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Teams Competing: [[Hull City]], [[Tottenham Hotspur]],[[West Ham United]] and Chinese Premier League team [[Beijing Guoan]]. |
Teams Competing: [[Hull City]], [[Tottenham Hotspur]], [[West Ham United]] and Chinese Premier League team [[Beijing Guoan]]. |
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== List of winners == |
== List of winners == |
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Revision as of 12:54, 10 June 2009
The Barclays Asia Trophy is a friendly four-team football tournament held in Asia every two years. The competition is contested by three Premier League football clubs and a local team from the host nation. In 2007, the trophy was won by Portsmouth.
History
Due to the immense popularity of the Premier League in Asia, the league has held three pre-season tournaments in Asia since 2003. Originally known as the FA Premier League Asia Cup, the tournament is the only Premier League-affiliated competition to have been held outside England.
The Asia Trophy is held once every two years in odd years, to avoid conflicts with the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Football Championship tournaments.
2003 Malaysia
In July 2003, the competition was held in Malaysia, and featured three Premier League clubs (Chelsea, Newcastle United and Birmingham City) and the Malaysian national team. All matches were played in the 80,000 capacity Bukit Jalil Stadium. The final was won by Chelsea after a penalty shootout.
2005 Thailand
In 2005, the Asia Trophy featured a similar format, but was held in Thailand and featured the Thailand national football team competing against Everton, Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers, with Bolton winning the competition.
2007 Hong Kong
The competition was held in Hong Kong in 2007, South China AA as the host team by winning the Hong Kong FA Cup 2006-07 while Liverpool, Portsmouth, Fulham took part. The first semi-final was won by Portsmouth 1-0 after a goal by Benjani in the 45th minute. Liverpool won 3–1 against South China in the other semi-final thanks to a Riise free-kick and an Alonso penalty. South China pulled a goal back with a 40-yard Li Haiqiang free-kick, but was made irrelevant when Daniel Agger scored to make it 3–1. Fulham beat South China 4–1 in the third place play-off. Portsmouth beat Liverpool 4–2 on penalties to win the Barclays Asia Trophy after a goalless draw in normal time, with Pompey goalkeeper David James saving penalties from Yossi Benayoun and Fernando Torres.
2009 China
Teams Competing: Hull City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Chinese Premier League team Beijing Guoan.
List of winners
| Year | Hosts | Winners |
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| 2003 |  Malaysia
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 Chelsea
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| 2005 |  Thailand
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Bolton Wanderers
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| 2007 |  Hong Kong
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Portsmouth
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