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Summer 2009 brings one of the world’s most exciting and significant pre-season football competitions to Andalucia. The main stages for the 2009 Peace Cup will be Seville, Málaga, Jerez, Huelva and Madrid and this year the tournament will expand from eight to twelve teams.

The Peace Cup originated in South Korea as an initiative of the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation. This international football tournament has been played every other year in South Korea since 2003 and this is the first time it will be hosted outside Asia. There is also a women’s tournament, which began in 2006 and is called the Peace Queens Cup.

The teams which have confirmed their participation this year are:

Al-Ittihad
Aston Villa
Atlante
Besiktas
FC Porto
Juventus
LDU Quito
Real Madrid
Málaga
Olympique Lyonnais
Seongnam Ilwah
Sevilla.

The Peace Cup 2009 will be held from July 24 to August 2 with the winning team taking 2 million Euros in prize money. Second prize is 1 million Euros and the semi-finalist will win 500,000 Euros.

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