Pan-Pacific Championship 2008

Infobox International Football Competition
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year = 2008
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country = United States
dates = February 20 - February 23
num_teams = 4
confederations = 2
venues = 1
cities = 1
winners = Gamba Osaka
count = 1st title
matches = 4
goals = 14
attendance = 76430
top_scorer = Baré (5 Goals)
player = Baré [ [http://www.ppchampionship.net/news/index.php?code=1203969427 Pan-Pacific Championship ] ]
updated = March 3, 2008

Pan-Pacific Championship 2008 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, North America's 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 LA Galaxy, the latter reportedly chosen instead of the desired SuperLiga champion, as Pachuca declined and Galaxy were the Superliga runner-up. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5337357.html] The Galaxy's first game was versus Gamba Osaka. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7120110.stm BBC SPORT | Football | Galaxy set for Pan-Pacific test ] ] while the Dynamo were drawn against Sydney FC.

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

emi-Finals

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date = February 20, 2008
time = 18:00 HST
team1 = Gamba Osaka
score = 1-0
report = [http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20080221&content_id=139905&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp (report)]
team2 = Los Angeles Galaxy
goals1 = Baré goal|3
goals2 =
stadium = Aloha Stadium, Aiea, Hawaii
attendance = 15,128
referee = Baldomero Toledo

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date = February 20, 2008
time = 20:30 HST
team1 = Houston Dynamo
score = 3-0
report = [http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20080221&content_id=139908&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp (report)]
team2 = Sydney FC
goals1 = De Rosario goal|28 Holden goal|29 Wondolowski goal|43
goals2 =
stadium = Aloha Stadium, Aiea, Hawaii
attendance = 15,128
referee = Alex Prus

Third Place

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date = February 23, 2008
time = 18:00 HST
team1 = Los Angeles Galaxy
score = 2-1
report = [http://www.ppchampionship.net/news/index.php?code=1203829349 (report)]
team2 = Sydney FC
goals1 = Allen goal|3 Tudela goal|45
goals2 = Renaud goal|42
stadium = Aloha Stadium, Aiea, Hawaii
attendance = 23,087
referee = Brian Hall

Final

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date = February 23, 2008
time = 20:30 HST
team1 = Gamba Osaka
score = 6-1
report = [http://www.ppchampionship.net/news/index.php?code=1203848413 (report)]
team2 = Houston Dynamo
goals1 = Baré goal|13 goal|25 goal|59 goal|71 Lucas goal|62 Yamazaki goal|77
goals2 = Clark goal|10
stadium = Aloha Stadium, Aiea, Hawaii
attendance = 23,087
referee = Kevin Stott

Bracket

Round4-with third
20 February – Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)|flagicon|JPN Gamba Osaka|1|flagicon|USA Los Angeles Galaxy|0
20 February - Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)|flagicon|USA Houston Dynamo|3|flagicon|AUS Sydney FC|0
23 February – Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)|flagicon|JPN Gamba Osaka|6|flagicon|USA Houston Dynamo|1
23 February - Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)|flagicon|USA Los Angeles Galaxy|2|flagicon|AUS Sydney FC|1

Top Scorers

ponsors

The following is a list of the official sponsors of the Pan-Pacific Championship.
*MLJ
*Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa on Waikiki Beach
*Onkyo
*The Honolulu Advertiser
*Japan Airlines
*Yamazaki-Nabisco
*Active Hawaii
*Johnson & Johnson

References

[http://www.ppchampionship.net/ Official Website]