2000 Lunar New Year Cup

2000 Lunar New Year Cup
Tournament details
Host countryHong Kong
Dates5–8 February
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) Miguel Zepeda (2 goals)
1999
2001

The 2000 Lunar New Year Cup (aka Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong to celebrate the Chinese New Year holiday.

Participating teams

Squads

Czech Republic

Hong Kong League XI

Mexico

Japan

Coach: Philippe Troussier

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

Results

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

Semifinals

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

Third place match

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

Final

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

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 February 2000 – Hong Kong
 
 
Mexico1
 
8 February 2000 – Hong Kong
 
Japan0
 
Mexico1
 
5 February 2000 – Hong Kong
 
Czech Republic2
 
Hong Kong League XI2 (5)
 
 
Czech Republic (pen.)2 (6)
 
Third place
 
 
8 February 2000 – Hong Kong
 
 
Hong Kong League XI0 (5)
 
 
Japan (pen.) 0 (6)


 2000 Carlsberg Cup champions 

Czech Republic

First title

Scorers

2 goals
1 goals

See also

References