2008 Pan-Pacific Championship

The 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship is the inaugural edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship association football competition which took place on February 20 and February 23 in Honolulu, Hawaii, featuring teams from Japan's J. League, United States Major League Soccer (MLS) and the A-League of Australia and New Zealand.

2008 Pan-Pacific Championship
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesFebruary 20 – February 23
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsJapan Gamba Osaka (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored14 (3.5 per match)
Attendance76,430 (19,108 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Baré (5 Goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Baré[1]

For the 2008 tournament, the A-League was not represented by the champion team but instead by the loser of the minor semi-final. This is due to a scheduling conflict with the Grand Final on February 24, which was moved back so as not to interfere with Australia's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.

The 2008 tournament also features Gamba Osaka of the J. League, which were the 2007 J. League Cup champion, and Major League Soccer representatives Houston Dynamo and Los Angeles Galaxy, the latter reportedly chosen instead of the desired 2007 SuperLiga champion, as Pachuca declined and Galaxy were the Superliga runner-up.[2] The Galaxy's first game was versus Gamba Osaka.[3] while the Dynamo were drawn against Sydney FC.

All matches were played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
February 20 – Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)
 
 
Japan Gamba Osaka1
 
February 23 – Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)
 
United States Los Angeles Galaxy0
 
Japan Gamba Osaka6
 
February 20 – Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)
 
United States Houston Dynamo1
 
United States Houston Dynamo3
 
 
Australia Sydney FC0
 
Third place
 
 
February 23 – Honolulu (Aloha Stadium)
 
 
United States Los Angeles Galaxy2
 
 
Australia Sydney FC1

Semifinals
Gamba Osaka Japan1–0United States Los Angeles Galaxy
Baré 3' (report)
Attendance: 15,128
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Houston Dynamo United States3–0Australia Sydney FC
De Rosario 28'
Holden 29'
Wondolowski 43'		 (report)
Attendance: 15,128
Referee: Alex Prus

Third-place match
Los Angeles Galaxy United States2–1Australia Sydney FC
Allen 3'
Tudela 45'		 (report) Renaud 42'
Attendance: 23,087
Referee: Brian Hall

Final
Gamba Osaka Japan6–1United States Houston Dynamo
Baré 13', 25', 59', 71'
Lucas 62'
Yamazaki 77'		 (report) Clark 10'
Attendance: 23,087
Referee: Kevin Stott
Pan-Pacific Championship
2008 Winners
Japan
Gamba Osaka
First title

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil BaréJapan Gamba Osaka5
2 United States Ely AllenUnited States Los Angeles Galaxy1
United States Ricardo ClarkUnited States Houston Dynamo1
Canada Dwayne De RosarioUnited States Houston Dynamo1
United States Stuart HoldenUnited States Houston Dynamo1
Australia Brendan RenaudAustralia Sydney FC1
Brazil Lucas SeverinoJapan Gamba Osaka1
United States Josh TudelaUnited States Los Angeles Galaxy1
United States Chris WondolowskiUnited States Houston Dynamo1
Japan Masato YamazakiJapan Gamba Osaka1

Sponsors

The following is a list of the official sponsors of the Pan-Pacific Championship 2008.

References
  1. Pan-Pacific Championship Archived February 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "ON SOCCER: Dynamo ahead of pack in more than one sense". November 29, 2007.
  3. BBC SPORT | Football | Galaxy set for Pan-Pacific test
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