2008 Lunar New Year Cup Explained

Tourney Name:Lunar New Year Cup
Year:2008
Country:Hong Kong
Num Teams:4
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion:HKG
Count:4
Matches:4
Goals:11
Top Scorer: Mladen Bartolović (Hajduk Split)
Goran Stankovski (Hong Kong League Selection) (2 goals)
Prevseason:2007
Nextseason:2009

The 2008 Lunar New Year Cup, officially known as Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup, is a football tournament held in Hong Kong on the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year of the Year of Rat (8 February and 11 February 2008).

Format

The two semi-finals for the four participating teams will be held on the first day of the Chinese New Year of Rat (7 February 2008). The winning teams will enter the final and the losing teams play the third-place playoff (Both matches on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, i.e. 10 February 2008.) Draw in the semi-finals and third-place playoff would be settled by penalty shootout directly, that means no extra time would be played. For the final, a thirty-minute extra time would be played after a draw. A further draw would lead to the penalty shootout.

Participating teams

Squads

Hajduk Split

[1] [2]

Hong Kong League Selection

[3] [4]

Peñarol

[1] [5]

Ulsan Hyundai

[1] [6]

Results

All times given in Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).

Semi-finals

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Final

Top scorers

2 goals
1 goal

Ticketing

Trivia

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5603 HKFA Website
  2. http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=127 HKFA Website
  3. http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5605 HKFA Website
  4. http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=126 HKFA Website
  5. http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=128 HKFA Website
  6. http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=129 HKFA Website
  7. http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=125 HKFA Website
  8. http://www.hkfa.com/zh-hk/load_page.php?pid=125 HKFA Website