Matchworld Cup

The Matchworld Cup was an annual international exhibition football club competition hosted by the United Arab Emirates since 2011 till 2013.[1] The winners were Al-Hilal in 2011,[1] Zenit St. Petersburg in 2012,[1] Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013.[2]

Matchworld Cup
Founded2011
RegionEurope (UEFA), Asia (AFC), Africa (CAF)
Number of teams6 (2011), 8 (2012), 4 (2013)
Current champions Shakhtar Donetsk
Most successful team(s)Al-Hilal, Zenit St. Petersburg, Shakhtar Donetsk (1 title)
WebsiteMatchworld Cup

The 2011 and 2012 competitions were held in Dubai, and the 2013 competition was held in Abu Dhabi's Zayed Sports City Stadium.[3] The competition is organised by Matchworld Group Switzerland, Matchworld Football SA Sports Management Saudi Arabia, and Sportlive Russia.[4][5]

Results
Year Final Third Place Venue Teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2011 Al-Hilal 1–1
(4–1 pen.)		 Zenit St. Petersburg Žilina 3–1 Persepolis Al Maktoum Stadium,
Dubai		 6
2012 Zenit St. Petersburg 5–0 Uzbekistan U-23 Bunyodkor 1–1
(5–4 pen.)		 Shakhtar Donetsk Maktoum Bin Rashid Stadium,
Dubai		 8
2013 Shakhtar Donetsk Round robin Zenit St. Petersburg Zamalek Round robin Al-Hilal Zayed Sports City Stadium,
Abu Dhabi		 4

2011

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Hilal 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6
Žilina 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 3
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 0 0 2 3 8 −5 0
Source:
20 January 2011 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 – 3 Al-HilalAl Maktoum Stadium
Luiz Adriano  89' Essa Al-Mehyani  47'
Ahmed Al-Fraidi  71'
Christian Wilhelmsson  90'
22 January 2011 Žilina 5 – 2 Shakhtar DonetskAl Maktoum Stadium
Momodou Ceesay  4'
Róbert Jež  45'
Ondřej Šourek  53'
Róbert Pich  55'
Patrik Mráz  76'		 Luiz Adriano  28(P)'
Henrikh Mkhitaryan  58(P)'
24 January 2011 Al-Hilal 2 – 1 ŽilinaAl Maktoum Stadium
Christian Wilhelmsson  1'
Yasser Al-Qahtani  53'		 Ondřej Šourek  54'

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Zenit St. Petersburg 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6
Persepolis 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
Sparta Prague 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0
Source:
20 January 2011 Persepolis 3 – 2 Sparta PragueAl Maktoum Stadium
Maziar Zare  18(P)'
Ebrahim Shakouri  53'
Hadi Norouzi  58'		 Lukáš Třešňák  48'
Léonard Kweuke  65'
22 January 2011 Sparta Prague 0 – 3 Zenit St. PetersburgAl Maktoum Stadium
Aleksandr Kerzhakov  1'
Aleksei Ionov  35'
Bruno Alves  75'
24 January 2011 Zenit St. Petersburg 2 – 0 PersepolisAl Maktoum Stadium
Aleksandr Kerzhakov  7'
Sergey Semak  79'

Ranking matches

5th place
26 January 2011 Sparta Prague 1 – 2 Shakhtar DonetskAl Maktoum Stadium
Václav Kadlec  45' Douglas Costa  6'
Luiz Adriano  12'

3rd place
26 January 2011 Persepolis 1 – 3 ŽilinaAl Maktoum Stadium
Maziar Zare  73(P)' Tomáš Majtán  7'
Róbert Pich  11'
Ebrahim Shakouri 22(O.G.)'

Final
26 January 2011 Zenit St. Petersburg 1 – 1
(1 – 4 p)		 Al-HilalAl Maktoum Stadium
Szabolcs Huszti  63' Mirel Rădoi  90+3'
Penalties
Luković
Shirokov
Meira 		Rădoi
Al-Shalhoub
Al-Mehyani
Hawsawi
 2011 Matchworld Cup 
Al-Hilal
1st title

2012

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Zenit St. Petersburg 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6
Bunyodkor 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3[lower-alpha 1]
Iraq U-23 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3[lower-alpha 1]
Neuchâtel Xamax 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
Source:
Notes:
  1. Bunyodkor got the second place spot and Iraq u23 got the third place after a draw.
18 January 2012 Zenit St. Petersburg 2 – 1 BunyodkorMaktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
Huszti  13'
Criscito  41'		 Murzoev  87'
18 January 2012 Neuchâtel Xamax 0 – 1 Iraq U-23Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
Salem  87'
20 January 2012 Bunyodkor 1 – 0 Neuchâtel XamaxMaktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
Pardaev  73'
20 January 2012 Iraq U-23 1 – 2 Zenit St. PetersburgMaktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
Abdul-Rahman  59' Bukharov  10'
Kerzhakov  75'

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Uzbekistan U-23 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 5[lower-alpha 1]
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4
Rostov 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 2[lower-alpha 1]
Étoile Sportive du Sahel 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source:
Notes:
  1. One extra point for both Uzbekistan U-23 and Rostov for winning in penalties.
19 January 2012 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 – 1
(5 – 6 p)		 Uzbekistan U-23Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
Luiz Adriano  51' Turaev  42'
Penalties
Alan Patrick
Luiz Adriano
Gai
Mkhitaryan
Kobin
Aghahowa
Hübschman 		Tuhtahujaev
Karimov
Rahmatullaev
Nagaev
Pirimov
Hashimov
Ibragimov
19 January 2012 Rostov 1 – 1
(4 – 2 p)		 Étoile Sportive du SahelMaktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
Bracamonte  10' Chehoudi  61'
Penalties
Kolodin
Kruglov
Élson
Papadopulos 		Felhi
Jabeur
Santos
Chehoudi
21 January 2012 Rostov 0 – 1 Uzbekistan U-23Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
Turaev  35'
21 January 2012 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 1 – 4 Shakhtar DonetskMaktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
Omrani  18' Mkhitaryan  10', 12'
Srna  62'
Eduardo  88'

Ranking matches

7th place
23 January 2012 Neuchâtel Xamax 3 – 5 Étoile Sportive du SahelMaktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
Souni  15'
Mbengue  53'
Gomes  75'		 Chehoudi  6', 33'
Jbali  8', 37'
Sassi  67'

5th place
23 January 2012 Iraq U-23 1 – 2 RostovMaktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
Abdul-Rahman  24' Gațcan  6'
Poloz  81'

3rd place
23 January 2012 Bunyodkor 1 – 1
(5 – 4 p)		 Shakhtar DonetskMaktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium

Final
23 January 2012 Zenit St. Petersburg 5 – 0 Uzbekistan U-23Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
 2012 Matchworld Cup 
Zenit St. Petersburg
1st title

2013

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 2 2 0 0 6 4 +2 6
2 Zenit St. Petersburg 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
3 Zamalek 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
4 Al-Hilal 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0
Source:

All times are local (UTC+4).

Matches
16 January 2013 Zenit St. Petersburg 4 – 1 Al-HilalZayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
17:00 Aleksandr Bukharov  27'
Hulk  36' (pen.)
Bruno Alves  58'
Luka Đorđević  62'		 Report Sulaiman Al-Abdullah  31' Attendance: 20[6]
Referee: Abdulwahed Khater (UAE)
16 January 2013 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 – 2 ZamalekZayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
20:00 Eduardo da Silva  9'
Darijo Srna  43'
Henrikh Mkhitaryan  89'		 Report Ahmed Hassan  17'
Mohamed Ibrahim  21'		 Attendance: 550[7]
Referee: Ali Hasan Kareem (UAE)
19 January 2013 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 – 2 Al-HilalZayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
17:00 Henrikh Mkhitaryan  20'
Răzvan Raț  66'
Taison  82'		 Report Yoo Byung-Soo  38'
Wesley Lopes  88' (pen.)		 Attendance: 690[8]
Referee: Adel Alnaqbi (UAE)
19 January 2013 Zenit St. Petersburg 0 – 1 ZamalekZayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
20:00 Report Ahmed Samir  34' Attendance: 100[9]
Referee: Hamed Ali Youssef (UAE)
 2013 Match World Cup 
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
1st title

Performances by team
Team Winners Runners-Up Third Fourth
Zenit St. Petersburg1 (2012)2 (2011, 2013)
Shakhtar Donetsk1 (2013)1 (2012)
Al-Hilal1 (2011)1 (2013)
Uzbekistan U-231 (2012)
Žilina1 (2011)
Bunyodkor1 (2012)
Zamalek1 (2013)
Persepolis1 (2011)

See also

References
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