  4-0  6
2. Greece 		2  1 0 1  3-2  3
3. Israel 		2  0 0 2  0-5  0


Semifinals
08.04  TNK Ryazan	1-0 Greece
08.04  Russia 		1-0 Romania


Fifth place match
08.04  Israel		2-0 Bulgaria

Third place match
10.04  Romania		1-1 Greece		[3-2 pen]

Final
10.04  TNK Ryazan	1-1 Russia 		[4-2 pen]

Albena Cup 2004 (Bulgaria)

Group A
 
31- 3    Bulgaria         0-3    Alma KTZh
 1- 4    Alma KTZh        0-2    Ryazan TNK
 2- 4    Bulgaria         2-3    Ryazan TNK
 
 1.Ryazan TNK (Russia)       2  2  0  0  5- 2  6
 2.Alma KTZh (Kazakhstan)    2  1  0  1  3- 2  3
 3.Bulgaria                  2  0  0  2  2- 6  0
 
Group B
 
31- 3    Romania          0-5    Russia
 1- 4    Russia           1-1    Nadezhda Noginsk
 2- 4    Romania          1-1    Nadezhda Noginsk
 
 1.Russia                    2  1  1  0  6- 1  4
 2.Nadezhda Noginsk (Russia) 2  0  2  0  2- 2  2
 3.Romania                   2  0  1  1  1- 6  1

Fifth Place Match
 4- 4    Romania          1-1    Bulgaria            [4-2 pen]
 
Semifinals
 4- 4    Russia           5-0    Alma KTZh
 4- 4    Nadezhda Noginsk 2-3    Ryazan TNK
 
Third Place Match
 6- 4    Nadezhda Noginsk 2-0    Alma KTZh
 
Final
 6- 4    Russia           2-0    Ryazan TNK

Albena Cup 2005 (Bulgaria)

Albena, April 2005

Group A
Ryazan           2-0    Bulgaria
Ryazan           7-0    Kazakhstan
Bulgaria         2-0    Kazakhstan

 1.Ryazan TNK (Russia)       2  2  0  0  9- 0  6
 2.Bulgaria                  2  1  0  1  2- 2  3
 3,Kazakhstan                2  0  0  2  0- 9  0

Group B
Rossiyanka       3-2    North Korea
Rossiyanka       5-0    Romania
North Korea      6-1    Romania

 1.Rossiyanka (Russia)       2  2  0  0  8- 2  6
 2.North Korea               2  1  0  1  8- 4  3
 3.Romania                   2  0  0  2  1-11  0

Group C
Ukraine          0-0    Nadezhda Noginsk
Ukraine          4-0    Alma-KTZh Alma-Ata 
Nadezhda Noginsk 3-0    Alma-KTZh Alma-Ata 

 1.Ukraine                   2  1  1  0  4- 0  4
 2.Nadezhda Noginsk (Russia) 2  1  1  0  3- 0  4
 3.Alma-KTZh Alma-Ata (Kaz.) 2  0  0  2  0- 7  0

Final Group
Rossiyanka       4-0    Ukraine
Rossiyanka       3-3    Ryazan
Ukraine          1-0    Ryazan

 1.Rossiyanka (Russia)       2  1  1  0  7- 3  4
 2.Ukraine                   2  1  0  1  1- 4  3
 3.Ryazan TNK (Russia)       2  0  1  1  3- 4  1

Albena Cup 2006 (Bulgaria)

Round 1 [Apr 2]
Bulgaria         4-2 Kazakhstan
Rossiyanka       3-0 Ukraine
Ryazan-VDV       8-1 Romania

Round 2 [Apr 4]
Ukraine          4-1 Kazakhstan
Bulgaria         1-0 Romania
Rossiyanka       1-0 Ryazan-VDV

Round 3 [Apr 6]
Kazakhstan       1-7 Romania
Bulgaria         2-7 Rossiyanka
Ryazan-VDV       2-2 Ukraine

Round 4 [Apr 8]
Bulgaria         1-2 Ukraine
Rossiyanka       8-0 Romania
Ryazan-VDV       3-0 Kazakhstan

Round 5 [Apr 10]
Romania          1-1 Ukraine
Bulgaria         unk Ryazan-VDV         [Bulgaria did not win]
Rossiyanka      10-0 Kazakhstan

Final Table:
 1.Rossiyanka (Russia)     5  5  0  0  29- 2  15
 2.Ryazan-VDV (Russia)     4  2  1  1  13- 4   7  [*]
 3.Ukraine                 5  2  2  1   9- 8   8
 4.Bulgaria                4  2  0  2   8-11   6  [*]
 5.Romania                 5  1  1  3   9-19   4
 6.Kazakhstan              5  0  0  5   4-28   0

[*] missing 1 result; Ryazan at least drew and finished second

Albena Cup 2008 (Bulgaria)

[May 30]
Bulgaria         1-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina
  [Andriana Boyanova 38; Tamara Skrbic 28]
[Jun 1]
Armenia          0-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
[Jun 3]
Bulgaria         4-1 Armenia
  [Silvia Radoyska 23pen, Lili Zhekova 29, Tanya Davidova 51,
   Nadezhda Belcheva 59; Gayane Kostanyan 18]

Final Table:
 1.Bulgaria                2  1  1  0   5- 2   4
 2.Bosnia-Herzegovina      2  0  2  0   1- 1   2
 3.Armenia                 2  0  1  1   1- 4   1

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