Matchworld Cup

The Matchworld Cup was an annual international exhibition football club competition hosted by the United Arab Emirates from 2011 to 2013.^[1] The winners were Al-Hilal in 2011,^[1] Zenit St. Petersburg in 2012,^[1] Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013.^[2]

Matchworld Cup

Founded	2011
Region	Europe (UEFA), Asia (AFC), Africa (CAF)
Number of teams	6 (2011), 8 (2012), 4 (2013)
Current champions	Shakhtar Donetsk
Most successful team(s)	Al-Hilal, Zenit St. Petersburg, Shakhtar Donetsk (1 title)
Website	Matchworld Cup

The 2011 and 2012 competitions were held in Dubai, and the 2013 competition was held in Abu Dhabi's Zayed Sports City Stadium.^[3] The competition was organised by Matchworld Group Switzerland, Matchworld Football SA Sports Management Saudi Arabia, and Sportlive Russia.^[4][5]

Results

Year	Final			Third Place			Venue	Teams
	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2011	Al-Hilal	1–1 (4–1 pen.)	Zenit St. Petersburg	Žilina	3–1	Persepolis	Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai	6
2012	Zenit St. Petersburg	5–0	Uzbekistan U-23	Bunyodkor	1–1 (5–4 pen.)	Shakhtar Donetsk	Maktoum Bin Rashid Stadium, Dubai	8
2013	Shakhtar Donetsk	Round robin	Zenit St. Petersburg	Zamalek	Round robin	Al-Hilal	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi	4

2011

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Hilal	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6
Žilina	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	3
Shakhtar Donetsk	2	0	0	2	3	8	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Shakhtar Donetsk v Al-Hilal

20 January 2011	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–3	Al-Hilal	Al Maktoum Stadium
	Luiz Adriano 89'		Essa Al-Mehyani 47' Ahmed Al-Fraidi 71' Christian Wilhelmsson 90'

Žilina v Shakhtar Donetsk

22 January 2011	Žilina	5–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Al Maktoum Stadium
	Momodou Ceesay 4' Róbert Jež 45' Ondřej Šourek 53' Róbert Pich 55' Patrik Mráz 76'		Luiz Adriano 28(P)' Henrikh Mkhitaryan 58(P)'

Al-Hilal v Žilina

24 January 2011	Al-Hilal	2–1	Žilina	Al Maktoum Stadium
	Christian Wilhelmsson 1' Yasser Al-Qahtani 53'		Ondřej Šourek 54'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zenit St. Petersburg	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6
Persepolis	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
Sparta Prague	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Persepolis v Sparta Prague

20 January 2011	Persepolis	3–2	Sparta Prague	Al Maktoum Stadium
	Maziar Zare 18(P)' Ebrahim Shakouri 53' Hadi Norouzi 58'		Lukáš Třešňák 48' Léonard Kweuke 65'

Sparta Prague v Zenit St. Petersburg

22 January 2011	Sparta Prague	0–3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Al Maktoum Stadium
			Aleksandr Kerzhakov 1' Aleksei Ionov 35' Bruno Alves 75'

Zenit St. Petersburg v Persepolis

24 January 2011	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–0	Persepolis	Al Maktoum Stadium
	Aleksandr Kerzhakov 7' Sergey Semak 79'

Ranking matches

5th place

Sparta Prague v Shakhtar Donetsk

26 January 2011	Sparta Prague	1–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Al Maktoum Stadium
	Václav Kadlec 45'		Douglas Costa 6' Luiz Adriano 12'

3rd place

Persepolis v Žilina

26 January 2011	Persepolis	1–3	Žilina	Al Maktoum Stadium
	Maziar Zare 73(P)'		Tomáš Majtán 7' Róbert Pich 11' Ebrahim Shakouri 22(O.G.)'

Final

Zenit St. Petersburg v Al-Hilal

26 January 2011	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–1 (1–4 p)	Al-Hilal	Al Maktoum Stadium
	Szabolcs Huszti 63'		Mirel Rădoi 90+3'
	Penalties
	Luković Shirokov Meira		Rădoi Al-Shalhoub Al-Mehyani Hawsawi

2011 Matchworld Cup
Al-Hilal 1st title

2012

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zenit St. Petersburg	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6
Bunyodkor	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3[a]
Iraq U-23	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3[a]
Neuchâtel Xamax	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Bunyodkor got the second place spot and Iraq u23 got the third place after a draw.

Zenit St. Petersburg v Bunyodkor

18 January 2012	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–1	Bunyodkor	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
	Huszti 13' Criscito 41'		Murzoev 87'

Neuchâtel Xamax v Iraq U-23

18 January 2012	Neuchâtel Xamax	0–1	Iraq U-23	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
			W. Salim 87' (pen.)

Bunyodkor v Neuchâtel Xamax

20 January 2012	Bunyodkor	1–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
	Pardaev 73'

Iraq U-23 v Zenit St. Petersburg

20 January 2012	Iraq U-23	1–2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
	Abdul-Raheem 59'		Bukharov 10' Kerzhakov 75'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uzbekistan U-23	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	5[a]
Shakhtar Donetsk	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
Rostov	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	2[a]
Étoile Sportive du Sahel	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. One extra point for both Uzbekistan U-23 and Rostov for winning in penalties.

Shakhtar Donetsk v Uzbekistan U-23

19 January 2012	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1 (5–6 p)	Uzbekistan U-23	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
	Luiz Adriano 51'		Turaev 42'
	Penalties
	Alan Patrick Luiz Adriano Gai Mkhitaryan Kobin Aghahowa Hübschman		Tuhtahujaev Karimov Rahmatullaev Nagaev Pirimov Hashimov Ibragimov

Rostov v Étoile Sportive du Sahel

19 January 2012	Rostov	1–1 (4–2 p)	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
	Bracamonte 10'		Chehoudi 61'
	Penalties
	Kolodin Kruglov Élson Papadopulos		Felhi Jabeur Santos Chehoudi

Rostov v Uzbekistan U-23

21 January 2012	Rostov	0–1	Uzbekistan U-23	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
			Turaev 35'

Étoile Sportive du Sahel v Shakhtar Donetsk

21 January 2012	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	1–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
	Omrani 18'		Mkhitaryan 10', 12' Srna 62' Eduardo 88'

Ranking matches

7th place

Neuchâtel Xamax v Étoile Sportive du Sahel

23 January 2012	Neuchâtel Xamax	3–5	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
	Souni 15' Mbengue 53' Gomes 75'		Chehoudi 6', 33' Jbali 8', 37' Sassi 67'

5th place

Iraq U-23 v Rostov

23 January 2012	Iraq U-23	1–2	Rostov	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
	Abdul-Raheem 24'		Gațcan 6' Poloz 81'

3rd place

Bunyodkor v Shakhtar Donetsk

23 January 2012

Bunyodkor

1–1 (5–4 p)

Shakhtar Donetsk

Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium

Final

Zenit St. Petersburg v Uzbekistan U-23

23 January 2012

Zenit St. Petersburg

5–0

Uzbekistan U-23

Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium

2012 Matchworld Cup
Zenit St. Petersburg 1st title

2013

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Shakhtar Donetsk	2	2	0	0	6	4	+2	6
2	Zenit St. Petersburg	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
3	Zamalek	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
4	Al-Hilal	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC+4).

Matches

Zenit St. Petersburg v Al-Hilal

16 January 2013	Zenit St. Petersburg	4–1	Al-Hilal	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
17:00	Aleksandr Bukharov 27' Hulk 36' (pen.) Bruno Alves 58' Luka Đorđević 62'	Report	Sulaiman Al-Abdullah 31'	Attendance: 20[6] Referee: Abdulwahed Khater (UAE)

Shakhtar Donetsk v Zamalek

16 January 2013	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–2	Zamalek	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
20:00	Eduardo da Silva 9' Darijo Srna 43' Henrikh Mkhitaryan 89'	Report	Ahmed Hassan 17' Mohamed Ibrahim 21'	Attendance: 550[7] Referee: Ali Hasan Kareem (UAE)

Shakhtar Donetsk v Al-Hilal

19 January 2013	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–2	Al-Hilal	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
17:00	Henrikh Mkhitaryan 20' Răzvan Raț 66' Taison 82'	Report	Yoo Byung-Soo 38' Wesley Lopes 88' (pen.)	Attendance: 690[8] Referee: Adel Alnaqbi (UAE)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Zamalek

19 January 2013	Zenit St. Petersburg	0–1	Zamalek	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
20:00		Report	Ahmed Samir 34'	Attendance: 100[9] Referee: Hamed Ali Youssef (UAE)

2013 Match World Cup
FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1st title

Performances by team

Team	Winners	Runners-Up	Third	Fourth
Zenit St. Petersburg	1 (2012)	2 (2011, 2013)
Shakhtar Donetsk	1 (2013)			1 (2012)
Al-Hilal	1 (2011)			1 (2013)
Uzbekistan U-23		1 (2012)
Žilina			1 (2011)
Bunyodkor			1 (2012)
Zamalek			1 (2013)
Persepolis				1 (2011)

See also

• Dubai Cup
• Super Cup of Champions
• Dubai Challenge Cup
• United Tournament

References

1. Passela, Amith (2013-01-13). "Shakhtar look for Abu Dhabi fixtures to provide Champions League warm-up". The National. Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
2. "Henrikh Mkhitaryan: I don't seek to be Matchworld Cup's top scorer". PanARMENIAN.Net. 2013-01-17. Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
3. "Shakhtar & Zenit to compete in Abu Dhabi Matchworld Cup". Sport 360. 2013-01-09. Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
4. Jose, James (2013-01-16). "Stage all set for the Matchworld Cup". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
5. Narayan, M. Satya (2013-01-13). "Egypt's Zamalek to play in Matchworld Cup". Gulf News. Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
6. Zenit vs Al-Hilal: match report
7. Shakhtar vs Zamalek: match report
8. Shakhtar vs Al-Hilal: match report
9. Zenit vs Zamalek: match report

External links

• Matchworld Cup
• Matchworld Group