2007 Peace Cup

The 2007 Peace Cup Korea was the third competition of the Peace Cup. Lyon won the title after defeating Bolton Wanderers 1–0 in the final.

2007 Peace Cup

2007 Peace Cup Korea
Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	12–21 July 2007
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Lyon (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	24 (1.85 per match)
Top scorer(s)	7 players (2 goals each)
Best player(s)	Karim Benzema (Lyon)
← 2005 2009 →

Teams

Team	League
Bolton Wanderers	2007–08 Premier League
Guadalajara	2007–08 Primera División de México
Lyon	2007–08 Ligue 1
Racing Santander	2007–08 La Liga
Reading	2007–08 Premier League
River Plate	2007–08 Argentine Primera División
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2007 K League
Shimizu S-Pulse	2007 J.League Division 1

Venues

Seoul	Suwon	Seongnam	Goyang
Seoul World Cup Stadium	Suwon World Cup Stadium	Tancheon Sports Complex	Goyang Stadium
Capacity: 66,806	Capacity: 43,959	Capacity: 16,250	Capacity: 41,311
Seoul Suwon Seongnam Goyang Daegu Busan Gwangyang
Daegu	Busan	Gwangyang
Daegu Stadium	Busan Asiad Main Stadium	Gwangyang Football Stadium
Capacity: 66,422	Capacity: 53,864	Capacity: 20,009

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bolton Wanderers	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Guadalajara	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3	0	2	1	1	2	–1	2
Racing Santander	3	0	1	2	1	7	–6	1

12 July 2007

19:00 KST (UTC+9)

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1–1	Bolton Wanderers
Nam Ki-il 87'		Nolan 78'

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

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12 July 2007

20:00 KST (UTC+9)

Guadalajara	5–0	Racing Santander
Santana 15' Nava 18' Padilla 57', 68' Morales 90'

Gwangyang Football Stadium, Gwangyang

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14 July 2007

20:00 KST (UTC+9)

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	0–0	Racing Santander

Tancheon Sports Complex, Seongnam

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14 July 2007

20:00 KST (UTC+9)

Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Guadalajara
Harsányi 46' Nolan 76'

Daegu Stadium, Daegu

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17 July 2007

20:00 KST (UTC+9)

Guadalajara	1–0	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Santana 80'

Gwangyang Football Stadium, Gwangyang

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17 July 2007

20:00 KST (UTC+9)

Racing Santander	1–2	Bolton Wanderers
Colsa 26'		Anelka 58', 69'

Goyang Stadium, Goyang

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lyon	3	2	0	1	5	2	3	6
Reading	3	2	0	1	2	1	1	6
River Plate	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
Shimizu S-Pulse	3	0	0	3	0	4	–4	0

13 July 2007

20:00 KST (UTC+9)

Shimizu S-Pulse	0–2	Lyon
		Benzema 29' Mounier 86'

Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan

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13 July 2007

20:00 KST (UTC+9)

Reading	0–1	River Plate
		Abelairas 28'

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

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16 July 2007

20:00 KST (UTC+9)

River Plate	1–0	Shimizu S-Pulse
Abelairas 33'

Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan

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16 July 2007

20:00 KST (UTC+9)

Reading	1–0	Lyon
Cox 62'

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

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19 July 2007

20:00 KST (UTC+9)

Shimizu S-Pulse	0–1	Reading
		Gunnarsson 69'

Goyang Stadium, Goyang

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19 July 2007

20:00 KST (UTC+9)

Lyon	3–1	River Plate
Benzema 6' Ben Arfa 24' Källström 90+3' (pen.)		Ruben 14'

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Final

21 July 2007

22:30 KST (UTC+9)

Lyon	1–0	Bolton Wanderers
Källström 86'

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Goalscorers

2 goals

• Matías Abelairas (River Plate)
• Kevin Nolan (Bolton Wanderers)
• Nicolas Anelka (Bolton Wanderers)
• Karim Benzema (Lyon)
• Jesús Padilla (Guadalajara)
• Sergio Santana (Guadalajara)
• Kim Källström (Lyon)

1 goal

• Marco Ruben (River Plate)
• Simon Cox (Reading)
• Anthony Mounier (Lyon)
• Hatem Ben Arfa (Lyon)
• Brynjar Gunnarsson (Reading)
• Nam Ki-il (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)
• Julio Nava (Guadalajara)
• Jesús Morales (Guadalajara)
• Zoltán Harsányi (Bolton Wanderers)
• Gonzalo Colsa (Racing Santander)

Broadcasting rights

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Ref.
England	Setanta Sports
South Korea	SBS
Spain	LaSexta, TV3 (only opening match)

External links

• Official website (in English, Korean, and Spanish)
• Peace Cup at Goalzz