2018 Women's International Champions Cup

2018 Women's International Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 26 – 29
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	North Carolina Courage
Runners-up	Lyon
Third place	Manchester City
Fourth place	Paris Saint-Germain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	10 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eugénie Le Sommer (2 goals)
	2019 →

The 2018 Women's International Champions Cup was the first edition of a series of friendly women's association football matches. It took place from July 26 to 29, 2018 in the United States.^[1]

For the first time, the ICC included a women's tournament. Nearly a dozen of the regular ICC participant clubs expressed interest in sending their women's sides, but the inaugural women's tournament featured just four teams before expanding in the 2019 ICC. The 2018 tournament featured the semi-finals on July 26, followed by third place play-off and final on July 29, all four matches being held at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The European participants joined for training sessions at the University of Portland before the tournament.^[1]^[2]

Teams

Four teams participated in the tournament. English club Chelsea were originally scheduled to participate, but were later replaced by Lyon.^[3]

Nation	Team
England	Manchester City
France	Lyon
France	Paris Saint-Germain
United States	North Carolina Courage

Venue

Miami Gardens, Florida	Miami Gardens class=notpageimage\| Location of the host city of the 2018 Women's International Champions Cup.
Hard Rock Stadium
Capacity: 64,767

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

July 26 – Miami Gardens, FL

North Carolina Courage	2
		July 29 – Miami Gardens, FL
Paris Saint-Germain	1
		North Carolina Courage	1
July 26 – Miami Gardens, FL
		Lyon	0
Lyon	3

Manchester City	0
		Third place play-off

		July 29 – Miami Gardens, FL

		Paris Saint-Germain	1

		Manchester City	2