2010 Copa del Sol 2010 Copa del Sol The 2010 Copa del Sol was the inaugural edition of an annual exhibition international club football tournament held on the Costa del Sol on the south coast of Spain and was played between 3–12 February 2010. The initial tournament featured 8 teams, Molde FK and Rosenborg BK from Norway, Kalmar FF and IF Elfsborg from Sweden, FC Copenhagen and Odense BK from Denmark, FC Shakhtar Donetsk from the Ukraine, and PFC CSKA Moscow from Russia. The teams were divided into two groups, the Blue Group and the Red Group, with the teams placed 1st to 4th
Costa del Sol is hampered by the lee effect caused by the Baetic System. The Costa del Sol is similar to southern California in scenery, climate and geography. Both areas have warm weather throughout the year and average annual sunshine hours of about 3,000 hours. The Costa del Sol has some of the most expensive tourist resorts in Europe as well. The history of this coast, shaped by its location and the predominance of Málaga, spans about 2,800 years. The first inhabitants to settle here may have been the Bastuli, an ancient Celtiberian tribe. The Phoenicians founded their colony of "Malaka" here about