2007 Premier League Asia Trophy

The 2007 Premier League Asia Trophy (Traditional chinese: 巴克萊亞洲錦標賽) was the third edition of the Premier League Asia Trophy, a four-team association football tournament held every two years. The tournament was held in Hong Kong. The 2007 edition was competed by South China AA, the winner of Hong Kong's FA Cup, Liverpool, Portsmouth and Fulham at the 40,000-capacity Hong Kong Stadium. The semi-finals took place on 24 July and the final and third-place play-off were on 27 July 2007.

2007 Premier League Asia Trophy
Tournament details
CityHong Kong
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Portsmouth (1st title)
Runners-up Liverpool
Third place Fulham
Fourth place South China
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored10 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ten players
(1 goal each)
Best player(s) David James
Barclays Asia Trophy 2007 at Hong Kong Stadium.

Portsmouth won the first semi-final 1–0 against Fulham after a goal by Benjani in the 45th minute. Liverpool beat South China in the second semi-final thanks to a John Arne Riise free-kick and a Xabi Alonso penalty. South China pulled a goal back with a Li Haiqiang free-kick, but Daniel Agger scored to make it 3–1. Fulham beat South China 4–1 in the third place play-off, while Portsmouth beat Liverpool 4–2 on penalties to win the Premier League Asia Trophy after a goalless draw in normal time.

Competition format

The competition used a knock-out format. South China played Liverpool, while Fulham played Portsmouth, both matches taking place on 24 July. The winners competed in the final on 27 July, while the losers played in the third place play-off on the same day.

Prizes

Hong Kong FA Cup winner South China received HK$500,000 from the organizers as appearance fee in the tournament. The winner of the tournament received a trophy as well as £100,000 prize money.

Official match programme

An A5 sized, 60-page bilingual (English/Chinese) official match programme was published for sale during the match days within the stadium. It retailed at HK$20 (~£1.30).

Results
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 July 2007 – Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)
 
 
 South China1
 
27 July 2007 – Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)
 
 Liverpool3
 
 Portsmouth0 (4)
 
24 July 2007 - Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)
 
 Liverpool0 (2)
 
 Portsmouth1
 
 
 Fulham0
 
Third place
 
 
27 July 2007 – Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stadium)
 
 
 Fulham4
 
 
 South China1

Semi-finals
Fulham 0 – 1 Portsmouth
Report Benjani  45'
Attendance: 36,801
Referee: Chris Foy
South China AA 1 – 3 Liverpool
Li Haiqiang  35' (Report) Riise  10'
Alonso  28' (pen.)
Agger  74'
Attendance: 36,801

Third place play-off
South China AA 1 – 4 Fulham
Barros  57' Report Diop  20'
Bocanegra  47'
Healy  74'
McBride  84'
Attendance: 39,535

Final
Liverpool 0 – 0 Portsmouth
(Report)
Penalties
Gerrard
Kuyt
Benayoun
Torres 		2 – 4 Utaka
Taylor
LuaLua
Hreiðarsson
Kranjčar
Attendance: 39,535

Goalscorers

The goal scorers from the Premier League Asia Trophy 2007 are as follows:

# Name Team Goals
1 Daniel Agger Liverpool 1
Xabi Alonso Liverpool 1
Li Haiqiang South China 1
John Arne Riise Liverpool 1
Benjani Mwaruwari Portsmouth 1
Papa Bouba Diop Fulham 1
Carlos Bocanegra Fulham 1
Flavio Barros South China 1
David Healy Fulham 1
Brian McBride Fulham 1

Player of the Tournament

The Player of the Tournament award was awarded to David James of Portsmouth. James kept 2 clean sheets, and saved penalties from Yossi Benayoun and Fernando Torres.

See also
  • Hong Kong FA Cup 2006-07
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