Lunar New Year Cup 4272413 221224629 2008-06-23T16:25:58Z MrOllie 6908984 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 218154326 by [[Special:Contributions/Boydbutler|Boydbutler]] ([[User talk:Boydbutler|talk]]) 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 /> {{fb start}} {{Lunar New Year Cup}} {{Football in Hong Kong}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Lunar New Year Cup| ]] [[ja:ルナー・ニューイヤー・カップ]] [[zh:賀歲盃足球賽]]