The 2009 World Football Challenge was the first edition of the World Football Challenge, an exhibition international club association football competition featuring football clubs from Europe and North America, which has been held first in summer of 2009 in the United States. Chelsea was the champions.
In 2009, each team played the other three teams in the tournament once in a round-robin tournament format, with each game played at a neutral venue in the United States. Chelsea emerged as the World Football Challenge champion for 2009. The following four clubs participated in the 2009 tournament:[2][3][4]
Six cities served as the venues of the 2009 World Football Challenge.[4]
| Stanford, California | Pasadena, California | Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Stanford Stadium | Rose Bowl | Georgia Dome |
| Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 95,542 | Capacity: 71,228 |
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| Baltimore, Maryland | Foxborough, Massachusetts | Arlington, Texas |
| M&T Bank Stadium | Gillette Stadium | Cowboys Stadium |
| Capacity: 71,008 | Capacity: 68,756 | Capacity: 80,000 |
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Clubs received one point for each goal scored in regulation time (up to three goals per game). Clubs earned three points for a win that does not go into penalty kicks. After 90 minutes of play, if the match was tied, each team received one point and the winner of the penalty kicks received an additional point. The team with the highest overall number of points determined the World Football Challenge champion.[5]
| Pos | Nation | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 |  England
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Chelsea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 15 |
| 2 |  Mexico
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América | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 8 |
| 3 |  Italy
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Inter Milan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Italy
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Milan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 |
| América | 1–1 | Inter Milan |
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Silva  51' |
Report | Córdoba 61' |
| Penalties | ||
Chitiva  Mosquera Silva Márquez Ó. Rojas |
5–4 | Balotelli Milito Ibrahimović Vieira Burdisso |
| Inter Milan | 2–0 | Milan |
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| Milito 4', 75' |
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Chelsea, Milan and Inter have entered the World Football Challenge 2009 tournament along with Mexican entrants Club America.
... which brings super clubs Chelsea, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Club America to a six-match 'series' this summer...
Friendly association football tournaments in 2009 | |
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| Copa Bimbo |  Montevideo (17–21 January) |
| Copa Internacional Cafam |  Bogotá (28 January – 2 February) |
| World Football Challenge |  United States (19–26 July) |
| Wembley Cup | London (24–26 July) |
| Amsterdam Tournament |  Amsterdam (24–26 July) |
| Peace Cup |  Spain (24 July – 2 August) |
| Edmonton Cup |  Edmonton (25 July) |
| Audi Cup |  Munich (29–30 July) |
| Premier League Asia Trophy |  Beijing (29–31 July) |
| Emirates Cup | London (1–2 August) |
| Eusébio Cup |  Lisbon (8 August) |
| Independence Cup |  Vlorë (28 November) |
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