2011 Audi Cup

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.

2011 Audi Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
Dates26 July – 27 July[1]
Teams4 (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 played4
Goals scored12 (3 per match)
Attendance264,000 (66,000 per match)
Top scorer(s) Thiago (3 goals)

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
 
 
 Barcelona2 (4)
 
20:45
 
 Internacional2 (2)
 
 Barcelona2
 
20:45
 
 Bayern Munich0
 
 Bayern Munich1 (5)
 
 
 Milan1 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
18:15
 
 
 Internacional2 (2)
 
 
 Milan2 (0)

Matches

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

Semi-finals
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
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
Bayern Munich 1–1 Milan
Kroos  34' Report Ibrahimović  4'
Penalties
Alaba
Gómez
Müller
Kroos
Schweinsteiger 		5–3 Robinho
Oddo
Silva
Paloschi
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

Third place play-off
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
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

Final
Barcelona 2–0 Bayern Munich
Thiago  42', 75' Report
Attendance: 66,000

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". Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2011.


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