Pan-Pacific Championship 2008

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Pan-Pacific Championship 2008
Tournament details
Host country Flag of the United States United States
Dates February 20 - February 23
Teams 4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
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 Baré [1]

Infobox last updated on: March 3, 2008.

Pan-Pacific Championship 2008 is the inaugural edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship 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 and Major League Soccer representatives Houston Dynamo and LA Galaxy, the latter reportedly chosen instead of the desired 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.


Contents

[edit] Semi-Finals

February 20, 2008
18:00 HST		 Gamba Osaka 1-0 Los Angeles Galaxy Aloha Stadium, Aiea, Hawaii
Attendance: 15,128
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Baré Scored after 3 minutes 3' (report)
February 20, 2008
20:30 HST		 Houston Dynamo 3-0 Sydney FC Aloha Stadium, Aiea, Hawaii
Attendance: 15,128
Referee: Alex Prus
De Rosario Scored after 28 minutes 28'
Holden Scored after 29 minutes 29'
Wondolowski Scored after 43 minutes 43'		 (report)

[edit] Third Place

February 23, 2008
18:00 HST		 Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 Sydney FC Aloha Stadium, Aiea, Hawaii
Attendance: 23,087
Referee: Brian Hall
Allen Scored after 3 minutes 3'
Tudela Scored after 45 minutes 45'		 (report) Renaud Scored after 42 minutes 42'

[edit] Final

February 23, 2008
20:30 HST		 Gamba Osaka 6-1 Houston Dynamo Aloha Stadium, Aiea, Hawaii
Attendance: 23,087
Referee: Kevin Stott
Baré Scored after 13 minutes 13' Scored after 25 minutes 25' Scored after 59 minutes 59' Scored after 71 minutes 71'
Lucas Scored after 62 minutes 62'
Yamazaki Scored after 77 minutes 77'		 (report) Clark Scored after 10 minutes 10'

[edit] Bracket

  Semi finals Final
             
20 February – Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)
 Flag of Japan Gamba Osaka 1  
 Flag of the United States Los Angeles Galaxy 0  
 
23 February – Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)
     Flag of Japan Gamba Osaka 6
   Flag of the United States Houston Dynamo 1
Third place
20 February - Honolulu (Aloha Stadium) 23 February - Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)
 Flag of the United States Houston Dynamo 3  Flag of the United States Los Angeles Galaxy  2
 Flag of Australia Sydney FC 0    Flag of Australia Sydney FC  1

[edit] Top Scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Flag of Brazil Baré Flag of Japan Gamba Osaka 5
2 Flag of Australia Brendan Renaud Flag of Australia Sydney FC 1
' Flag of the United States Chris Wondolowski Flag of the United States Houston Dynamo 1
' Flag of Canada Dwayne De Rosario Flag of the United States Houston Dynamo 1
' Flag of the United States Ely Allen Flag of the United States LA Galaxy 1
' Flag of the United States Josh Tudela Flag of the United States LA Galaxy 1
' Flag of Brazil Lucas Severino Flag of Japan Gamba Osaka 1
' Flag of Japan Masato Yamazaki Flag of Japan Gamba Osaka 1
' Flag of Scotland Stuart Holden Flag of the United States Houston Dynamo 1

[edit] Sponsors

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

[edit] References

Official Website

  1. ^ Pan-Pacific Championship
  2. ^ http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5337357.html
  3. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Galaxy set for Pan-Pacific test
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