2014 International Champions Cup

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 when Olympiacos defeated Milan 3–0 at BMO Field in Toronto, and ended on August 4 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, Inter Milan 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]

2014 Guinness International Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host countriesUnited States
Canada
DatesJuly 24 – August 4
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Manchester United (1st title)
Runners-upEngland Liverpool
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored38 (2.92 per match)
Attendance642,134 (49,395 per match)
Top scorer(s)Montenegro Stevan Jovetić
(5 goals)
Best player(s)England Wayne Rooney[1]

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
 ENGLiverpoolLiverpoolUEFAPremier League
 ENGManchester CityManchesterUEFAPremier League
 ENGManchester UnitedManchesterUEFAPremier League
 ITAMilanMilanUEFASerie A
 ITARomaRomeUEFASerie A
 ITAInter MilanMilanUEFASerie A
 GREOlympiacosPiraeusUEFASuperleague Greece
 ESPReal 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 37°52′16″N 122°15′1″W 38°54′28″N 76°51′52″W 32°46′47″N 96°45′35″W 39°54′3″N 75°10′3″W 40°26′48″N 80°0′57″W
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 41°51′45″N 87°37′0″W 40°49′45″N 73°55′35″W 44.976°N 93.225°W / 44.976; -93.225 35°13′33″N 80°51′10″W 25°57′29″N 80°14′20″W
Canada
Toronto
BMO Field
Capacity: 21,566
43°37′58″N 79°25′07″W

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 Inter Milan 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
Manchester United England3–2Italy Roma
  • Rooney 36', 45+1' (pen.)
  • Mata 39'
 Report
Attendance: 54,116[9]
Real Madrid Spain0–1Italy Roma
Report
Attendance: 57,512[18]
Inter Milan Italy2–0Italy Roma
 Report
Attendance: 12,169[20]
Referee: Geoff Gamble (Canada)

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
Olympiacos Greece3–0Italy Milan
 Report
Attendance: 10,603[23]
Milan Italy1–5England Manchester City
 Report
Attendance: 34,347[25]
Liverpool England1–0Greece Olympiacos
 Report
Attendance: 36,170[26]
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero (United States)
Milan Italy0–2England Liverpool
Report
Attendance: 69,364[29]
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

Final

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
  • World Football Challenge, an exhibition tournament for mid-season American clubs and pre-season European clubs that was held from 2009 until 2012

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