2014 International Champions Cup

2014 Guinness International Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host countries United States
Canada
Dates 24 July – 4 August 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)
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 Thursday, 24 July 2014 when Olympiacos defeated Milan 3–0 at BMO Field in Toronto, and ended on Monday, 4 August 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 37°52′16″N 122°15′1″W / 37.87111°N 122.25028°W 38°54′28″N 76°51′52″W / 38.90778°N 76.86444°W 32°46′47″N 96°45′35″W / 32.77972°N 96.75972°W 39°54′3″N 75°10′3″W / 39.90083°N 75.16750°W 40°26′48″N 80°0′57″W / 40.44667°N 80.01583°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 / 42.26583°N 83.74861°W 41°51′45″N 87°37′0″W / 41.86250°N 87.61667°W 40°49′45″N 73°55′35″W / 40.82917°N 73.92639°W 44°58′34″N 93°13′30″W / 44.976°N 93.225°W 35°13′33″N 80°51′10″W / 35.22583°N 80.85278°W 25°57′29″N 80°14′20″W / 25.95806°N 80.23889°W
Canada
Toronto
BMO Field
Capacity: 21,566
43°37′58″N 79°25′07″W / 43.63278°N 79.41861°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]

3 points were awarded for a win in regulation time, 2 for a win by penalty shootout, 1 for a loss by penalty shootout, and 0 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 D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Manchester United 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 8 Advance to final
2 Italy Internazionale 3 1 2 0 8 8 0 6
3 Italy Roma 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3
4 Spain Real Madrid 3 0 1 2 6 11 −5 1
Source: International Champions Cup
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored

Matches

26 July 2014
14:10 (MDT)
Manchester United England 3–2 Italy Roma
Rooney  36', 45+1' (pen.)
Mata  39' 		Report Pjanić  75'
Totti  89' (pen.)

29 July 2014
20:15 (CDT)
Real Madrid Spain 0–1 Italy Roma
Report Totti  58'

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

2 August 2014
16:06 (EDT)
Manchester United England 3–1 Spain Real Madrid
Young  20', 37'
Hernández  80' 		Report Bale  27' (pen.)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Liverpool 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 8 Advance to final
2 Greece Olympiacos 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 5
3 England Manchester City 3 1 2 0 9 5 +4 5
4 Italy Milan 3 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

24 July 2014
20:00 (EDT)
Olympiacos Greece 3–0 Italy Milan
Domínguez  16'
Diamantakos  49'
Bouchalakis  77' 		Report

27 July 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)

27 July 2014
17:00 (CDT)
Liverpool England 1–0 Greece Olympiacos
Sterling  5' Report

30 July 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

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

Final

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

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
 Kosovo Digitalb (SuperSport)
 The 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

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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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  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
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  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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