2011 Premier League Asia Trophy

2011 Premier League Asia Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Hong Kong
Dates	27 July – 30 July
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (2nd title)
Runners-up	Aston Villa
Third place	Blackburn Rovers
Fourth place	Kitchee
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	10 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nine players (1 goal each)
Best player	Frank Lampard

The 2011 Premier League Asia Trophy was the fifth edition of the Premier League Asia Trophy. Chelsea, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers and Hong Kong club Kitchee competed for the title on 27 July 2011 and 30 July 2011 in Hong Kong Stadium.^[1] The winners were Chelsea, beating Aston Villa 2-0 in the final.

Results

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 July – Hong Kong
	Kitchee	0
	Chelsea	4
					30 July – Hong Kong
					Chelsea	2
					Aston Villa	0
					Third place
	27 July – Hong Kong			30 July – Hong Kong
	Aston Villa	1		Kitchee	0
	Blackburn Rovers	0			Blackburn Rovers	3

Semifinals

All kick-off times are local (UTC+08:00).

Aston Villa v Blackburn Rovers

27 July 2011 18:00

Aston Villa	1–0	Blackburn Rovers
Bent  49'	Report

Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po Attendance: 33,967[2] Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

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Kitchee v Chelsea

27 July 2011 20:30

Kitchee	0–4	Chelsea
	Report	Lampard  37' Luzardo  50' (o.g.) Drogba  61' Sturridge  78'

Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po Attendance: 33,967[2] Referee: Phil Dowd

Kitchee vs Blackburn Rovers

Third-place playoff

Kitchee v Blackburn Rovers

30 July 2011 18:00

Kitchee	0–3	Blackburn Rovers
	Report	Formica  15' Dunn  70' Blackman  86' (pen.)

Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po Attendance: 38,911 Referee: Phil Dowd

Aston Villa vs Chelsea

Final

Chelsea v Aston Villa

30 July 2011 20:30

Chelsea	2–0	Aston Villa
McEachran  1' Torres  58'	Report

Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po Attendance: 38,911 Referee: Mike Dean

Ticket sales

Ticket prices for each match day in Hong Kong dollars (with all British prices an approximation) were: $130 (£10), $210 (£16.50), $270 (£21), $330 (£26), $460 (£36).

Ticket sales started from 1 June 2011 at Hong Kong Football Association and online at www.cityline.com.^[3] More than two thirds of the 80,000 tickets available were purchased by Hong Kong football fans after just five days.^[4]

Goalscorers

1 goal

• Mauro Formica
• Darren Bent
• Frank Lampard
• Daniel Sturridge
• David Dunn
• Nick Blackman
• Josh McEachran
• Didier Drogba
• Fernando Torres

1 own goal

• Ubay Luzardo (playing against Chelsea)

References

1. "Kitchee relishing Chelsea challenge". Premier League official website. 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
2. "Match Results". Hong Kong FA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
3. "Barclays Asia Trophy 2011 Hong Kong Tickets Go On Sale". ProEvents. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
4. Barclays Asia Trophy ticket sales soar - Hong Kong football fans are showing their appetite for the Barclays Premier League PremierLeague.com 7 June 2011

External links

• The Barclays Asia Trophy Facebook page