2016 Montevideo Tournament

2016 Montevideo Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	21–24 July
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Nacional (1st title)
Runners-up	Celta Vigo
Third place	Deportivo La Coruña
Fourth place	Peñarol
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	8 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hernán Novick (2 goals)

International football competition

The 2016 Montevideo Tournament was a summer football friendly tournament organized by La Liga.^[1] Matches were played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay. Uruguayan clubs Nacional and Peñarol (Primera División) were joined by Spanish clubs Celta Vigo and Deportivo La Coruña (La Liga). It was the inaugural edition of the competition.^[1]^[2]

Participants

Nation	Team	Location	Confederation	League
Spain	Celta Vigo	Vigo	UEFA	La Liga
Spain	Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	UEFA	La Liga
Uruguay	Nacional	Montevideo	CONMEBOL	Primera División
Uruguay	Peñarol	Montevideo	CONMEBOL	Primera División

Results

All matches lasted for 90 minutes. If a match was level after normal time then a penalty shoot-out took place to decide who advanced.^[1]

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

21 July 2016

Celta Vigo	2
		23 July 2016
Deportivo La Coruña	0
		Nacional	2
22 July 2016
		Celta Vigo	0
Nacional	C

Peñarol	C
		Third place play-off

		24 July 2016

		Peñarol	2 (7)

		Deportivo La Coruña (p)	2 (8)

Matches

Semi-finals

21 July 2016

17:30 UYT

Celta Vigo	2–0	Deportivo La Coruña
Aspas 68' Radoja 90'	Report

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

22 July 2016

20:10 UYT

Nacional	Cancelled^{[n 1]}	Peñarol

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Third place play-off

23 July 2016

15:00 UYT

Peñarol	2–2	Deportivo La Coruña
Novick 84', 88' (pen.)	Report	Guilherme 46' Valle 78'
Penalties
	7–8

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Final

24 July 2016

17:30 UYT

Nacional	2–0	Celta Vigo
Fernández 22' Barcia 32'	Report

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Hernán Novick	Peñarol	2
2	Borja Valle	Deportivo La Coruña	1
	Guilherme	Deportivo La Coruña
	Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo
	Leandro Barcia	Nacional
	Nemanja Radoja	Celta Vigo
	Sebastián Fernández	Nacional

Media coverage

Market	Countries	Broadcast partner	Ref
Argentina	1	GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Bolivia	1	GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Brazil	1	ESPN Brasil (Portuguese) (selected games) GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Chile	1	GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Colombia	1	GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Costa Rica	1	GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Dominican Republic	1	GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Ecuador	1	GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
El Salvador	1	GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Guatemala	1	GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Honduras	1	GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
International	195	La Liga TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Mexico	1	GOL TV (Spanish) TVC Deportes (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Nicaragua	1	GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Panama	1	GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Peru	1	GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Spain	1	beIN Sports (Spanish) tvG2 (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
United States	1	FuboTV (English) GOL TV (English and Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Uruguay	1	GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Venezuela	1	GOL TV (Spanish)	^[4]^[5]
Total countries	195

Notes

^ Match cancelled for security reasons following a dispute between the local government and AUF.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Deportivo & Celta all set for joint LaLiga World adventure". La Liga. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
^ "Celta-Deportivo and Nacional-Penarol in Montevideo homer". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 7 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
^ "Deportivo La Coruña con Celso Borges vence por penales a uruguayo Peñarol en partido amistoso". Teletica (in Spanish). 24 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Celta de Vigo vs. Deportivo La Coruña". LiveSoccerTV. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Nacional vs. Peñarol". LiveSoccerTV. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.