Peace Queen Cup

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After the success of the Men's Peace Cup. A Women's Peace Cup was created. The inaugural Women's Peace Cup will take place from October 28 to November 4 in South Korea, with eight women's national teams representing 5 continents: Korea, South Korea, Denmark, Italy, Brazil, Australia, Nigeria and the United States. " On October 11, about a month before the start of the tournament, North Korea pulled out for political reasons tied to their country's nuclear testing program. North Korea was replaced by the Netherlands. Nigeria was replaced by the Canada.

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[edit] Format

The competition is played between eight clubs, divided in two groups of four teams each. In the first stage, within their groups the teams play against each other once, and the winner of each group qualifies for the final, which is played in one single match.

[edit] Prize Money

The prize money of the tournament is US$200,000 for the champion team and US$50,000 to the runner-up.

[edit] Teams

Group A

Group B

Stadia


[edit] Group A Table

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Canada 9 3 3 0 0 10 5 5
Italy 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 0
Brazil 4 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1
Korea Republic 0 3 0 0 3 2 6 -4

[edit] Group B Table

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
USA 7 3 2 1 0 5 1 4
Denmark 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 3
Australia 3 3 1 0 2 2 4 -3
Netherlands 0 3 0 0 3 0 4 -4

[edit] Round Robin Stage

Group A

Brazil 1 - 0 Korea Republic
Canada 3 - 2 Italy

Brazil 1 - 1 Italy
Canada 3 - 1 Korea Republic

Korea Republic 1 - 2 Italy
Canada 4 - 2 Brazil

Group B

Australia 1 - 0 Netherlands
Denmark 1 - 1 USA

Australia 0 - 2 USA
Denmark 1 - 0 Netherlands

Australia 1 - 2 Denmark
USA 2 - 0 Netherlands

[edit] Final

November 4, 2006
Canada 0–1 USA Seoul World Cup Stadium

[edit] External links

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