The 2015 International Champions Cup (or ICC) was a series of friendly association football tournaments. It was the first tournament played separately in Australia, China, North America and Europe.
The Australian edition of the tournament featured three teams played across three matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 18, 21 and 24. Real Madrid were the first club to announce their involvement. Manchester City and Roma were later confirmed to take part in the Australian tournament. The Chinese edition of the tournament featured Real Madrid, Milan and Internazionale playing a total of three matches in the cities of the Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Shanghai.
Real Madrid won both the Australian and the Chinese competitions.Kiko Casilla scores winner as Real Madrid beat AC Milan on penalties, ESPN, July 30, 2015
The North American and European edition of the tournament featured 10 teams but some games were played in Mexico, Canada, Italy and England. Each team involved in the US edition played four games, except the three United States–based teams that only played two games. Select Major League Soccer (MLS) matches between the ICC competing teams counted towards the point total to allow MLS teams to have four games count on the table. 2014 International Champions Cup winners Manchester United were the first team to confirm their involvement in the US edition.
Teams Australia NationTeamLocationConfederationLeague Manchester City Manchester UEFA Premier League Roma Rome Serie A Real Madrid Madrid La Liga
China NationTeamLocationConfederationLeague Internazionale Milan UEFA Serie A Milan Real Madrid Madrid La Liga
North America and Europe NationTeamLocationConfederationLeague Chelsea London UEFA Premier League Manchester United Manchester Paris Saint-Germain Paris Ligue 1 Fiorentina Florence Serie A América Mexico City CONCACAF Liga MX Benfica Lisbon UEFA Primeira Liga Barcelona Barcelona La Liga LA Galaxy Carson CONCACAF Major League Soccer New York Red Bulls Harrison San Jose Earthquakes San Jose
Venues
Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground Capacity: 100,024
GuangzhouShenzhenShanghai Tianhe Stadium Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre Shanghai Stadium Capacity: 58,500 Capacity: 60,334 Capacity: 56,842
North America
Seattle Chicago Toronto East Hartford CenturyLink Field Soldier Field BMO Field Rentschler Field Capacity: 67,000 Capacity: 61,500 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 40,642 Santa Clara Harrison Levi's Stadium Red Bull Arena Capacity: 68,500 Capacity: 25,000 San Jose Landover Avaya Stadium FedExField Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 79,000 Pasadena Carson Mexico City Charlotte Rose Bowl StubHub Center Estadio Azteca Bank of America Stadium Capacity: 92,542 Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 95,500 Capacity: 74,455
London Florence Stamford Bridge Stadio Artemio Franchi Capacity: 41,798 Capacity: 47,282
Matches
Australia
China
North America and Europe
Note: Result taken from 2015 Major League Soccer season.
Note: Result taken from 2015 Major League Soccer season, counted as penalty loss for both teams.
Note: Result taken from 2015 Major League Soccer season.
Tables Australia
China
North America and Europe
Top goalscorers
RankNameTeamGoals1 Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain3 Jean-Kévin Augustin Paris Saint-Germain Luis Suárez Barcelona4 Eden Hazard Chelsea2 Blaise Matuidi Paris Saint-Germain Sean Davis New York Red Bulls Federico Bernardeschi Fiorentina Note: Goals from Major League Soccer games not included.
Media coverage
MarketCountriesBroadcast partnerRef Caribbean 24 Fox (English), ESPN Deportes (Spanish) 1 TSN Central America 8 Televisa, SKY México South America (excluding Brazil) 9 Direct TV 1 Esporte Interativo 1 Sky UK 1 Canal+ Liga, TV3 1 Mediaset Premium 1 beIN 3 Sport 1 (10 matches only) 1 Eredivisie 1 365 Media Scandinavia 4 SBS Discovery 1 Belgacom 1 ArenaSport TV 1 Sport TV Balkans (excluding Bulgaria) 7 Arena 1 Digitalb 1 RDS 1 2 Digi TV 1 RING.BG 1 Nova Sports 1 Cyta 1 Dogan Group 1 Go 1 Charlton 1 VGTRK 1 Belarus TV Baltics 3 Setanta Middle EastNorth Africa 22 beIN Sub-Saharan Africa 49 StarTimes 4 Arena sport 1 Šport TV Eurasia 10 Setanta 1 STAR India 1 LeTV + regional channels 1 J Sports 1 Sportcast 1 i-Cable 1 Macau Cable 1 SCTV 1 StarHub 1 Telekom Malaysia 1 Indosiar 1 Perform 1 PPTV 1 Sky Net 1 VDR (3 Australian matches only) 1 Nine Network 1 Star Sports Total countries/territories 171
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