2015 Audi Cup

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2015 Audi Cup
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Tournament details
Host countryGermany
Dates4–5 August [1]
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich (3rd title)
Runners-up Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
Third place Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur
Fourth place Flag of Italy.svg Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored8 (2 per match)
Attendance282,000 (70,500 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Poland.svg Robert Lewandowski (2 goals)
2013
2017

The 2015 Audi Cup was the fourth edition of the Audi Cup, a two-day association football tournament that featured four teams and was played at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. The competition hosted the 2009 Audi Cup winners Bayern Munich, the 2014 UEFA Champions league winners Real Madrid, 18-time Italian champions Milan, and eight-time FA Cup and two times UEFA Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur.

Contents

Participating teams

Competition format

The competition took the format of a regular knock-out competition. The winners of each of the two matches on the first day competed against each other for the Audi Cup, while the two losing sides played in a third-place match. The trophy contested over two days, each day seeing two matches played back-to-back.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 August
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 2
 
5 August
 
Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur 0
 
Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 0
 
4 August
 
Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 1
 
Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 3
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg Milan 0
 
Third place
 
 
5 August
 
 
Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur 2
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg Milan 0

Matches

All times are local (CEST / UTC+02:00)

Semi-finals

Real Madrid Flag of Spain.svg 2–0 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur
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Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Günter Perl (Germany)

Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg 3–0 Flag of Italy.svg Milan
Report
Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)

Third place match-up

Tottenham Hotspur Flag of England.svg 2–0 Flag of Italy.svg Milan
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Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann (Germany)

Final

Real Madrid Flag of Spain.svg 0–1 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
Report
Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 49 000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
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Real Madrid
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Bayern Munich

Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal

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