Matchworld Cup
Football tournament
Founded | 2011 |
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Region | Europe (UEFA), Asia (AFC), Africa (CAF) |
Number of teams | 6 (2011), 8 (2012), 4 (2013) |
Current champions | ![]() |
Most successful team(s) | Al-Hilal, Zenit St. Petersburg, Shakhtar Donetsk (1 title) |
Website | Matchworld Cup |
The Matchworld Cup was an annual international exhibition football club competition hosted by the United Arab Emirates from 2011 to 2013.[1] The winners were Al-Hilal in 2011,[1] Zenit St. Petersburg in 2012,[1] Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013.[2]
The 2011 and 2012 competitions were held in Dubai, and the 2013 competition was held in Abu Dhabi's Zayed Sports City Stadium.[3] The competition was organised by Matchworld Group Switzerland, Matchworld Football SA Sports Management Saudi Arabia, and Sportlive Russia.[4][5]
Results
Year | Final | Third Place | Venue | Teams | ||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||
2011 | ![]() | 1–1 (4–1 pen.) | ![]() | ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai | 6 |
2012 | ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | ![]() | 1–1 (5–4 pen.) | ![]() | Maktoum Bin Rashid Stadium, Dubai | 8 |
2013 | ![]() | Round robin | ![]() | ![]() | Round robin | ![]() | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 4 |
2011
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Shakhtar Donetsk
v
Al-Hilal
![Ukraine](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png)
![Saudi Arabia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png)
20 January 2011 | Shakhtar Donetsk ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Al Maktoum Stadium |
Luiz Adriano ![]() | Essa Al-Mehyani ![]() Ahmed Al-Fraidi ![]() Christian Wilhelmsson ![]() |
Žilina
v
Shakhtar Donetsk
![Slovakia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png)
![Ukraine](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png)
22 January 2011 | Žilina ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() | Al Maktoum Stadium |
Momodou Ceesay ![]() Róbert Jež ![]() Ondřej Šourek ![]() Róbert Pich ![]() Patrik Mráz ![]() | Luiz Adriano ![]() Henrikh Mkhitaryan ![]() |
Al-Hilal
v
Žilina
![Saudi Arabia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png)
![Slovakia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png)
24 January 2011 | Al-Hilal ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Al Maktoum Stadium |
Christian Wilhelmsson ![]() Yasser Al-Qahtani ![]() | Ondřej Šourek ![]() |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Persepolis
v
Sparta Prague
![Iran](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png)
![Czech Republic](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png)
20 January 2011 | Persepolis ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Al Maktoum Stadium |
Maziar Zare ![]() Ebrahim Shakouri ![]() Hadi Norouzi ![]() | Lukáš Třešňák ![]() Léonard Kweuke ![]() |
Sparta Prague
v
Zenit St. Petersburg
![Czech Republic](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png)
![Russia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png)
22 January 2011 | Sparta Prague ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Al Maktoum Stadium |
Aleksandr Kerzhakov ![]() Aleksei Ionov ![]() Bruno Alves ![]() |
Zenit St. Petersburg
v
Persepolis
![Russia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png)
![Iran](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png)
24 January 2011 | Zenit St. Petersburg ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Al Maktoum Stadium |
Aleksandr Kerzhakov ![]() Sergey Semak ![]() |
Ranking matches
5th place
Sparta Prague
v
Shakhtar Donetsk
![Czech Republic](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png)
![Ukraine](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png)
26 January 2011 | Sparta Prague ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Al Maktoum Stadium |
Václav Kadlec ![]() | Douglas Costa ![]() Luiz Adriano ![]() |
3rd place
Persepolis
v
Žilina
![Iran](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png)
![Slovakia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png)
26 January 2011 | Persepolis ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Al Maktoum Stadium |
Maziar Zare ![]() | Tomáš Majtán ![]() Róbert Pich ![]() Ebrahim Shakouri ![]() |
Final
Zenit St. Petersburg
v
Al-Hilal
![Russia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png)
![Saudi Arabia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png)
26 January 2011 | Zenit St. Petersburg ![]() | 1–1 (1–4 p) | ![]() | Al Maktoum Stadium |
Szabolcs Huszti ![]() | Mirel Rădoi ![]() | |||
Penalties | ||||
Luković ![]() Shirokov ![]() Meira ![]() | Rădoi ![]() Al-Shalhoub ![]() Al-Mehyani ![]() Hawsawi ![]() |
2011 Matchworld Cup |
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![]() 1st title |
2012
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ a b Bunyodkor got the second place spot and Iraq u23 got the third place after a draw.
Zenit St. Petersburg
v
Bunyodkor
![Russia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png)
![Uzbekistan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png)
18 January 2012 | Zenit St. Petersburg ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium |
Huszti ![]() Criscito ![]() | Murzoev ![]() |
Neuchâtel Xamax
v
Iraq U-23
![Switzerland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png)
![Iraq](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png)
18 January 2012 | Neuchâtel Xamax ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium |
W. Salim ![]() |
Bunyodkor
v
Neuchâtel Xamax
![Uzbekistan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png)
![Switzerland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png)
20 January 2012 | Bunyodkor ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium |
Pardaev ![]() |
Iraq U-23
v
Zenit St. Petersburg
![Iraq](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png)
![Russia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png)
20 January 2012 | Iraq U-23 ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium |
Abdul-Raheem ![]() | Bukharov ![]() Kerzhakov ![]() |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5[a] |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2[a] |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ a b One extra point for both Uzbekistan U-23 and Rostov for winning in penalties.
Shakhtar Donetsk
v
Uzbekistan U-23
![Ukraine](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png)
![Uzbekistan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png)
19 January 2012 | Shakhtar Donetsk ![]() | 1–1 (5–6 p) | ![]() | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium |
Luiz Adriano ![]() | Turaev ![]() | |||
Penalties | ||||
Alan Patrick ![]() Luiz Adriano ![]() Gai ![]() Mkhitaryan ![]() Kobin ![]() Aghahowa ![]() Hübschman ![]() | Tuhtahujaev ![]() Karimov ![]() Rahmatullaev ![]() Nagaev ![]() Pirimov ![]() Hashimov ![]() Ibragimov ![]() |
Rostov
v
Étoile Sportive du Sahel
![Russia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png)
![Tunisia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png)
19 January 2012 | Rostov ![]() | 1–1 (4–2 p) | ![]() | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium |
Bracamonte ![]() | Chehoudi ![]() | |||
Penalties | ||||
Kolodin ![]() Kruglov ![]() Élson ![]() Papadopulos ![]() | Felhi ![]() Jabeur ![]() Santos ![]() Chehoudi ![]() |
Rostov
v
Uzbekistan U-23
![Russia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png)
![Uzbekistan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png)
21 January 2012 | Rostov ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium |
Turaev ![]() |
Étoile Sportive du Sahel
v
Shakhtar Donetsk
![Tunisia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png)
![Ukraine](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png)
21 January 2012 | Étoile Sportive du Sahel ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium |
Omrani ![]() | Mkhitaryan ![]() Srna ![]() Eduardo ![]() |
Ranking matches
7th place
Neuchâtel Xamax
v
Étoile Sportive du Sahel
![Switzerland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png)
![Tunisia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png)
23 January 2012 | Neuchâtel Xamax ![]() | 3–5 | ![]() | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium |
Souni ![]() Mbengue ![]() Gomes ![]() | Chehoudi ![]() Jbali ![]() Sassi ![]() |
5th place
Iraq U-23
v
Rostov
![Iraq](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png)
![Russia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png)
23 January 2012 | Iraq U-23 ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium |
Abdul-Raheem ![]() | Gațcan ![]() Poloz ![]() |
3rd place
Bunyodkor
v
Shakhtar Donetsk
![Uzbekistan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png)
![Ukraine](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png)
23 January 2012 | Bunyodkor ![]() | 1–1 (5–4 p) | ![]() | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium |
Final
Zenit St. Petersburg
v
Uzbekistan U-23
![Russia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png)
![Uzbekistan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png)
23 January 2012 | Zenit St. Petersburg ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium |
2012 Matchworld Cup |
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![]() 1st title |
2013
Final standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
All times are local (UTC+4).
Matches
Zenit St. Petersburg
v
Al-Hilal
![Russia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png)
![Saudi Arabia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png)
16 January 2013 | Zenit St. Petersburg ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
17:00 | Aleksandr Bukharov ![]() Hulk ![]() Bruno Alves ![]() Luka Đorđević ![]() | Report | Sulaiman Al-Abdullah ![]() | Attendance: 20[6] Referee: Abdulwahed Khater (UAE) |
Shakhtar Donetsk
v
Zamalek
![Ukraine](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png)
![Egypt](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png)
16 January 2013 | Shakhtar Donetsk ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
20:00 | Eduardo da Silva ![]() Darijo Srna ![]() Henrikh Mkhitaryan ![]() | Report | Ahmed Hassan ![]() Mohamed Ibrahim ![]() | Attendance: 550[7] Referee: Ali Hasan Kareem (UAE) |
Shakhtar Donetsk
v
Al-Hilal
![Ukraine](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png)
![Saudi Arabia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png)
19 January 2013 | Shakhtar Donetsk ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
17:00 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan ![]() Răzvan Raț ![]() Taison ![]() | Report | Yoo Byung-Soo ![]() Wesley Lopes ![]() | Attendance: 690[8] Referee: Adel Alnaqbi (UAE) |
Zenit St. Petersburg
v
Zamalek
![Russia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png)
![Egypt](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png)
19 January 2013 | Zenit St. Petersburg ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
20:00 | Report | Ahmed Samir ![]() | Attendance: 100[9] Referee: Hamed Ali Youssef (UAE) |
2013 Match World Cup |
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![]() 1st title |
Performances by team
Team | Winners | Runners-Up | Third | Fourth |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1 (2012) | 2 (2011, 2013) | ||
![]() | 1 (2013) | 1 (2012) | ||
![]() | 1 (2011) | 1 (2013) | ||
![]() | 1 (2012) | |||
![]() | 1 (2011) | |||
![]() | 1 (2012) | |||
![]() | 1 (2013) | |||
![]() | 1 (2011) |
See also
References
- ^ a b c Passela, Amith (2013-01-13). "Shakhtar look for Abu Dhabi fixtures to provide Champions League warm-up". The National. Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
- ^ "Henrikh Mkhitaryan: I don't seek to be Matchworld Cup's top scorer". PanARMENIAN.Net. 2013-01-17. Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
- ^ "Shakhtar & Zenit to compete in Abu Dhabi Matchworld Cup". Sport 360. 2013-01-09. Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
- ^ Jose, James (2013-01-16). "Stage all set for the Matchworld Cup". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
- ^ Narayan, M. Satya (2013-01-13). "Egypt's Zamalek to play in Matchworld Cup". Gulf News. Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
- ^ Zenit vs Al-Hilal: match report
- ^ Shakhtar vs Zamalek: match report
- ^ Shakhtar vs Al-Hilal: match report
- ^ Zenit vs Zamalek: match report
External links
- Matchworld Cup
- Matchworld Group