2017 Telekom Cup (July) Explained

Tourney Name:Telekom Cup
Year:2017
Size:frameless
City:Mönchengladbach
Country:Germany
Num Teams:4
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion Other:Bayern Munich
Count:4
Second Other:Werder Bremen
Third Other:1899 Hoffenheim
Fourth Other:Borussia Mönchengladbach
Matches:4
Goals:3
Top Scorer:Juan Bernat
Robert Lewandowski
Thomas Müller
(1 goal each)
Prevseason:2017 (January)
Nextseason:2019

The July 2017 Telekom Cup was the 9th edition of the Telekom Cup, a football friendly tournament organized by Deutsche Telekom, who was also the sponsor.[1] It was hosted by Borussia Mönchengladbach at the BORUSSIA-PARK in Mönchengladbach, on 15 July 2017. Alongside the hosts, Bayern Munich, 1899 Hoffenheim, and Werder Bremen also took part.

Bayern Munich won their fourth title following a 2–0 win over Werder Bremen in the final.

Participants

NationTeamLocationConfederationLeagueTournament
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
GermanyBorussia Mönchengladbach (hosts)MönchengladbachUEFABundesliga5th2017Runners-up (2013)
GermanyBayern MunichMunichUEFABundesliga9th2017Winners (2013, 2014, winter 2017)
Germany1899 HoffenheimSinsheimUEFABundesliga1stDebut
GermanyWerder BremenBremenUEFABundesliga2nd2012Winners (2012)

Bracket

Matches

All matches lasted for just 45 minutes. If a match was level after normal time then a penalty shoot-out was played to decide who advanced.

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Juan BernatBayern Munich1
Robert LewandowskiBayern Munich1
Thomas MüllerBayern Munich1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Telekom Cup 2017: Spitzenfußball in der Sommerpause. German. 14 May 2017. telekomcup.de. Deutsche Telekom. https://web.archive.org/web/20170429133421/http://www.telekomcup.de/cup-2017.html. 29 April 2017. dead.