Peace Cup 2009 Andalucía

With three Spanish La Liga sides (Sevilla FC, Real Madrid, and Malaga CF) participating in the 2009 edition of pre-season competition the Peace Cup, and now that all of the other competitors and the groups have been announced, I thought that I would go ahead and create this thread, this so that fans of the relevant clubs, as well as others, can discuss their teams involvement in the competition (pre, during, and post) and any other issues and events related to the Peace Cup.

The Peace Cup, which first went ahead in 2003, is an International Club Competition in place to promote World Peace. It is the biggest pre-season club competition in existence and tends to be taking quite seriously by the teams involved. The competition is held once every two years, and since it's first edition has crowned PSV Eindhoven (2003), Tottenham Hotspur (2005), and Olympique Lyonnais (2007), as Peace Cup Champions.

For this year's edition the amount of teams participating has increased to 12, this as opposed to 8 which was the figure seen in previous editions. The competition will be based in the Andalusia region of Spain, will take place between the dates of July 24th - August 2nd, 2009, and will hand out prize money of 2 million Euros to the winner, 1 million Euros to the runner up, and 500,000 Euros to the third and fourth place teams.

Below are the groups and teams involved in this year's competition:


Group A

Sevilla FC (Spain)

Juventus FC (Italy)

Seongnam Ilhwa (Korea, Respublic)


Group B

Real Madrid (Spain)

Liga de Quito (Ecuador)

Al-Ittihad (Saudi Arabia)


Group C

Malaga CF (Spain)

Aston Villa FC (England)

Celtic FC (Scotland)


Group D

Olympique Lyonnais (France)

Fenerbahce S.K. (Turkey)

FC Porto (Portugal)


Official Peace Cup website: http://peacecup.com/

2009 Peace Cup Betting

Win the Competition Outright

1) Real Madrid 9/4
2) Sevilla 9/2
3) Juventus 5/1
4) Liga de Quito 7/1
4) Lyon 7/1
6) Porto 9/1
7) Malaga 10/1
8) Aston Villa 12/1
9) Fenerbache 20/1
9) Celtic 20/1
11) Seongnam 50/1
12) Al Ittihad 100/1

Source: SkyBet (skybet.com)
Note: betting prices could be subject to change

sweet. madrid got the easiest competition possible. group D looks like a tough challenge for the teams involved

Turkish outfit Fenerbache have wihdrew from the 2009 Peace Cup due to the competition clashing with the UEFA Europa League qualifiers, which Fenerbache find themselves in. Fellow Turkish outfit (and 2008/2009 Turkcell Süper Lig champions) Besiktas will take Fenerbache's place in the competition, therefore meaning that Group D will now look as follows:

Group D

Olympique Lyonnais (France)

Beşiktaş J.K. (Turkey)

FC Porto (Portugal)

SPL outfit Glasgow Celtic are the latest team to withdraw from the 2009 edition of the Peace Cup. The Scottish Giants have withdrew due to the competition clashing with the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, which Celtic will need to participate in. To replace Celtic will be Mexican outfit and 2008/2009 CONCACAF Champions League winners, Atlante CF, this therefore meaning that Group C will now look as follows:

Group C

Malaga CF (Spain)

Aston Villa FC (England)

Atlante CF (Mexico)

does anyone know if these matches will be televised?

The clubs turned it down. They want a ball that bounces straight.

2009 Peace Cup Betting

Win the Competition Outright ***UPDATED***

1) Real Madrid 9/4
2) Sevilla 9/2
3) Juventus 5/1
4) Lyon 7/1
5) Liga de Quito 8/1
6) Porto 9/1
7) Malaga 10/1
8) Aston Villa 12/1
9) Besiktas 25/1
10) Atlante 33/1
11) Seongnam 50/1
12) Al Ittihad 100/1

Source: SkyBet (skybet.com)
Note: betting prices could be subject to change

It will be difficult for Malaga to enter in semifinals, we have Aston Villa, and Atlante, the current CONCACAF Champions. But we can!

come on juve ;D
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Looks like gol tv will cover peace cup. Hopefully its a not a highlight thing but actual matches.

The first match of the 2009 Peace Cup has been played in which Ecuador's LDU Quito defeated Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad 3-1. Reasco (20), Ambrosi (42), and Claudio Graf (73), scored the goals for Quito, while Kariri (74) netted the lone Al Ittihad goal.

In today's second game, Serie A's Juventus won 2-1 against La Liga's Sevilla FC. Amauri (26) and Iaquinta (68) were the goalscorers for the Italian Giants, while Squillaci (80) scored the goal for the Andalucia based club.

Results (25/07/2009):

Olympique Lyonnais 1-1 Besiktas
Lyon goal scorer: Kallstrom (69)
Besiktas goal scorer: Nobre (84)

Malaga 1-0 Aston Villa
Malaga goal scorer: Fernando (79)


Results (26/07/2009):

Sevilla 0-0 Seongnam
Sevilla have been eliminated

Real Madrid 1-1 Al Ittihad
Real Madrid goal scorer: Raul (56)
Al Ittihad goal scorer: Aboucherouane (64)
Al Ittihad have been eliminated

Results (27/07/2009)

Malaga 1-3 Atlante
Malaga Goal Scorer: Luque (24)
Atlante Goal Scorers: Pereyra (16), Marquez (68), Bermudez (73)

Olympique Lyonnais 0-2 FC Porto
FC Porto Goalscorer: Hulk (9, 75)

Results (28/07/2009)

Real Madrid 4-2 LDU Quito
Real Madrid Goal Scorers: Ronaldo (48), Granero (53), Metzelder (72), Negredo (92)
LDU Quito Goal Scorer: Vera (68, 82)

Juventus 3-0 Seongnam
Juventus Goal Scorers: Laquinta (39), Diego (53), Legrottaglie (69)

Results (29/07/2009)

Aston Villa 3-1 Atlante
Aston Villa Goal Scorers: Albrighton (38), Carew (48), Young (61)
Atlante Goal Scorer: Davies own goal (19)

Besiktas 0-0 FC Porto

Semi Final Results (31/07/2009)

FC Porto 1-2 Aston Villa
Porto Goal Scorer: Hulk (pen 90)
Aston Villa Goal Scorers: Heskey (14), Sidwell (37)

Juventus 2-1 Real Madrid
Juventus Goal Scorers: Cannavaro (3), Salihamidžić (49)
Real Madrid Goal Scorer: Ronaldo (pen 42)

2009 Peace Cup Final Result (02/08/2009)

Aston Villa 0-0 Juventus
Aston Villa win 4-3 on penalties to become Peace Cup Champions 2009.

peace?