Peace Cup

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Peace Cup
Peace Cup.gif
Organiser(s)Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation
(Unification Church)
Founded2003
Abolished2012
RegionInternational
Teams8 (or 12)
Most championships Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven
Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur
Flag of France.svg Lyon
Flag of England.svg Aston Villa
Flag of Germany.svg Hamburger SV
(1 title each)
Website peacecup.com

The Peace Cup was an invitational pre-season friendly football tournament for club teams which was held every two years by the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation. [1]

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History and format

Since 2003, the Peace Cup is being held every two years, the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation invites football clubs from various nations.

A corresponding event featuring women's national teams, the Peace Queen Cup, began in 2006. [2]

In October 2012, it was announced that the Peace Cup will no longer be held, following the death of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon. [3]

Format

From 2003 to 2007, the Peace Cup was played between 8 clubs, divided into two groups of 4 teams.

The winner of each group qualified for the final, which was played in a single match.

he first three competitions were held in South Korea, and the 2009 version was held in Madrid and Andalusia, Spain with 12 teams participating. [4] [5]

The fifth competition took place again in South Korea in July 2012, and four teams which had South Korean players entered. [6]

Participants

South Korea's Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma participates in every tournament as the club is sponsored by the Unification Church.

Previous winners are PSV, Tottenham Hotspur, Lyon, Aston Villa, and Hamburger SV, who were the final champions.

Prize

From 2003 to 2007, the prize money of the tournament was approximately 2 million for the winning team, [7] [8] and €500,000 for the runners-up. [7]

The trophy Copa de la Paz.JPG
The trophy

Results

Finals

YearHostChampionsScore [9] Runners-upTeams
2003 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven 10 Flag of France.svg Lyon 8
2005 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur 318
2007 Flag of France.svg Lyon 10 Flag of England.svg Bolton Wanderers 8
2009 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of England.svg Aston Villa 00 ( a.e.t. )
(43 p)
Flag of Italy.svg Juventus 12
2012 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of Germany.svg Hamburger SV 10 Flag of South Korea.svg Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 4

Titles by club

TeamChampionsRunners-up
Flag of France.svg Lyon 1 (2007)2 (2003, 2005)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven 1 (2003)
Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur 1 (2005)
Flag of England.svg Aston Villa 1 (2009)
Flag of Germany.svg Hamburger SV 1 (2012)
Flag of England.svg Bolton Wanderers 1 (2007)
Flag of Italy.svg Juventus 1 (2009)
Flag of South Korea.svg Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1 (2012)

Awards

The "Golden Ball" is awarded to the player on the basis of a vote taken among the media accredited to each Peace Cup tournament. There are also "Silver Ball" and "Bronze Ball" for the second and third best players respectively. [10] [11]

YearGolden BallGolden Shoe
2003 Flag of South Korea.svg Park Ji-sung Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mark van Bommel (2)
2005 Flag of Ireland.svg Robbie Keane Flag of Ireland.svg Robbie Keane (4)
2007 Flag of France.svg Karim Benzema Flag of Sweden.svg Kim Källström (2)
2009 Flag of England.svg Ashley Young Flag of Brazil.svg Hulk (3)
2012 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Berg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mitchell Schet (2)

Controversy

The original name of the competition was to be Sunmoon Peace Cup, named after Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation.

However, after being criticized that it was too religious, the organization changed its name to World Peace King Cup and started preparation for its first tournament.

Before the inauguration of the cup, the Asian Football Confederation warned that the term "world" can only be used by competitions organized by FIFA, and "king" can be used by competitions held by a kingdom. [12]

See also

References

  1. "Warming Up for the Kick-off". The Wall Street Journal. 2 August 2010.
  2. "Peace Queen Cup 2006". RSSSF . Retrieved 14 June 2008.
  3. "Church Scraps Peace Cup". Super Sport. 29 October 2012.
  4. "Jerez se convierte hoy en una de las sedes oficiales de la 'Peace Cup 2009'" (in Spanish). AndaluciaPress. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2008.
  5. "Peace Cup might go to Spain". The Washington Times. Retrieved 14 June 2008.
  6. 국제 클럽축구대항전 피스컵, 2012년 한국 개최. Naver.com (in Korean). Sports Seoul. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Sundowns in Peace Cup". BBC. 27 January 2005. Retrieved 14 June 2008.
  8. "Galaxy to compete in inaugural World Peace King Cup". USA Today. 5 February 2003. Retrieved 14 June 2008.
  9. "Peace Cup History". Goal. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  10. "who will win the gold?". daum.net (in Korean). 19 July 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  11. "Park chosen best player of the Peace Cup". PSV Eindhoven. 22 July 2003. Retrieved 1 July 2017.[ dead link ]
  12. "History of Peace Cup". Naver.com (in Korean). JoyNews24. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2009.