2015 Copa EuroAmericana

2015 Copa EuroAmericana
Tournament details
Dates	28 May – 1 August
Teams	6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	South America (1st title)
Runners-up	Europe
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	10 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Duje Čop (2 goals)
	← 2014

The 2015 Copa EuroAmericana was the third and final edition of the Copa EuroAmericana, a men's football friendly tournament created by DirecTV. This edition took place in venues across South America from 28 May to 1 August 2015. Six teams (Barcelona, Deportivo Cali,^[1] Peñarol and San Lorenzo from CONMEBOL, and Espanyol and Málaga from UEFA), participated in the tournament. South America (represented by the CONMEBOL teams) won the cup with three victories.

Format edit

Each match was played for 90 minutes. In case of a draw after regulation, the winner was determined via a penalty shoot-out. The confederation of the winning team of each match was awarded with a point, and the confederation with the most points at the end of the tournament was crowned champions.

Participating teams edit

Confederation	Team	Most recent domestic honour	Latest continental performance
CONMEBOL	Barcelona	2012 Serie A	2015 Copa Libertadores – Second stage
CONMEBOL	Deportivo Cali	2015 Torneo Apertura	2014 Copa Sudamericana – Second stage
CONMEBOL	Peñarol	2012–13 Primera División	2014 Copa Sudamericana – Round of 16
CONMEBOL	San Lorenzo	2013 Torneo Inicial	2015 Copa Libertadores – Second stage
UEFA	Espanyol	2005–06 Copa del Rey	2006–07 UEFA Cup – Runners-up
UEFA	Málaga	1998–99 Segunda División	2012–13 UEFA Champions League – Quarter-finals

Venues edit

Buenos Aires	Cali	Guayaquil	Montevideo
Estadio Pedro Bidegain	Estadio Deportivo Cali	Estadio Monumental	Estadio Centenario
Argentina	Colombia	Ecuador	Uruguay
Capacity: 43.995	Capacity: 55.000	Capacity: 70.000	Capacity: 60.235

Standings edit

South America Points: 3	Europe Points: 1

Matches edit

28 May 2015

19:30 UTC−05:00

Barcelona	1–0	Espanyol
Vera 60'	Report

Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Referee: Ómar Ponce (Ecuador)^[2]

26 July 2015

17:00 UTC−05:00

Deportivo Cali	3–2	Málaga
Casierra 48' Benedetti 58' Murillo 85'	Report	Charles 16' Čop 60'

Estadio Deportivo Cali, Cali, Colombia

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Juan Pontón Rodríguez (Colombia)

30 July 2015

20:30 UTC−03:00

San Lorenzo	0–0	Málaga
	Report
Penalties
Elizari Fontanini Barbaro Kalinski Prósperi	4–3	Juanpi Recio Duda Tissone Charles

Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1 August 2015

15:00 UTC−03:00

Peñarol	1–3	Málaga
Ifrán 23'	Report	Čop 72' Duda 82' Rosales 88'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay

Referee: Jonathan Fuentes (Uruguay)

Top goalscorers edit

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Duje Čop	Málaga	2
2	Nicolás Benedetti	Deportivo Cali	1
	Mateo Casierra	Deportivo Cali
	Charles	Málaga
	Duda	Málaga
	Diego Ifrán	Peñarol
	Miguel Ángel Murillo	Deportivo Cali
	Roberto Rosales	Málaga
	Washington Vera	Barcelona

References edit

External links edit

[1] Deportivo Cali jugará contra Málaga en la Copa Euroamericana

[2] 1-0. Con gol de Washington Vera el Barcelona vence al Espanyol Archived 4 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine

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