The 2009 Peace Cup Andalucia was an invitational friendly

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tournament. It was the fourth edition of

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

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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

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, who defeated

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in the final. They succeeded

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, 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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. 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.

Teams

The following 12 teams confirmed to play in the tournament.

Venues

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

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

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and

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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

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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

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and

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, respectively. The official venue for the tournament was

, however some matches were played in

Prize money

The champions and the runners-up received trophies as well as the corresponding cash prizes. * Champions: €2,000,000 * Runners-up: €1,000,000 * Third and Fourth places: €500,000

Group stage

The 12 teams were divided into four groups of three teams. Each team played two matches in the group stage, and each group winners qualified to the knockout stage. The draw for the 2009 Peace Cup was staged in Seville on 16 April 2009.

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

Goalscorers

Broadcasting rights

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

References

External links

Official website
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