2007 A3 Champions Cup

2007 A3 Champions Cup

Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	7 – 13 June
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Shanghai Shenhua (1st title)
Runners-up	Shandong Luneng
Third place	Urawa Red Diamonds
Fourth place	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	21 (3.5 per match)
Attendance	148,000 (24,667 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Washington (Urawa Reds, 3 goals)
Best player(s)	Li Gang (Shanghai Shenhua)

The fifth edition of the A3 Champions Cup took place between June 7 and June 13, 2007, at the Shandong Stadium in Jinan.

Participants

• Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma - 2006 K-League champions.
• Urawa Red Diamonds - 2006 J. League champions.
• Shandong Luneng Taishan - 2006 Chinese Super League champions.
• Shanghai Shenhua - 2006 Chinese Super League runners-up (invitee).

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Shanghai Shenhua	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
2	Shandong Luneng Taishan	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
3	Urawa Red Diamonds	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2	3
4	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3

NB: Teams are ranked on goal-difference

Results

NB: All times are UTC+8.

Round 1

June 7, 2007
18:00

Shanghai Shenhua	3–0	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Ricard 12' Li Gang 61' Alonso 75'

Shandong Stadium, Jinan

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

June 7, 2007
20:30

Shandong Luneng Taishan	4–3	Urawa Red Diamonds
Zheng Zhi 34' Shu Chang 58' Živković 73' Zhou Haibin 84'		Hasebe 16' Washington 89', 90'

Shandong Stadium, Jinan

Attendance: 31,000

Referee: Lee Young-Chul

---

Round 2

June 10, 2007
16:00

Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Washington 39'

Shandong Stadium, Jinan

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Wang Xueqing

June 10, 2007
18:30

Shandong Luneng Taishan	2–1	Shanghai Shenhua
Živković 11' (pen) Zheng Zhi 35'		Alonso (pen) 82'

Shandong Stadium, Jinan

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ko Keum-bok

---

Round 3

June 13, 2007
18:00

Urawa Red Diamonds	1–3	Shanghai Shenhua
Tulio Tanaka 58'		Ricard 10' Chang Lin 30' Li Gang 39'

Shandong Stadium, Jinan

Attendance: 31,000

Referee: Lee Young-Chul

June 13, 2007
20:30

Shandong Luneng Taishan	1–2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Wang Xiaolong 80'		Kim Sang-Sik 33' Choi Sung-Kuk 41'

Shandong Stadium, Jinan

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Awards

Winners

A3 Champions Cup 2007 Winners
Shanghai Shenhua First title

Individual awards

Top Goalscorers	Most Valuable Player
Washington (Urawa Reds)	Li Gang (Shanghai)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1.	Washington	Urawa Red Diamonds	3
2.	Diego Alonso	Shanghai Shenhua	2
2.	Li Gang	Shanghai Shenhua	2
2.	Hamilton Ricard	Shanghai Shenhua	2
2.	Zheng Zhi	Shandong Luneng Taishan	2
2.	Aleksandar Živković	Shandong Luneng Taishan	2
7.	Choi Sung-Kuk	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1
7.	Kim Sang-Sik	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1
7.	Shu Chang	Shandong Luneng Taishan	1
7.	Zhou Haibin	Shandong Luneng Taishan	1
7.	Wang Xiaolong	Shandong Luneng Taishan	1
7.	Chang Lin	Shanghai Shenhua	1
7.	Makoto Hasebe	Urawa Red Diamonds	1
7.	Marcus Tulio Tanaka	Urawa Red Diamonds	1