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2016 International Champions Cup

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Venue(s)
  
19 (in 19 host cities)

Matches played
  
20

2016 International Champions Cup

Host country
  
Australia, China, United States, Sweden, Scotland, Ireland, England

Dates
  
July 22 – August 13, 2016

Teams
  
17 (from 2 confederations)

Champions
  
Australia: Juventus (1st title) China: None United States and Europe: Paris Saint-Germain (2nd title)

The 2016 International Champions Cup (or ICC) was a series of friendly association football tournaments that began on July 22 and ended on August 13, 2016.

In December 2015, Juventus, Tottenham Hotspur and Melbourne Victory were confirmed to play in the Australian version of the tournament. Atlético Madrid were confirmed as the fourth team on March 1. Melbourne Victory was the first team from the Asian Football Confederation to compete in the International Champions Cup.

On February 5, 2016, Manchester City was announced as a competing team once again, this time in the China edition. They were joined by Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund on March 23, 2016. Borussia Dortmund topped the table of this edition but as the match between Manchester City and Manchester United was cancelled no trophy was awarded.

The American dates were reported in March 2016 as featuring Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Celtic, Chelsea, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Milan, Real Madrid, Leicester City, and Paris Saint-Germain.

China

Since a match was cancelled, no champion was declared.

References

2016 International Champions Cup Wikipedia