Defeating Chinese Taipei after yielding a distant 3-1 score, the Philippine Azkals was declared the champion in the Philippine Football Peace Cup finals held Saturday (September 29) at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Pasay City.
The goals were each piled up by Fil-German Dennis Wolf, vice-captain Chief Caligdong, and Fil-Am OJ Porteria, at the 10th, 34th, and 43rd minutes, respectively.
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Dennis Wolf was named as the Most Valuable Player (MVP). For scoring 4 goals, he was awarded the Golden Boot award. Sacapano was named as the Best Goalkeeper of the Peace Cup. Jeff Christiaens was picked as the Best Defender, while Matthew Uy was named as Best Midfielder of the tournament.
Team Philippines garnered 9 points all-in-all which placed them at 1st overall, followed by Chinese Taipei with 4 points, Guam with 3 points, and Macau with 1 point.
This is the first international tournament won by Philippines since 1914. The last time the Philippines took the championship crown was in the 1913 Far Eastern Games, the earlier version of the Asian Games.
The Philippine Football Peace Cup, or Long Teng Cup, was a series of friendlies ventured in by football teams in what is seen as preparation for the 2012 Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup.
