Tourney Name: | International Champions Cup |
Year: | 2018 |
Dates: | July 20 – August 11 |
Country: | Austria |
Country2: | England |
Country3: | France |
Country4: | Italy |
Country5: | Portugal |
Country6: | Republic of Ireland |
Country7: | Singapore |
Country8: | Spain |
Country9: | United States |
Num Teams: | 18 |
Confederations: | 1 |
Venues: | 23 |
Cities: | 23 |
Champion Other: | Tottenham Hotspur |
Count: | 1 |
Matches: | 27 |
Goals: | 83 |
Prevseason: | 2017 |
Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 International Champions Cup was the sixth edition of a tournament comprising a series of friendly association football matches. It began on July 20 and ended on August 11. The tournament was won by English club Tottenham Hotspur.
A total of 18 teams participated in the tournament. The participants were announced in four waves on April 10, 11, 12, and 17, 2018.[1] On June 18, Lyon replaced Sevilla in the competition.
Originally 22 venues for the International Champions Cup were announced on April 13 and 17, 2018, but they were later increased to 23.[2] Of these, 15 were in the United States, 7 were in Europe, and 1 was in Asia.[1]
After Sevilla had to pull out (replaced by Lyon), matches due to take place in Warsaw and Zürich were canceled and replaced by matches in London and Faro-Loulé. The two matches Chelsea played were relocated from Gothenburg and Solna to Nice and Dublin respectively.
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Ann Arbor (Detroit Area) | Arlington (Dallas-Fort Worth Area) | Carson (Los Angeles Area) | Charlotte | Chicago | East Rutherford (New York City Area) | |
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Michigan Stadium | AT&T Stadium | StubHub Center | Bank of America Stadium | Soldier Field | MetLife Stadium | |
Capacity: 107,601 | Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 75,525 | Capacity: 61,500 | Capacity: 82,500 | |
Harrison (New York City Area) | Landover (Washington, D.C. Area) | |||||
Red Bull Arena | FedExField | |||||
Capacity: 26,104 | Capacity: 82,000 | |||||
Miami Gardens (Miami Area) | ||||||
Hard Rock Stadium | ||||||
Capacity: 64,767 | ||||||
Minneapolis | Pasadena (Los Angeles Area) | Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | San Diego | Santa Clara (San Francisco Bay Area) | |
U.S. Bank Stadium | Rose Bowl | Lincoln Financial Field | Heinz Field | SDCCU Stadium | Levi's Stadium | |
Capacity: 66,655 | Capacity: 90,888 | Capacity: 69,176 | Capacity: 69,690 | Capacity: 70,561 | Capacity: 68,500 | |
+ Asia | |
Singapore | |
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Singapore National Stadium | |
Capacity: 55,000 | |
The match schedule was announced on April 17, 2018,[3] and was updated on June 18 after Lyon replaced Sevilla.[4] Each team played three matches, for a total of 27 matches.[1]
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The 18 teams were ranked based on results from their three matches, with the best-ranked team being crowned champions.[5] In addition to three points for a win and none for a loss, a penalty shoot-out win was worth two points, while a loss on penalties earned one point.
Market | Countries | Broadcast partner | Ref | |
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1 | beIN Sports | |||
1 | Fox Sports Brasil Record News | [6] [7] [8] | ||
1 | DAZN | [9] | ||
1 | Onefootball (free-streaming), DAZN (pay-streaming), and Sport1 (free-TV) | [10] | ||
1 | TVRI, iNews TV, and MNC Vision | [11] [12] | ||
1 | IRIB Varzesh | |||
1 | Match TV | |||
1 | beIN Sports (Spain) | [13] | ||
1 | MTG | [14] | ||
1 | TV Varzish | |||
1 | PPTV | [15] | ||
1 | D-Smart | |||
1 | Premier Sports (non-Liverpool/Manchester United matches) LFC TV (Liverpool matches only) MUTV (Manchester United matches only) | [16] | ||
1 | ESPN | [17] | ||
1 | K+ |