Matchworld Cup Explained

Founded:2011
Region:Europe (UEFA), Asia (AFC), Africa (CAF)
Number Of Teams:6 (2011), 8 (2012), 4 (2013)
Current Champions: Shakhtar Donetsk
Most Successful Team:Al-Hilal, Zenit St. Petersburg, Shakhtar Donetsk (1 title)
Televisión Broadcasters:Irán Private Televisión
Irán Public Televisión
beIN Sports (Middle East, Australia, United States (English-Language and Spanish-Language), Latin América (Spanish-Language) and Brazil (Portuguese-Language)
Website:Matchworld Cup

The Matchworld Cup was an annual international exhibition football club competition hosted by the United Arab Emirates from 2011 to 2013.[1] The winners were Al-Hilal in 2011,[1] Zenit St. Petersburg in 2012,[1] Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013.[2]

The 2011 and 2012 competitions were held in Dubai, and the 2013 competition was held in Abu Dhabi's Zayed Sports City Stadium.[3] The competition was organised by Matchworld Group Switzerland, Matchworld Football SA Sports Management Saudi Arabia, and Sportlive Russia.[4] [5]

Results

YearFinalThird PlaceVenueTeams
width=15%Winner width=10%Score width=15%Runner-upwidth=15%Third placewidth=10%Scorewidth=15%Fourth place
2011 Al-Hilal1–1
(4–1 pen.)
Zenit St. Petersburg Žilina3–1 PersepolisAl Maktoum Stadium,
Dubai
6
2012 Zenit St. Petersburg5–0 Uzbekistan U-23 Bunyodkor1–1
(5–4 pen.)
Shakhtar DonetskMaktoum Bin Rashid Stadium,
Dubai
8
2013 Shakhtar DonetskRound robin Zenit St. Petersburg ZamalekRound robin Al-HilalZayed Sports City Stadium,
Abu Dhabi
4

2011

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Ranking matches

Final

2012

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Ranking matches

Final

2013

Final standings

All times are local (UTC+4).

Matches

Performances by team

TeamWinnersRunners-UpThirdFourth
Zenit St. Petersburg1 (2012)2 (2011, 2013)
Shakhtar Donetsk1 (2013)1 (2012)
Al-Hilal1 (2011)1 (2013)
Uzbekistan U-231 (2012)
Žilina1 (2011)
Bunyodkor1 (2012)
Zamalek1 (2013)
Persepolis1 (2011)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Passela . Amith . 2013-01-13 . Shakhtar look for Abu Dhabi fixtures to provide Champions League warm-up . . 2014-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140817191312/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/shakhtar-look-for-abu-dhabi-fixtures-to-provide-champions-league-warm-up . 2014-08-17 . dead .
  2. News: 2013-01-17 . Henrikh Mkhitaryan: I don't seek to be Matchworld Cup's top scorer . . 2014-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140817191613/http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/141517/ . 2014-08-17 . live .
  3. News: 2013-01-09 . Shakhtar & Zenit to compete in Abu Dhabi Matchworld Cup . . 2014-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140817192925/http://v1.sport360.com/article/shakhtar-zenit-compete-abu-dhabi-matchworld-cup . 2014-08-17 . dead .
  4. News: Jose . James . 2013-01-16 . Stage all set for the Matchworld Cup . . 2014-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140817192314/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=/data/nationsports/2013/January/nationsports_January141.xml&section=nationsports . 2014-08-17 . dead .
  5. News: Narayan . M. Satya . 2013-01-13 . Egypt's Zamalek to play in Matchworld Cup . . 2014-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140817193316/http://gulfnews.com/sport/football/egypt-s-zamalek-to-play-in-matchworld-cup-1.1131747 . 2014-08-17 . dead .