Pan Pacific Championship 2009

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Chairman of Shandong Luneng club confirmed yesterday that Shandong Luneng will join Suwon Samsung, Kashima Antlers & Columbus Crew in the second edtion of Pan Pacific Championship hold in the US next February, the cup will replace the A3 Champions Cup, which was failed to hold last year due to the bankrupt of the main Sponsor, it also known as East Asian Club Championship hild between 2003 - 2007, with clubs from Japan, South Korea and China to compete in, the first edition of Pan Pacific championship was hold in 2008, clubs from Japan, US & Australia played the first championship in Hawaii.

Pan-Pacific Championship 2009

Qualified teams

Kashima Antlers (J-League 2008 Champions)
Suwon Samsung Bluewings (K-League 2008 Champions)
Shandong Luneng Taishan (CSL 2008 Champions)
Columbus Crew (MLS Cup 2008 Champions)

about A3CC & PPC:

A3 Winners

2003 Kashima Antlers
2004 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2005 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2006 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
2007 Shanghai Shenhua United

PPC Winners
2008 Gamba Osaka

Average attendance

A3 champions Cup
2003 in Tokyo 23,988
2004 in Shanghai 10,833
2005 in Sigweipo 20,802
2006 in Tokyo 11,825
2007 in Jinan 24,667

PPC
2008 in Hawaii 19,108

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2008 edition participants

LA Galaxy (Host)
Shandong Luneng Taishan FC (2008 Chinese Super League champions)
Oita Trinita (2008 J. League Cup champions)
Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2008 K-League champions)

Schedule

(All times local)
Wednesday, February 18
5:30 p.m. Suwon Samsung Bluewings (Korea) vs. Shandong Luneng Taishan FC (China)
8:00 p.m. LA Galaxy (USA) vs. Oita Trinita (Japan)

Saturday, February 21
5:30 p.m. Third place match
8:00 p.m. Championship match