2009 Peace Cup Explained

Tourney Name:Peace Cup
Year:2009
Other Titles:2009 Copa de la Paz Andalucía
Country:Spain
Dates:24 July – 2 August
Num Teams:12
Confederations:4
Venues:6
Cities:5
Matches:15
Goals:37
Champion Other: Aston Villa
Count:1
Top Scorer:Hulk
(Porto, 3 goals)
Player:Ashley Young
(Aston Villa)
Prevseason:2007
Nextseason:2012

The 2009 Peace Cup Andalucia was an invitational friendly football tournament. It was the fourth edition of Peace Cup and was held in Spain from 24 July to 2 August in the cities of Madrid, Seville, Málaga, Jerez and Huelva. It was the first time that the tournament has been hosted by a nation other than South Korea. The winners of the tournament were Aston Villa, who defeated Juventus in the final.[1] They succeeded Lyon, who were the previous holders of the tournament through winning the 2007 edition.[2] It was one of seven 2009 pre-season friendly tournaments, the others being the Emirates Cup, the Barclays Asia Trophy, the World Football Challenge, the Wembley Cup, the Amsterdam Tournament and the Audi Cup.[3]

Several players scored their first goals for new clubs in the 2009 Peace Cup competition, though these goals do not impact their regular season statistics. These players included Cristiano Ronaldo scoring his first goal for Real Madrid,[4] Diego scored his first goal for Juventus in the Peace Cup, and Marc Albrighton scored his first goal for Aston Villa in the Peace Cup. Aston Villa's Stiliyan Petrov suffered a dislocated shoulder in the competition's group stages that forced him to miss significant time with injury.[5]

Teams

The following 12 teams confirmed to play in the tournament.[6]

TeamLeague
Málaga2009–10 La Liga
Real Madrid
Sevilla
Al-Ittihad2009–10 Saudi Professional League
Aston Villa2009–10 Premier League
Atlante2009–10 Primera División de México
Beşiktaş2009–10 Süper Lig
Juventus2009–10 Serie A
LDU Quito2009 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
Lyon2009–10 Ligue 1
Porto2009–10 Primeira Liga
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma2009 K League

Venues

After the previous three tournaments were held in South Korea, the Peace Cup Committee decided that the tournament would be hosted by another country. In 2007, the Peace Cup organizers were connected with Sports Ministry of Andalucia and Andalucia Football Federation, after the discussion with the Autonomous Community of Andalucia, they suggested the cities of Seville, Málaga, Huelva and Jerez to host the 2009 Peace Cup.[7]

On 19 December 2007, it was announced in a press conference in Seville that the number of teams would be increased to 12. It was also confirmed that Real Madrid and Sevilla would be playing in the tournament.[8] The Peace Cup committee continued to negotiate with other "big" clubs, by 13 April 2009, eight more participating clubs such as Juventus, Málaga, Lyon, Aston Villa, Celtic, Porto, Fenerbahçe and LDU Quito, were announced.[9] Celtic and Fenerbahçe, however, were forced to pull out due to conflicts with UEFA Champions League qualifying ties; they were replaced by Atlante and Beşiktaş,[10] [11] respectively.

The official venue for the tournament was Andalucia, however some matches were played in Madrid.[12]

SevilleSevilleMálaga
Ramón Sánchez PizjuánEstadio de la CartujaLa Rosaleda
Capacity: 42,649Capacity: 57,619Capacity: 28,963
JerezHuelvaMadrid
ChapínEstadio Nuevo ColombinoSantiago Bernabéu
Capacity: 20,300Capacity: 21,670Capacity: 80,354

Prize money

The champions and the runners-up received trophies as well as the corresponding cash prizes.[13]

Group stage

The 12 teams were divided into four groups of three teams. Each team played two matches in the group stage, and each group winners qualified to the knockout stage. The draw for the 2009 Peace Cup was staged in Seville on 16 April 2009.[14]

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Broadcasting rights

The following broadcasting systems had the rights for the broadcast of 2009 Peace Cup.

Region/CountryBroadcaster(s)Ref.
BrazilSporTV[15]
EcuadorTeleamazonas[16]
ItalyLa7[17]
Latin AmericaESPN[18]
PortugalSport TV[19]
SBS[20]
SpainLaSexta[21]
United StatesGOL TV[22]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Villa 0-0 Juventus - Villa Win On Pens . Aston Villa . 10 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923181219/http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~1741264,00.html . 23 September 2015 . dead.
  2. News: Peace Cup History . Goal.com . 15 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090717074950/http://goal.com/en/news/2200/peace-cup-2009/2009/04/12/1206507/a-brief-history-of-the-peace-cup . 17 July 2009 . live.
  3. News: Pre-Season Friendly Tournament Guide . Goal.com . 2009-08-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090802225904/http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2009/07/02/1360484/goalcom-special-pre-season-friendly-tournament-guide . 2 August 2009.
  4. News: Cristiano Ronaldo scores first goal for Real Madrid in a 4–2 win over Liga de Quito. The Daily Telegraph. 28 July 2009. 10 April 2014.
  5. News: O'Neill upbeat over Petrov injury . BBC News . 1 August 2009 . 1 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090730101611/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/8175722.stm . 30 July 2009 . live.
  6. Web site: A look at the 12 teams, from Aston Villa to Real Madrid. . 2009 . Goal.com . 9 July 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090531065440/http://www.goal.com/en/news/2200/peace-cup-2009/2009/04/14/1208334/peace-cup-2009-a-look-at-the-12-teams-from-aston-villa-to. 31 May 2009 . live.
  7. News: Peace Cup 2009 Spain confirmed . Kyunghyang . 20 December 2007 . 14 July 2009 . https://archive.today/20130129183312/http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=001&oid=144&aid=0000061460& . 29 January 2013 . live. ko .
  8. News: Real Madrid to participate in the 2009 Peace Cup . Real Madrid . 28 October 2008 . 14 July 2009 . Indra Sistemas S.A. . https://web.archive.org/web/20090430072153/http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1202753429729/noticia/Noticia/Helping_on_all_fronts.htm . 30 April 2009 . dead.
  9. Web site: Welcome to the Peace Cup! . 13 April 2009 . Goal.com . 13 July 2009.
  10. Web site: Atlante replace Celtic for Villa . 2009 . Glasgow Evening Times. 27 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090726222459/http://www.football.co.uk/aston_villa/atlante_replace_celtic_for_villa_rss117212.shtml . 26 July 2009 . live.
  11. Web site: Beşiktaş Will Replace Fenerbahçe in Peace Cup . 2009 . Fenerbahce Worldwide . 18 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090713192643/http://www.fenerbahceworldwide.org/view/1890/Be%C5%9Fikta%C5%9F_Will_Replace_Fenerbah%C3%A7e_in_Peace_Cup . 13 July 2009 . dead.
  12. News: 2009 Peace Cup . Soccerlens . 11 July 2009 . 12 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090803224901/http://soccerlens.com/peace-cup-2009/31300/ . 3 August 2009 . live.
  13. Web site: Peace Cup - ElMalaga.com . es . ElMalaga.com . 14 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090729020353/http://elmalaga.com/notes/3665-peace-cup . 29 July 2009 . dead.
  14. Web site: Peace Cup pits Sevilla against Juventus and Liga De Quito with Real Madrid . Goal.com . 16 April 2009 . 13 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090608075547/http://www.goal.com/en/news/2200/peace-cup-2009/2009/04/16/1213097/peace-cup-pits-sevilla-against-juventus-and-liga-de-quito . 8 June 2009 . live.
  15. News: SporTV transmitirá Copa da Paz na TV paga . AdNews . es . 24 July 2009 . 26 July 2009 . Gustavo de Souza . https://web.archive.org/web/20090726122624/http://www.adnews.com.br/tv.php?id=91526 . 26 July 2009 . live.
  16. News: Peace Cup - LDU Quito games, Semifinal and Final . it . Telesatelite . 30 July 2009 . 31 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090821183854/http://www.teleamazonas.com/ . 21 August 2009 . live.
  17. News: Peace Cup - Semifinali (con la Juve) e Finale in esclusiva su La7 . it . Digital-sat . 30 July 2009 . 31 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090802100556/http://www.digital-sat.it/new.php?id=19015 . 2 August 2009 . live.
  18. News: Peace Cup Broadcast. ESPN . 27 July 2009. 28 July 2009.
  19. News: "Peace Cup 2009" na Sport TV . pt . Telesatelite . 25 July 2009 . 27 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090731131803/http://www.telesatelite.net/novidades/tp.asp/tp/10015/peace-cup-2009-na-sport-tv.html . 31 July 2009 . dead.
  20. News: SBS broadcasts Peace Cup . ko . Segye Ilbo . 15 July 2009.
  21. Web site: La Sexta emitirá en exclusiva la Peace Cup de Sevilla . es . Lacoctelera . 3 July 2009 . 13 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090729025114/http://estoestele.lacoctelera.net/post/2009/07/03/la-sexta-emitira-exclusiva-peace-cup-sevilla . 29 July 2009 . dead.
  22. News: Gol TV To Deliver Peace Cup Andalucia Action . Multichannel . 22 July 2009 . 26 July 2009 . Mike Reynolds . https://web.archive.org/web/20090726101634/http://www.multichannel.com/article/316057-Gol_TV_To_Deliver_Peace_Cup_Andalucia_Action.php . 26 July 2009 . live.

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