Peace Cup

The Peace Cup is an international club football tournament organized by the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation, which is connected to Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, which aspires to use the competition between clubs from several continents to promote world peace.cite web | title = Peace Cup (South Korea) | url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/peacecup.html | accessdate = 2008-06-14 | publisher=RSSSF ] [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2003/07/21/peace_hiddink_ap/ Korean influence: PSV's Hiddink hoping to win Peace Cup] Sports Illustrated July 21, 2003] [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2003/05/06/int_rdp/ South Korea to host global peace cup in July] Sports Illustrated May 6, 2003] It has been held every two years in South Korea, starting in 2003, and in 2009 it will be held in Spain.cite web | title = Jerez se convierte hoy en una de las sedes oficiales de la 'Peace Cup 2009' | url=http://www.andaluciapress.com/noticia.php?id=67578 | accessdate = 2008-06-14 | publisher=AndaluciaPress |language= Spanish ] cite web | title = Peace Cup might go to Spain | url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/jul/16/peace-cup-might-go-to-spain/ | accessdate = 2008-06-14 | publisher=The Washington Times ] Previous winning teams have included PSV Eindhoven, Tottenham Hotspur and Lyon. In 2006, a women's tournament, called the Peace Queen Cup, was created, featuring 8 women's national teams from 5 continents. The United States team won.cite web | title = Peace Queen Cup 2006 | url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/wom-peacecup06.html | accessdate = 2008-06-14 | publisher=RSSSF ]

Format

The competition is played between eight clubs, divided in two groups of four teams each.cite web | title = Peace Cup 2007 | url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/peacecup07.html | accessdate = 2008-06-14 | publisher=RSSSF ] Peace Cup Organising Committee will enlarge the number of participating teams to 12 from 2009 Peace Cup in Spain. In the first stage, within their groups the teams play against each other once, and the winner of each group qualifies for the final, which is played in one single match. Peace Cup will be held in Andalusia, Spain. Seville, Málaga, Madrid, Jerez and Huelva will be the main stadia for Peace Cup 2009.

Prize money

The prize money of the tournament is approximately $2,000,000 for the winning teamcite web | title = Sundowns in Peace Cup | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4212241.stm | accessdate = 2008-06-14 | publisher=BBC ] cite web | title = Galaxy to compete in inaugural World Peace King Cup | url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/mls/galaxy/2003-02-05-peace-cup_x.htm | accessdate = 2008-06-14 | publisher=USA Today ] and $500,000 for the runners-up.

Participating teams

Peace Cup

=Peace Cup 2003=

;Group A

*Besiktas of Turkey
*Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma of South Korea
*Kaizer Chiefs of South Africa
*Olympique Lyonnais of France

;Group B

*1860 München of Germany
*Nacional of Uruguay
*Los Angeles Galaxy of the United States
*PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands

=Peace Cup 2005=

;Group A

*Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma of South Korea
*Olympique Lyonnais of France
*Once Caldas of Colombia
*PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands

;Group B

*Boca Juniors of Argentina
*Real Sociedad of Spain
*Sundowns of South Africa
*Tottenham Hotspur of England

=Peace Cup 2007=

;Group A:

*Bolton Wanderers of England
*Chivas de Guadalajara of Mexico
*Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma of South Korea
*Racing Santander of Spain

;Group B:

*Reading of England
*Olympique Lyonnais of France
*River Plate of Argentina
*Shimizu S-Pulse of Japan

=Peace Cup 2009 Andalucia=

*Real Madrid C.F. of Spain
*Sevilla Fútbol Club of Spain
*Olympique Lyonnais of France
*and other big clubs all around the world

Peace Queen Cup

Peace Queen Cup 2006

;Group A:

*fbw|South Korea
*fbw|Brazil
*fbw|Italy
*fbw|Canada

;Group B:

*fbw|Australia
*fbw|Denmark
*fbw|USA
*fbw|Netherlands

Peace Queen Cup 2008

;Group A:

*fbw|Canada
*fbw|South Korea
*fbw|New Zealand
*fbw|Argentina

;Group B:

*fbw|USA
*fbw|Brazil
*fbw|Australia
*fbw|Italy

List of champions

Peace Cup

Peace Queen Cup

References

External links

* [http://www.peacecup.com/eng/ Peace Cup official web site]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/peacecup.html RSSSF]
* [http://www.footcoreen.com/ Footcoreen.com : news about Peace Cup and Korean soccer] fr icon