2016 International Champions Cup

2016 International Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
China
England
Republic of Ireland
Scotland
Sweden
United States
Dates22 July – 13 August 2016
Teams17 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)19 (in 19 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsAustralia:
Italy Juventus (1st title)
China:
None[1]
United States and Europe:
France Paris Saint-Germain (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored67 (3.35 per match)
Attendance963,900 (48,195 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Julian Green
Brazil Marcelo
Spain Munir
France Franck Ribéry
(3 goals each)
2015
2017

The 2016 International Champions Cup (or ICC) was a series of friendly association football tournaments that began on 22 July and ended on 13 August 2016.[2][3]

In December 2015, Juventus, Tottenham Hotspur and Melbourne Victory were confirmed to play in the Australian version of the tournament.[3] Atlético Madrid were confirmed as the fourth team on 1 March.[4] Melbourne Victory was the first team from the Asian Football Confederation to compete in the International Champions Cup.

On 5 February 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 23 March 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.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Postponed Match was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Long, Michael (30 July 2015). "Melbourne to host International Champions Cup until 2018". SportsPro. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b Ormond, Aidan (18 December 2015). "Spurs, Juventus, Victory set for ICC at MCG". Football Federation Australia.
  4. ^ Davutovic, David (1 March 2016). "International Champions Cup Melbourne: Atletico Madrid to join Juventus and Tottenham". Herald Sun.

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