BMA Cup explained

BMA Cup was an exhibition competition organized by Hong Kong First Division League football club South China on 23 February 2007 and they played against the guest team Yokohama F. Marinos of J. League.

South China won by an aggregate 6-5 after penalty shootout.

Ticketing

Tickets to the match were not sold as the HKFA stated that the match date was too close to 2007 Lunar New Year Cup. Instead, tickets were allocated to different organizations especially South China Football Fan Club. Each member of the fan club was allowed to obtain two tickets of the match. Those who bought a two-day ticket for the 2007 Lunar New Year Cup were also able to receive a ticket to the match. https://web.archive.org/web/20070225172810/http://www.scaafc.com/template?series=2

Pre-match

There was a pre-match of SCAA 92/93 Invitation Team vs SCAA Elite Youth before the main exhibition match. This pre-match took the form of 30 minutes per half while the main match took the usual 45 minutes per half. SCAA 92/93 Invitation Team won 2–0 against SCAA Elite Youth with both goals scored by Anto Grabo.

Squads

SCAA 92/93 Invitation Team

SCAA Elite Youth

Result

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SOUTH CHINA:
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GK 23 Zhang Chunhui
DF 4 Deng Jinghuang
DF 6 Cris
DF 21 Man Pei Tak
DF 22 Lee Chi Ho
MF 11 Li Haiqiang
MF 13
MF 20 Mihailo Jovanović
MF 26 Bai He
FW 7 Au Wai Lun (c)
FW 30 Detinho
Substitutions:
GK 16 Zhang Jianzhong
MF 9 Liang Zicheng
MF 27 Wong Chun Yue
MF 18 Kwok Kin Pong
MF 19 Cheng Siu Wai
MF 8 Yeung Ching Kwong
Coach:
Casemiro Mior
YOKOHAMA F. MARINOS:
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GK31 Hiroki Iikura
DF13 Takanobu Komiyama
DF23 Masakazu Tashiro
DF26 Yusuke Tanaka
DF28 Takashi Amano (c)
MF14 Kenta Kano
MF29 Aria Jasuru Hasegawa
MF32 Yukihiro Yamase
MF34 Taku Ishihara
FW20 Mike Havenaar
FW27 Yosuke Saito
Substitutions:
GK37 Yasuhiro Tominaga
DF39 Takashi Kanai
DF40 Kimihiro Kai
MF38 Kota Mizunuma
Coach:
Takashi Mizunuma

Live Broadcasting

Trivia

References