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
Champions Manchester United (1st title)
Runners-up Liverpool
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored38 (2.92 per match)
Attendance642,134 (49,395 per match)
Top scorer(s) Stevan Jovetić
(5 goals)
Best player(s) 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 Manchester United 3 2 1 0 0 6 3 +3 8 Advance to Final
2 Inter Milan 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 +2 6
3 Roma 3 1 0 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4 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 3–2 Roma
 Report
Sports Authority Field, Denver[8]
Attendance: 54,116[9]
Real Madrid 0–1 Roma
Report
Attendance: 57,512[18]
Inter Milan 2–0 Roma
 Report
Attendance: 12,169[20]
Referee: Geoff Gamble (Canada)
Manchester United 3–1 Real Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 109,318[21]

Group B
Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Liverpool 3 2 1 0 0 5 2 +3 8 Advance to Final
2 Olympiacos 3 1 1 0 1 5 3 +2 5
3 Manchester City 3 1 0 2 0 9 5 +4 5
4 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 3–0 Milan
 Report
Attendance: 10,603[23]
Milan 1–5 Manchester City
 Report
Attendance: 34,347[25]
Referee: Armando Villareal (United States)
Liverpool 1–0 Olympiacos
 Report
Attendance: 36,170[26]
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero (United States)
Manchester City 2–2 Liverpool
 Report
Penalties
 1–3
Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York City
Attendance: 49,653[27]
Milan 0–2 Liverpool
Report
  • Allen  17'
  • Suso  89'
Attendance: 69,364[29]
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

Final
Manchester United 3–1 Liverpool
 Report
Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
Attendance: 51,014[30]

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Team Goals
1 Stevan Jovetić Manchester City 5
2 Wayne Rooney Manchester United 3
Dimitris Diamantakos Olympiacos
4 Gareth Bale Real Madrid 2
Ashley Young Manchester United
Juan Mata Manchester United
Raheem Sterling Liverpool
Francesco Totti 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

References
  1. "Man Utd beat Liverpool in International Champions Cup final". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. August 5, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  2. "The 8 Wonders of the World". International Champions Cup. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  3. "Manchester United beat Liverpool after second-half revival". Guardian. August 5, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  4. "Manchester United 3 Liverpool 1: Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata inspire Louis van Gaal's side's comeback". Daily Telegraph. August 5, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  5. "Man United win in front of 109,318". ESPN. August 2, 2014.
  6. "Tournament". ICC official website. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  7. "Guinness International Champions Cup 2014: Everything There Is to Know". Guardian Liberty Voice. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  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
  14. Manchester United v Inter Milan Tour 2014 match report
  15. Man Utd. Twitter
  16. Jamie Jackson at FedExField. "Manchester United 0-0 Internazionale (5-3 pens) | Match report | Football". theguardian.com. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  17. ESPN Gamecast Archived July 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  18. Fans out in force to see Roma sneak past Real Madrid in clash of international powers Archived August 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  19. "La Roma puede contra un Madrid sin gol | real-madrid". sport.es. July 30, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  20. Inter Milan Defeats AS Roma in International Champions Cup
  21. "Manchester United defeat Real Madrid 3-1 in front of record crowd". BBC Sport. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
  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 Archived August 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  30. Average Attendances Increase 20% at International Champions Cup
  31. "International Champions Cup um und Informationen auf". Servustv.com. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  32. "Broadcast Schedule". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  33. "节目单_体育_央视网(cctv.com)". Sports.cntv.cn. December 1, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  34. Peter Schulz netvagtonside@viasat.dk Kommentarer. "Se en stribe storhold i aktion på TV3 SPORT". Tv3sport.dk. Archived from the original on August 6, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  35. "/ Viasat / TV". Viasat.ee. July 27, 2014. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  36. http://www.beinsports.fr/news/title/article-droits-tv/article/vlwvxsrrgfo1jxjtd9mfa2m5
  37. "Guinness International Champions Cup Guinness International Champions Cup 2014". Novasports.gr. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  38. "ćœ‰çˇšĺŻŹé ť i-CABLE". Sports.i-cable.com. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  39. "2014 International Champions Cup on Indosiar".
  40. הקבוצות הגדולות נאבקות על התואר | אתר הבית של ספורט1 וספורט2 (in Hebrew). Sport2.thepost.co.il. July 26, 2014. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  41. "2014 International Champions Cup on ABS-CBN Sports and Action". ABS-CBN Sports. June 23, 2014.
  42. Stefan Ottosson viasatsportse@viasat.se Kommentarer. "Viasat bjuder på toppfotboll i sommar". Viasatsport.se. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  43. "Uluslararası Şampiyonlar Kupası — Videolar / Kanal D / İzle". Kanal D. June 23, 2014.
  44. "Watch Guinness International Champions Cup live on Sky Sports this summer". Sky Sports. February 4, 2014.
  45. "LFCTV GO is the only place to watch every pre-season game live".
  46. "Watch Guinness International Champions Cup live on MUTV this summer".
  47. "World's best come to USA this summer". Fox Soccer. February 20, 2014.
  48. "Giải bóng đá Guinness ICC 2014: Anh tài hội tụ — Tin tức — Truyền hình số vệ tinh K". Kplus.vn. July 31, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.