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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | United States |
| Dates | February 18 – February 21 |
| Teams | 4 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 8 (2 per match) |
← 2008 | |
The 2009 Pan-Pacific Championship was the second edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship. It was held in February 2009 in Carson, California, United States and featured the champions from the Chinese Super League and K-League, J. League Cup winners, and the hosts, Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.
The Galaxy faced the Japanese representative, Oita Trinita, in the semi-final stage for the second successive year after facing Gamba Osaka in the 2008 competition,[1] and this time they won the match. In the other semi-final, Korean side Suwon Samsung Bluewings beat Shandong Luneng Taishan of China.
Oita Trinita beat Shandong Luneng 2–1 to finish third in the tournament and Suwon Bluewings won the trophy after a 4–2 penalty shootout win over the Galaxy.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| February 18 – Carson | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| February 21 – Carson | ||||||
| 0 | ||||||
| 1(2) | ||||||
| February 18 – Carson | ||||||
| 1(4) | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| 0 | ||||||
| Third place | ||||||
| February 21 – Carson | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| Suwon Bluewings | 1 – 0 | |
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| Cho |
Report[permanent dead link] |
| Los Angeles Galaxy | 2 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Buddle Kirovski |
Report[permanent dead link] |
| Oita Trinita | 2 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Takamatsu Ueslei |
Report | Mrdaković |
| Los Angeles Galaxy | 1 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Magee |
Report | Franklin |
| Penalties | ||
| Buddle Klein Magee Patterson |
2 – 4 | |
| Pan-Pacific Championship 2009 Winners |
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Suwon Samsung Bluewings First title |
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | |||
| 1 | |||
| 1 | |||
| 1 | |||
| 1 | |||
| 1 | |||
| Own | 1 |
The following is a list of the official sponsors of the Pan-Pacific Championship 2009.
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