2014 Philippine Peace Cup

2014 PFF Peace Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Philippines
Dates	September 3–6
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Myanmar (1st title)
Runners-up	Philippines
Third place	Palestine
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	26 (6.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ahmad Maher Wridat (5 goals)
← 2013

The 2014 PFF Peace Cup was the third edition of the tournament, an international football competition organized by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) to celebrate peace month in the country through football. It was held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila and was originally scheduled to take place from September 3–9, 2014.^[1] It was then revised to September 3–6 due to a change in format.^[2]

Participants

PFF president Mariano Araneta stated that the teams being initially eyed are Chinese Taipei, Myanmar, Palestine and Vietnam.^[3] The PFF were due to announce the final list of invited teams on August 6, a day after the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup draw in Hanoi, Vietnam.^[4] At the draw, where Philippines coach Thomas Dooley was in attendance, he revealed that Palestine, Myanmar and Vietnam were the invitees for the tournament. However, Vietnam would only take part if they were not drawn with the Philippines at the Suzuki Cup. Vietnam were however drawn with the Philippines therefore another team would need to be invited.^[5] On August 7, the PFF confirmed the participation of Myanmar, Palestine as well as Chinese Taipei which replaced Vietnam.^[1]

Venue

Manila
Rizal Memorial Stadium	RMS 2014 Philippine Peace Cup (Philippines)
Capacity: 12,500

Matches

The tournament was originally to be a single round-robin tournament format with match dates on September 3, 6 and 9.^[1] However, the PFF received an advisory from FIFA on August 28 informing them of the new "two-match per international window" regulations. Therefore, the PFF revised the format to allot a maximum of two matches.^[2]

Semifinals

September 3, 2014

16:00

Myanmar	4–1	Palestine
Kyaw Zayar Win 26', 49' Tin Win Aung 38' Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit 71'	Report	Wridat 87'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Steve Supresencia (Philippines)

September 3, 2014

19:00

Philippines	5–1	Chinese Taipei
Gier 25' J. Younghusband 37' Chen Yi-wei 65' (o.g.) Hartmann 74', 88'	Report	Yen Ho-shen 80'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Chanketya Thong (Cambodia)

Third place match

September 6, 2014

16:00

Palestine	7–3 (a.e.t.)	Chinese Taipei
Mereles 5' Wridat 9', 107', 112', 117' Abuhabib 90+2' Bahdari 109'	Report	Wu Pai-ho 53' (pen.) Yen Ho-shen 76' Lin Chang-lun 87'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Thoriq Munir Al Katiri (Indonesia)

Final

September 6, 2014

19:00

Philippines	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Myanmar
Sato 50' P. Younghusband 71' (pen.)	Report	Kyaw Ko Ko 8' Min Min Thu 90+2' Soe Min Oo 103'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Referee: Xaypaseuth Phonsanit (Laos)

Statistics

Awards

2014 Philippine Peace Cup champions
Myanmar First title

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Ahmad Maher Wridat

2 goals

• Yen Ho-shen
• Kyaw Zayar Win
• Mark Hartmann

1 goal

• Lin Chang-lun
• Wu Pai-ho
• Kyaw Ko Ko
• Min Min Thu
• Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit
• Soe Min Oo
• Tin Win Aung
• Abdelhamid Abuhabib
• Abdelatif Bahdari
• Javier Mereles
• Rob Gier
• Daisuke Sato
• James Younghusband
• Phil Younghusband

1 own goal

• Chen Yi-wei (playing against the Philippines)

References

1. Marisse Panaligan (2014-08-07). "Azkals to host Palestine, Chinese Taipei, Myanmar in 2014 Peace Cup". GMA News. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
2. "PFF Advisory on PFF Peace Cup 2014 Matches". Philippine Football Federation. 2014-08-30. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
3. Manolo Pedralvez (2014-06-03). "Dooley eyes AFF Suzuki Cup crown for Azkals next". Rappler. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
4. Cedelf Tupas (2014-08-04). "Palestine may headline Peace Cup". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
5. "We need another team for Peace Cup, says Dooley". ASEAN Football Federation. 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2014-08-05.