Copa de la Paz (Peace Cup) 2009

The Peace Cup, or 2009 Peace Cup will be played between Madrid and Andalusia during July 24 and August 2, with the participation of twelve teams that will test their summer signings, as a pre-season. The Seville, Malaga and Real Madrid are among the participants.

Be the first time that the Peace Cup is held outside of Asia. So far they have played three editions (2003, 2005 and 2007), the winners PSV Eindhoven, Tottenham, and Olympique Lyonnais, who was runner-up in 2003 and 2005.

It will also be a good opportunity to see the best players of participating teams, as contractually obliged to play with their templates holders, thus avoiding to be an ebb and flow of homegrown players and alternates. These are the groups of the Peace Cup 2009:

Group A: Sevilla, Juventus and Seongam Ilhwa (South Korea)
Group B: Liga de Quito (Ecuador), Real Madrid and Al-lttihad (A. Arabia)
Group C: Malaga CF, Aston Villa and Atlante.
Group D: Olympique Lyon, FC Porto and Besiktas.

As we see, the poster has good teams that will delight the spectators. Real Madrid will play on 26 and 28 July, will play Sevilla on 24 and 26 and Malaga on 25 and 27.

Each group will form a triangle, and pass the first of each group, facing in the semifinals:

Semifinal 1: Winner Group A - Winner Group B
Semifinal 2: Winner Group C - Group D Venceodr

To be played on July 31. The final is in Seville on August 2.

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