SHC Inaugural Cup

The SHC Inaugural Cup took place in February 2014 to determine the starting slates for the SHC Premier League and SHC League One. The format of the cup included 4 groups of 4 teams, with a single round robin schedule for the groups. The top team in each group progresses to the finals bracket and are guaranteed a spot in the Premier League. The bottom team in each group do not play in the playoffs and will be going to League 1. The rest of the teams will be paired up in play-in games to determine the last 4 teams in the Premier League.
= Draw =
The draw was done randomly from a pool including all current teams in the same pot.
 	Team 1 	Team 2 	Team 3 	Team 4
Group A	Manchester United	Santos 	Tottenham	Barcelona
Group B	S.S. Lazio 	Liverpool 	AC Milan 	Columbus
Group C	Bayern München 	Real Madrid	Everton 	Arsenal
Group D	Borussia Dortmund	AS Roma 	Toulouse 	Chelsea
=Group Stage=
The first round, or group stage, saw the sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first qualified directly for the 2013 SHC Premier League and the second round of the playoffs, the second and third place teams would play a play-off for the final slots in the Premier League and the remaining four slots in the playoffs while the fourth placed teams would open the 2013 SHC League One.
Tie-breaking criteria
Teams were ranked on the following criteria:
:1. Greater number of points in all group matches
:2. Goal difference in all group matches
:3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
:4. Greatest number of points in matches between tied teams
:5. Goal difference in matches between tied teams
:6. Greatest number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
:7. Drawing of lots by the SHC Organising Committee
Key to colours in group tables	Key to colours in group tables
 	Teams that qualified for the 2013 SHC Premier League
 	Teams that advanced to the qualifying playoffs.
Group A
 	 	 	
11 February, 2014	 	 	
Manchester United	3-1	FC Barcelona 	RFK Stadium, Washington, DC
Santos FC 	4-1	Tottenham Hotspurs FC	Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL
14 February, 2014	 	 	
Manchester United	0-1	Santos FC 	RFK Stadium, Washington, DC
FC Barcelona 	1-1	Tottenham Hotspurs FC	Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL
18 February, 2014	 	 	
Manchester United	0-3	Tottenham Hotspurs FC	RFK Stadium, Washington, DC
FC Barcelona 	2-3	Santos FC 	Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL
Group B
 	 	 	
11 February, 2014	 	 	
SS Lazio 	3-2	Columbus Crew	BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TX
Liverpool FC 	2-2	AC Milan 	Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT
14 February, 2014	 	 	
SS Lazio 	2-3	Liverpool FC 	BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TX
Columbus Crew 	0-2	AC Milan 	Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT
18 February, 2014	 	 	
SS Lazio 	2-4	AC Milan 	BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TX
Liverpool FC 	2-0	Columbus Crew	Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT
Group C
 	 	 	
11 February, 2014	 	 	
FC Bayern München	3-3	Arsenal FC 	Gillete Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Real Madrid CF 	3-0	Everton FC 	PPL Park, Chester, PA
14 February, 2014	 	 	
FC Bayern München	1-0	Real Madrid CF	Gillete Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Everton FC 	4-3	Arsenal FC 	PPL Park, Chester, PA
18 February, 2014	 	 	
FC Bayern München	5-0	Everton FC 	Gillete Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Real Madrid CF 	2-1	Arsenal FC 	PPL Park, Chester, PA
Group D
 	 	 	
11 February, 2014	 	 	
Borussia Dortmund	5-1	Chelsea FC 	Saputo Stadium, Montreal, QC
AS Roma 	1-1	Toulouse FC	BMO Field, Toronto, ON
14 February, 2014	 	 	
Borussia Dortmund	1-1	AS Roma 	Saputo Stadium, Montreal, QC
Toulouse FC 	3-1	Chelsea FC 	BMO Field, Toronto, ON
18 February, 2014	 	 	
Borussia Dortmund	3-1	Toulouse FC	Saputo Stadium, Montreal, QC
AS Roma 	6-0	Chelsea FC 	BMO Field, Toronto, ON
==Playoffs==
 	 	 	
21 February, 2014 - Game 1	 	 	
Real Madrid CF 	2-0 	Manchester United	Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL
21 February, 2014 - Game 2	 	 	
AS Roma 	2-0 	Everton FC 	PPL Park, Chester, PA
21 February, 2014 - Game 3	 	 	
Liverpool FC 	3-2 	Toulouse FC 	Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT
21 February, 2014 - Game 4	 	 	
Tottenham Hotspurs FC 	0(4)-0(5) pen	SS Lazio 	BMO Field, Toronto, ON
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==Knockout Stage==