Copa EuroAmericana

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Copa EuroAmericana
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Logos of Copa EuroAmericana and LFP World Challenge
Founded2013
Abolished2015
Region CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
UEFA
Last champions South America (1st title)
Most successful team(s) Europe (2 titles)
Website Official website

The Copa EuroAmericana was a friendly football exhibition tournament created by DirecTV that took place in the Americas. Some clubs from CONCACAF, CONMEBOL and UEFA were invited to participate in it. [1] [2] Since 2014, matches corresponding to Spanish teams also served as the LFP World Challenge. [3]

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Format

Each match was played for 90 minutes. In case of a draw after the 90 minutes, the winners were determined via a penalty shoot-out. The confederation of the winning team of each match was awarded with a point, and the confederation with most points at the end of the tournament was declared champions.

Winners

TournamentWinnersPointsRunners-upPoints
2013 Europe 6 South America 2
2014 Europe 5Americas4
2015 South America 3 Europe 1

Topscorers

EditionPlayerTeamGoals
2013 Flag of Brazil.svg Danilo Flag of Portugal.svg Porto 3
2014 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Dimitar Berbatov Flag of France.svg Monaco 2
2015 Flag of Croatia.svg Duje Čop Flag of Spain.svg Malaga 2

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References

  1. Copa EuroAmericana Archived July 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Copa Euroamericana Stats
  3. "El RCD Espanyol representará a la LFP en Ecuador en la Copa Euroamericana | Teinteresa".