2016 Florida Cup

2016 Florida Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	January 10–20, 2016
Teams	9 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Mineiro (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	24 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Javier Hernández Eduardo Sasha Angel Romero (2 goals each)
Best player(s)	Javier Hernández
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The 2016 Florida Cup was a friendly association football tournament played in the United States. It was the second edition of the competition, which included teams from Brazil, Colombia, Ukraine, Germany and the United States. Atlético Mineiro were crowned champions for the first time.

Teams

Nation	Team	Location	Confederation	League
Germany	Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	UEFA	Bundesliga
Germany	Bayer Leverkusen	Leverkusen	UEFA	Bundesliga
Ukraine	Shakhtar Donetsk	Donetsk	UEFA	Ukrainian Premier League
Brazil	Corinthians	São Paulo	CONMEBOL	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Brazil	Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	CONMEBOL	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Brazil	Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	CONMEBOL	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Brazil	Internacional	Porto Alegre	CONMEBOL	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Colombia	Santa Fe	Bogotá	CONMEBOL	Liga Águila
United States	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Fort Lauderdale	CONCACAF	North American Soccer League

Venues

Orlando	Fort Lauderdale	Boca Raton
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex	Lockhart Stadium	FAU Stadium
28°20′13.5″N 81°33′21.6″W / 28.337083°N 81.556000°W / 28.337083; -81.556000	26°11′35″N 80°9′40″W / 26.19306°N 80.16111°W / 26.19306; -80.16111	26°22′31″N 80°6′1″W / 26.37528°N 80.10028°W / 26.37528; -80.10028
Capacity: 9,500	Capacity: 20,450	Capacity: 29,419

Matches

January 10

17:00 EST (UTC-5)

Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Santa Fe
Kießling 87'	Report

ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando

January 10

19:30 EST (UTC-5)

Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–2	Schalke 04
	Report	Di Santo 29' Sané 57'

ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando

Attendance: 1,104

Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald (United States)

January 13

18:30 EST (UTC-5)

Schalke 04	0–3	Atlético Mineiro
	Report	Leonardo Silva 8' Patric 81' Lucas Cândido 83'

Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale

Attendance: 2,504

Referee: Ted Unkel (United States)

January 13

20:30 EST (UTC-5)

Internacional	3–3	Bayer Leverkusen
Sasha 1' D'Alessandro 6' (pen.) Andrigo 62'	Report	Hernández 40' (pen.), 45+1' Alan 79' (o.g.)

ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando

Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)

January 17

14:00 EST (UTC-5)

Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	Fluminense
Ferreyra 48'	Report	Magno Alves 82'

ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando

Referee: Kevin Terry Júnior (United States)

January 17

14:00 EST (UTC-5)

Atlético Mineiro	1–0	Corinthians
Hyuri 57'	Report

FAU Stadium, Boca Raton

Referee: Marcos Olveira (Brazil)

January 17

16:30 EST (UTC-5)

Santa Fe	2–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Zapata 3' (pen.) Balanta 33'	Report	PC 80'

FAU Stadium, Boca Raton

Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)

January 20

18:45 EST (UTC-5)

Corinthians	3–2	Shakhtar Donetsk
Danilo 12' Romero 35', 43'	Report	Taison 22' Kovalenko 80'

ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando

Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr. (United States)

January 20

18:45 EST (UTC-5)

Fluminense	0–1	Internacional
	Report	Sasha 37'

Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale

Referee: Ted Unkel (United States)

Table

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Mineiro	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
2	Bayer Leverkusen	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
3	Internacional	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
4	Corinthians	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
5	Santa Fe	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
6	Schalke 04	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
7	Shakhtar Donetsk	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
8	Fluminense	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
9	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Broadcasting rights

The tournament will be broadcast in 144 countries.

Country	Broadcaster
Sub-Saharan Africa	StarSat
Brazil	Rede Globo (only Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Fluminense and Atlético Mineiro vs. Corinthians) SporTV
Colombia	RCN Televisión Win Sports
Germany	Eurosport
Mexico	Fox Sports
United States	ESPN Deportes

References

External links

• Official website