2008 Lunar New Year Cup

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 (7 February and 10 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

*flagicon|Croatia Hajduk Split
*flagicon|Hong Kong Hong Kong League Selection (host)
*flagicon|Uruguay Penarol
*flagicon|KOR Ulsan Hyundai

quads

=Hajduk Split [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5603 HKFA Website] , Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup Participating Team Delegation] [ [http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=127 HKFA Website] , HNK Hajduk Split] =

* General Manager: Ivica Šurjak
* Sports Director: Tomislav Erceg
* Coach: Robert Jarni
* Assistant Coach: Saša Glavaš
* Econom: Miro Čolak

=Hong Kong League Selection [ [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5605 HKFA Website] , Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup Hong Kong League Selection Team List] [ [http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=126 HKFA Website] , Hong Kong League Selection] =

* Team Managers: Brian H T Leung, Lo Kit Sing, Chow Man Leung
* Administrative Manager: Tsang Wai Chung, Lee Yun Wah
* Coach: Jose Luis
* Coach Assistant: Rambo Jose Ricardo
* Assistant Coach: Lo Kai Wah, Lee Kin Wo
* Fitness Coach: Chan Hiu Ming
* Goalkeeper Coach: Lui Chun Fai
* Physio: Lui Yat Hong
* Team Assistant: Kwan Kon Sang

=Penarol [ [http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=128 HKFA Website] , Penarol] =

* Coordinator: Juan Pedro Damiani
* Coach: Gustavo Matosas
* Manager: Jorge López

=Ulsan Hyundai [ [http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=129 HKFA Website] , Ulsan Hyundai] =

* Vice President: Kim Hyung-yong
* Coach: Kim Jung-Nam
* Team Manager: Lee Young-Woo

Results

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

emi-finals

footballbox
date = 7 February 2008
15:00

team1 = Hong Kong League Selection
score = 2 - 1|
report = [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5617] [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5618] "(in chinese)"
team2 = Penarol
goals1 = Tales Schutz goal|36
Lee Chi Ho yel|42
Poon Yiu Cheuk yel|43
Chan Siu Ki goal|59
goals2 = Fabián Estoyanoff yel|9 Darío Rodríguez goal|10
Omar Pérez yel|51
Darío Rodríguez sent off|2|30|56
Carlos Bueno sent off|2|76|78
Alvaro Arias yel|84
stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 9,279
Referee: Wong Po On----footballbox
date = 7 February 2008
17:30

team1 = Hajduk Split
score = 2 - 1|
report = [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5617] [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5618] "(in chinese)"
team2 = Ulsan Hyundai
goals1 = Mladen Bartolović goal|38 goal|63
Dario Damjanović yel|45
Boris Živković yel|79
Srđan Andrić sent off|0|79
Florin Cernat yel|82
Mirko Hrgović yel|90
goals2 = Hyun Young-Min yel|9
Lee Jin-Ho goal|20
stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 9,279
Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Third place match

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date = 10 February 2008
15:00

team1 = Penarol
score = 1 - 1 5 - 4(PSO)|
report = [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5622] [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5621] "(in chinese)"
team2 = Ulsan Hyundai
goals1 = José María Franco goal|41 Julio Mozzo yel|71
goals2 = Brasília goal|45 Lee Sang-Ho yel|90
stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 12,375
Referee:penshootoutbox
penalties1 = Julio Mozzo: scored Fernando Correa: scored
Marcel Román: scored
Alvaro Arias: scored
penaltyscore = 4–3
penalties2 = Woo Sung-Yong: missed Oh Jang-Eun: scored Hyun Young-Min: scored Brasília: scored Kim Ji-Min: saved

Final

footballbox
date = 10 February 2008
17:30

team1 = Hong Kong League Selection
score = 2 - 1|
report = [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5622] [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5621] "(in chinese)"
team2 = Hajduk Split
goals1 = Festus Baise yel|38 Maxwell yel|40 Goran Stankovski goal|61 goal|85
goals2 = Florin Cernat goal|15 Drago Gabrić yel|18 Dario Damjanović yel|69
stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 12,375
Referee:

Bracket

Round4-with third
7 February 2008 – (Hong Kong Stadium)|flagicon|Hong Kong Hong Kong League Selection|2 |flagicon|Uruguay Penarol|1
7 February 2008 – (Hong Kong Stadium)|flagicon|Croatia Hajduk Split|2|flagicon|South Korea Ulsan Hyundai|1
10 February 2008 – (Hong Kong Stadium)|flagicon|Hong Kong Hong Kong League Selection|2 |flagicon|Croatia Hajduk Split|1
10 February 2008 - (Hong Kong Stadium)|flagicon|Uruguay Penarol (PSO)|1 (5)|flagicon|South Korea Ulsan Hyundai|1 (4)

Top scorers

; 2 goals
* Mladen Bartolović ("Hajduk Split")
* Goran Stankovski ("Hong Kong League Selection")

; 1 goal
* Florin Cernat ("Hajduk Split")
* Tales Schutz ("Hong Kong League Selection")
* Chan Siu Ki ("Hong Kong League Selection")
* Darío Rodríguez ("Penarol")
* José María Franco ("Penarol")
* Lee Jin-Ho ("Ulsan Hyundai")
* Brasília ("Ulsan Hyundai")

Ticketing

* Tickets are divided into 5 prices categories: $100(Senior Citizens & Full Time Students ONLY), $150, $200, $280 and $380. [ [http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=125 HKFA Website] , Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup Match Information]

Trivia

* Audience seating in Section 116 (Hong Kong Fans Special Area) are each given a cheering T-shirt. [http://www.hkfa.com/zh-hk/load_page.php?pid=125 HKFA Website] , Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup 售票詳情]
* All audience who have bought a ticket are given a pair of coupletes.

ee also

* Hong Kong Football Association
* Hong Kong First Division League

References

External links

* [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5548 Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup] , HKFA Website
* [http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=125 Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup Match Information] , HKFA Website