Tourney Name: | Lunar New Year Cup |
Year: | 2017 |
Size: | 300px |
Dates: | 28–31 January 2017 |
Num Teams: | 4 |
Associations: | 4 |
Champion Other: | Auckland City |
Count: | 1 |
Second Other: | Kitchee SC |
Matches: | 4 |
Goals: | 5 |
Prevseason: | 2016 |
Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 91st 2017 Lunar New Year Cup is the annual edition of the Lunar New Year Cup, held in Hong Kong to celebrate the Lunar New Year in late January 2017. This year, four teams were invited to participate, playing two games each in a knockout tournament. Australia under-23 withdrew before the tournament and were replaced by Auckland City.
Four teams were invited to participate:[1] Australia under-23 were initially scheduled to participate, however, Football Federation Australia withdrew the side following complaints from A-League clubs about losing players mid-season.[2] They were replaced by Auckland City.[3]
Manager: Chu Chi Kwong
Manager: Ramon Tribulietx
Manager: Hwang Sun-hong
Manager: Totchtawan Sripan
All times are local, HKT (UTC+8).
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As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.