Barclays Asia Trophy 2007

The Barclays Asia Trophy 2007 (Traditional chinese: 柏克萊亞洲錦標賽) is a four-team soccer tournament that will be competed by South China, being the winner of Hong Kong's FA Cup, Liverpool F.C., Portsmouth F.C. and Fulham F.C. at the 40,000-capacity Hong Kong Stadium. The competition will take place on 24th and 27th July, 2007. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... South China Athletic Association (SCAA, Traditional Chinese: ) is a Hong Kong football team under the football division of local sports club South China Athletic Association. ... Hong Kong FA Cup is a competition for Hong Kong First Division League teams. ... Liverpool Football Club are an English professional football club based in Liverpool, who play in the Premier League; they are historically the most successful club in English football, having won more trophies than any other English club. ... Portsmouth Football Club are an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth. ... Fulham Football Club are an English football team based in Fulham, London. ... Hong Kong Stadium as seen from Tai Hang Road Hong Kong Stadium (Chinese: 香港大球場; Cantonese Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 daai6 kau4 coeng4, Yale: hÄ“ung góng daaih kàuh chèuhng; Mandarin Pinyin: XiānggÇŽng Dàqiúcháng; alternatively, 香港大球場) is the main sports venue of Hong Kong with a...

History

Due to the immense popularity of the English Premier League in Asia, the league has held two pre-season tournaments in Asia previously, known as the FA Premier League Asia Cup, the only Premier League affiliated tournaments ever to have been held outside England. The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays English Premier League for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. ...

In July 2003 the competition was held in Malaysia, featuring three Premiership clubs, Chelsea F.C., Newcastle United F.C. and Birmingham City F.C., and the Malaysian national team. The final was won by Chelsea F.C. after a penalty shoot-out. Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ... Newcastle United Football Club are an English professional football team based in Newcastle upon Tyne. ... Birmingham City Football Club are an English football club based in Birmingham, in the heart of the West Midlands. ... First international South Korea 3 - 2 Malaya (Singapore; April 13, 1953) Biggest win Malaya 15 - 1 Philippines (Jakarta, Indonesia; August 27, 1962) Biggest defeat 2 - 8, once; 1 - 7, once; 0 - 6, four times AFC Asian Cup Appearances 2 (First in 1976) Best result Round 1, 1976 and 1980 The... Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ...

In 2005 the Asia Trophy featured a similar format, held in Thailand and featuring the Thailand national football team competing against three English clubs Everton F.C., Manchester City F.C. and Bolton Wanderers F.C., the latter of whom won the trophy. First international South Vietnam 3 - 1 Thailand (South Vietnam; Date Unknown, 1956?) Largest win Thailand 10 - 0 Brunei (Bangkok, Thailand; May 24, 1971) Worst defeat Great Britain 9 - 0 Thailand (Melbourne, Australia; November 26, 1956) AFC Asian Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1972) Best result Third place, 1972 The Thailand... Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. ... Manchester City Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Manchester. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In 2007 the competition will be held in Hong Kong for the first time, and renamed as Barclays Asia Trophy in respect of title sponsor Barclays Bank. Barclays Bank headquarters One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf Barclays plc (LSE: BARC, NYSE: BCS, TYO: 8642 ) is the fourth largest bank in the United Kingdom. ...

Competition format

The competition will use a knock-out format. South China will play Liverpool, while Fulham will play Portsmouth, both taking place on 24th July. The winners will compete in the final on 27th July and the losers will play in the third place play-off.

Cancel

It believed in some sources that the tournament has been called off or at least postponed. Sky Sports' fixture list has all Asia Trophy games down as postponed. Sky Sports own the rights to televise all Barclays Asia Trophy games. [1] Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of 9 channels. ... Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of 9 channels. ...

Prizes

Hong Kong FA Cup winner South China has received HK$500,000 (US$64,000) from the organizers as appearance fee in the tournament.

The winner of the tournament will receive a trophy as well as GBP100,000,000 (US$200,000,000) prize money.

Ticket prices

Match tickets for the tournament go on general sale from early July and will be available to purchase at the Hong Kong Stadium.

Ticket prices are HK$100 (senior citizens and students), HK$150, HK$200, HK$250 and HK$350. Tickets will go on general sale on 7 July 2007. [2] is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Bracket

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See also

Hong Kong FA Cup 2006-07 Hong Kong FA Cup 2006-07 is the 32nd staging of the Hong Kong FA Cup. ...

External links

• Barclays and Premier League head east
• Premiership trio set for Hong Kong Trophy