2009 Lunar New Year Cup
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The 2009 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 Earth Ox Year (26 January and 29 January 2009).
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Format
The two semi-finals for the four participating teams will be held on the first day of the Chinese New Year of Ox (26 January 2009). 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. 29 January.) 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
Squads
Hong Kong League Selection[1]
- Team Managers:
Leung Hung Tak, Pui Kwan Kay, Ng Kin - Coaches:
Julio Moreno (Kitchee), Chan Ho Yin (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po) - Physical Coach:
Vianney Selin (Kitchee) - Physio: So Chun Lung
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South China Pegasus Team[2]
- Team Managers: Steven Lo, Wong Wai Shun
- Head Coach:
Kim Pan-Gon (South China) - Coaches: Liu Chun Fai,
Ricardo - Assistant coaches: Ku Kam Fai, Leung Cheuk Cheung
- Management: Lam Kai Tai, Lo Kwun Ming, Lee Yun Wah
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Sparta Prague [3]
- Head of Delegation: Jozef Chovanec
- Technical Manager: David Simon
- Coaches: Martin Hašek, Jan Kmoch
- Coach Assistant: Jan Stejskal
- Doctor: Jiří Váchal
- Masseurs: Tomáš Stránský, Vít Zelenka
- Kitman: David Matěka
- Marketing Director: Michal Viktorin
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Suwon Bluewings[4]
- Head Coach: Cha Bum-Kun
- Coaches: Lee Lim-Saeng, Park Kun-Ha
- Goalkeeper Coach: Cho Byung-Deuk
- Official: Kim Jin-Hoon
- Team Manager: Yang Dae-Hyun
- Therapist: You Hoan-Mo
- Video Analyst:
Jin Qingyi - Interpreter: Park Sung-Jin
- Kit Manager: Kim Si-Woong
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Fixtures
All times given in Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).
Semi-finals
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2009-01-26
15:00 |
| Hong Kong League Selection | 1 – 1 4 – 5 (PSO) |
South China Pegasus Team |
|---|---|---|
Zamudio  20' |
(Report) | Cacá 46' |
| Penalties | ||
Junior  Zamudio  Giovane Alessandro Cupla Joel Chen Zhizhao |
4–5 | Detinho Itaparica Schütz Cacá Beto Sidraílson Cris |
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2009-01-26
17:15 |
Third place match
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2009-01-29
18:15 |
| Hong Kong League Selection | 0 – 0 4 – 5 (PSO) |
Suwon Bluewings |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Giovane Enrique Díaz Cupla Joel Junior |
4–5 | Edu S.M. Yang D.E. Kim K.W. Lee H.J. Kwak |
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Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 9,428 |
Final
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2009-01-29
20:30 |
| South China Pegasus Team | 2 – 1 | Sparta Prague |
|---|---|---|
| Schütz 33' Y.G. Kim 44' |
(Report) | Kušnír 90' |
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 26 January 2009 – (Hong Kong Stadium) | |||||||
| Hong Kong League Selection (PSO) |
1 (4) | ||||||
| South China Pegasus Team |
1 (5) (PSO) |
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| 29 January 2009 - (Hong Kong Stadium) | |||||||
| South China Pegasus Team |
2 | ||||||
 Sparta Prague |
1 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| 26 January 2009 – (Hong Kong Stadium) | 29 January 2009 – (Hong Kong Stadium) | ||||||
| Sparta Prague (PSO) |
0 (9) | Hong Kong League Selection |
0 (4) | ||||
| Suwon Bluewings |
0 (8) | Suwon Bluewings |
0 (5) (PSO) |
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| 2009 Lunar New Year Cup Winner |
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 South China Pegasus Team First Title |
Top scorers
1 goal
References
- ↑ HKFA Website, 2009 Lunar New Year Cup
- ↑ HKFA.com, South China Pegasus Team
- ↑ HKFA.com, 2009 Lunar New Year Cup - Team: AC Sparta Praha
- ↑ HKFA.com, 2009 Lunar New Year Cup - Team: Suwon Bluewings FC
External links
- 2009 Lunar New Year Cup Match Information, HKFA Website
