1996 Lunar New Year Cup
{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = Lunar New Year Cup
| year = 1996
| othertitles =
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Hong Kong
| dates = {{nowrap|4 – 7 February}}
| num_teams = 4
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| champion = SWE
| count = 1
| matches = 4
| goals = 9
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|Japan}} Takuya Takagi
{{flagicon|Japan}} Norio Omura (2 goals)
| prevseason = 1995
| nextseason = 1997
}}
The 1996 Lunar New Year Cup was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday.
Participating teams
- {{flagicon|HKG|1959}} Hong Kong League XI (host)
- {{fb|Japan}}
- {{fb|Sweden}}
- {{fb|Poland}}
Results
= Semifinals =
{{footballbox
|date = 4 February 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 5–0
|
|report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hk-carls96.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|POL}}
|goals1 = Yamaguchi {{goal|31}}
Takagi {{goal|33||77}}
Omura {{goal|41}}
Miura {{goal|63}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
|attendance = 27,456
|referee = Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
}}
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{{footballbox
|date = 4 February 1996
|team1 = Hong Kong League XI {{flagicon|HKG|1959}}
|score = 0–1
|
|report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hk-carls96.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|Sweden}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Alexandersson {{goal|65}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
|attendance = 27,456
|referee = Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
}}
= Third place match =
{{footballbox
|date = 7 February 1996
|team1 = Hong Kong League XI {{flagicon|HKG|1959}}
|score = 0–1
|
|report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hk-carls96.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|POL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Śrutwa {{goal|27}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
|attendance = 32,019
|referee = Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
}}
= Final =
{{footballbox
|date = 7 February 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 1–1
|aet = y
|report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hk-carls96.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|SWE}}
|goals1 = Omura {{goal|65}}
|goals2 = Pringle {{goal|52}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
|attendance = 31,932
|referee = Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
|penaltyscore=4–5
|penalties1=Miura {{pengoal}}
Sōma {{pengoal}}
Takagi {{penmiss}}
Honda {{pengoal}}
Ihara {{pengoal}}
|penalties2={{pengoal}} Landberg
{{pengoal}} Karlsson
{{pengoal}} R. Nilsson
{{pengoal}} M. Nilsson
{{pengoal}} Alexandersson
}}
Bracket
{{Round4-with third
|4 February 1996 – Hong Kong|{{fb|Japan}}|5|{{fb|Poland}}|0
|4 February 1996 – Hong Kong|{{fb|Sweden}}|1|{{flagicon|HKG|1959}} Hong Kong League XI|0
|7 February 1996 – Hong Kong|{{fb|Sweden}} (pen.) |1 (5)|{{fb|Japan}}|1 (4)
|7 February 1996 – Hong Kong|{{fb|Poland}}|1|{{flagicon|HKG|1959}} Hong Kong League XI|0
}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;" |
| 1996 Carlsberg Cup Winner |
|---|
| Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden First Title |
Top scorers
;2 goals
- {{flagicon|Japan}} Takuya Takagi
- {{flagicon|Japan}} Norio Omura
;1 goal
- {{flagicon|Japan}} Motohiro Yamaguchi
- {{flagicon|Japan}} Kazuyoshi Miura
- {{flagicon|Sweden}} Martin Pringle
- {{flagicon|Sweden}} Niclas Alexandersson
- {{flagicon|Poland}} Mariusz Śrutwa
See also
References
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hk-carls96.html Carlsberg Cup 1996] at RSSSF
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120425235910/http://rdfc.com.ne.kr/friendly/carlsberg1996.html XV. Carlsberg Cup Chinese New Years Tournament 1996 – Details, YANSFIELD] (Archived)
{{Lunar New Year Cup}}
{{1995–96 in Hong Kong football}}
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Category:February 1996 sports events in Asia
Category:1995–96 in Hong Kong football
Category:1996 in Swedish football