Host countries United States
Spain Runners-up Chelsea | Venue(s) 7 (in 7 host cities) | |
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Dates 27 July – 7 August 2013 Teams 8 (from 2 confederations) Champions Real Madrid (1st title) | ||
The 2013 International Champions Cup (or ICC) was an exhibition association football tournament played in the United States and Spain. It began on Saturday, 27 July 2013 and culminated on Wednesday, 7 August 2013. 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 Los Angeles Galaxy of the United States, Real Madrid and Valencia of Spain, Milan, Juventus and Internazionale of Italy, and Chelsea and Everton of England. In the United States, Fox Soccer televised 11 of 12 matches live, and Fox Sports broadcast one match live on August 3, 2013. ESPN Deportes televised all matches live on TV and on WatchESPN in Spanish. Real Madrid won the tournament, defeating Chelsea 3–1 in the final.
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Format
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:
In other words, though the team placing 1st (2 wins) in each group will be apparent, the determination of 2nd, 3rd (both teams: 1 win, 1 loss) and 4th place (2 losses) will be based on (a) points earned in the first two matches (2 for a win, 1 for a penalty kick loss, 0 for a regulation loss), (b) head-to-head result, and then (c) goal differential, and (d) goals scored.
Matches
Matches
Official song
The official song of the 2013 International Champions Cup "Exotic" was performed by the Indian Bollywood actress turned singer Priyanka Chopra, and is sung in both English and Hindi.