The 2009

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and was held in Spain from 24 July to 2 August in the cities of

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, Málaga,

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and

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. 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. They succeeded Olympique Lyonnais, who were the previous holders of the tournament through winning the 2007 edition. It was one of seven 2009 pre-season friendly tournaments, the others being the

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, the Barclays Asia Trophy, the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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Host and Venues

Host country

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 Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The ...

and Andalucia Football Federation, after the discussion with the Autonomous Community of Andalucia, they suggested the cities of

, Málaga,

and

to host the 2009 Peace Cup. On 19 December 2007, it was announced in a press conference in

that the number of teams would be increased to 12. It was also confirmed that Real Madrid and

Sevilla Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

would be playing in the tournament. The Peace Cup committee continued to negotiate with other "big" clubs, by 13 April 2009, eight more participating clubs such as Juventus, Málaga,

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, Aston Villa,

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, Fenerbahçe and

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, were announced. Celtic and Fenerbahçe, however, were forced to pull out due to conflicts with

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qualifying ties; they were replaced by Atlante and Beşiktaş, respectively.

Venues

The official venue for the tournament was

, however some matches were played in

Teams

The following 12 teams confirmed to play in the tournament.

Details

Format

The 12 teams were divided into four groups of three teams. Each team played one match against each other in the group stage, the first place in each group qualified to the semi-finals and the winners advanced to the final.

Prize

The champion and the runner-up received trophies as well as the corresponding cash prizes. The prizes were: * Champion = €2,000,000 * Runner-up = €1,000,000 * Third and Fourth places = €500,000

Competition notes

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

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scoring his first goal for Real Madrid,

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scored his first goal for Juventus in the Peace Cup, and

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scored his first goal for Aston Villa in the Peace Cup. Aston Villa's

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suffered a dislocated shoulder in the competition's group stages that forced him to miss significant time with injury.

Matches

''All times are

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)'' The final draw for the 2009 Peace Cup was staged in Seville on 16 April 2009.

Group stage

The first place (shaded in green) qualified to the semi-finals.

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

Scorers

Brazilian striker Hulk of

was the tournament's top scorer with three goals. 3 goals * Hulk (

) 2 goals *

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( Juventus) *

( Real Madrid) *

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(

) 1 goal *

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(

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) *

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(

) *

( Aston Villa) *

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( Aston Villa) *

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( Aston Villa) *

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( Aston Villa) * Steve Sidwell ( Aston Villa) *

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( Atlante) * Rafael Márquez Lugo ( Atlante) *

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( Atlante) * Mert Nobre ( Beşiktaş) 1 goal (cont.) * Amauri ( Juventus) *

( Juventus) * Nicola Legrottaglie ( Juventus) *

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( Juventus) * Fabio Cannavaro ( Juventus) * Néicer Reasco (

) *

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(

) * Claudio Graf (

) *

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(

) *

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( Málaga) *

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( Málaga) *

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( Real Madrid) *

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( Real Madrid) *

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( Real Madrid) *

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( Real Madrid) *

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(

) Own goal *

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( Aston Villa) for ( Atlante)

Broadcasting rights

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

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(all matches)

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(all matches) SBS (all matches)

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Sport TV (all matches)

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(semifinals and final)

Teleamazonas Teleamazonas is an Ecuadorian television network that was launched on 22 February 1974. It is one of the major television networks in the country. It was founded by Antonio Granda Centeno and has two feeds: one produced in Quito and broadcast in ...

(LDU Quito games, Semifinal and Final)

References

External links

Official site
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