2013_International_Champions_Cup
2013 International Champions Cup
International football competition
The 2013 International Champions Cup (or ICC) was an exhibition association football tournament played in the United States and Spain. 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]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | United States Spain |
| Dates | July 27 – August 7 |
| Teams | 8 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 7 (in 7 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Real Madrid (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Chelsea |
| Third place |  Milan |
| Fourth place |  LA Galaxy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 33 (2.75 per match) |
| Attendance | 492,575 (41,048 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Cristiano Ronaldo (3 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Cristiano Ronaldo[1] |
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Real Madrid won the tournament, defeating Chelsea 3–1 in the final.[7]
| Country | Team | Location | Confederation | League |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | Chelsea | London | UEFA | Premier League |
| Everton | Liverpool | |||
| Italy | Milan | Milan | Serie A | |
| Inter Milan | Milan | |||
| Juventus | Turin | |||
| Spain | Real Madrid | Madrid | La Liga | |
| Valencia | Valencia | |||
| United States | LA Galaxy | Los Angeles | CONCACAF | Major League Soccer |
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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]
- All matches tied at the end of regulation were decided by a penalty shoot-out.
- Three points were awarded for a regulation win, two points for a penalty shoot-out win, one point for a penalty shoot-out loss, and no points for a regulation loss.
- Tiebreakers were: head-to-head, goal difference, number of goals scored.
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.
| Seventh place match | Second round (First round losers) | First round | Second round (First round winners) | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| Juventus | 1 (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Everton (p) | 1 (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Juventus | 1 | Everton | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| LA Galaxy | 3 | Real Madrid | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA Galaxy | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Juventus | 1 (8) | Real Madrid | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inter Milan (p) | 1 (9) | Chelsea | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Milan | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valencia | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fifth place match | Valencia | 4 | Milan | 0 | Third place match | ||||||||||||||||||
| Inter Milan | 0 | Chelsea | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Everton | 0 | Chelsea | 2 | LA Galaxy | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Valencia | 1 | Inter Milan | 0 | Milan | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Final |
| 2 | LA Galaxy |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Third place match |
| 3 | Everton |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Juventus |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | Seventh place match |
Matches
- First round
- Second round (First round losers)
- Second round (First round winners)
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Final |
| 2 | Milan |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Third place match |
| 3 | Valencia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Inter Milan |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Seventh place match |
Matches
- First round
- Second round (First round losers)
- Second round (First round winners)
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Third place match
Final
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 |
Real Madrid |
 |
Chelsea |
 |
Milan |
| 4 | LA Galaxy |
| 5 | Valencia |
| 6 | Everton |
| 7 | Inter Milan |
| 8 | Juventus |
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
Real Madrid |
3 |
| 2 |  Karim Benzema |
Real Madrid |
2 |
| Jonathan Viera |
Valencia | ||
| 4 | 26 players | 1 | |
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.[26]
- World Football Challenge, an exhibition tournament for mid-season American clubs and pre-season European clubs that was held from 2009 until 2012
- Cristiano Ronaldo, best player of the final and the tournament Archived August 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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- "Times of India - Priyanka's 'Exotic' official theme song of Guinness". The Times of India. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2013.