2014 Philippine Peace Cup

The 2014 PFF Peace Cup was the third edition of the tournament, an international football competition organized by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) to celebrate peace month in the country through football. It was held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila and was originally scheduled to take place from September 3–9, 2014.[1] It was then revised to September 3–6 due to a change in format.[2]

2014 PFF Peace Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPhilippines
DatesSeptember 3–6
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Myanmar (1st title)
Runners-up Philippines
Third place Palestine
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored26 (6.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ahmad Maher Wridat (5 goals)

Participants

PFF president Mariano Araneta stated that the teams being initially eyed are Chinese Taipei, Myanmar, Palestine and Vietnam.[3] The PFF were due to announce the final list of invited teams on August 6, a day after the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup draw in Hanoi, Vietnam.[4] At the draw, where Philippines coach Thomas Dooley was in attendance, he revealed that Palestine, Myanmar and Vietnam were the invitees for the tournament. However, Vietnam would only take part if they were not drawn with the Philippines at the Suzuki Cup. Vietnam were however drawn with the Philippines therefore another team would need to be invited.[5] On August 7, the PFF confirmed the participation of Myanmar, Palestine as well as Chinese Taipei which replaced Vietnam.[1]

Venue
Manila
Rizal Memorial Stadium
RMS
2014 Philippine Peace Cup (Philippines)
Capacity: 12,500

Fixtures

The tournament was originally to be a single round-robin tournament format with match dates on September 3, 6 and 9.[1] However, the PFF received an advisory from FIFA on August 28 informing them of the new "two-match per international window" regulations. Therefore, the PFF revised the format to allot a maximum of two matches.[2]

Semifinals
Myanmar 4–1 Palestine
Kyaw Zayar Win  26', 49'
Tin Win Aung  38'
Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit  71'		 Report Wridat  87'
Referee: Steve Supresencia (Philippines)
Philippines 5–1 Chinese Taipei
Gier  25'
J. Younghusband  37'
Chen Yi-wei  65' (o.g.)
Hartmann  74', 88'		 Report Yen Ho-shen  80'
Referee: Chanketya Thong (Cambodia)

Third place match
Palestine 7–3 (a.e.t.) Chinese Taipei
Mereles  5'
Wridat  9', 107', 112', 117'
Abuhabib  90+2'
Bahdari  109'		 Report Wu Pai-ho  53' (pen.)
Yen Ho-shen  76'
Lin Chang-lun  87'
Referee: Thoriq Munir Al Katiri (Indonesia)

Final
Philippines 2–3 (a.e.t.) Myanmar
Sato  50'
P. Younghusband  71' (pen.)		 Report Kyaw Ko Ko  8'
Min Min Thu  90+2'
Soe Min Oo  103'
Referee: Xaypaseuth Phonsanit (Laos)

Statistics

Awards
 2014 Philippine Peace Cup Champions 

Myanmar
First title

Goalscorers
5 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References
  1. Marisse Panaligan (2014-08-07). "Azkals to host Palestine, Chinese Taipei, Myanmar in 2014 Peace Cup". GMA News. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  2. "PFF Advisory on PFF Peace Cup 2014 Matches". Philippine Football Federation. 2014-08-30. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  3. Manolo Pedralvez (2014-06-03). "Dooley eyes AFF Suzuki Cup crown for Azkals next". Rappler. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  4. Cedelf Tupas (2014-08-04). "Palestine may headline Peace Cup". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  5. "We need another team for Peace Cup, says Dooley". ASEAN Football Federation. 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.