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2007 Premier League Asia Trophy
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | Premier League Asia Trophy |
| year | 2007 |
| city | Hong Kong |
| num_teams | 4 |
| confederations | 2 |
| venues | 1 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion_other | ENG Portsmouth |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | ENG Liverpool |
| third_other | ENG Fulham |
| fourth_other | HKG South China |
| matches | 4 |
| goals | 10 |
| top_scorer | Ten players |
| (1 goal each) | |
| player | ENG David James |
| prevseason | 2005 |
| nextseason | 2009 |
(1 goal each)
The 2007 Premier League Asia Trophy (Traditional chinese: 巴克萊亞洲錦標賽) was the third edition of the Premier League Asia Trophy, a four-team association football tournament held every two years. The tournament was held in Hong Kong. The 2007 edition was competed by South China AA, the winner of Hong Kong's FA Cup, Liverpool, Portsmouth and Fulham at the 40,000-capacity Hong Kong Stadium. The semi-finals took place on 24 July and the final and third-place play-off were on 27 July 2007.
Portsmouth won the first semi-final 1–0 against Fulham after a goal by Benjani in the 45th minute. Liverpool beat South China in the second semi-final thanks to a John Arne Riise free-kick and a Xabi Alonso penalty. South China pulled a goal back with a Li Haiqiang free-kick, but Daniel Agger scored to make it 3–1. Fulham beat South China 4–1 in the third place play-off, while Portsmouth beat Liverpool 4–2 on penalties to win the Premier League Asia Trophy after a goalless draw in normal time.
Competition format
The competition used a knock-out format. South China played Liverpool, while Fulham played Portsmouth, both matches taking place on 24 July. The winners competed in the final on 27 July, while the losers played in the third place play-off on the same day.
Prizes
Hong Kong FA Cup winner South China received HK$500,000 from the organizers as appearance fee in the tournament. The winner of the tournament received a trophy as well as £100,000 prize money.
Official match programme
An A5 sized, 60-page bilingual (English/Chinese) official match programme was published for sale during the match days within the stadium. It retailed at HK$20 (~£1.30).
Results
|24 July 2007 – Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)|HKG South China|1 |ENG Liverpool|3 |24 July 2007 - Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)|ENG Portsmouth|1 |ENG Fulham|0 |27 July 2007 – Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)|ENG Portsmouth|0 (4) |ENG Liverpool|0 (2) |27 July 2007 – Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)| ENG Fulham|4|HKG South China|1
Semi-finals
10:00 UTC
12:30 UTC Alonso Agger
Third place play-off
10:00 UTC Bocanegra Healy McBride
Final
12:30 UTC
Kuyt
Benayoun
Torres
Taylor
LuaLua
Hreiðarsson
Kranjčar
Goalscorers
The goal scorers from the Premier League Asia Trophy 2007 are as follows:
| # | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEN Daniel Agger | ENG Liverpool | 1 |
| ESP Xabi Alonso | ENG Liverpool | 1 | |
| CHN Li Haiqiang | HKG South China | 1 | |
| NOR John Arne Riise | ENG Liverpool | 1 | |
| ZIM Benjani Mwaruwari | ENG Portsmouth | 1 | |
| SEN Papa Bouba Diop | ENG Fulham | 1 | |
| USA Carlos Bocanegra | ENG Fulham | 1 | |
| BRA Flavio Barros | HKG South China | 1 | |
| NIR David Healy | ENG Fulham | 1 | |
| USA Brian McBride | ENG Fulham | 1 |
Player of the Tournament
The Player of the Tournament award was awarded to David James of Portsmouth. James kept 2 clean sheets, and saved penalties from Yossi Benayoun and Fernando Torres.
Gallery
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