2018 Abc

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	30 May – 10 June 2018
Teams	6 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	20 (2.22 per match)

The 2018 Abc was a friendly association football tournament held between May and June of 2018.

The competition faced all the four continental champions that did not qualify to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia— Cameroon, Chile, New Zealand, United States. In addition, two other titled associations—the Netherlands, Italy—were invited, in order to complete the format of double round robin system.

Teams

Participation

National team	Honours	Confederation
Continental champions
Cameroon	Reigning African champions (2017)	CAF
Chile	Reigning South American champions (2016)	CONMEBOL
New Zealand	Reigning Oceanian champions (2016)	OFC
United States	Reigning North American champions (2017)	CONCACAF
Invited teams
Italy	Former World champions (2006)	UEFA
Netherlands	Former European champions (1988)	UEFA

Group stage

Draw

P. Team 1   United States   Italy 2   Cameroon   New Zealand 3   Chile   Netherlands

Total medals 6 5 4 6 4 4 6 2 1 5 1 3 2 4 7 1 3 8

World Cup Continental cup Olympic Games 0 0 1 6 4 2 0 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 5 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 4 0 0 3

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:

1. Points obtained in all group matches;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to the final
2	Netherlands	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3	Advance to the third place play-off
3	New Zealand	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1	Advance to the fifth place play-off

30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)

15:00 ET ( UTC−4)

United States	1–1	New Zealand
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

2 June 2018 (2018-06-02)

15:00 ET ( UTC−4)

New Zealand	0–2	Netherlands
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

5 June 2018 (2018-06-05)

15:00 ET ( UTC−4)

Netherlands	0–1	United States
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Advance to the final
2	Chile	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Advance to the third place play-off
3	Cameroon	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0	Advance to the fifth place play-off

31 May 2018 (2018-05-31)

15:00 ET ( UTC−4)

Italy	3–1	Cameroon
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

3 June 2018 (2018-06-03)

15:00 ET ( UTC−4)

Cameroon	0–2	Chile
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

6 June 2018 (2018-06-06)

15:00 ET ( UTC−4)

Chile	0–2	Italy
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Final stage

Fifth place play-off

The two third placed of each group are qualified for the fifth place play-off.

8 June 2018 (2018-06-08)

15:00 ET ( UTC−4)

New Zealand	1–0	Cameroon
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Third place play-off

The two runners-up of each group are qualified for the third place play-off.

9 June 2018 (2018-06-09)

15:00 ET ( UTC−4)

Netherlands	2–0	Chile
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Final

The two winners of each group are qualified for the final of the competition.

10 June 2018 (2018-06-10)

15:00 ET ( UTC−4)

United States	2–2 ( a.e.t.)	Italy
	Report
Penalties
	5–4

Wembley Stadium, London

Final ranking

Retrospective table

Pos.	Team	G	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
	United States	A	3	1	2	0	5	4	3	+1
	Italy	B	3	2	1	0	7	7	3	+4
	Netherlands	A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Chile	B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	New Zealand	A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Cameroon	B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

See also

• Continental football championships

References

External links

• fifa.com.