2009 Pan-Pacific Championship

2009 Pan-Pacific ChampionshipTournament 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|  Suwon Bluewings (1st title)
Runners-up|  Los Angeles Galaxy
Third place|  Oita Trinita
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 4
Goals scored| 8 (2 per match)

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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.

## Teams[edit]

* Los Angeles Galaxy (host)
* Oita Trinita (2008 J. League Cup winners)
* Shandong Luneng Taishan (2008 Chinese Super League champions)
* Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2008 K-League & 2008 Hauzen Cup champions)

## Bracket[edit]

| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  |  |  |  |  |

| February 18 – Carson | |

|  Los Angeles Galaxy| 2

| February 21 – Carson

|  Oita Trinita| 0 |

|  Los Angeles Galaxy| 1(2)

| February 18 – Carson

| |  Suwon Bluewings| 1(4)

|  Suwon Bluewings| 1

|  Shandong Luneng| 0 |

| Third place

| February 21 – Carson

|  Oita Trinita| 2

|  Shandong Luneng| 1

## Semifinals[edit]

February 18

17:30 UTC-8

Suwon Bluewings | 1 - 0|  Shandong Luneng

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Cho 81' | Report[permanent dead link] |

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: TBA

Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

* * *

February 18

20:00 UTC-8

Los Angeles Galaxy | 2 - 0|  Oita Trinita

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Buddle 44'
Kirovski 53' (pen.) | Report[permanent dead link] |

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: TBA

Referee: TBA

## Third-place match[edit]

February 21

17:30 UTC-8

Oita Trinita | 2 - 1|  Shandong Luneng

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|

Takamatsu 28'
Ueslei 42' | Report | Mrdaković 45' (pen.)

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: TBA

Referee: TBA

## Final[edit]

February 21

20:00 UTC-8

Los Angeles Galaxy | 1 - 1|  Suwon Bluewings

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Magee 89' (pen.) | Report | Franklin 39' (o.g.)
Penalties
Buddle
Klein
Magee
Patterson | 2 - 4 |  Edu
Yang
Lee
Choi

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: TBA

Referee: TBA

Pan-Pacific Championship
2009 Winners

Suwon Samsung Bluewings
First title

## Scorers[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Edson Buddle |  Los Angeles Galaxy | 1
Cho Yong-Tae |  Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 1
Jovan Kirovski |  Los Angeles Galaxy | 1
Mike Magee |  Los Angeles Galaxy | 1
Miljan Mrdaković |  Shandong Luneng | 1
Daiki Takamatsu |  Oita Trinita | 1
Ueslei |  Oita Trinita | 1
Own  |  Sean Franklin |  Los Angeles Galaxy (for Suwon)  | 1

## Sponsors[edit]

The following is a list of the official sponsors of the Pan-Pacific Championship 2009.

* Yamazaki-Nabisco
* Japan Airlines
* Sports DEPO

## See also[edit]

2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Asia's Top Teams to Compete in the Second Edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship" (Press release). Major League Soccer and Los Angeles Galaxy. January 9, 2009. Retrieved February 23, 2009.

## External links[edit]

* Official website (in English)

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