2009 Premier League Asia Trophy

Premier League Asia Trophy 2009 China 4 2 1 1 ENG Tottenham Hotspur 1 ENG Hull City ENG West Ham United CHN Beijing Guoan 4 8 2007 2011 The 2009 Premier League Asia Trophy (巴克莱亚洲杯2009) was the fourth edition of the Premier League Asia Trophy, a four-team association football tournament held every two years. Hull City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and the local Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan competed for the title on 29 July and 31 July in the Workers' Stadium, Beijing. Tottenham Hotspur won the trophy. Competition format The competition uses a knock-out format. On July 29, West Ham United played against Tottenham Hotspur, while Hull City meeting Beijing Guoan. Final, 3rd and 4th playoff were played two days later. Results 29 July 2009 – Beijing (Workers' Stadium) ENG West Ham United 0 England Tottenham Hotspur 1 29 July 2009 - Beijing (Workers' Stadium) ENG Hull City 1 (5) CHN Beijing Guoan 1 (4) 31 July 2009 – Beijing (Workers' Stadium) ENG Tottenham Hotspur 3 ENG Hull City 0 31 July 2009 – Beijing (Workers' Stadium) ENG West Ham United 2 CHN Beijing Guoan 0 Third place play-off 2009-07-31 18:00 UTC+811:00 BST West Ham United ENG 2 – 0 (Report) CHN Beijing Guoan Gabbidon 80Hines 90 Workers' Stadium, Beijing 7,501 Sun Baojie (China PR) Final 2009-07-31 20:30 UTC+813:30 BST Tottenham Hotspur ENG Keane 16 68 pen.Lennon 88 3 – 0 (Report) ENG Hull City Workers' Stadium, Beijing 10,056 Martin Atkinson (England) _tottenham0910h _tottenham0910h _tottenham0910h _tottenham0910h _tottenham0910hl FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 00008B FFFFFF Tottenham Hotspur _hull0910h _hull0910h _hull0910h _hull0910h _hull0910hl Hull City Ticket sales issues Ticket prices started as low as RMB80 (GBP 7) and rose to RMB380 (GBP 34). Prices were the same for both days.http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~1716673,00.html Barclays Asia Trophy Tickets go on sale 2009-07-31 2009-07-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20090711112225/http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~1716673,00.html dead However, by 15 July 2009, only 20,000 of the 120,000 tickets available for the 29 July and 31 July knockout tournament had been sold, with most fans buying the cheap seats. Reports that Beijing Guoan would field a second-string side as they rest their best players for a China Super League match against Chongqing Lifan on 2 August, while the latter refused to change the schedule also hampered sales.http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=8&art_id=84875&sid=24577317&con_type=1&d_str=20090716&fc=7 Slow ticket sales cloud trio's visit to Beijing 2009-07-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110604130407/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=8&art_id=84875&sid=24577317&con_type=1&d_str=20090716&fc=7 2011-06-04 dead References External links webpage on premierleague.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090725222230/http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~1731136,00.html 2009-07-25 Tottenham win Barclays Asia Trophy 2009 Asia 2009 Prem Category:Football in Beijing Category:2009 in Beijing Category:July 2009 sports events in China