2018 Superclásico Championship

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2018 Superclásico Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	11–16 October
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Saudi Arabia
Fourth place	Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	9 (2.25 per match)

The 2018 SuperClásico Championship was a four-way international friendly soccer tournament that was held in Saudi Arabia, in which the Saudi team competes with Iraq, Argentina and Brazil in friendly matches at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium and King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, and King Abdullah Stadium in Jeddah.^[1] It was planned to be the national team of Egypt as the Arab competitor along with Saudi national team, but after the Egyptian team apologized, the Iraq team was invited to participate in its place and hesitated to participate for its commitment to other matches, then announced its welcome to participate, and the FIFA officially included all the matches of this championship in his agenda for October 2018.^[2]

Participants[]

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  Súper Clásico Brazil vs Argentina
  Argentina
• Brazil
• Iraq
• Saudi Arabia

Format[]

Teams played each other once during the FIFA Calendar. with considering Argentina versus Brazil match as a part of Superclásico de las Américas.

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6
2	Argentina	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	3
3	Saudi Arabia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
4	Iraq	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1

Matches[]

11 October 2018

Iraq	0–4	Argentina
		Martinez 18' Pereyra 53' Pezzella 82' Cervi 90'+1'

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

12 October 2018

Saudi Arabia	0–2	Brazil
	Report	Jesus 43' Sandro 90'+6'

King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 23,401

15 October 2018

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Iraq
Al-Bishi 90+4'	Report	Ali 71'

King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 14,531

16 October 2018

Brazil	1–0	Argentina
Miranda 90+3'	Report

King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Attendance: 62,315

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