2013 International Champions Cup

2013 International Champions Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	Spain United States
Dates	July 27 – August 7
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up	Chelsea
Third place	Milan
Fourth place	LA Galaxy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	33 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	492,575 (41,048 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristiano Ronaldo (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Cristiano Ronaldo [1]
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The 2013 International Champions Cup (or ICC) was an exhibition association football tournament played in Spain and the United States. It began on Saturday, July 27 and culminated on Wednesday, August 7, 2013. ^[2] This tournament replaced the World Football Challenge and was staged mainly throughout the United States, and with one match in Spain. The participating teams were LA Galaxy of the United States, Real Madrid and Valencia of Spain, Milan, Juventus and Inter Milan of Italy, and Chelsea and Everton of England. ^{[3] [4]} In the United States, Fox Soccer televised 11 of 12 matches live, and Fox Sports broadcast one match live on August 3. ^[5] ESPN Deportes televised all matches live on TV and on WatchESPN in Spanish. ^[6]

Real Madrid won the tournament, defeating Chelsea 3–1 in the final. ^[7]

Teams

Country	Team	Location	Confederation	League
England	Chelsea	London	UEFA	Premier League
	Everton	Liverpool
Italy	Milan	Milan		Serie A
	Inter Milan
	Juventus	Turin
Spain	Real Madrid	Madrid		La Liga
	Valencia	Valencia
United States	LA Galaxy	Los Angeles	CONCACAF	Major League Soccer

Venues

Spain

Valencia	Valencia class=notpageimage| Location of the host city of the 2013 International Champions Cup in Spain.
Estadio de Mestalla
39°28′28.76″N0°21′30.10″W / 39.4746556°N 0.3583611°W / 39.4746556; -0.3583611 (Mestalla)
Capacity: 49,430

United States

San Francisco	Los Angeles	Glendale
AT&T Park	Dodger Stadium	University of Phoenix Stadium
37°46′43″N122°23′21″W / 37.77861°N 122.38917°W / 37.77861; -122.38917 (AT&T Park)	34°4′25″N118°14′24″W / 34.07361°N 118.24000°W / 34.07361; -118.24000 (Dodger Stadium)	33°31′39″N112°15′45″W / 33.52750°N 112.26250°W / 33.52750; -112.26250 (University of Phoenix Stadium)
Capacity: 41,915	Capacity: 56,000	Capacity: 63,400
San Francisco Los Angeles Glendale Indianapolis Miami Gardens East Rutherford class=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2013 International Champions Cup in the United States.
Indianapolis	Miami Gardens	East Rutherford
Lucas Oil Stadium	Sun Life Stadium	MetLife Stadium
39°45′36.2″N86°9′49.7″W / 39.760056°N 86.163806°W / 39.760056; -86.163806 (Lucas Oil Stadium)	25°57′29″N80°14′20″W / 25.95806°N 80.23889°W / 25.95806; -80.23889 (Sun Life Stadium)	40°48′49″N74°4′28″W / 40.81361°N 74.07444°W / 40.81361; -74.07444 (MetLife Stadium)
Capacity: 63,000	Capacity: 75,000	Capacity: 82,500

Format

The tournament had two groups of four: an "Eastern" and a "Western" group. The groups were not played as a round-robin; rather, the winners of the first round matches played each other in the second round, and the first round losers also played each other in the second round. The two teams with two wins from the first two matches advanced to the final. For the other teams, positions in the final round were determined by their position in their group, with the following rules: ^[8]

• All matches tied at the end of regulation were decided by a penalty shoot-out.
• Three points were awarded for a regulation win, two points for a penalty shoot-out win, one point for a penalty shoot-out loss, and no points for a regulation loss.
• Tiebreakers were: head-to-head, goal difference, number of goals scored.

In other words, though the team placing first (two wins) in each group would be apparent, the determination of second, third (both teams: one win, one loss) and fourth place (two losses) was based on the above tiebreakers.

Bracket

	Seventh place match					Second round (First round losers)					First round					Second round (First round winners)					Final
											Juventus		1 (5)
											Everton (p)		1 (6)
						Juventus		1								Everton		1
						LA Galaxy		3								Real Madrid		2
											Real Madrid		3
											LA Galaxy		1
	Juventus		1 (8)																		Real Madrid		3
	Inter Milan (p)		1 (9)																		Chelsea		1
											Milan		2
											Valencia		1
	Fifth place match					Valencia		4								Milan		0			Third place match
						Inter Milan		0								Chelsea		2
	Everton		0								Chelsea		2								LA Galaxy		0
	Valencia		1								Inter Milan		0								Milan		2

Western Group

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Real Madrid	2	2	0	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Final
2	LA Galaxy	2	1	0	0	1	4	4	0	3	Third place match
3	Everton	2	0	1	0	1	2	3	−1	2	Fifth place match
4	Juventus	2	0	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1	Seventh place match

Source:

Matches

First round

July 31, 2013

20:00 PDT (UTC−07:00)

Juventus	1–1	Everton
Asamoah 80'	Report	Mirallas 61'
Penalties
Matri Asamoah Vučinić Vidal Pirlo Motta Peluso	5–6	Osman Barkley Mirallas Jagielka Oviedo Stones Coleman

AT&T Park, San Francisco

Attendance: 22,208 ^[9]

Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States) ^[9]

August 1, 2013

19:30 MST (UTC−07:00)

Real Madrid	3–1	LA Galaxy
Di María 15' Benzema 51', 74'	Report	Villarreal 63'

University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale

Attendance: 38,922 ^[10]

Referee: Juan Guzman (United States)

Second round (First round losers)

August 3, 2013

19:30 PDT (UTC−07:00)

Juventus	1–3	LA Galaxy
Matri 39'	Report	Gonzalez 36' Donovan 60' Keane 89'

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Attendance: 40,681 ^[11]

Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States) ^[12]

Second round (First round winners)

August 3, 2013

17:00 PDT (UTC−07:00)

Everton	1–2	Real Madrid
Jelavić 61'	Report	Ronaldo 17' Özil 31'

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Attendance: 40,681

Referee: Matthew Foerster (United States)

Eastern Group

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Chelsea	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Final
2	Milan	2	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	3	Third place match
3	Valencia	2	1	0	0	1	5	2	+3	3	Fifth place match
4	Inter Milan	2	0	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0	Seventh place match

Source:

Matches

First round

July 27, 2013

17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

Milan	2–1	Valencia
Robinho 22' De Jong 38'	Report	Parejo 53'

Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Carbonell Hernández (Spain) ^[13]

August 1, 2013

20:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)

Chelsea	2–0	Inter Milan
Oscar 13' Hazard 29' (pen.)	Report

Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis

Attendance: 41,983 ^[14]

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States) ^[15]

Second round (First round losers)

August 4, 2013

16:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)

Valencia	4–0	Inter Milan
Banega 7' Viera 34', 90' Jonas 56'	Report

MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 39,764 ^[16]

Referee: Mark Kadlecik (United States) ^[17]

Second round (First round winners)

August 4, 2013

18:30 EDT (UTC−04:00)

Milan	0–2	Chelsea
	Report	De Bruyne 29' Schürrle 90+2'

MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 39,764 ^[18]

Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero (United States) ^[19]

Championship Round

Seventh place match

August 6, 2013

18:30 EDT (UTC−04:00)

Juventus	1–1	Inter Milan
Vidal 45' (pen.)	Report	Álvarez 28'
Penalties
Giovinco Marchisio Llorente Pirlo Vidal Ogbonna Cáceres Chiellini De Ceglie Isla	8–9	Guarín Ranocchia Álvarez Icardi Belfodil Olsen Andreolli Pereira Jonathan Carrizo

Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens

Attendance: 38,513 ^[20]

Referee: Hilario Grajeda (United States) ^[21]

Fifth place match

August 6, 2013

21:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)

Everton	0–1	Valencia
	Report	Míchel 52'

Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens

Attendance: 38,513 ^[22]

Referee: Allen Chapman (United States) ^[22]

Third place match

August 7, 2013

18:30 EDT (UTC−04:00)

LA Galaxy	0–2	Milan
	Report	Balotelli 17' Niang 40'

Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens

Attendance: 67,273

Referee: Ted Unkel (United States) ^[23]

Final

August 7, 2013

21:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)

Real Madrid	3–1	Chelsea
Marcelo 14' Ronaldo 31', 57'	Report	Ramires 17'

Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens

Attendance: 67,273 ^[24]

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States) ^[25]

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Real Madrid
	Chelsea
	Milan
4	LA Galaxy
5	Valencia
6	Everton
7	Inter Milan
8	Juventus

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	3
2	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	2
	Jonathan Viera	Valencia
4	26 players		1

Official song

Main article: Exotic (Priyanka Chopra song)

The official song of the 2013 International Champions Cup "Exotic" was performed by the Indian Bollywood actress turned singer Priyanka Chopra, and was sung in both English and Hindi. ^[26]

See also

• World Football Challenge, an exhibition tournament for mid-season American clubs and pre-season European clubs that was held from 2009 until 2012

References

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External links

• International Champions Cup Official Site