2001 Lunar New Year Cup Explained

Tourney Name:	Lunar New Year Cup
Year:	2001
Country:	Hong Kong
Num Teams:	4
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champion:	NOR
Count:	1
Matches:	4
Goals:	10
Top Scorer:	Frode Johnsen (3 goals)
Prevseason:	2000
Nextseason:	2002

The 2001 Lunar New Year Cup (aka Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday.

Participating teams

• Hong Kong League XI (host)

Squads

Hong Kong League XI

Some of the players include:

• Viktor Derbunov
• Cristiano Cordeiro
• Dejan Antonić
• Ailton de Araujo
• Andrew Roddie
• Paul Ritchie
• John Moore
• Gerardo Laterza
• Gary McKeown
• Dimitre Kalkanov
• Gerard Guy Ambassa
• Luk Koon Pong
• Aderbal Filho
• Cornelius Udebuluzor

Korea Republic

Coach: Guus Hiddink

Norway

Coach: Nils Johan Semb

Paraguay

Coach: Víctor Genés

Results

Final

Scorers

3 goals

• Frode Johnsen

2 goals

• Thorstein Helstad
• Ko Jong-soo

1 goal

• Kim Do-hoon
• Gustavo Morinigo
• John Moore

See also

• Hong Kong Football Association
• Hong Kong First Division League

References

• Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup – Past Results, HKFA Website
• Carlsberg Cup 2001, Rsssf.com
• XIX. Carlsberg Cup Chinese New Years Tournament 2001 – Details, YANSFIELD