The 2016 International Champions Cup (or ICC) was a series of friendly association football tournaments that began on 22 July and ended on 13 August 2016.
In December 2015, Juventus, Tottenham Hotspur and Melbourne Victory were confirmed to play in the Australian version of the tournament. Atlético Madrid were confirmed as the fourth team on 1 March. Melbourne Victory was the first team from the Asian Football Confederation to compete in the International Champions Cup.
On 5 February 2016, Manchester City was announced as a competing team once again, this time in the China edition. They were joined by Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund on 23 March 2016. Borussia Dortmund topped the table of this edition but as the match between Manchester City and Manchester United was cancelled no trophy was awarded.
The American dates were reported in March 2016 as featuring Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Celtic, Chelsea, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Milan, Real Madrid, Leicester City, and Paris Saint-Germain.
Teams Australia Nation Team Location League Melbourne Victory Melbourne A-League Tottenham Hotspur London Premier League Juventus Turin Serie A Atlético Madrid Madrid La Liga
China Nation Team Location League Manchester CityManchesterPremier League Manchester United Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Bundesliga
United States and Europe Nation Team Location League Chelsea LondonPremier League Leicester City Leicester Liverpool Liverpool Paris Saint-Germain Paris Ligue 1 Bayern Munich Munich Bundesliga Inter MilanMilanSerie A Milan Celtic Glasgow Scottish Premiership Barcelona BarcelonaLa Liga Real Madrid Madrid
Venues
Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground Capacity: 100,024
Beijing ShenzhenShanghai National Stadium Longgang StadiumShanghai Stadium Capacity: 91,000 Capacity: 60,334Capacity: 56,842
Ann Arbor Columbus Pasadena East Rutherford Michigan Stadium Ohio Stadium Rose Bowl MetLife Stadium Capacity: 107,601 Capacity: 104,944 Capacity: 92,542 Capacity: 82,566 Charlotte Santa Clara Bank of America Stadium Levi's Stadium Capacity: 74,455 Capacity: 68,500 Minneapolis Chicago Eugene Carson U.S. Bank Stadium Soldier Field Autzen Stadium StubHub Center Capacity: 66,792 Capacity: 61,500 Capacity: 59,000 Capacity: 27,000
London Glasgow Dublin Solna Limerick Wembley Stadium Celtic Park Aviva Stadium Friends Arena Thomond Park Capacity: 90,000 Capacity: 60,411 Capacity: 51,700 Capacity: 50,653 Capacity: 25,630
Matches
Australia
China
United States and Europe
Tables Australia
China Since a match was cancelled, no champion was declared.
United States and Europe
Media coverage Market Countries Broadcast partner Ref. 2 TRING TV 1 Canal de la Ciudad, TyC Sports 1 Nine Network, Optus Sport 5 Arena Sport 1 Belarus TV 1 Belgacom 2 Tigo Sports 1 Esporte Interativo 1 RING.BG 1 Sky Net 1 TSN Central America 6 ESPN 1 LeTV + regional channels 1 RCN 1 Cyta 3 Setanta 1 ESPN 1 ETV 4 Sport Eurasia 10 Setanta 1 beIN Sports 3 Sport 1 (16+ matches) 1 Nova Sports 1 i-Cable 1 365 Media 2 Global TV, Super Soccer TV 1 Charlton 1 Mediaset Premium 1 Sony ESPN 1 J Sports 1 Macau Cable 1 Telekom Malaysia 1 ESPN 1 Go 1 Monnar Online Channel /ICC China/ Middle East and North Africa 22 beIN Sports 1 Eredivisie 1 VDR (3 Aus. matches only) 1 MAX, Eurosport 2 1 Perform 1 Eleven Sports Network 1 Sport TV 3 RDS 1 VGTRK Scandinavia 4 SBS Discovery 1 StarHub 1 TV Dajto 1 Šport TV South America (excl. Brazil) 9 ESPN, DirecTVSouthAsia6SonyEspn 1JTBC3 Fox sports 1 Atresmedia, Canal+ Liga, TV3 Sub Saharan Africa 49 StarTimes 1 Sportcast 1 Dogan Group 1 PPTV 5 Chelsea TV (Chelsea games only) LFC TV (Liverpool games only) MUTV (Manchester United games only) Sky Sports (every game except those including Chelsea and Manchester United.) 27 ESPN (English), ESPN Deportes (Spanish) 1 SCTV
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