Piala Perdamaian

Piala Perdamaian adalah turnamen persahabatan undangan pra-musim untuk klub sepak bola, yang sekarang ini diadakan setiap dua tahun sekali oleh Yayasan Sepak bola Perdamaian Sunmoon.Warming Up for the Kick-off, Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2010 Tiga edisi pertama diselenggarakan di Korea Selatan, dan Piala Perdamaian 2009 diselenggarakan di Madrid dan Andalusia, Spanyol. Tim-tim yang pernah memenangkan turnamen ini adalah PSV, Tottenham Hotspur, Lyon, dan Aston Villa.

Turnamen ini awalanya diselenggarakan di Korea Selatan dan diadakan pada 2003, 2005, dan 2007 antara delapan klub dari erbagai negara, termasuk Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, yang dimiliki oleh perusahaan penyelenggara.

A corresponding event for women's teams began in 2006 with the name "Peace Queen Cup", featuring eight women's national teams from five continents.

 Sejarah dan Format Turnamen 
Sejak 2003, the Peace Cup is being held every two years, the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation invites football clubs from various nations. South Korea's Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma participates in every tournament as both the club and foundation are sponsored by the same organization, the Unification Church.

From 2003 to 2007, the Peace Cup was played between eight clubs, divided into two groups of four teams. The winner of each group qualified for the final, which was played in a single match. 2009 Peace Cup Andalucia was held in Spain, and 12 teams participated in the competition.

The fifth competition will take place in South Korea in July 2012.

 Controversy over naming 
The original name of the competition was to be Sunmoon Peace Cup, named after Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation. However, after being criticized that it was too religious, the organization changed its named to World Peace King Cup and started preparation for its first tournament. Before the inauguration of the cup, the Asian Football Confederation warned that the term "world" can only be used by competitions organized by FIFA, and "king" can be used by competitions held by a kingdom.

 Prize 
From 2003 to 2007, the prize money of the tournament was approximately €2 million for the winning team and €500,000 for the runners-up.

 Results 
 Summaries of previous tournaments 
YearFinalWinnerScoreRunner-up2003 PSV1–0 Lyon2005 Tottenham Hotspur3–1 Lyon2007 Lyon1–0 Bolton Wanderers2009 Aston Villa0–0 (aet)(4–3 on penalties) Juventus2012

 Winners and finalists 
jmpl|ka|150px|The trophy
TeamTitlesRunners-up Lyon1 (2007)2 (2003, 2005)  Aston Villa1 (2009)0  Tottenham Hotspur1 (2005)0 PSV1 (2003)0 Bolton Wanderers0  1 (2007) Juventus0  1 (2009)

 Awards 
 Most Valuable Players 
The Golden ball is awarded to the player on the basis of a vote taken among the media accredited to each Peace Cup tournament. There are also Silver Ball and Bronze Ball for the second and third best players respectively.
YearGolden BallSilver Ball Bronze Ball  2003   Park Ji-Sung     2005   Robbie Keane   Mido   Lee Young-Pyo 2007   Karim Benzema   Jussi Jääskeläinen   Nicolas Anelka 2009   Ashley Young   Hulk   Marc Albrighton

 Golden Shoe 

YearPlayerTeamGoals 2003   Mark van Bommel  PSV  2 2005   Robbie Keane  Tottenham Hotspur  4 2007   Kim Källström  Lyon  2 2009   Hulk  Porto  3

 Peace Queen Cup 
 Summaries of previous tournaments 
YearFinalWinnerScoreRunner-Up2006 1–02008 1–02010 2–1

 Referensi 

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