2008 Pan-Pacific Championship

Tournament details
Host country| United States
Dates| February 20 – February 23
Teams| 4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Gamba Osaka (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 4
Goals scored| 14 (3.5 per match)
Attendance| 76,430 (19,108 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Baré (5 Goals)
Best player(s)|  Baré[1]

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International football competition

The 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship is the inaugural edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship association football competition which took place on February 20 and February 23 in Honolulu, Hawaii, featuring teams from Japan's J. League, United States Major League Soccer (MLS) and the A-League of Australia and New Zealand.

For the 2008 tournament, the A-League was not represented by the champion team but instead by the loser of the minor semi-final. This is due to a scheduling conflict with the Grand Final on February 24, which was moved back so as not to interfere with Australia's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.

The 2008 tournament also features Gamba Osaka of the J. League, which were the 2007 J. League Cup champion, and Major League Soccer representatives Houston Dynamo and Los Angeles Galaxy, the latter reportedly chosen instead of the desired 2007 SuperLiga champion, as Pachuca declined and Galaxy were the Superliga runner-up.[2] The Galaxy's first game was versus Gamba Osaka.[3] while the Dynamo were drawn against Sydney FC.

All matches were played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii.

## Bracket

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| February 20 – Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)| |

|  Gamba Osaka| 1

| February 23 – Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)

|  Los Angeles Galaxy| 0 |

|  Gamba Osaka| 6

| February 20 – Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)

| |  Houston Dynamo| 1

|  Houston Dynamo| 3

|  Sydney FC| 0 |

| Third place

| February 23 – Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)

|  Los Angeles Galaxy| 2

|  Sydney FC| 1

## Semifinals

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February 20

18:00 HST

Gamba Osaka | 1–0|  Los Angeles Galaxy

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Baré 3' | (report)[permanent dead link‍] |

Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii

Attendance: 15,128

Referee: Baldomero Toledo

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February 20

20:30 HST

Houston Dynamo | 3–0|  Sydney FC

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De Rosario 28'
Holden 29'
Wondolowski 43' | (report) |

Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii

Attendance: 15,128

Referee: Alex Prus

## Third-place match

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February 23

18:00 HST

Los Angeles Galaxy | 2–1|  Sydney FC

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Allen 3'
Tudela 45' | (report) | Renaud 42'

Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii

Attendance: 23,087

Referee: Brian Hall

## Final

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February 23

20:30 HST

Gamba Osaka | 6–1|  Houston Dynamo

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Baré 13', 25', 59', 71'
Lucas 62'
Yamazaki 77' | (report) | Clark 10'

Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii

Attendance: 23,087

Referee: Kevin Stott

Pan-Pacific Championship
2008 Winners

Gamba Osaka
First title

## Top scorers

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Baré |  Gamba Osaka | 5
2  |  Ely Allen |  Los Angeles Galaxy | 1
Ricardo Clark |  Houston Dynamo | 1
Dwayne De Rosario |  Houston Dynamo | 1
Stuart Holden |  Houston Dynamo | 1
Brendan Renaud |  Sydney FC | 1
Lucas Severino |  Gamba Osaka | 1
Josh Tudela |  Los Angeles Galaxy | 1
Chris Wondolowski |  Houston Dynamo | 1
Masato Yamazaki |  Gamba Osaka | 1

## Sponsors

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The following is a list of the official sponsors of the Pan-Pacific Championship 2008.

* MLJ
* Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa on Waikiki Beach
* Onkyo
* The Honolulu Advertiser
* Japan Airlines
* Yamazaki-Nabisco
* Active Hawaii
* Johnson & Johnson

## References

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1. ^ Pan-Pacific Championship Archived February 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ "ON SOCCER: Dynamo ahead of pack in more than one sense". November 29, 2007.
3. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Galaxy set for Pan-Pacific test

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International men's club football competitions

* Intercontinental Cup (defunct)
* Afro-Asian Club Championship (defunct)
* Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
* World Leagues Forum
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* CONMEBOL – Copa Libertadores
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See also: International women's club football

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