A3 Champions Cup (East Asian Club Championship) 2006 American Citibank paid A3 organisiation 12m USD as main Sponsor! Official wed site: www.a3cup.com Aug 2 - 8 National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Bonus: Champions: 400,000 USD Runner-up: 250,000 USD 3rd-place: 150.000 USD 4th-place: 100,000 USD Participaters: Gamba Osaka / 2005 J-League Champions JEF United Ichihara Chiba / 2005 J-League Nabisco Cup Champions Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i / 2005 K-League Champions Dalian Shide / 2005 CSL Champions Schedule: Aug 2 G.Osaka VS Dalian Ulsan VS JEF Utd Aug 5 Ulsan VS G.Osaka JEF Utd VS Dalian Aug 8 Dalian VS Ulsan G.Osaka VS JEF Utd
2003 champ : Kashima Antlers (Japan) 2004 champ : Ilhwa Chunma (Korea) 2005 champ : Suwon Samsung Bluewings (Korea)
Will anyone attend the A3 Champions Cup games to be played at Tokyo's National Stadium during the first week of August? I have to fly out of there on the 6th, so I was wondering if it'd be worth going down a day early to catch either the Gamba Osaka or JEF United game. I've noticed there are no other J1 fixtures that weekend...is that due to the league putting emphasis on the Champions Cup or for some other reason?
the three leagues will have one week break for the Champions Cup and clubs of the three countries will play some other friendly matches too, for example Kashima Antlers will visit china and play the annul Shanghai World classic includes Shanghai Shenhua SVA, Man City and Athletic Madrid this year