2014 Valais Cup

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2014 Valais Cup
Valais Football Summer Cups
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
Teams4
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica [1] (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk
Third place Flag of Switzerland.svg Sion
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored5 (1.67 per match)
Best player(s) Flag of Uruguay.svg Maxi Pereira (Benfica)
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The 2014 Valais Cup was an international football tournament that is part of the Valais Football Summer Cups. Matches being played on 6 July, 30 July and 31 July in Switzerland. It was the second running of the competition, following the 2013 edition. The tournament consisted of three matchdays for a total of three matches.

Switzerland federal republic in Central Europe

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state situated in the confluence of western, central, and southern Europe. It is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons, with federal authorities seated in Bern. Switzerland is a landlocked country bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. It is geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi), and land area of 39,997 km2 (15,443 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8.5 million is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are located, among them the two global cities and economic centres of Zürich and Geneva.

The Valais Cup is an international football tournament that is part of the Valais Football Summer Cups. It is played at the Stade de Tourbillon in Sion, Switzerland.

Contents

Participants

The tournament features European top-clubs: [2]

Results

Matchdays 2 and 3 were originally scheduled for 12 July and 13 July but due to Benfica having problems with arriving to Switzerland matches were cancelled and moved to the 30 and 31 July. [3]

S.L. Benfica Portuguese association football club

Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica, is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of the Portuguese football league system, where they are the current champions and the most successful club in terms of titles won.

Matchday 1

Shakhtar Donetsk Flag of Ukraine.svg 1–0 Flag of Switzerland.svg Sion
Hladkyy Soccerball shade.svg 37' Report1
Report2
Stade St-Germain, Savièse
Attendance: 1,050 [4]
Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

Matchday 2

Sion Flag of Switzerland.svg 0–2 Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica
Report1
Report2 		Jara Soccerball shade.svg 15'
Teixeira Soccerball shade.svg 50'
Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains [5]
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland) [6]

Matchday 3

The game between Benfica and Shakhtar Donetsk was cancelled. On the third matchday, Benfica played the game against Spain's Athletic Bilbao. This match was not counted in the standings of the 2014 Valais Cup. [1]

FC Shakhtar Donetsk Association football club

Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to a war in their home city, the club was forced to move to Lviv, and has since early 2017 played in the city of Kharkiv whilst having its office headquarters and training facilities in Kyiv.

Athletic Bilbao professional football club from Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

Athletic Club, also commonly known as Athletic Bilbao, is a professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (Spain). They are known as Los Leones because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés. Mammes was an early Christian thrown to the lions by the Romans. Mammes pacified the lions and was later made a saint.

Benfica Flag of Portugal.svg 0–2 Flag of Spain.svg Athletic Bilbao
Report1
Report2 		Aduriz Soccerball shade.svg 40'
Beñat Soccerball shade.svg 72'
Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg [7]
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland) [8]

Standings

RankTeamWinDrawLossGFGAGDPoints
1 Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica 10020+23
2 Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk 10010+13
3 Flag of Switzerland.svg Sion 00203–30

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 SL Benfica is the big winner of the 2014 Valais Cup!
  2. ↑ "Valais Cup". www.valaiscups.com. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
  3. ↑ "Valais Cup 2014 matches SL Benfica moved". www.valaiscups.com. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  4. ↑ FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Sion: 1-0
  5. ↑ "Sion 0-2 Benfica". Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  6. ↑ Sion 0:2 Benfica
  7. ↑ "Benfica 0-2 Athletic Bilbao". Archived from the original on 2014-08-02. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  8. ↑ Benfica 0:2 Athletic
  9. ↑ Maxi Pereira foi o melhor jogador da Valais Cup
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