The 2017 Florida Cup was the third edition of
Florida Cup
The Florida Cup (also known as the state championship of Florida) is the annual American football rivalry between the University of Florida Gators, Florida State University Seminoles and the University of Miami Hurricanes.
Along with the Com ...
, a
friendly association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
tournament played in the United States. The event was played under two different formats, one with points awarded to the participating clubs' countries and the other a single-match knockout tournament.
Teams
Challenge
Format
The "Challenge" will be played in a format similar to the
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...
, in tennis. Each team will play two matches and score points for their country. A victory yields three points, a tie one point, and an extra point is awarded for the winner in
penalty shootouts. The country with the most points wins the competition. The first tiebreaking criteria will be goal difference, followed by goals scored.
Germany
Brazil
Argentina/United States
Challenge Matches
Playoff
The playoff tournament will be played with single-elimination matches.
Playoff Matches
Broadcasting
References
External links
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2017
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2017 in American soccer
2017 in sports in Florida
January 2017 sports events in the United States