2000 Lunar New Year Cup

The 2000 Lunar New Year Cup (aka Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday.

2000 Lunar New Year Cup
Tournament details
Host countryHong Kong
Dates7–10 January
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Czech Republic (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored8 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Miguel Zepeda (2 goals)

Participating teams

Squads

Czech Republic

Hong Kong League XI

Mexico

Japan

Coach: France Philippe Troussier

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Eiji Kawashima (1983-03-20)20 March 1983 (aged 16) Japan Urawa Higashi High School
2 2DF Go Oiwa (1972-06-23)23 June 1972 (aged 27) Japan Nagoya Grampus Eight
3 2DF Naoki Matsuda (1977-03-14)14 March 1977 (aged 22) Japan Yokohama F·Marinos
6 3MF Toshihiro Hattori (1973-09-23)23 September 1973 (aged 26) Japan Júbilo Iwata
7 3MF Teruyoshi Ito (1974-08-31)31 August 1974 (aged 25) Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
8 3MF Shigeyoshi Mochizuki (1973-07-09)9 July 1973 (aged 26) Japan Nagoya Grampus Eight
9 4FW Masashi Nakayama (1967-09-23)23 September 1967 (aged 32) Japan Júbilo Iwata
10 3MF Hiroshi Nanami (1972-11-28)28 November 1972 (aged 27) Italy Venezia
11 4FW Kazuyoshi Miura (1967-02-26)26 February 1967 (aged 32) Japan Kyoto Purple Sanga
12 3MF Masaaki Sawanobori (1970-01-12)12 January 1970 (aged 30) Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
13 3MF Shinji Ono (1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 20) Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
14 2DF Takashi Hirano (1974-07-15)15 July 1974 (aged 25) Japan Nagoya Grampus Eight
15 3MF Daisuke Oku (1976-02-07)7 February 1976 (aged 23) Japan Júbilo Iwata
16 2DF Yuji Nakazawa (1978-02-25)25 February 1978 (aged 21) Japan Verdy Kawasaki
16 2DF Kōji Nakata (1979-07-09)9 July 1979 (aged 20) Japan Kashima Antlers
17 4FW Tomoyuki Hirase (1977-05-23)23 May 1977 (aged 22) Japan Kashima Antlers
18 1GK Seigo Narazaki (1976-04-15)15 April 1976 (aged 23) Japan Nagoya Grampus Eight
21 3MF Tomokazu Myojin (1978-01-24)24 January 1978 (aged 22) Japan Kashiwa Reysol
23 3MF Shunsuke Nakamura (1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 21) Japan Yokohama F. Marinos
24 3MF Junichi Inamoto (1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 20) Japan Gamba Osaka

Results

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

Semifinals

Mexico Mexico1–0Japan Japan
Zepeda 55'
Attendance: -
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
Hong Kong Hong Kong League XI2–2Czech Republic Czech Republic
Bajkusa 26'
Cheng 48'
Jankulovski 48'
Kincl 88'
Penalties
5–6
Attendance: -
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Third place match

Hong Kong Hong Kong League XI0–0Japan Japan
Penalties
5–6
Attendance: -
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Final

Mexico Mexico1–2Czech Republic Czech Republic
Zepeda 80' Kolomazník 59'
Verbíř 55'
Attendance: -
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 January 2000 – Hong Kong
 
 
Mexico Mexico1
 
10 January 2000 – Hong Kong
 
Japan Japan0
 
Mexico Mexico1
 
7 January 2000 – Hong Kong
 
Czech Republic Czech Republic2
 
Hong Kong Hong Kong League XI2 (5)
 
 
Czech Republic Czech Republic (pen.)2 (6)
 
Third place
 
 
10 January 2000 – Hong Kong
 
 
Hong Kong Hong Kong League XI0 (5)
 
 
Japan Japan (pen.) 0 (6)
 2000 Carlsberg Cup champions 

Czech Republic

First title

Scorers

2 goals
1 goals

See also

References

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