Women's International Champions Cup

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Women's International Champions Cup
Women's International Champions Cup logo.jpg
Organizing body Relevent Sports Group
Founded2018;5 years ago (2018)
Number of teams4
Current champion(s) Lyon (2nd title)
Most successful club(s) Lyon (2 titles)
Website www.internationalchampionscup.com/womens-schedule
Soccerball current event.svg 2022 Women's International Champions Cup

The Women's International Champions Cup (WICC) is an annual club women's soccer invitational tournament in the United States. Launched by Relevent Sports Group in 2018, it features four women's soccer teams from America and Europe competing for the championship. [1] As FIFA currently only organizes a men's club world championship—the FIFA Club World Cup—the competition aims to be the annual decider for the best women's club soccer team in the world. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

List of finals

YearWinnersScoreRunners-upVenue
2018 Flag of the United States.svg North Carolina Courage 1–0 Flag of France.svg Lyon Hard Rock Stadium
2019 Flag of France.svg Lyon 1–0 Flag of the United States.svg North Carolina Courage Sahlen's Stadium
2021 Flag of the United States.svg Portland Thorns 1–0 Flag of France.svg Lyon Providence Park
2022 Flag of France.svg Lyon 4–0 Flag of Mexico.svg Monterrey Providence Park

Results by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upThird place
Flag of France.svg Lyon 2 (2019, 2022)2 (2018, 2021)
Flag of the United States.svg North Carolina Courage 1 (2018)1 (2019)
Flag of the United States.svg Portland Thorns 1 (2021)
Flag of Mexico.svg Monterrey 1 (2022)
Flag of England.svg Manchester City 2 (2018, 2019)
Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 1 (2021)
Flag of England.svg Chelsea 1 (2022)

Broadcasting

In 2022, the matches of the Women's International Champions Cup were broadcast in more than 175 countries via DAZN and on their YouTube channel. [5]

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References

  1. "North Carolina Courage hold on for 'good, gutsy, American' win in ICC women's final". Sun Sentinel. July 30, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  2. "WICC 2021". www.releventsportsgroup.com.
  3. "Women's Soccer Tournament Will Crown 'World's Best Club' at Providence Park". Portland Monthly.
  4. Timbers, Portland. "FARLEY | Don't waste time ranking honors; WICC can be special on its own terms | PTFC". Portland Timbers.
  5. "2022 WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS CUP: TEAMS, SCHEDULE, HOW TO WATCH". DAZN. Retrieved October 7, 2022.