The 2012 Philippine Peace Cup was the inaugural edition of the tournament, four-nation international football competition organized by the

Philippine Football Federation The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is the governing body of association football in the Philippines. Established as the Philippine Amateur Football Association (PAFA) in 1907, the PFF is one of the oldest national football associations in ...

(PFF). It was originally slated for October 12–16 but the PFF moved it to September 25–29 to give way to the participation of local side

Loyola Meralco Sparks Loyola Football Club is a Filipino association football club based in Metro Manila. The club has won one UFL Cup and one PFF National Men's Club Championship. Founded as Loyola Agila Football Club in 2006, the club changed its name to Loyola M ...

in the 2012 Singapore Cup.

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covered the games on

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. The tournament was due to be the third annual

Long Teng Cup The Long Teng Cup was an annual international friendly football tournament organized by the Chinese Taipei Football Association and held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The competition has been contested by Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Macau and Philippine ...

, however, the organizers, the

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(CTFA), withdrew from staging the 2012 edition and requested the PFF to host it. The PFF then renamed it as the

Paulino Alcántara Paulino Alcántara Riestrá (7 October 1896 – 13 February 1964) was a football player and manager who played as a forward. Born in the Philippines, he spent most of his playing career at Barcelona, and also represented Catalonia, the Philippi ...

Cup, after

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–

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legend who played for

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. It was again renamed to the Paulino Alcántara Peace Cup and eventually to the Philippine Peace Cup as the

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, which operates the

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where the tournament will be held, has a rule against events named after an individual. The month of September is also peace month in the Philippines and the tournament saw involvement of the office of the presidential adviser on the country's peace process. After 99 years, the Philippines won their first international title since the 1913

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Competing teams

This tournament was due to be the third staging of the

, all four participants of the tournament were to take part. However,

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withdrew from participating with

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initially being mooted as their replacement. The PFF then invited

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which they eventually accepted, thus replacing Hong Kong as the fourth team. The four national teams that will take part are: * * * *

Venue

The tournament was supposed to be held at

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. This was due to it supposedly being more financially feasible and that renovations were going to take place from August to September at

. However, at the end of August 2012, PFF president Mariano Araneta announced that it will be moved back to the Rizal Memorial Stadium because the project, funded by

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which will turn the football field into an

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, didn’t push through. Araneta added that conducting the tournament in Manila will lessen the expenses of the PFF in the event, which is estimated at ₱6 million.

Matches

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Awards

The following were awarded by the PFF after the tournament:

Top Goalscorers

;4 goals ;* Denis Wolf ;2 goals ;*

Marcus Lopez Marcus Phillip Joseph Lopez (born 9 February 1992 in Barrigada, Guam) is a Guamanian international footballer who plays for the Guam national team. Career Lopez attended high school at St. John's School and later transferred to Harvest Christi ...

;* Patrick Reichelt ;1 goal * Chang Han *

Lo Chih-an Lo Chih-an (; born 28 December 1988) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese football player who comes from Atayal people, Atayal tribe. Despite still being a high school student, Lo made his debut for Chinese Taipei national football team, together wit ...

Lo Chih-en Lo Chih-en (; born 28 December 1988) is a Taiwanese football player. He comes from Atayal tribe. On 17 June 2007, Lo made his debut for Chinese Taipei in the game against Guam of East Asian Cup 2008 preliminary competition, in which he scored ...

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* Dylan Naputi * Chan Kin Seng * Ricardo Torrão * Emelio Caligdong *

Carli de Murga Carlos Alberto Olaivar Martinez de Murga (born 30 November 1988), known as Carli de Murga, is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Malaysian club Johor Darul Ta'zim and the Philippines national team. Club career With Span ...

* OJ Porteria ;1 own goal ;* Scott Guerrero (against Chinese Taipei)

References

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