2009 Barclays Asia Trophy

The Barclays Asia Trophy 2009 (Chinese: 巴克莱亚洲杯2009) is the fourth edition of the Premier League Asia Trophy, a four-team association football tournament held every two years. Hull City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and the local Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan competed for the title on 29 July and 31 July in the Workers Stadium, Beijing. Tottenham Hotspur won the trophy.

Competition format

The competition uses a knock-out format. On July 29, West Ham United played against Tottenham Hotspur, while Hull City meeting Beijing Guoan. Final, 3rd and 4th playoff were played two days later.

Results

	Semi-finals				Final
	29 July 2009 – Beijing (Workers Stadium)
	West Ham United	0
	Tottenham Hotspur	1
					31 July 2009 – Beijing (Workers Stadium)
					Tottenham Hotspur	3
					Hull City	0
					Third place
	29 July 2009 - Beijing (Workers Stadium)			31 July 2009 – Beijing (Workers Stadium)
	Hull City	1 (5)		West Ham United	2
	Beijing Guoan	1 (4)			Beijing Guoan	0

Third place play-off

2009-07-31 18:00 UTC+8 11:00 BST	West Ham United	2 – 0	Beijing Guoan	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 7,501 Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
	Gabbidon  80' Hines  90'	(Report)

Final

2009-07-31 20:30 UTC+8 13:30 BST	Tottenham Hotspur	3 – 0	Hull City	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 10,056 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
	Keane  16', 68' (pen.) Lennon  88'	(Report)

Ticket sales issues

Ticket prices started as low as RMB80 (GBP 7) and rose to RMB380 (GBP 34). Prices were the same for both days.^[1]

However, by 15 July 2009, only 20,000 of the 120,000 tickets available for the 29 July and 31 July knockout tournament had been sold, with most fans buying the cheap seats. Reports that Beijing Guoan would field a second-string side as they rest their best players for a China Super League match against Chongqing Lifan on 2 August, while the latter refused to change the schedule also hampered sales.^[2]

References

External links

• webpage on premierleague.com
• Tottenham win Barclays Asia Trophy

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