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
Dates	30 November–6 December
Teams	6 (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 played	6
Goals scored	20 (3.33 per match)
Attendance	7,872 (1,312 per match)
← 2013

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'

30 November 2014

11:05

Mimasaka Rugby Football Field, Mimasaka

Attendance: 1,295

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Okayama Yunogo Belle	5–0	Melbourne Victory
Nakano 1', 82' Arimachi 6', 37' Miyama 75'	Report

30 November 2014

14:10

Mimasaka Rugby Football Field, Mimasaka

Attendance: 1,863

Semifinals

Urawa Red Diamonds	0–1	São José
		Debinha 59'

3 December 2014

16:05

Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka, Tokyo

Attendance: 965

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

3 December 2014

19:05

Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka, Tokyo

Attendance: 1,339

Third place play-off

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

6 December 2014

11:35

Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka, Tokyo

Attendance: 1,041

Final

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

6 December 2014

15:10

Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka, Tokyo

Attendance: 1,365

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. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

External links

• Official website Archived 30 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)