The 2014 PFF Peace Cup was the third edition of the tournament, an 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) to celebrate peace month in the country through football. It was held at the

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in Manila and was originally scheduled to take place from September 3–9, 2014. It was then revised to September 3–6 due to a change in format.

Participants

PFF president Mariano Araneta stated that the teams being initially eyed are Chinese Taipei, Myanmar, Palestine and Vietnam. The PFF were due to announce the final list of invited teams on August 6, a day after the

2014 AFF Suzuki Cup The 2014 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and officially known as the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup, was the 10th edition of the AFF Championship, an international association football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of th ...

draw in

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, Vietnam. At the draw, where Philippines coach

Thomas Dooley Thomas Dooley (born May 12, 1961) is an American former soccer player and coach. He played as a defender and defensive midfielder and was a long-time member and former captain of the United States national team. Dooley recently served as the ...

was in attendance, he revealed that Palestine, Myanmar and Vietnam were the invitees for the tournament. However, Vietnam would only take part if they were not drawn with the Philippines at the Suzuki Cup. Vietnam were however drawn with the Philippines therefore another team would need to be invited. On August 7, the PFF confirmed the participation of Myanmar, Palestine as well as Chinese Taipei which replaced Vietnam.

Venue

Matches

The tournament was originally to be a single

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format with match dates on September 3, 6 and 9. However, the PFF received an advisory from

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on August 28 informing them of the new "two-match per international window" regulations. Therefore, the PFF revised the format to allot a maximum of two matches.

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Statistics

Awards

Goalscorers

;5 goals *

Ahmad Maher Wridat Ahmad Maher Wridat ( ar, أحمد ماهر وريدات; born 22 July 1991) is a Palestinian footballer who plays as a forward for Shabab Al-Dhahiriya and the Palestine national football team. He holds the honor of being the first Palestinian t ...

;2 goals *

Yen Ho-shen Yen Ho-shen (; born 31 December 1990) is a Taiwanese footballer who currently plays as a centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent t ...

Kyaw Zayar Win Kyaw Zayar Win ( Burmese: ကျော်ဇေယျာဝင်း; born 2 May 1991) is a former Burmese footballer who played as a winger. Club career Perak Zayar Win started his career at Kanbawza (now Shan United) in the Myanmar National ...

Mark Hartmann Mark Andrew Calibjo Hartmann (born January 20, 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or an attacking midfielder for Thai League 2 club Nakhon Si United and the Philippines national team. Club career As a youngster, Hart ...

;1 goal * Lin Chang-lun * Wu Pai-ho *

Kyaw Ko Ko Kyaw Ko Ko ( my, ကျော်ကိုကို; born 20 December 1992) is a Burmese professional association football, footballer who plays as a striker for the Myanmar national football team, Myanmar national team. He scored five goals in ...

Min Min Thu Min Min Thu ( my, မင်းမင်းသူ; born 30 March 1988) is a Burmese footballer and a midfielder for Myanmar national football team. He is the bronze medalist with Myanmar U23 in 2011 SEA Games. He currently plays for Ayeyawady U ...

Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit ( my, နန္ဒလင်းကျော်ချစ်; born 27 June 1991) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chin United F.C., Chin United and Myanmar national football team, Myanmar nation ...

Soe Min Oo Soe Min Oo ( my, စိုးမင်းဦး; born 8 March 1988) is a Burmese footballer who plays for the Myanmar national football team and Shan United of Myanmar National League. As a secondary school student, Soe played in Student foot ...

Tin Win Aung Tin Win Aung (born 14 April 1992) is a Burmese professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American footb ...

Abdelhamid Abuhabib Abdelhamid Abuhabib ( ar, عبد الحميد أبو حبيب; born 6 August 1989) is a Palestinian footballer currently playing for Hebron-based Shabab Al-Khaleel of the West Bank Premier League. Early years Abuhabeeb grew up playing football ...

* Abdelatif Bahdari * Javier Mereles *

Rob Gier Robert James Dazo Gier (born 6 January 1981) is a Filipino former footballer who played mainly as a centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the gam ...

* Daisuke Sato *

James Younghusband James Joseph Younghusband (born 4 September 1986) is a former professional footballer who played mostly as a right midfielder and sometimes as a forward. Born in Surrey, England to an English father and Filipino mother, Younghusband played fo ...

Phil Younghusband Philip James Younghusband Jr. (born 4 August 1987) is a former professional footballer who played mostly as a striker and sometimes as a midfielder. Younghusband is best known for his performances with the Philippines national team, playing ...

;1 own goal *

Chen Yi-wei Chen Yi-wei (; born 27 March 1987) is a Taiwanese football player. He plays as a defender.* International career International goals :''Scores and results list Chinese Taipei's goal tally first.'' Education * National Taiwan College of P ...

(playing against the Philippines)

References

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