Tourney Name: | International Champions Cup |
Year: | 2013 |
Dates: | July 27 – August 7 |
Size: | 200 |
Country: | Spain |
Country2: | United States |
Num Teams: | 8 |
Confederations: | 2 |
Venues: | 7 |
Cities: | 7 |
Champion Other: | Real Madrid |
Count: | 1 |
Second Other: | Chelsea |
Third Other: | Milan |
Fourth Other: | LA Galaxy |
Matches: | 12 |
Goals: | 33 |
Player: | Cristiano Ronaldo[1] |
Nextseason: | 2014 |
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.[2] This tournament replaced the World Football Challenge and was staged mainly throughout the United States, and with one match in Valencia, 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.[3] [4] In the United States, Fox Soccer televised 11 of 12 matches live, and Fox Sports broadcast one match live on August 3.[5] ESPN Deportes televised all matches live on TV and on WatchESPN in Spanish.[6]
Real Madrid won the tournament, defeating Chelsea 3–1 in the final.[7]
Country | Team | Location | Confederation | League | |
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Premier League | |||||
Liverpool | |||||
Serie A | |||||
Turin | |||||
La Liga | |||||
Valencia | |||||
Los Angeles, California | Major League Soccer |
Valencia | |
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Mestalla Stadium | |
Capacity: 49,430 | |
East Rutherford | Indianapolis | Los Angeles | Miami Gardens | Glendale | San Francisco | |
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MetLife Stadium | Lucas Oil Stadium | Dodger Stadium | Sun Life Stadium | University of Phoenix Stadium | AT&T Park | |
40.8136°N -74.0744°W | ||||||
Capacity: 82,500 | Capacity: 63,000 | Capacity: 56,000 | Capacity: 75,000 | Capacity: 63,400 | Capacity: 41,915 | |
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:[8]
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.
Rank | Team | |
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Chelsea | ||
Milan | ||
4 | LA Galaxy | |
5 | Valencia | |
6 | Everton | |
7 | Inter Milan | |
8 | Juventus |
Rank | Name | Team | Goals | |
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1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 3 | |
2 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | 2 | |
Jonathan Viera | Valencia | |||
4 | 26 players | 1 |
See main article: Exotic (Priyanka Chopra 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.[9]