Peace Queen Cup

After the success of the Men's Peace Cup, a Women's Peace Cup was created. The inaugural Women's Peace Cup took place from October 28 to November 4, 2006, in South Korea, with eight women's national teams representing five continents: North Korea, South Korea, Denmark, Italy, Brazil, Australia, Nigeria and the United States. On October 11, about a month before the start of the tournament, North Korea pulled out for political reasons tied to their country's nuclear testing program. North Korea was replaced by the Netherlands. Nigeria was replaced by Canada.

From June 14 to 21, 2008, Peace Queen Cup Suwon will host its second tournament. In this tournament, eight teams will participate: Korea Republic, Korea DPR, USA, Brazil, Canada, Australia, Italy and Argentina. Format and prize money will be the same as before.

Format

The competition is played between eight clubs, divided in two groups of four teams each. In the first stage, within their groups the teams play against each other once, and the winner of each group qualifies for the final, which is played in one single match.

Prize money

The prize money of the tournament is US$200,000 for the champion team and US$50,000 to the runner-up.

2006 Teams

Round Robin stage

Group A

fbw|BRA 1 - 0 fbw|KOR
fbw|CAN 3 - 2 fbw|ITA
fbw|BRA 1 - 1 fbw|ITA
fbw|CAN 3 - 1 fbw|KOR
fbw|KOR 1 - 2 fbw|ITA
fbw|CAN 4 - 2 fbw|BRA
Group B
fbw|AUS 1 - 0 fbw|NED

fbw|AUS 0 - 2 fbw|USA
fbw|DEN 1 - 0 fbw|NED
fbw|AUS 1 - 2 fbw|DEN
fbw|USA 2 - 0 fbw|NED

Final

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date = November 4, 2006
team1 =fbw-rt|CAN
score = 0–1
team2 = fbw|USA
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goals2 =
stadium = Seoul World Cup Stadium

2008 Teams

FIFA rankings as of June 06, 2008:

Group B Fixtures

All times local (UTC+9)----footballbox
date = 15 June 2008
time = 14:00
team1 = USA flagicon|USA
score = 2:1 (1:0)
team2 = flagicon|AUS Australia
goals1 =
Kai (O'Reilly) goal|35
Wambach (Wagner) goal|77
goals2 =yel|09 Alagich yel|55 Muñoz goal|57 Garriock (Chapman)
stadium = Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
attendance = 1,357
referee = Bibiana Steinhause (Germany)
report = [http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_6815749.html (Report}] flagicon|USA [http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/default.aspx?s=aus_matildas_news_feat_news_item&id=22511 (Report)] flagicon|AUS ----footballbox
date = 15 June 2008
time = 17:00
team1 = Brazil flagicon|BRA
score = 2:1 (1:1)
team2 = flagicon|ITA Italy
goals1 =
Erika (Andreia) goal|06
Maurine goal|77
goals2 = goal|45|pen. Zorri
stadium = Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
attendance = 1,327
report = [http://www.figc.it/it/204/19019/2008/06/News.shtml (Report)] flagicon|ITA----footballbox
date = 17 June 2008
time = 14:00
team1 = USA flagicon|USA
score = 1:0 (1:0)
team2 = flagicon|BRA Brazil
goals1 =
Rodriguez goal|41
Wambach yel|61
goals2 = yel|60 Rosana
stadium = Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
attendance = 1,158
referee = Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
report = [http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_6881283.html (Report}flagicon|USA] ----footballbox
date = 17 June 2008
time = 17:00
team1 = Italy flagicon|ITA
score = 0:3 (0:0)
team2 = flagicon|AUS Australia
goals2 =yel|53 Carroll goal|66 Garriock (Simon) goal|68 Garriock (Gill) goal|89 Chapman (Reuter)
stadium = Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
report = [http://www.figc.it/it/204/19028/2008/06/News.shtml (Report)] flagicon|ITA [http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/default.aspx?s=aus_matildas_news_feat_news_item&id=22530 (Report)] flagicon|AUS----footballbox
date = 19 June 2008
time = 14:00
team1 = Australia flagicon|AUS
score = 1:0 (0:0)
team2 = flagicon|BRA Brazil
goals1 =
Salisbury yel|85
Simon (Garriock) goal|90+2
stadium = Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
attendance = 1,075
report = [http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/Women/default.aspx?s=womens_news_feat_news_news_item&id=22550 (Report)] flagicon|AUS----footballbox
date = 19 June 2008
time = 17:00
team1 = Italy flagicon|ITA
score = 0:2 (0:1)
team2 = flagicon|USA USA
goals2 =goal|41 Wambach (Cox) goal|51 Wambach (Lloyd)
stadium = Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
attendance = 1,075
referee = Alexandra Ihringova (England)
report = [http://www.figc.it/it/204/55430/2008/06/News.shtml (Report)] flagicon|ITA [http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_6979584.html (Report)] flagicon|USA----

Final

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date = 21 June 2008
time = 14:00
team1 = Canada flagicon|CAN
score = 0:1 (0:0)
team2 = flagicon|USA USA
goals1 = Lang yel|82
goals2 = goal|90+2 Hucles
stadium = Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
attendance = 25,280
referee = Alexandra Ihringova (England)
report = [http://www.canadasoccer.com/tourney/FIFA_WWC/game_profile.asp?gameId=1265 (Report)] flagicon|CAN [http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_7110657.html (Report)] flagicon|USA

Awards

Table
hdrs = What!! !!Who!!
row1 = Golden Ball!!flagicon|USA!!Angela Hucles
row2 = Silver Ball!!flagicon|CAN!!Christine Sinclair
row3 = Bronze Ball!!flagicon|USA!!Abby Wambach
row4 = Golden Shoe!!flagicon|CAN!!Christine Sinclair!!5 goals, 2 assists
row5 = Silver Shoe!!flagicon|AUS!!Heather Garriock!!3 goals, 1 assist
row6 = Bronze Shoe!!flagicon|USA!!Abby Wambach!!3 goals
row7 = Fair Play!!flagicon|ITA!!Italy

References

External links

* [http://pqc.peacecup.com/eng/main/frame/main.html Peace Queen Cup 2006 -- Official Website]
* [http://pqcup.peacecup.com/eng/ Peace Queen Cup 2008 -- Official Website]

* [http://www.afa.org.ar/?m=all_news&c=100&idm=19 Argentino Futbol Femenino]
* [http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/Women/default.aspx?s=womens Football Australia Matildas]
* [http://www.canadasoccer.com/tourney/FIFA_WWC/games.asp?sub=2 Canada Soccer Women's Senior Team]
* [http://www.figc.it/it/204/19019/2008/06/News.shtml Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio Nazionale Femminile - Jun 2008]
* [http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/football_ferns.html New Zealand Football Ferns]
* [http://www.ussoccer.com/common/stContent.jsp_154-2008PeaceQueenCup.html US Soccer WNT Peace Queen Cup 2008]