Pan-Pacific Championship

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Pan-Pacific Championship
Pan-Pacific Championship 2009

The Pan-Pacific Football Championship was an inter-confederation

K-League (Korea), and Major League Soccer (United States and Canada
). The event was underwritten by MLS and promoted through its Soccer United Marketing arm.[1]

History

The inaugural edition of the competition took place from February 20 to February 23, 2008 in

Honolulu, Hawaii.[2]
Four teams took part in the competition.

Los Angeles Galaxy
.

Teams from

2009 edition, which was held at the Galaxy's Home Depot Center in Carson, California
.

While no official statement has been issued, the tournament was not held in 2010 or 2011. In 2012, Aloha Stadium is scheduled to host the Hawaiian Islands Invitational, a preseason tournament that will also feature teams from Japan, Australia, the United States, and South Korea.[citation needed] A similar tournament, the Pacific Rim Cup, will be held in Honolulu in February 2018, featuring MLS and J League teams.[3]

Results

Year Host Final Third-place match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2008
 		 United States Japan Gamba Osaka 6–1
Houston Dynamo
Los Angeles Galaxy
 2–1 Australia Sydney FC
2009
 		 United States South Korea Suwon Bluewings 1–1
(4–2
p
)
Los Angeles Galaxy
 Japan Oita Trinita 2–1
Shandong Luneng

Statistics

By club

Team Won Runner-up Years won Years runner-up
Japan Gamba Osaka 1 0 2008
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1 0 2009
Los Angeles Galaxy
 0 1 2009
Houston Dynamo
 0 1 2008

By nation

Nation Times won Times runner-up Winning clubs Runners-up
Japan Japan 1 0 Gamba Osaka (1)
South Korea South Korea 1 0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1)
United States United States 0 2
Los Angeles Galaxy
(1)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Cockerill, Michael (2007-11-06). "A-League joins the world game as pioneers of the Pan-Pacific championship".
    ISSN 0312-6315
    . Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  2. ^ International tourney to debut Feb. '08 in Hawaii Archived December 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Crew SC to participate in inaugural preseason Pacific Rim Cup". Columbus Crew SC. November 13, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
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