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	Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up	Bayern Munich
Third place	Internacional
Fourth place	Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	12 (3 per match)
Attendance	264,000 (66,000 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Thiago (3 goals)
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The second edition of the Audi Cup was a two-day association football tournament that featured 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

•  Bayern Munich (Germany)
•  Milan (Italy)
•  Barcelona (Spain)
•  Internacional (Brazil)

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
	Barcelona	2 (4)
					20:45
	Internacional	2 (2)
					Barcelona	2
	20:45
					Bayern Munich	0
	Bayern Munich	1 (5)
	Milan	1 (3)
					Third place
					18:15
					Internacional	2 (2)
					Milan	2 (0)

Matches

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

Semi-finals

26 July 2011

18:15

Barcelona	2–2	Internacional
Thiago 15' Dos Santos 63'	Report	Nei 55' Leandro Damião 85'
Penalties
Villa Dos Santos Carmona Jeffrén Armando	4–2	Kléber Leandro Damião João Paulo Zé Mário

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 66,000

Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

26 July 2011

20:45

Bayern Munich	1–1	Milan
Kroos 34'	Report	Ibrahimović 4'
Penalties
Alaba Gómez Müller Kroos Schweinsteiger	5–3	Robinho Oddo Thiago Silva Paloschi

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 66,000

Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

Third place play-off

27 July 2011

18:15

Internacional	2–2	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	2–0	Bayern Munich
Thiago 42', 75'	Report

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 66,000

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Barcelona

Bayern Munich

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Thiago (Barcelona)

2 goals

• Leandro Damião (Internacional)
• Zlatan Ibrahimović (Milan)

1 goal

• Jonathan dos Santos (Barcelona)
• Nei (Internacional)
• Andrés D'Alessandro (Internacional)
• Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich)
• Alexandre Pato (Milan)

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

• "Parade of stars to contest Audi Cup in Munich". fcbayern.t-home.de. Bayern Munich. 3 March 2009. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009.

External links

• Official website