2017 Florida Cup

2017 Florida Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	January 8 – 21
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	São Paulo (1st title)
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The 2017 Florida Cup was the third edition of Florida Cup, a friendly association football tournament played in the United States. The event was played under two different formats, one with points awarded to the participating clubs' countries and the other a single-match knockout tournament.

Teams

Nation	Team [1] [2]	Location	Confederation	League
Argentina	River Plate	Buenos Aires	CONMEBOL	Primera División
	Estudiantes	La Plata
Brazil	Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte		Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
	Bahia	Salvador
	Corinthians	São Paulo
	São Paulo
	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
Colombia	Millonarios	Bogotá		Categoría Primera A
Ecuador	Barcelona	Guayaquil		Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
Germany	Bayer Leverkusen	Leverkusen	UEFA	Bundesliga
	VfL Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg
United States	Tampa Bay Rowdies	St. Petersburg	CONCACAF	USL

Venues

St. Petersburg	Bay Lake
Al Lang Stadium	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Capacity: 7,227	Capacity: 9,500
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Orlando	Lauderhill
Bright House Networks Stadium	Central Broward Stadium
Capacity: 44,206	Capacity: 25,000

Challenge

Format

The "Challenge" will be played in a format similar to the Davis Cup, in tennis. Each team will play two matches and score points for their country. A victory yields three points, a tie one point, and an extra point is awarded for the winner in penalty shootouts. The country with the most points wins the competition. The first tiebreaking criteria will be goal difference, followed by goals scored. ^[3]

Germany

Rank	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	VfL Wolfsburg	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	5
2	Bayer Leverkusen	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	5
Total Germany		4	2	2	0	4	1	3	10

Brazil

Rank	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Mineiro	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	3
2	Bahia	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1	1
Total Brazil		4	1	1	2	3	3	0	4

Argentina/United States

Rank	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Estudiantes de La Plata	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	4
2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2	0	0	2	0	4	–4	0
Total US/Argentina		4	1	1	2	2	5	–3	4

Challenge Matches

January 8

14:00 EST (UTC-5)

Estudiantes	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen
Umeres 33'	Report	Schreck 70'
Penalties
Aguirregaray González Pírez Marchioni Diarte	2–4	Kießling Aránguiz Mehmedi Brandt Dragović

Al Lang Stadium, St. Petersburg

Referee: Vincent Apple-Chiarella

January 8

16:45 EST (UTC-5)

Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–2	Wolfsburg
	Rowdies Report Wolfsburg Report	Herrmann 6', 41'

Al Lang Stadium, St. Petersburg

Referee: Jonathan Wener

January 11

19:00 EST (UTC-5)

Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Atlético Mineiro
Hernández 52'	Report

ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake

Referee: Matthew Miscannnon

January 12

19:00 EST (UTC-5)

VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	Bahia
Penalties
Reichwein Kleihs Wimmer Abdat Herrmann	3–2	Gustavo Kaynan Edson Renato Cajá Feijão

ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake

Referee: Vincent Apple-Chiarella

January 14

16:00 EST (UTC-5)

Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–2	Atlético Mineiro
		Leonan 8' Rodrigo 52'

Al Lang Stadium, St. Petersburg

January 15

16:45 EST (UTC-5)

Bahia	0–1	Estudiantes
		Tinga 16' (o.g.)

Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando

Playoff

The playoff tournament will be played with single-elimination matches.

	First round				Semifinals				Final
					18 January – Orlando
	15 January – Lauderhill				Vasco da Gama	1
	Vasco da Gama	2			Corinthians	4			21 January – Orlando
	Barcelona	1							Corinthians	0 (3)
					19 January – St. Petersburg				São Paulo (p)	0 (4)
	15 January – Orlando				São Paulo (p)	0 (8)
	River Plate	1			River Plate	0 (7)
	Millonarios	0
					Fifth place				Third place
					18 January – Orlando				21 January – Orlando
					Barcelona	0			Vasco da Gama	1
					Millonarios	1			River Plate	0

Playoff Matches

January 15

14:00 EST (UTC-5)

Quarterfinals

Vasco da Gama	2–1	Barcelona S.C.
Nené 29' Rodrigo 84'		Washington Vera 22'

Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill

January 15

14:00 EST (UTC-5)

Quarterfinals

River Plate	1–0	Millonarios F.C.
Alario 5'

Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando

January 18

16:30 EST (UTC-5)

Consolation

Barcelona S.C.	0–1	Millonarios F.C.
		Juan Guillermo Domínguez 88'

Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando

January 18

19:00 EST (UTC-5)

Semifinals

Vasco da Gama	1–4	Corinthians
Éder Luís 24'		Camacho 20' Marlone 45+1' Kazim 81' Marquinhos Gabriel 89'

Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando

January 19

19:00 EST (UTC-5)

Semifinals

São Paulo	0–0	River Plate
Penalties
João Schmidt Cícero Wesley Shaylon Gilberto Júnior Tavares Felipe Araruna Lugano Lucão	8–7	Martínez Fernández Mora Driussi Mina Arzura Montiel Mayada Moya

Al Lang Stadium, St. Petersburg

Referee: Andrew Musashe

January 21

15:15 EST (UTC-5)

Third Place

Vasco da Gama	1–0	River Plate
Nenê 74'

Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando

January 21

18:00 EST (UTC-5)

Final

Corinthians	0–0	São Paulo
Penalties
Fellipe Bastos Giovanni Augusto Marciel Paulo Roberto Marlone	3–4	João Schmidt Cícero Felipe Araruna Júnior Tavares Gilberto

Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando

References

1. "Fla vai participar de Torneio da Flórida durante a pré-temporada 2017". Globoesporte.globo.com. August 30, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
2. "Inter confirma presença no Torneio da Flórida na pré-temporada de 2017".
3. "Challenge 2017 Clash of Nations". Florida Cup. Archived from the original on November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.

External links

• Official website