The 2013 International Champions Cup (or ICC) was an exhibition association football tournament played in Spain and the United States. It began on Saturday, July 27 and culminated on Wednesday, August 7, 2013. This tournament replaced the World Football Challenge and was staged mainly throughout the United States, and with one match in Spain. The participating teams were LA Galaxy of the United States, Real Madrid and Valencia of Spain, Milan, Juventus and Inter Milan of Italy, and Chelsea and Everton of England. In the United States, Fox Soccer televised 11 of 12 matches live, and Fox Sports broadcast one match live on August 3. ESPN Deportes televised all matches live on TV and on WatchESPN in Spanish.
Real Madrid won the tournament, defeating Chelsea 3–1 in the final.
Teams Country Team Location Confederation League Chelsea London UEFA Premier League Everton Liverpool Milan Milan Serie A Inter Milan Juventus Turin Real Madrid Madrid La Liga Valencia Valencia LA Galaxy Los Angeles CONCACAF Major League Soccer
Venues
ValenciaEstadio de MestallaCapacity: 49,430
San FranciscoLos AngelesGlendaleAT&T ParkDodger StadiumUniversity of Phoenix StadiumCapacity: 41,915Capacity: 56,000Capacity: 63,400 IndianapolisMiami GardensEast RutherfordLucas Oil StadiumSun Life StadiumMetLife StadiumCapacity: 63,000Capacity: 75,000Capacity: 82,500
Format The tournament had two groups of four: an "Eastern" and a "Western" group. The groups were not played as a round-robin; rather, the winners of the first round matches played each other in the second round, and the first round losers also played each other in the second round. The two teams with two wins from the first two matches advanced to the final. For the other teams, positions in the final round were determined by their position in their group, with the following rules:International Champions Cup All matches tied at the end of regulation were decided by a penalty shoot-out. Three points were awarded for a regulation win, two points for a penalty shoot-out win, one point for a penalty shoot-out loss, and no points for a regulation loss. Tiebreakers were: head-to-head, goal difference, number of goals scored.
In other words, though the team placing first (two wins) in each group would be apparent, the determination of second, third (both teams: one win, one loss) and fourth place (two losses) was based on the above tiebreakers.
Bracket
Western Group
Standings
Matches
First round
Second round (First round losers)
Second round (First round winners)
Eastern Group
Standings
Matches First round
Second round (First round losers)
Second round (First round winners)
Championship Round Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Third place match
Final
Final ranking RankTeam Real Madrid Chelsea Milan4 LA Galaxy5 Valencia6 Everton7 Inter Milan8 Juventus
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoals1 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid32 Karim Benzema Real Madrid2 Jonathan Viera Valencia426 players1
Official song
The official song of the 2013 International Champions Cup "Exotic" was performed by the Indian Bollywood actress turned singer Priyanka Chopra, and was sung in both English and Hindi.
See also World Football Challenge, an exhibition tournament for mid-season American clubs and pre-season European clubs that was held from 2009 until 2012
References
External links International Champions Cup Official Site