2019 International Champions Cup

The 2019 International Champions Cup was the seventh edition of the International Champions Cup (ICC), a series of association football friendly matches.^[1] The competition was won by Portuguese club Benfica.

2019 International Champions Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	China England Sweden Singapore United States Wales
Dates	July 16 – August 10
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	17 (in 17 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	55 (3.06 per match)
Attendance	655,252 (36,403 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Diego Costa (4 goals)
← 2018

Teams

A total of 12 teams participated in the competition.^[2][3] On June 12, Fiorentina replaced Roma due to Roma's impending participation in UEFA Europa League qualifiers (which they did not end up playing in).^[4]

Nation	Team
England	Arsenal
	Manchester United
	Tottenham Hotspur
Germany	Bayern Munich
Italy	Fiorentina
	Inter Milan
	Juventus
	Milan
Mexico	Guadalajara
Portugal	Benfica
Spain	Atlético Madrid
	Real Madrid

Venues

17 venues for the International Champions Cup were announced on March 26, 2019.^[5]

United States

East Rutherford (New York City Area)	Landover (Washington, D.C. Area)	Charlotte	Houston
MetLife Stadium	FedExField	Bank of America Stadium	NRG Stadium
Capacity: 82,500	Capacity: 82,000	Capacity: 75,525	Capacity: 71,795
Santa Clara (San Francisco Bay Area)	Arlington Foxborough Carson Charlotte Bridgeview East Rutherford Harrison Houston Kansas City Landover Santa Clara Location of the host cities of the 2019 International Champions Cup in the United States.		Foxborough (Boston Area)
Levi's Stadium			Gillette Stadium
Capacity: 68,500			Capacity: 65,878
Arlington (Dallas-Fort Worth Area)			Carson (Los Angeles Area)
Globe Life Park			Dignity Health Sports Park
Capacity: 48,114			Capacity: 27,000
Harrison (New York City Area)	Bridgeview (Chicago Area)	Kansas City
Red Bull Arena	SeatGeek Stadium	Children's Mercy Park
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 18,467

Europe

Cardiff	London	Solna (Stockholm Area)
Principality Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	Friends Arena
Capacity: 73,931	Capacity: 62,062	Capacity: 54,329
London Cardiff Solna Location of the host cities of the 2019 International Champions Cup in Europe.

Asia

Singapore	Nanjing	Shanghai	Singapore Nanjing Shanghai Location of the host cities of the 2019 International Champions Cup in Asia.
Singapore National Stadium	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center	Hongkou Football Stadium
Capacity: 55,000	Capacity: 61,443	Capacity: 35,000

Matches

The match schedule was announced on March 28, 2019,^[6] and was updated on June 12 after Fiorentina replaced Roma.^[4] Each team played three matches, for a total of 18 matches.^[7]

July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16)

20:00 CDT

Fiorentina	2–1	Guadalajara
Simeone 27' Sottil 52'	Report	López 25'

SeatGeek Stadium, Bridgeview

Attendance: 10,062^[8]

Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)

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July 17, 2019 (2019-07-17)

20:00 PDT

Audi Football Summit

Arsenal	2–1	Bayern Munich
Poznański 49' (o.g.) Nketiah 88'	Report	Lewandowski 71'

Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson

Attendance: 26,704^[9]

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

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July 20, 2019 (2019-07-20)

19:30 SGT

Manchester United	1–0	Inter Milan
Greenwood 76'	Report

Singapore National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 52,897^[10]

Referee: Letchman Gopala Krishnan (Singapore)

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July 20, 2019 (2019-07-20)

13:00 PDT

Benfica	3–0	Guadalajara
De Tomás 4' Silva 70' Seferovic 73'	Report

Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara

Attendance: 15,724^[11]

Referee: Joe Dickerson (United States)

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July 20, 2019 (2019-07-20)

18:00 EDT

Arsenal	3–0	Fiorentina
Nketiah 15', 65' Willock 89'	Report

Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte

Attendance: 34,902^[12]

Referee: Marcos de Oliveira (United States)

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July 20, 2019 (2019-07-20)

19:00 CDT

Audi Football Summit

Bayern Munich	3–1	Real Madrid
Tolisso 15' Lewandowski 67' Gnabry 69'	Report	Rodrygo 84'

NRG Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 60,143^[13]

Referee: Ramy Touchan (United States)

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July 21, 2019 (2019-07-21)

19:30 SGT

Juventus	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur
Higuaín 56' Ronaldo 60'	Report	Lamela 30' Lucas 65' Kane 90+3'

Singapore National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 50,443^[14]

Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)

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July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)

19:00 EDT

Real Madrid	2–2	Arsenal
Bale 56' Asensio 59'	Report	Lacazette 10' (pen.) Aubameyang 24'
Penalties
Bale Isco Varane Vinícius	3–2	Nelson Xhaka Saka Monreal Burton

FedExField, Landover

Attendance: 52,826^[15]

Referee: Timothy Ford (United States)

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July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)

20:00 CDT

Bayern Munich	1–0	Milan
Goretzka 45+3'	Report

Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City

Attendance: 18,469^[16]

Referee: Allen Chapman (United States)

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July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)

20:00 CDT

Guadalajara	0–0	Atlético Madrid
	Report
Penalties
Ponce Briseño González Huerta Beltrán Cervantes	4–5	Correa Herrera Šaponjić Felipe Moya Sanabria

Globe Life Park, Arlington

Attendance: 12,467^[17]

Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

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July 24, 2019 (2019-07-24)

19:30 CST

Juventus	1–1	Inter Milan
Ronaldo 68'	Report	De Ligt 10' (o.g.)
Penalties
Cancelo Ronaldo Can Rabiot Bernardeschi Demiral	4–3	Ranocchia Pușcaș Longo João Mário Barella Valero

Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Nanjing

Attendance: 48,646^[18]

Referee: Zhang Lei (China)

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July 24, 2019 (2019-07-24)

20:00 EDT

Fiorentina	1–2	Benfica
Vlahović 29'	Report	Seferovic 9' Caio 90+3'

Red Bull Arena, Harrison

Attendance: 12,141^[19]

Referee: Robert Sibiga (United States)

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July 25, 2019 (2019-07-25)

19:30 CST

Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	Manchester United
Lucas 65'	Report	Martial 21' Gomes 80'

Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai

Referee: Ai Kun (China)

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July 26, 2019 (2019-07-26)

19:30 EDT

Real Madrid	3–7	Atlético Madrid
Nacho 59' Benzema 85' (pen.) Hernández 89'	Report	Costa 1', 28', 45' (pen.), 51' Félix 8' Correa 19' Vitolo 70'

MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 57,714^[20]

Referee: Ted Unkel (United States)

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July 28, 2019 (2019-07-28)

15:00 EDT

Milan	0–1	Benfica
	Report	Taarabt 70'

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 27,565^[21]

Referee: Sorin Stoica (United States)

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August 3, 2019 (2019-08-03)

17:30 BST

Manchester United	2–2	Milan
Rashford 14' Lingard 72'	Report	Suso 26' Lindelöf 60' (o.g.)
Penalties
Lingard Young Greenwood Gomes James	5–4	Çalhanoğlu Bonaventura Silva Krunić Maldini

Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 65,892^[22]

Referee: Iwan Griffith (Wales)

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August 4, 2019 (2019-08-04)

15:00 BST

Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Inter Milan
Lucas 3'	Report	Sensi 36'
Penalties
Eriksen Son Heung-min Nkoudou Alderweireld Skipp	3–4	Pușcaș Ranocchia Dimarco Politano João Mário

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London

Attendance: 58,905^[23]

Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

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August 10, 2019 (2019-08-10)

18:00 CEST

Atlético Madrid	2–1	Juventus
Lemar 24' Félix 33'	Report	Khedira 29'

Friends Arena, Solna

Attendance: 49,752^[24]

Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Table

The 12 teams were ranked based on results from their three matches, with the best-ranked team being crowned champions. 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Benfica (C)	3	3	0	0	0	6	1	+5	9	2019 International Champions Cup winners
2	Atlético Madrid	3	2	1	0	0	9	4	+5	8
3	Manchester United	3	2	1	0	0	5	3	+2	8
4	Arsenal	3	2	0	1	0	7	3	+4	7
5	Bayern Munich	3	2	0	0	1	5	3	+2	6
6	Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	0	1	1	5	5	0	4
7	Inter Milan	3	0	1	1	1	2	3	−1	3
8	Fiorentina	3	1	0	0	2	3	6	−3	3
9	Juventus	3	0	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2
10	Real Madrid	3	0	1	0	2	6	12	−6	2
11	Milan	3	0	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
12	Guadalajara	3	0	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: ICC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal differential; 4) Goals scored; 5) Result against common opponent; 6) Fewer red cards; 7) Fewer yellow cards; 8) Fewer fouls committed; 9) Coin flip.^[25]
(C) Champion

Media coverage

All 18 matches were live streamed for the unsold markets and highlights were also available for all territories around the world via ICC's official websites.^[26] The rights may be including both the 2019 International Leagues Cup (La Liga-Serie A cup) matches depending on the broadcasters.

Country/region	Broadcaster	Summary	Ref
Australia	SBS	All 18 matches live on web and app, 17 of 18 matches live on Viceland	[27]
	Kayo Sports	All 18 matches live
	beIN Sports	All 18 matches live, plus both ILC matches	[28]
Azerbaijan	CBC	Select matches live on CBC Sport	[29]
DACH	Sport1	10 of 18 matches (including all three Bayern matches) live	[30]
	OneFootball	All 18 matches live
	DAZN
Canada
Japan			[31]
Balkans	Sport Klub	All 18 matches live, plus both ILC matches.
Belgium	Eleven Sports	All 18 matches live	[32]
Luxembourg
Brazil	Grupo Record	All 18 matches live on Play Plus, 17 of 18 matches live on Record News	[33]
	Fox Sports	All 18 matches live	[34]
Brunei	Astro	All 18 matches live on SuperSport (in English) (plus both ILC matches), Arena (in Malay), Astro GO, and NJOI Now respectively	[35][non-primary source needed]
Malaysia
Bulgaria	Max Sport	All 18 matches live, plus both ILC matches.
Caribbean	Digicel	All 18 matches live on Sportsmax.	[36]
	DirecTV Sports	All 18 matches live, plus both ILC matches. Not available in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.
South America			[37]
Puerto Rico
	ESPN	All 18 matches live in English (Belize and USA only) and Spanish, plus both ILC matches. Matches is not available in ANZ (Australia and New Zealand).
ANZ
Belize
Central America			[38][non-primary source needed]
Mexico			[39]
United States			[40]
Catalonia	TV3	Both ILC matches only.	[41]
China	CCTV	Select matches live
	PPTV	All 18 matches live, plus both ILC matches.
Cyprus	CytaVision	All 18 matches live
Denmark	TV2	Select matches live on TV2 Sport.
Eurasia	Setanta Sports	All 18 matches live
Georgia	Adjara	All 18 matches live, plus both ILC matches
Greece	Nova Sports	All 18 matches live	[42]
Hong Kong	TVB	All 18 matches live on MyTV Super, with 9 matches (including all 7 matches outside USA) on TVB Finance & Information Channel	[43]
Iceland	365	All 18 matches live on Stöð 2 Sport
Indian Subcontinent	Dream11	All 18 matches live on Fancode	[44]
Indonesia	TVRI	All 18 matches (16 live in-simulcast, one live, and one delayed respectively) on both National and Sport channels.	[45]
	Mola TV	All 18 matches live	[46]
Timor Leste
Iran	IRIB	Select matches live on Varzesh	[47]
	Varzesh TV Farsi	Select matches live	[48]
Ireland	Eir Sport	15 of 18 matches live, plus both ILC matches.
	MUTV	Three MU matches only.
United Kingdom
	Premier Sports	15 of 18 matches live, plus both ILC matches	[49][50]
Israel	Charlton	All 18 matches live on Sport 1 and Sport 2
Italy	Sportitalia	All 18 matches live	[51]
	Sky Sport	Both ILC matches only	[52]
Korea	SPOTV	All 18 matches live	[53][non-primary source needed]
Maldives	MediaNet	All 18 matches live
Malta	GO	All 18 matches live on TSN
MENA	Sharjah Sports	Both ILC matches only	[54]
Myanmar	Canal+	All 18 matches live
New Zealand	Spark	All 18 matches live	[55]
Poland	Polsat	All 18 matches live on Sport, Extra (plus both ILC matches), and News channels respectively	[56]
Portugal	Sport TV	All 18 matches live	[57][non-primary source needed]
Russia	Match TV	All 18 matches live
Scandinavia	Strive	All 18 matches live	[58]
Singapore	Mediacorp	All 18 matches live on Toggle. Select matches same-day delayed (both matches in Singapore) on Channel 5.	[59]
Spain	Mediapro	All 18 matches live on LaLiga TV, plus both ILC matches. Select matches also available on Gol.	[60]
	Movistar	Select plus both ILC matches live on #Vamos
	Real Madrid TV	Three RM matches only	[61]
Sub-Saharan Africa	StarTimes	All 18 matches live on World Football, Sport Premium, and StarTimes On web and app.	[62]
Tajikistan	Televizioni Tojikiston	All 18 matches live on Varzish and Futbol, respectively.
Thailand	PPTV	Select matches live and delayed, plus highlights	[63]
Turkey	TRT	All 18 matches live on web, 17 live and one delayed on Sport channel.
Turkmenistan	Türkmenistan Sport	1 last match live	[64]
Vietnam	FPT Group	All 18 matches live	[65]

See also

• 2019 Women's International Champions Cup
• 2019 La Liga-Serie A Cup