| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | United States |
| Dates | February 18 - February 21 |
| Teams | 4 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Suwon Bluewings (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Los Angeles Galaxy |
| Third place | Oita Trinita |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 8 (2 per match) |
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The 2009 Pan-Pacific Championship was the second edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship. It was held in February 2009 in Carson, California, United States and featured the champions from the Chinese Super League and K-League, J. League Cup winners, and the hosts, Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.
The Galaxy faced the Japanese representative, Oita Trinita, in the semi-final stage for the second successive year after facing Gamba Osaka in the 2008 competition[1], and this time they won the match. In the other semi-final, Korean side Suwon Samsung Bluewings beat Shandong Luneng Taishan of China.
Oita Trinita beat Shandong Luneng 2-1 to finished third in the tournament and Suwon Bluewings won the trophy after a 4-2 penalty shootout win over the Galaxy.
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| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| February 18 – Carson | |||||||
| Los Angeles Galaxy | 2 | ||||||
| Oita Trinita | 0 | ||||||
| February 21 – Carson | |||||||
| Los Angeles Galaxy | 1(2) | ||||||
| Suwon Bluewings | 1(4) | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| February 18 – Carson | February 21 – Carson | ||||||
| Suwon Bluewings | 1 | Oita Trinita | 2 | ||||
| Shandong Luneng | 0 | Shandong Luneng | 1 | ||||
| February 18, 2009 17:30 UTC-8 |
Suwon Bluewings | 1 – 0 | Shandong Luneng | Home Depot Center, Carson, California Attendance: TBA Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States) |
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| Cho 81' | Report |
| February 18, 2009 20:00 UTC-8 |
Los Angeles Galaxy | 2 – 0 | Oita Trinita | Home Depot Center, Carson, California Attendance: TBA Referee: TBA |
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| Buddle 44' Kirovski 53' (pen.) |
Report |
| February 21, 2009 17:30 UTC-8 |
Oita Trinita | 2 – 1 | Shandong Luneng | Home Depot Center, Carson, California Attendance: TBA Referee: TBA |
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| Takamatsu 28' Ueslei 42' |
Report | Mrdaković 45' (pen.) |
| February 21, 2009 20:00 UTC-8 |
Los Angeles Galaxy | 1 – 1 | Suwon Bluewings | Home Depot Center, Carson, California Attendance: TBA Referee: TBA |
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| Magee 89' (pen.) | Report | Franklin 39' (o.g.) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| Buddle Klein Magee Patterson |
2 – 4 | Edu Yang Lee Choi |
| Pan-Pacific Championship 2009 Winners |
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Suwon Samsung Bluewings First title |
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
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| 1 | Edson Buddle | Los Angeles Galaxy | 1 |
| Cho Yong-Tae | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 1 | |
| Jovan Kirovski | Los Angeles Galaxy | 1 | |
| Mike Magee | Los Angeles Galaxy | 1 | |
| Miljan Mrdaković | Shandong Luneng | 1 | |
| Daiki Takamatsu | Oita Trinita | 1 | |
| Ueslei | Oita Trinita | 1 | |
| Own | Sean Franklin | Los Angeles Galaxy (for Suwon) | 1 |
The following is a list of the official sponsors of the Pan-Pacific Championship 2009.
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