International Champion Cup 2019

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The International Champions Cup (ICC) is an annual club association football exhibition competition. It features club teams from Europe playing pre-season friendly matches, originally in the United States and Canada, but in the years since also in venues in China, Australia, Mexico and across Europe. The ICC was founded by Relevent Sports, a division of RSE ventures based out of northern New Jersey, a sports venture firm founded in 2012 by billionaire real estate magnate and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and Matt Higgins, a former executive with the New York Jets. It replaced the World Football Challenge, which had featured a more even distribution of European- and American-based sides

During the 2014 tournament, a match between Manchester United and Real Madrid at Michigan Stadium set the all-time record for attendance at a soccer game in the United States with 109,318 spectators. In 2017 Real Madrid and Barcelona played in the second El Clásico ever held outside of Spain, with Barcelona winning 3-2

In 2018, Relevent launched the ICC Womens tournament featuring four European and American clubs, with the North Carolina Courage defeating Olympique Lyonnais to win the inaugural trophy. The ICC Future’s tournament also began in 2018 with 24 teams including 8 academies from Europe, 8 MLS Academies, and 8 US based state all-star teams. Bayern Munich topped Chelsea to win the first ever ICC Futures trophy

Format

The format has changed in each competition. Subsequent tournaments have had different numbers of teams in the three locations.

In the 2013 iteration, the participants were designated as part an "Eastern" and a "Western" group based on the location of their group stage matches. 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. The other three teams of each group were then ranked based on their records in the two matches played, with a game won in regulation time counting for two points and a game won on a deciding penalty shootout (no tied games were permitted) counting for one, with traditional methods of ranking – goal difference, goals scored, etc – determining order in case of two teams having the same points total. After the teams in each group had been ranked, they were paired against their opposite number from the other group, second playing second, third playing third, fourth playing fourth, with the results of these final matches determining a definitive placing for each team, from first place to eighth

In the 2014 season, this slightly awkward system was done away with, the teams separating into non-geographical groups and playing a round-robin format with one game played against each other team in their group. After each team has played three games, the top-placed team from each group contested a final to determine the overall winner

Starting with the 2015 season the tournament was separated into three geographic editions with a winner crowned for each region based on points total. The 2015 and 2016 tournament held editions in North America and Europe, Australia, and China. The Australia and China tournaments were contested as three-team round-robin competitions (Real Madrid participated in both), and the North America and Europe edition featured ten teams (including three US-based MLS teams) which played four matches each. The 2016 season retained the same format and regions, with Melbourne Victory of the A-League joining as the fourth team in the Australia region. In 2017 Singapore replaced Australia as one of the three regions

In 2018, all 18 participating teams contested the tournament as part of a single table, with each team playing three matches and the champion crowned based on points total. Matches were held across 15 venues in the United States, 7 in Europe, and 1 in Singapore

For the 2019 edition, 12 teams are expected to participate in the tournament. C.D. Guadalajara will make debut in this tournament, being the only non-European team participating. Games will are expected to be played across 15 cities in the United States, Europe, Singapore and China

List Of Champions

Country editions (2013–2017)

2013

North America and Europe - Real Madrid
Australia - Not Held
China - Not Held
Singapore - Not Held

2014

North America and Europe - Manchester United
Australia - Not Held
China - Not Held
Singapore - Not Held

2015

North America and Europe - Paris Saint-Germain
Australia - Real Madrid
China - Real Madrid
Singapore - Not Held

2016

North America and Europe - Paris Saint-Germain
Australia - Juventus
China - uncrowned — match cancelled
Singapore - Not Held

2017

North America and Europe - Barcelona
Australia - Not Held
China - Uncrowned
Singapore - Inter Milan

Worldwide

2018 - Tottenham Hotspur

 

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B/R Football

 

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JuventusFC

CONFIRMED | Juventus Summer Tour 2019, powered by @Jeep.

We play @SpursOfficial, @Inter_en & @atletienglish in the @IntChampionsCup between Asia and Europe http://juve.it/yYGs30odkFu

 

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International Champions Cup

Three HUGE games tomorrow!

@realmadrid @arsenal

@FCBayernUS @acmilan

@Chivas @Atleti

Which one are you going to?
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International Champions Cup

Player comparison brought to you by @AirForceReserve between Lacazette nad Bale!​

 

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Penyerang Real Madrid, Gareth Balle merembat ke arah gawang Arsenal pada perlawanan Piala Juara-Juara Antarabangsa, pagi tadi. - Foto AFP​

Bale kembali meledak ketika Real benam Arsenal


WASHINGTON: Real Madrid menewaskan Arsenal menerusi penentuan sepakan penalti selepas perlawanan terikat 2-2 dengan penyerang kontroversi, Gareth Bale turut meletakkan namanya selaku penjaring pada aksi Piala Juara-Juara Antarabangsa, pagi tadi.

Arsenal menurunkan skuad terkuat dengan membariskan kapten, Mesut Ozil dengan Real merehatkan Bale di bangku simpanan bagi memberi laluan kepada Eden Hazard untuk disenarai dalam kesebelasan utama bersama seorang lagi pemain baharu, Luka Jovic.

Perlawanan tampak seperti akan berakhir awal apabila pertahanan Real, Nacho diarah keluar padang seawal minit kelapan selepas dilayangkan kad kuning kedua.

Pertahanan kebangsaan Sepanyol itu dilayangkan kad kuning pertama atas kekasarannya terhadap Sead Kolasinac sebelum sekali lagi dihukum selepas menepis cubaan Alexandre Lacazette menggunakan tangan di garisan gol.

Lacazette tidak bermasalah menyempurnakan penalti berkenaan sebelum penyerang Perancis itu mencipta umpanan kepada Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang untuk Arsenal menggandakan kelebihan 14 minit kemudian.

Pengadil begitupun kembali menjadikan perlawanan seimbang apabila turut melayangkan kad merah kepada pemain Arsenal, Sokratis Papastathopoulos pada minit ke-40 susulan kekasaran yang dilakukannya.

Peluang itu dimanfaatkan sepenuhnya Bale dan Marco Asensio untuk Real kembali menyamakan kedudukan pada minit ke-56 dan 59 sekali gus mengheret perlawanan ke penentuan penalti.

Arsenal sekali lagi mendahului apabila Reiss Nelson menyempurnakan sepakannya ketika Bale gagal tetapi kegagalan Granit Xhaka, Nacho Monreal dan Robbie Burton menyaksikan Real menang 3-2. - Reuters


https://www.bharian.com.my/sukan/bola/2019/07/588531/bale-kembali-meledak-ketika-real-benam-arsenal

 

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Atlético de Madrid

Win!
Our team beat Chivas 5-4 on penalties to kick off the #AtletiSummerTour with a win.

@AntonioAdan13 saved the last two penalties.
#AúpaAtleti #ICC2019

 

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Semuanya BOLA

Arsenal dan Bayern Munchen telahpun mengakhiri saingan International Champions Cup mereka.

Arsenal memungut 7 mata - 2 kemenangan dan 1 kekalahan penalti manakala Bayern memungut 6 mata - 2 kemenangan dan 1 kekalahan.

Keputusan penuh Arsenal:
Arsenal 2-1 Bayern
Arsenal 3-0 Fiorentina
Real Madrid 2-2 Arsenal (penalti 3-2)

Keputusan penuh Bayern:
Arsenal 2-1 Bayern
Bayern 3-1 Real Madrid
Bayern 1-0 AC Milan

10 pasukan lagi belum menamatkan saingan.

#ICC2019
#SemuanyaBOLA

 

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Stadium Astro

Any Benfica or Fiorentina fan here? *

#ChampionsMeetHere #ICC2019​