Koreans Triumph Over Australians To Win The 2010 Peace Queen Cup

Korea Republic are the Champions of the 2010 Peace Queen Cup, after defeating Australia 2-1 in the Final.


Hey everyone, sorry to report this news kinda late, I got caught up in some stuff this weekend. But, anyway, I'm here to talk about the final results of the Peace Queen Cup. Korea Republic beat Australia in the final 2-1. This result came as a total surprise to me, in all honesty. I seriously thought the Matildas were going to win, especially having won both their group games, scoring 4 goals, while the Koreans could only tie with their opponents, not even mustering up 1 goal in their entire group campaign. In fact, Korea Republic could just as likely have missed the final, getting in only by way of a draw. But, this is soccer, and results vary from match to match, and nothing is ever certain. Korea Republic is not going to Germany in 2011, but they played well and won a tournament in which many of the teams are World Cup goers, and also potential World Cup goers. So, hats off to Korea who held their own out there, and won the Peace Queen Cup! As for the Aussies, this loss is gonna hurt, but they're just gonna have to dust off and work on whatever they need to work on. They've still got time to smooth out the edges come World Cup! Also, its fair to note that Australia is missing a few instrumental players in their line-up, and still did excellently. With a full squad, the already dangerous Aussies will be even more lethal. They'll be facing Germany in a big upcoming friendly on the 28th. Both teams have a talented squad and it'll be interesting to see them go head to head. However, the Aussies are probably at a disadvantage going in since they still don't have their full squad. Still, it should be interesting to see how that one turns out.

Once again, congratulations to the Korea Republic. Sometimes I think FIFA should bump up the number of teams in the Women's World Cup. A lot of teams who didn't get a spot still play excellently. Take Korea Republic and China PR for example, and some of the UEFA teams who simply got unlucky.

Well, that's all for now! The post on the CONCACAF Gold Cup is coming either tomorrow (later today, technically), or by Wednesday at the latest. See you all again soon (and I'll get a picture for this post, I'm writing this from my Nintendo Wii which doesn't allow some standard options).

Until then,

Denise