2007 Premier League Asia Trophy

2007 Premier League Asia Trophy

Tournament details
City	Hong Kong
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Portsmouth (1st title)
Runners-up	Liverpool
Third place	Fulham
Fourth place	South China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	10 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ten players (1 goal each)
Best player(s)	David James
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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

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 July 2007 – Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)
	South China	1
					27 July 2007 – Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)
	Liverpool	3
					Portsmouth	0 (4)
	24 July 2007 - Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)
					Liverpool	0 (2)
	Portsmouth	1
	Fulham	0
					Third place
					27 July 2007 – Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)
					Fulham	4
					South China	1

Semi-finals

2007-07-24

18:00 HKT
10:00 UTC

Fulham	0 – 1	Portsmouth
	Report	Benjani 45'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 36,801

Referee: Chris Foy

2007-07-24

20:30 HKT
12:30 UTC

South China AA	1 – 3	Liverpool
Li Haiqiang 35'	(Report)	Riise 10' Alonso 28' (pen.) Agger 74'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 36,801

Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Third place play-off

2007-07-27

18:00 HKT
10:00 UTC

South China AA	1 – 4	Fulham
Barros 57'	Report	Bouba Diop 20' Bocanegra 47' Healy 74' McBride 84'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 39,535

Final

2007-07-27

20:30 HKT
12:30 UTC

Liverpool	0 – 0	Portsmouth
	(Report)
Penalties
Gerrard Kuyt Benayoun Torres	2 – 4	Utaka Taylor LuaLua Hreiðarsson Kranjčar

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 39,535

Goalscorers

The goal scorers from the Premier League Asia Trophy 2007 are as follows:

#	Name	Team	Goals
1	Daniel Agger	Liverpool	1
	Xabi Alonso	Liverpool	1
	Li Haiqiang	South China	1
	John Arne Riise	Liverpool	1
	Benjani Mwaruwari	Portsmouth	1
	Papa Bouba Diop	Fulham	1
	Carlos Bocanegra	Fulham	1
	Flavio Barros	South China	1
	David Healy	Fulham	1
	Brian McBride	Fulham	1

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 Archived 2007-05-28 at the Wayback Machine