2009 Peace Cup

Teams

The following 12 teams confirmed to play in the tournament.

Venues

After the previous three tournaments were held in South Korea, the Peace Cup Committee decided that the tournament would be hosted by another country. In 2007, the Peace Cup organizers were connected with Sports Ministry of Andalucia and Andalucia Football Federation, after the discussion with the Autonomous Community of Andalucia, they suggested the cities of Seville, Málaga, Huelva and Jerez to host the 2009 Peace Cup.

On 19 December 2007, it was announced in a press conference in Seville that the number of teams would be increased to 12. It was also confirmed that Real Madrid and Sevilla 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 Juventus, Málaga, Lyon, Aston Villa, Celtic, Porto, Fenerbahçe and LDU Quito, were announced. Celtic and Fenerbahçe, however, were forced to pull out due to conflicts with UEFA Champions League qualifying ties; they were replaced by Atlante and Beşiktaş, respectively.

The official venue for the tournament was Andalucia, however some matches were played in Madrid.

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

• Amauri
• Iaquinta

• Iaquinta
• Diego
• Legrottaglie

Group B

• Reasco
• Ambrosi
• Graf

• Ronaldo
• Granero
• Metzelder
• Negredo

Group C

• Pereyra
• Márquez
• Bermúdez

• Albrighton
• Carew
• A. Young

Group D

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

• Heskey
• Sidwell

• Cannavaro
• Salihamidžić

Final

• Bannan
• Sidwell
• Lowry
• A. Young
• Herd
• Cuéllar
• Iaquinta
• Trezeguet
• Amauri
• Melo
• Del Piero
• Legrottaglie

Goalscorers

• BRA Hulk (Porto)

• ITA Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus)

• POR Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

• PAR Enrique Vera (LDU Quito)

• KSA Saud Kariri (Al-Ittihad)

• MAR Hicham Aboucherouane (Al-Ittihad)

• ENG Marc Albrighton (Aston Villa)

• NOR John Carew (Aston Villa)

• ENG Ashley Young (Aston Villa)

• ENG Emile Heskey (Aston Villa)

• ENG Steve Sidwell (Aston Villa)

• ARG Gabriel Pereyra (Atlante)

• MEX Rafael Márquez Lugo (Atlante)

• MEX Christian Bermúdez (Atlante)

• BRA Mert Nobre (Beşiktaş)

• BRA Amauri (Juventus)

• BRA Diego (Juventus)

• ITA Nicola Legrottaglie (Juventus)

• BIH Hasan Salihamidžić (Juventus)

• ITA Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus)

• ECU Néicer Reasco (LDU Quito)

• ECU Paúl Ambrosi (LDU Quito)

• ARG Claudio Graf (LDU Quito)

• SWE Kim Källström (Lyon)

• ESP Fernando (Málaga)

• ESP José Juan Luque (Málaga)

• ESP Raúl (Real Madrid)

• ESP Guti (Real Madrid)

• GER Christoph Metzelder (Real Madrid)

• ESP Álvaro Negredo (Real Madrid)

• FRA Sébastien Squillaci (Sevilla)

• ENG Curtis Davies (against Atlante)

Broadcasting rights

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

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