2014 International Champions Cup

2014 Guinness International Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host countries United States
Canada
Dates July 24 – August 4, 2014
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions England Manchester United (1st title)
Runners-up England Liverpool
Tournament statistics
Matches played 13
Goals scored 38 (2.92 per match)
Attendance 642,134 (49,395 per match)
Top scorer(s) Montenegro Stevan Jovetić
(5 goals)
Best player England Wayne Rooney[1]

The 2014 International Champions Cup (or ICC) was a friendly association football tournament played in the United States and Canada. It began on July 24, 2014 when Olympiacos defeated Milan 3–0 at BMO Field in Toronto, and ended on August 4, 2014 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.[2] This tournament followed the 2013 edition and was staged throughout the United States, with one match held in Canada (Toronto). The participating teams were Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United of England; Milan, Internazionale and Roma of Italy; Olympiacos of Greece; and defending champions Real Madrid of Spain.[2] Manchester United won the tournament, having beaten Liverpool 3–1 in the final.[3][4]

The group match between Real Madrid and Manchester United at Michigan Stadium had an attendance of 109,318, a record crowd for a soccer match in the United States.[5]

Teams

CountryTeamLocationConfederationLeague
 EnglandLiverpoolLiverpoolUEFAPremier League
 EnglandManchester CityManchesterUEFAPremier League
 EnglandManchester UnitedManchesterUEFAPremier League
 ItalyMilanMilanUEFASerie A
 ItalyRomaRomeUEFASerie A
 ItalyInternazionaleMilanUEFASerie A
 GreeceOlympiacosPiraeusUEFASuperleague Greece
 SpainReal MadridMadridUEFALa Liga

Venues

United States
Denver Berkeley, California Landover, Maryland Dallas Philadelphia Pittsburgh
Sports Authority Field at Mile High California Memorial Stadium FedExField Cotton Bowl Lincoln Financial Field Heinz Field
Capacity: 76,125 Capacity: 62,467 Capacity: 79,000 Capacity: 92,100 Capacity: 69,176 Capacity: 65,500
39°44′38″N 105°1′12″W / 39.74389°N 105.02000°W / 39.74389; -105.02000 37°52′16″N 122°15′1″W / 37.87111°N 122.25028°W / 37.87111; -122.25028 38°54′28″N 76°51′52″W / 38.90778°N 76.86444°W / 38.90778; -76.86444 32°46′47″N 96°45′35″W / 32.77972°N 96.75972°W / 32.77972; -96.75972 39°54′3″N 75°10′3″W / 39.90083°N 75.16750°W / 39.90083; -75.16750 40°26′48″N 80°0′57″W / 40.44667°N 80.01583°W / 40.44667; -80.01583
Ann Arbor Chicago New York City Minneapolis Charlotte Miami Gardens
Michigan Stadium Soldier Field Yankee Stadium TCF Bank Stadium Bank of America Stadium Sun Life Stadium
Capacity: 109,901 Capacity: 63,500 Capacity: 54,251 Capacity: 50,805 Capacity: 74,455 Capacity: 74,918
42°15′57″N 83°44′55″W / 42.26583°N 83.74861°W / 42.26583; -83.74861 41°51′45″N 87°37′0″W / 41.86250°N 87.61667°W / 41.86250; -87.61667 40°49′45″N 73°55′35″W / 40.82917°N 73.92639°W / 40.82917; -73.92639 44°58′34″N 93°13′30″W / 44.976°N 93.225°W / 44.976; -93.225 35°13′33″N 80°51′10″W / 35.22583°N 80.85278°W / 35.22583; -80.85278 25°57′29″N 80°14′20″W / 25.95806°N 80.23889°W / 25.95806; -80.23889
Canada
Toronto
BMO Field
Capacity: 21,566
43°37′58″N 79°25′07″W / 43.63278°N 79.41861°W / 43.63278; -79.41861

Format

The tournament consisted of two groups of four: Group A and Group B. The groups were played as a round-robin, with each team playing three matches. The winners of each group played in the final at the Sun Life Stadium on August 4.[6]

Three points were awarded for a win in regulation time, two for a win by penalty shootout, one for a loss by penalty shootout, and zero for a loss in regulation time.[7] A team's placing was based on (a) points earned in the three group matches (b) head-to-head result, (c) goal differential, (d) goals scored.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Manchester United 3 2 1 0 0 6 3 +3 8 Advance to Final
2 Italy Internazionale 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 +2 6
3 Italy Roma 3 1 0 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4 Spain Real Madrid 3 0 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: International Champions Cup
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored

Matches

July 26, 2014
14:10 (MDT)
Manchester United England 3–2 Italy Roma
Rooney  36', 45+1' (pen.)
Mata  39'		 Report Pjanić  75'
Totti  89' (pen.)
Sports Authority Field, Denver[8]
Attendance: 54,116[9]
Referee: Allen Chapman (United States)[10]

July 29, 2014
20:15 (CDT)
Real Madrid Spain 0–1 Italy Roma
Report Totti  58'
Cotton Bowl, Dallas[17]
Attendance: 57,512[18]
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)[19]

August 2, 2014
13:00 (EDT)
Internazionale Italy 2–0 Italy Roma
Vidić  45'
Nagatomo  69'		 Report

August 2, 2014
16:06 (EDT)
Manchester United England 3–1 Spain Real Madrid
Young  20', 37'
Hernández  80'		 Report Bale  27' (pen.)
Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Attendance: 109,318[21]
Referee: Hilario Grajeda (United States)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Liverpool 3 2 1 0 0 5 2 +3 8 Advance to Final
2 Greece Olympiacos 3 1 1 0 1 5 3 +2 5
3 England Manchester City 3 1 0 2 0 9 5 +4 5
4 Italy Milan 3 0 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: International Champions Cup
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored

Matches

July 24, 2014
20:00 (EDT)
Olympiacos Greece 3–0 Italy Milan
Domínguez  16'
Diamantakos  49'
Bouchalakis  77'		 Report
BMO Field, Toronto, Canada[22]
Attendance: 10,603[23]
Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)[24]

July 27, 2014
16:00 (EDT)
Milan Italy 1–5 England Manchester City
Muntari  42' Report Jovetić  12', 58'
Sinclair  14'
Navas  23'
Iheanacho  26'
Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 34,347[25]
Referee: Armando Villareal (United States)

July 27, 2014
17:00 (CDT)
Liverpool England 1–0 Greece Olympiacos
Sterling  5' Report
Soldier Field, Chicago
Attendance: 36,170[26]
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero (United States)

July 30, 2014
19:00 (EDT)
Manchester City England 2–2 England Liverpool
Jovetić  53', 67' Report Henderson  59'
Sterling  85'
  Penalties  
Kolarov
Touré
Navas
Iheanacho 		1–3 Sturridge
Can
Henderson
Lucas
Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York City
Attendance: 49,653[27]
Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

August 2, 2014
18:30 (EDT)
Milan Italy 0–2 England Liverpool
Report Allen  17'
Suso  89'

Final

August 4, 2014
20:00 (EDT)
Manchester United England 3–1 England Liverpool
Rooney  55'
Mata  57'
Lingard  88'		 Report Gerrard  14' (pen.)

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Montenegro Stevan Jovetić England Manchester City 5
2 England Wayne Rooney England Manchester United 3
Greece Dimitris Diamantakos Greece Olympiacos
4 Wales Gareth Bale Spain Real Madrid 2
England Ashley Young England Manchester United
Spain Juan Mata England Manchester United
England Raheem Sterling England Liverpool
Italy Francesco Totti Italy Roma

Media coverage

Territory Channel Ref
 Albania Digitalb (SuperSport)
 Arab League Abu Dhabi Sports Channel
 Australia Fox Sports
 Austria Servus TV [31]
 Brazil Fox Sports
 Canada Sportsnet World [32]
 China CCTV-5 and CCTV-5+ [33]
 Denmark TV3 Sport [34]
 Estonia Viasat Sport Baltic [35]
 France beIN Sports [36]
 Germany Servus TV [31]
 Greece nova sports 1 (+ HD) [37]
 Hong Kong Cable TV Hong Kong [38]
 India SONY SIX HD
 Indonesia Indosiar [39]
 Iran IRIB TV3
 Israel Sport2 [40]
 Italy Sky Sport
 Netherlands Sport1
 Norway Viasat
 Philippines ABS-CBN Sports and Action [41]
 Romania Dolce Sport
 Serbia Arena Sport
 South Korea SBS Sports
 Sweden Viasat [42]
 Turkey Kanal D, tv2 [43]
 United Kingdom Sky Sports, LFC TV and MUTV [44][45][46]
 United States Fox Sports, NBCSN, ESPN Deportes [47]
 Vietnam K+ [48]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28649314
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  6. ↑ "Tournament". ICC official website. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
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  8. ↑ Manchester United 3–2 Roma: Another win for Louis van Gaal as Wayne Rooney grabs a brace again
  9. ↑ Rooney scores twice, Man U beats AS Roma 3-2
  10. ↑ Manchester United edge out Roma in International Champions Cup
  11. ↑ Inter Milan beats Real Madrid on penalty kicks
  12. ↑ Todavía sin James ni Cristiano, el Real Madrid empató 1-1 con Inter
  13. ↑ El Real Madrid se estrena con derrota en los penaltis
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  22. ↑ Highlights: Olympiakos 3–0 Milan
  23. ↑ Olympiakos down AC Milan 3–0 in friendly
  24. ↑ Olympiacos – Milan 3–0
  25. ↑ Manchester City 5-1 AC Milan: Stevan Jovetic scores twice in comfortable win
  26. ↑ Raheem Sterling's early goal steers Liverpool past Olympiacos as Lazar Markovic impresses on first Reds outing
  27. ↑ Manchester City 2-2 Liverpool: Simon Mignolet the hero as Reds win on spot-kicks
  28. ↑ Champions Cup soccer fans treated to shootout finish at UMN
  29. ↑ Liverpool fans flex muscle at Bank of America Stadium
  30. ↑ Average Attendances Increase 20% at International Champions Cup
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