2011 Audi Cup

2011 Audi Cup
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Dates 26 July – 27 July[1]
Teams 4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up Germany Bayern Munich
Third place Brazil Internacional
Fourth place Italy Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played 4
Goals scored 12 (3 per match)
Attendance 264,000 (66,000 per match)
Top scorer(s) Spain Thiago (3 goals)

The second edition of the Audi Cup was a two-day association football tournament that features four teams. It was played at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. The competition hosted the defending champions Bayern Munich, the 2010 Copa Libertadores champions Internacional, the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League winners Barcelona and the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup champions Milan. The winners of the tournament were Barcelona, beating Bayern Munich 2–0 in the final. Internacional defeated Milan in the third place match after a penalty shoot-out.

Participating teams

Competition format

The competition took the format of a regular knock-out competition. The winners of each of the two matches on the first day competed against each other for the Audi Cup, whilst the two losing sides played in a third-place match. The trophy contested over two days, each day seeing two matches played back-to-back. The official matchups were announced on 8 May 2011.[2]

Semi-finals
26 July
Final
27 July
18:15
 Spain Barcelona  2 (4)  
 Brazil Internacional  2 (2)  
 
20:45
     Spain Barcelona  2
   Germany Bayern Munich  0
Third place
20:45 18:15
 Germany Bayern Munich  1 (5)  Brazil Internacional  2 (2)
 Italy Milan  1 (3)    Italy Milan  2 (0)

Matches

All times are local (CEST; UTC+02:00).

Semi-finals


Third place play-off

27 July 2011
18:15
Internacional Brazil 2–2 Italy Milan
Leandro Damião  23'
D'Alessandro  80'
Report Ibrahimović  3'
Pato  60'
  Penalties  
D'Alessandro
Nei
Glaydson
2–0 Valoti
Cassano
Oddo
Pato
Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

Final

27 July 2011
20:45
Barcelona Spain 2–0 Germany Bayern Munich
Thiago  42', 75' Report
Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Television broadcasters

The competition was broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV4. It was also broadcast in other countries, including Rai Sport in Italy.

References

  1. "Inter recebe liberação da CBF para disputar torneio em Munique". clicrbs. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  2. "Audi Cup 2011 official website". Retrieved 15 July 2011.

External links


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