2007 Premier League Asia Trophy

Premier League Asia Trophy 2007 Hong Kong 4 2 1 1 ENG Portsmouth 1 ENG Liverpool ENG Fulham HKG South China 4 10 Ten players(1 goal each) ENG David James 2005 2009 right|thumb|300px|Barclays Asia Trophy 2007 at Hong Kong Stadium. The 2007 Premier League Asia Trophy (Traditional chinese: 巴克萊亞洲錦標賽) was the third edition of the Premier League Asia Trophy, a four-team association football tournament held every two years. The tournament was held in Hong Kong. The 2007 edition was competed by South China AA, the winner of Hong Kong's FA Cup, Liverpool, Portsmouth and Fulham at the 40,000-capacity Hong Kong Stadium. The semi-finals took place on 24 July and the final and third-place play-off were on 27 July 2007. Portsmouth won the first semi-final 1–0 against Fulham after a goal by Benjani in the 45th minute. Liverpool beat South China in the second semi-final thanks to a John Arne Riise free-kick and a Xabi Alonso penalty. South China pulled a goal back with a Li Haiqiang free-kick, but Daniel Agger scored to make it 3–1. Fulham beat South China 4–1 in the third place play-off, while Portsmouth beat Liverpool 4–2 on penalties to win the Premier League Asia Trophy after a goalless draw in normal time. Competition format The competition used a knock-out format. South China played Liverpool, while Fulham played Portsmouth, both matches taking place on 24 July. The winners competed in the final on 27 July, while the losers played in the third place play-off on the same day. Prizes Hong Kong FA Cup winner South China received HK$500,000 from the organizers as appearance fee in the tournament. The winner of the tournament received a trophy as well as £100,000 prize money. Official match programme An A5 sized, 60-page bilingual (English/Chinese) official match programme was published for sale during the match days within the stadium. It retailed at HK$20 (~£1.30). Results 24 July 2007 – Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium) HKG South China 1 ENG Liverpool 3 24 July 2007 - Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium) ENG Portsmouth 1 ENG Fulham 0 27 July 2007 – Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium) ENG Portsmouth 0 (4) ENG Liverpool 0 (2) 27 July 2007 – Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium) ENG Fulham 4 HKG South China 1 Semi-finals 2007-07-24 18:00 HKT10:00 UTC Fulham ENG 0 – 1 Report ENG Portsmouth Benjani 45 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 36,801 Chris Foy 2007-07-24 20:30 HKT12:30 UTC South China AA HKG 1 – 3 (Report) ENG Liverpool Li Haiqiang 35 Riise 10Alonso 28 pen.Agger 74 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 36,801 Mark Clattenburg Third place play-off 2007-07-27 18:00 HKT10:00 UTC South China AA HKG 1 – 4 Report ENG Fulham Barros 57 Bouba Diop 20Bocanegra 47Healy 74McBride 84 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 39,535 Final 2007-07-27 20:30 HKT12:30 UTC Liverpool ENG 0 – 0 (Report) ENG Portsmouth Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 39,535 Gerrard Kuyt Benayoun Torres 2 – 4 Utaka Taylor LuaLua Hreiðarsson Kranjčar Goalscorers The goal scorers from the Premier League Asia Trophy 2007 are as follows: #NameTeamGoals1DEN Daniel AggerENG Liverpool1ESP Xabi AlonsoENG Liverpool1CHN Li HaiqiangHKG South China1NOR John Arne RiiseENG Liverpool1ZIM Benjani MwaruwariENG Portsmouth1SEN Papa Bouba DiopENG Fulham1USA Carlos BocanegraENG Fulham1BRA Flavio BarrosHKG South China1NIR David HealyENG Fulham1USA Brian McBrideENG Fulham1 Player of the Tournament The Player of the Tournament award was awarded to David James of Portsmouth. James kept 2 clean sheets, and saved penalties from Yossi Benayoun and Fernando Torres. Gallery See also Hong Kong FA Cup 2006-07 External links Barclays and Premier League head east Premiership trio set for Hong Kong Trophy https://web.archive.org/web/20070528084141/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=429076&cc=4716 2007-05-28 2007 Prem 2007 Asia Category:July 2007 sports events in Asia fi:Premier League Asia Trophy