2021 Women's International Champions Cup

The 2021 Women's International Champions Cup was a friendly tournament of women's association football matches. It was the third edition of the Women's International Champions Cup and took place in Portland, Oregon, United States, from August 18 to 21, 2021.^[1][2] Portland Thorns FC emerged the winners, defeating Olympique Lyonnais Féminin 1-0 in the final, while FC Barcelona Femení won the third-place match.^[3][4]

2021 Women's International Champions Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	August 18 – 21
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Portland Thorns FC
Runners-up	Lyon
Third place	Barcelona
Fourth place	Houston Dash
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	15 (3.75 per match)
← 2019 2022 →

Teams

On the basis of their results in 2020, four teams participated in the tournament.^[5]

Nation	Team	Reason for qualification[1]
United States	Portland Thorns FC	Won 2020 NWSL Fall Series
France	Lyon	Won 2019-20 UEFA Women's Champions League and 2019–20 Division 1 Féminine
Spain	Barcelona	Won 2019–20 Primera División Femenina
United States	Houston Dash	Won 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup

Venue

Portland, Oregon	Portland Location of the host city of the 2021 Women's International Champions Cup.
Providence Park
Capacity: 25,218

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 18 – Portland, OR
	Lyon	3
					August 21 – Portland, OR
	Barcelona	2
					Lyon	0
	August 18 – Portland, OR
					Portland Thorns FC	1
	Portland Thorns FC (p)	2 (3)
	Houston Dash	2 (1)
					Third place play-off
					August 21 – Portland, OR
					Barcelona	3
					Houston Dash	2

Matches

Semi-finals

Barcelona	2–3	Lyon
Caldentey 9', 63'	Report	Majri 20' Henry 27' Malard 85'

August 18, 2021 (2021-08-18)

17:36 PDT

Providence Park, Portland, Oregon

Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

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Portland Thorns FC	2–2	Houston Dash
Kuikka 51' Moultrie 58'	Report	Groom 17', 41'
Penalties
Klingenberg Kuikka Moultrie Charley	3–1	Nairn Schmidt Daly Abam

August 18, 2021 (2021-08-18)

20:06 PDT

Providence Park, Portland, Oregon

Referee: Adorae Monroy (United States)

Third place play-off

Barcelona	3–2	Houston Dash
Crnogorčević 34' Putellas 72' (pen.), 78'	Report	Fernández 48' (o.g.) Groom 62'

August 21, 2021 (2021-08-21)

16:36 PDT

Providence Park, Portland, Oregon

Referee: Samantha Martinez (United States)

Final

Lyon	0–1	Portland Thorns FC
	Report	Weaver 87'

August 21, 2021 (2021-08-21)

19:06 PDT

Providence Park, Portland, Oregon

Referee: Laura Rodriguez (United States)

See also

• Women's Champions League (UEFA)
• National Women's Soccer League (United States)
• Primera División (Spain)
• Division 1 (France)