2007 Premier League Asia Trophy

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.

2007 Premier League Asia Trophy
Tournament details
CityHong Kong
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Portsmouth (1st title)
Runners-upEngland Liverpool
Third placeEngland Fulham
Fourth placeHong Kong South China
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored10 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ten players
(1 goal each)
Best player(s)England David James
2005
2009
Barclays Asia Trophy 2007 at Hong Kong Stadium.

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

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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

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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

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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

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 July 2007 – Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)
 
 
  South China1
 
27 July 2007 – Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)
 
  Liverpool3
 
  Portsmouth0 (4)
 
24 July 2007 - Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)
 
  Liverpool0 (2)
 
  Portsmouth1
 
 
  Fulham0
 
Third place
 
 
27 July 2007 – Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)
 
 
  Fulham4
 
 
  South China1

Semi-finals

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Fulham  0 – 1  Portsmouth
Report Benjani   45'
Attendance: 36,801
Referee: Chris Foy

South China AA  1 – 3  Liverpool
Li Haiqiang   35' (Report) Riise   10'
Alonso   28' (pen.)
Agger   74'
Attendance: 36,801

Third place play-off

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South China AA  1 – 4  Fulham
Barros   57' Report Bouba Diop   20'
Bocanegra   47'
Healy   74'
McBride   84'
Attendance: 39,535

Final

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Liverpool  0 – 0   Portsmouth
(Report)
Penalties
Gerrard  
Kuyt  
Benayoun  
Torres  
2 – 4   Utaka
  Taylor
  LuaLua
  Hreiðarsson
  Kranjčar
Attendance: 39,535

Goalscorers

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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

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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.

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See also

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