2008 Pan-Pacific Championship

2008 Pan-Pacific Championship
Tournament details
Host country  United States
Dates February 20 - February 23
Teams 4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gamba Osaka (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 4
Goals scored 14 (3.5 per match)
Attendance 76,430 (19,108 per match)
Top scorer(s) Baré (5 Goals)
Best player Baré [1]
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The 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship is the inaugural edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship football competition which took place on February 20 and February 23 in Honolulu, Hawaii, featuring teams from Japan's J. League, United States Major League Soccer (MLS) and the A League of Australia and New Zealand.

For the 2008 tournament, the A-League was not represented by the champion team but instead by the loser of the minor semi-final. This is due to a scheduling conflict with the Grand Final on February 24, which was moved back so as not to interfere with Australia's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.

The 2008 tournament also features Gamba Osaka of the J.League and Major League Soccer representatives Houston Dynamo and Los Angeles Galaxy, the latter reportedly chosen instead of the desired SuperLiga champion, as Pachuca declined and Galaxy were the Superliga runner-up.[2] The Galaxy's first game was versus Gamba Osaka.[3] while the Dynamo were drawn against Sydney FC.

All matches were played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Contents

Bracket

  Semi-finals Final
February 20 – Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)
  Gamba Osaka  1  
  Los Angeles Galaxy  0  
 
February 23 – Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)
      Gamba Osaka  6
    Houston Dynamo  1
Third place
February 20 - Honolulu (Aloha Stadium) February 23 - Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)
  Houston Dynamo  3   Los Angeles Galaxy  2
  Sydney FC  0     Sydney FC  1

Semifinals

February 20, 2008
18:00 HST
 Gamba Osaka 1 – 0 Los Angeles Galaxy Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii
Attendance: 15,128
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Baré  3' (report)
February 20, 2008
20:30 HST
 Houston Dynamo 3 – 0 Sydney FC Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii
Attendance: 15,128
Referee: Alex Prus
De Rosario  28'
Holden  29'
Wondolowski  43'		 (report)

Third-place match

February 23, 2008
18:00 HST
 Los Angeles Galaxy 2 – 1 Sydney FC Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii
Attendance: 23,087
Referee: Brian Hall
Allen  3'
Tudela  45'		 (report) Renaud  42'

Final

February 23, 2008
20:30 HST
 Gamba Osaka 6 – 1 Houston Dynamo Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii
Attendance: 23,087
Referee: Kevin Stott
Baré  13', 25', 59', 71'
Lucas  62'
Yamazaki  77'		 (report) Clark  10'
Pan-Pacific Championship
2008 Winners

Gamba Osaka
First title

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Baré Gamba Osaka 5
2 Ely Allen Los Angeles Galaxy 1
Dwayne De Rosario Houston Dynamo 1
Stuart Holden Houston Dynamo 1
Brendan Renaud Sydney FC 1
Lucas Severino Gamba Osaka 1
Josh Tudela Los Angeles Galaxy 1
Chris Wondolowski Houston Dynamo 1
Masato Yamazaki Gamba Osaka 1

Sponsors

The following is a list of the official sponsors of the Pan-Pacific Championship 2008.

References

Official Website

  1. ^ Pan-Pacific Championship
  2. ^ http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5337357.html
  3. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Galaxy set for Pan-Pacific test
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