City in the International Champs Cup.....

It's a league-based competition, not a knock-out. Technically it's actually three cups, as there is no interaction between the teams playing in Australia, China and the USA (except for Real, who are playing in both China and Australia) and each country has its own table. Teams play a series of games and are put into a league table for their performances. Any tied matches go to penalties with the winner earning two points and the loser earning one. The clubs at the top of each table win a trophy at the end.

At least it's not as bad as previous iterations, where you also got one point for each goal scored.

Let's be honest here. The cups involved are just for kicks. It's not a serious competition, it's just a revenue source for clubs, venues and sponsors. In the US version, they aren't even having each team play the same amount of games (though I think it's only the American guest teams, not the Europeans, who play fewer games). It's just an excuse to have a whole load of teams playing all around the world and be able to call it one single tournament, rather than having the exposure of the sponsors limited by looking like a whole lot of disorganised, unrelated friendlies.
 
Hope we win it anyway. Le Arse celebrated their Thailand cup yesterday like they won the League. Probably holding a parade when the team's back.
 
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Falastur said:
Well, we also played in it last year and further back in 2011 when it was known as the World Football Challenge, so this competition is not new to City.
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Not saying it is mate. Just saying that I've never heard of it. I don't pay any attention to the name of the friendlies we play in (other than the Thomas Cooke trophy, obviously).
I was at the game here in Toronto and I'm sure it had some type of title that I'm not aware of.
 
Falastur said:
It's a league-based competition, not a knock-out. Technically it's actually three cups, as there is no interaction between the teams playing in Australia, China and the USA (except for Real, who are playing in both China and Australia) and each country has its own table. Teams play a series of games and are put into a league table for their performances. Any tied matches go to penalties with the winner earning two points and the loser earning one. The clubs at the top of each table win a trophy at the end.

At least it's not as bad as previous iterations, where you also got one point for each goal scored.

Let's be honest here. The cups involved are just for kicks. It's not a serious competition, it's just a revenue source for clubs, venues and sponsors. In the US version, they aren't even having each team play the same amount of games (though I think it's only the American guest teams, not the Europeans, who play fewer games). It's just an excuse to have a whole load of teams playing all around the world and be able to call it one single tournament, rather than having the exposure of the sponsors limited by looking like a whole lot of disorganised, unrelated friendlies.
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Thanks for that,thought you would know!
 
Are the matches to be shown live on TV?

I saw that Sky Sports had highlights of the Madrid v Roma match but last I checked our match wasn't scheduled anywhere on their channels.
 
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