Football Heads East – Spanish Super Cup To Be Played In Beijing From 2013

Alan Duffy

6th, June 2012

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By Alan Duffy

Spain’s two-legged curtain-raiser to the new season, the Super Cup, is to be played in Beijing from 2013 onwards. Chinese promoters Vansen International Sport have agreed the deal with the Spanish Football Federation which will see the La Liga champs go head to head with the Copa Del Rey winners in the Bird’s Nest Stadium in the Chinese capital.

The Italian Super Cup has already been held in Beijing three times since 2009 as China looks to entice football’s big teams and big names to the far east.

According to the Spanish press, the deal, which still needs final approval from the Spanish Football Federation’s members, is for seven years and will earn the governing body approximately 40million Euros.

Expect the Community Shield and various other high-profile games from around Europe and South America to go the same way before long.

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  1. Ed says:

    You’ve done a Hansen. The thumbnail for this on the home page is Barca with the European Super cup, not the Spanish Supercopa. Sorry for being a pedant.

  2. Ed says:

    You’ve done a Hansen. The thumbnail on the homepage shows Barca with the European Super Cup, not the Spanish Supercopa. Sorry for being a pedant.

  3. Jim says:

    The horrors of modern football.

  4. wolfinho says:

    don’t worry, in a few years they’ll be playing the entire league season in foreign countries (even getafe can sell out a few games in china if they’re up against one of the big teams). then, in 2018, when fc barcelona becomes fc beijing and real madrid becomes real shanghai, you’ll forget they ever played this silly little game on the iberian peninsula.

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