The Copa EuroAmericana was a
friendly football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
exhibition tournament created by
DirecTV
DirecTV, LLC is an American Multichannel television in the United States, multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. Originally launched on June 17, 1994, its primary service is a digital Satellite television, s ...
that took place in the
Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.''Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a sing ...
. Some clubs from
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 4 ...
,
CONMEBOL
CONMEBOL ( ) or CSF (; ; ), is the continental governing body of football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Parag ...
and
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach soccer, beach football in Europe and the List of transcontinental countries#A ...
were invited to participate in it. Since 2014, matches corresponding to Spanish teams also served as the LFP World Challenge.
Format
Each match was played for 90 minutes. In case of a draw after the 90 minutes, the winners were determined via a
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
. The confederation of the winning team of each match was awarded with a point, and the confederation with most points at the end of the tournament was declared champions.
Winners
Topscorers
See also
*
Supercopa Euroamericana
References
External links
Official website(archived)
Footballzz.co.uk: Copa EuroAmericana 2013
{{Friendly association football tournaments in South America
Association football friendly trophies
Recurring sporting events established in 2013
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2015