Piala Perdamaian

Piala Perdamaian
Mulai digelar	2003
Wilayah	Internasional
Juara bertahan	Aston Villa
Situs web	www.peacecup.com
	Piala Perdamaian 2012

Piala Perdamaian adalah turnamen persahabatan undangan pra-musim untuk klub sepak bola, yang sekarang ini diadakan setiap dua tahun sekali oleh Yayasan Sepak bola Perdamaian Sunmoon.^[1] Tiga edisi pertama diselenggarakan di Korea Selatan, dan Piala Perdamaian 2009 diselenggarakan di Madrid dan Andalusia, Spanyol.^[2]^[3] Tim-tim yang pernah memenangkan turnamen ini adalah PSV, Tottenham Hotspur, Lyon, dan Aston Villa.^[4]

Turnamen ini awalanya diselenggarakan di Korea Selatan dan diadakan pada 2003, 2005, dan 2007 antara delapan klub dari erbagai negara, termasuk Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, yang dimiliki oleh perusahaan penyelenggara.

A corresponding event for women's teams began in 2006 with the name "Peace Queen Cup", featuring eight women's national teams from five continents.^[5]

Sejarah dan Format Turnamen

Sejak 2003, the Peace Cup is being held every two years, the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation invites football clubs from various nations. South Korea's Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma participates in every tournament as both the club and foundation are sponsored by the same organization, the Unification Church.

From 2003 to 2007, the Peace Cup was played between eight clubs, divided into two groups of four teams. The winner of each group qualified for the final, which was played in a single match. 2009 Peace Cup Andalucia was held in Spain, and 12 teams participated in the competition.

The fifth competition will take place in South Korea in July 2012.^[6]

Controversy over naming

The original name of the competition was to be Sunmoon Peace Cup, named after Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation. However, after being criticized that it was too religious, the organization changed its named to World Peace King Cup and started preparation for its first tournament. Before the inauguration of the cup, the Asian Football Confederation warned that the term "world" can only be used by competitions organized by FIFA, and "king" can be used by competitions held by a kingdom.^[7]

Prize

From 2003 to 2007, the prize money of the tournament was approximately €2 million for the winning team^[8]^[9] and €500,000 for the runners-up.^[8]

Results

Summaries of previous tournaments

Year	Final^[4]
Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2003	PSV	1–0	Lyon
2005	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Lyon
2007	Lyon	1–0	Bolton Wanderers
2009	Aston Villa	0–0 (aet) (4–3 on penalties)	Juventus
2012

Winners and finalists

Team^[4]	Titles	Runners-up
Lyon	1 (2007)	2 (2003, 2005)
Aston Villa	1 (2009)	0
Tottenham Hotspur	1 (2005)	0
PSV	1 (2003)	0
Bolton Wanderers	0	1 (2007)
Juventus	0	1 (2009)

Awards

Most Valuable Players

The Golden ball is awarded to the player on the basis of a vote taken among the media accredited to each Peace Cup tournament. There are also Silver Ball and Bronze Ball for the second and third best players respectively.^[10]