Lunar New Year Cup
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The '''Lunar New Year Cup''', also known as the '''Carlsberg Challenge''' or the '''Carlsberg Cup''' before, is an annual [[football (soccer)|football]] tournament organised in [[Hong Kong]] by the [[Hong Kong Football Association]]. It is usually held on the first and the fourth day of the [[Chinese New Year]] as a part of celebration. The tournament is called Carlsberg Cup between 1983 and 2006 because [[Carlsberg]] was the major sponsor of the event.
Since the [[2007 Lunar New Year Cup|2007 edition]] of the event, the competition is officially known as '''Lunar New Year Cup''' according to the [[Hong Kong Football Association]]. This is because [[Carlsberg]] is no longer the major sponsor but a mere co-sponsor.
==Early-Period==
In the period before and around WWII, Lunar New Year Cup was participated by Hong Kong teams and teams from mainland [[China]]. Since [[1950]], [[Hong Kong Football Association|HKFA]] invited at least one overseas team to enter the competition. Before [[1982]], there were 3 exhibition matches in the tournament. The first two matches were usually participated by [[Hong Kong national football team]], Hong Kong player team and [[Hong Kong League XI]] while Chinese XI played the last match.
==International Competition==
In [[1983]], it was the first time to have a main sponsorship for the competition and the invited team number increased to three. From [[1993]] onwards, national teams rather than club teams were invited to particpate in the competition.
==Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan=2 width=15%|Year
|width=1% rowspan=28|
!colspan=3|Final
|width=1% rowspan=28|
!colspan=3|Third place match
|-
!width=15%|Winners
!width=8%|Score
!width=15%|Runners-up
!width=15%|Third place
!width=8%|Score
!width=15%|Fourth place
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[1983]]
|[[Image:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]]'''
|'''2 - 0'''
|[[Hallelujah Football Club|Hallelujah]]
|[[Aarhus Gymnastik Forening|AGF]]
|'''3 - 1'''
|Peking
|-
|[[1984]]
|
|''Unknown''
|
|
|''Unknown''
|
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[1985]]
|
|''Unknown''
|
|
|''Unknown''
|
|-
|[[1986]]
|[[Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]'''
|(Three-team [[Round-robin tournament]])
|[[Image:Flag of South Korea.svg|30px]]<br>[[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
|[[Image:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg|30px]]<br>[[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]]
|
|
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[1987]]
|'''[[Brøndby IF]]'''
|'''2 - 0'''
|[[Image:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg|30px]]<br>[[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]]
|Beijing
|'''1 - 0'''
|Shanghai
|-
|[[1988]]
|
|''Unknown''
|
|
|''Unknown''
|
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[1989]]
|'''[[Malmö FF]]'''
|(Four-team [[Round-robin tournament]])
|[[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|30px]]<br>[[China national football team|China PR]]
|[[Image:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg|30px]]<br>[[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]]
|
|[[Odense Boldklub|Odense BK]]
|-
|[[1990]]
|'''[[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]]'''
|'''2 - 0'''
|[[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|30px]]<br>[[China national football team|China PR]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|'''4 - 1'''
|[[Hong Kong League XI]]
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[1991]]
|'''[[Hong Kong League XI]]'''
|'''3 - 2'''
|<br>[[Aston Villa]]
|''Unknown''
|
|-
|[[1992]]
|'''[[Hong Kong League XI]]'''
|'''2 - 2'''<br>3 - 2 [[Penalty shootout|pen]]
|[[FK Partizan]]
|[[Steaua Bucureşti]]
|'''2 - 0'''
|[[BSC Young Boys Bern]]
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[1993]]
|[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]'''
|'''3 - 2'''
|[[Hong Kong League XI]]
|[[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|30px]]<br>[[Denmark national football team|Denmark U-21]]
|'''2 - 1'''
|[[Image:Flag of Japan.svg|30px]]<br>[[Japan national football team|Japan]]
|-
|[[1994]]
|[[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]'''
|'''2 - 0'''
|[[Hong Kong League XI]]
|[[Image:Flag of Romania.svg|30px]]<br>[[Romania national football team|Romania]]
|'''2 - 1'''
|[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|30px]]<br>[[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[1995]]
|[[Image:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]'''
|'''1 - 0'''
|[[Image:Flag of South Korea.svg|30px]]<br>[[South Korea national football team|South Korea U-21]]
|[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|30px]]<br>[[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]
|'''3 - 1'''
|[[Hong Kong League XI]]
|-
|[[1996]]
|[[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Sweden national football team|Sweden]]'''
|'''1 - 1'''<br>5 - 4 [[Penalty shootout|pen]]
|[[Image:Flag of Japan.svg|30px]]<br>[[Japan national football team|Japan]]
|[[Image:Flag of Poland.svg|30px]]<br>[[Poland national football team|Poland]]
|'''1 - 0'''
|<br>[[Hong Kong League XI]]
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[1997]]
|[[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Russia national football team|Russia]]'''
|'''2 - 1'''
|[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|30px]]<br>[[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]
|[[Image:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg|30px]]<br>[[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]
|'''3 - 1'''
|[[Hong Kong League XI]]
|-
|[[1998]]<br/>[[1998 Carlsberg Cup|Details]]
|[[Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]'''
|'''2 - 0'''
|[[Hong Kong League XI]]
|[[Image:Flag of Iran.svg|30px]]<br>[[Iran national football team|Iran]]
|'''1 - 1'''<br>4 - 2 [[Penalty shootout|pen]]
|[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|30px]]<br>[[Chile national football team|Chile]]
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[1999]]<br/>[[1999 Carlsberg Cup|Details]]
|[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]'''
|'''3 - 0'''
|[[Image:Flag of Egypt.svg|30px]]<br>[[Egypt national football team|Egypt]]
|[[Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg|30px]]<br>[[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]
|'''3 - 0'''<br>6 - 5 [[Penalty shootout|pen]]
|[[Hong Kong League XI]]
|-
|[[2000]]<br/>[[2000 Carlsberg Cup|Details]]
|[[Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]]'''
|'''2 - 1'''
|[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|30px]]<br>[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
|[[Image:Flag of Japan.svg|30px]]<br>[[Japan national football team|Japan]]
|'''0 - 0'''
|[[Hong Kong League XI]]
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[2001]]
|[[Image:Flag of Norway.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Norway national football team|Norway]]'''
|'''2 - 1'''
|[[Hong Kong League XI]]
|[[Image:Flag of South Korea.svg|30px]]<br>[[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
|'''1 - 1'''<br>6 - 5 [[Penalty shootout|pen]]
|[[Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg|30px]]<br>[[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]
|-
|[[2002]]
|[[Image:Flag of Honduras.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Honduras national football team|Honduras]]'''
|'''1 - 0'''
|[[Hong Kong League XI]]
|[[Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg|30px]]<br>[[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]]
|'''0 - 0'''<br>4 - 3 [[Penalty shootout|pen]]
|[[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|30px]]<br>[[China national football team|China PR]]
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[2003]] <br/>[[Carlsberg Cup|Details]]
|[[Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]'''
|'''1 - 1'''<br>4 - 2 [[Penalty shootout|pen]]
|[[Image:Flag of Iran.svg|30px]]<br>[[Iran national football team|Iran]]
|[[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|30px]]<br>[[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
|'''2 - 1'''
|[[Hong Kong League XI]]
|-
|[[2004]]
|[[Image:Flag of Norway.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Norway national football team|Norway]]'''
|'''3 - 1'''
|[[Image:Flag of Honduras.svg|30px]]<br>[[Honduras national football team|Honduras]]
|[[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|30px]]<br>[[Sweden national football team|Sweden]]
|'''3 - 0'''
|[[Hong Kong League XI]]
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[2005]]<br/>[[2005 Carlsberg Cup|Details]]
|[[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]'''
|'''7 - 1'''
|[[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]]
|
|not played
|
|-
|[[2006]]<br/>[[2006 Carlsberg Cup|Details]]
|[[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|30px]]<br>'''[[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]'''
|'''3 - 1'''
|[[Image:Flag of South Korea.svg|30px]]<br>[[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
|[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|30px]]<br>[[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]
|'''4 - 0'''
|[[Image:Flag of Hong Kong.svg|30px]]<br>[[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]]
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[2007]]<br/>[[2007 Lunar New Year Cup|Details]]
|[[Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg|30px]]<br/>Jamaica Olympic Team
|'''0 - 0'''<br/>5 - 4 [[Penalty shootout|pen]]
|[[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|30px]]<br/>[[China Olympic Team]]
|[[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|30px]]<br>[[Olyroos|Australia Olympic Team]]
|'''2 - 2'''<br>5 - 3 [[Penalty shootout|pen]]
|[[Hong Kong League XI]]
|-
|[[2008]]<br/>[[2008 Lunar New Year Cup|Details]]
|[[Hong Kong League XI]]
|'''2 - 1'''
|[[Hajduk Split]]
|[[Penarol]]
|'''1 - 1'''<br>5 - 4 [[Penalty shootout|pen]]
|[[Ulsan Hyundai]]
|}
==References==
* [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=4590 HKFA Website 漫談賀歲足球賽事(一) (in chinese)]<br />
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