2011 Premier League Asia Trophy

2011 Premier League Asia Trophy
Tournament details
Host country Hong Kong
Dates 27 July – 30 July
Teams 4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 4
Goals scored 10 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) England Darren Bent (1 goal)
England Frank Lampard (1 goal)
Ivory Coast Didier Drogba (1 goal)
England Daniel Sturridge (1 goal)
Argentina Mauro Formica (1 goal)
England David Dunn (1 goal)
England Nick Blackman (1 goal)
England Josh McEachran (1 goal)
Spain Fernando Torres (1 goal)
Best player England Frank Lampard

The 2011 Premier League Asia Trophy was the fifth edition of the Premier League Asia Trophy. Chelsea, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers and Hong Kong club Kitchee competed for the title on 27 July 2011 and 30 July 2011 in Hong Kong Stadium.[1] The winners were Chelsea, beating Aston Villa 2-0 in the final.

Results

Semi-finals Final
27 July – Hong Kong
 Hong Kong Kitchee  0  
 England Chelsea  4  
 
30 July – Hong Kong
     England Chelsea  2
   England Aston Villa  0
Third place
27 July – Hong Kong 30 July – Hong Kong
 England Aston Villa  1  Hong Kong Kitchee  0
 England Blackburn Rovers  0    England Blackburn Rovers  3

Semifinals

All kick-off times are local (UTC+08:00).

27 July 2011
18:00
Aston Villa England 1 – 0 England Blackburn Rovers
Bent  49' Report
Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po
Attendance: 33,967[2]
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

27 July 2011
20:30
Kitchee Hong Kong 0 – 4 England Chelsea
Report Lampard  37'
Luzardo  50' (o.g.)
Drogba  61'
Sturridge  78'
Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po
Attendance: 33,967[2]
Referee: Phil Dowd
Kitchee vs Blackburn Rovers

Third-place playoff

30 July 2011
18:00
Kitchee Hong Kong 0 – 3 England Blackburn Rovers
Luzardo Report Formica  15'
Dunn  70'
Blackman  86' (pen.)
Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po
Attendance: 38,911
Referee: Phil Dowd
Aston Villa vs Chelsea

Final

30 July 2011
20:30
Chelsea England 2 – 0 England Aston Villa
McEachran  1'
Torres  58' 		Report
Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po
Attendance: 38,911
Referee: Mike Dean

Ticket sales

Ticket prices for each match day in Hong Kong dollars (with all British prices an approximation) were: $130 (£10), $210 (£16.50), $270 (£21), $330 (£26), $460 (£36).

Ticket sales started from 1 June 2011 at Hong Kong Football Association and online at www.cityline.com.[3] More than two thirds of the 80,000 tickets available were purchased by Hong Kong football fans after just five days.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Kitchee relishing Chelsea challenge". Premier League official website. 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  2. 1 2 "Match Results". Hong Kong FA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Barclays Asia Trophy 2011 Hong Kong Tickets Go On Sale". ProEvents. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Barclays Asia Trophy ticket sales soar - Hong Kong football fans are showing their appetite for the Barclays Premier League PremierLeague.com 7 June 2011

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