2017 Lunar New Year Cup Explained

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.

Teams

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]

Squads

Kitchee SC

Manager: Chu Chi Kwong

Auckland City

Manager: Ramon Tribulietx

FC Seoul

Manager: Hwang Sun-hong

Muangthong United

Manager: Totchtawan Sripan

Fixtures and results

All times are local, HKT (UTC+8).

Semi-finals

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Final

Final standing

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Kitchee host Lunar New Year Cup. 5 January 2017. 11 January 2017. offside.hk.
  2. News: A-League clubs force FFA into U-turn over Olyroos involvement in controversial tournament. Fox Sports. 13 January 2017. 14 January 2017.
  3. News: Auckland FC get invite to prestigious Hong Kong tournament. 18 January 2017. 18 January 2017. Stuff.co.nz.