2008 Lunar New Year Cup

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

• Croatia Hajduk Split
• Hong Kong Hong Kong League Selection (host)
• Uruguay Peñarol
• KOR Ulsan Hyundai

Squads

Hajduk Split

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

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: Liu Chun Fai
• Physio: Lui Yat Hong
• Team Assistant: Kwan Kon Sang

Peñarol

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

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).

Semi-finals

15:00 | http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5618(in chinese) Lee Poon Chan Rodríguez Pérez Rodríguez Bueno Arias ----{{football box 17:30 | http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5618(in chinese) Damjanović Živković Andrić Cernat Hrgović Lee Jin-ho

Third place match

15:00 http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5621 (in chinese) Mozzo Lee Sang-ho Corrêa Román Arias Oh Jang-eun Hyun Young-min Brasília Kim Ji-min

Final

17:30 | http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5621 (in chinese) Maxwell Stankovski Gabrić
Damjanović

Bracket

|22 January 2008 – Hong Kong|Hong Kong Hong Kong League Selection|2 |Uruguay Peñarol|1 |22 January 2008 – Hong Kong|Croatia Hajduk Split|2|South Korea Ulsan Hyundai|1 |25 January 2008 – Hong Kong|Hong Kong Hong Kong League Selection|2 |Croatia Hajduk Split|1 |25 January 2008 - Hong Kong|Uruguay Peñarol (pen.) |1 (5)|South Korea Ulsan Hyundai|1 (4)

Top scorers

; 2 goals

• Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Bartolović (Hajduk Split|)
• Republic of Macedonia Goran Stankovski (Hong Kong League Selection)

; 1 goal

• ROM Florin Cernat (Hajduk Split|)
• BRA Tales Schutz (Hong Kong League Selection)
• Hong Kong Chan Siu Ki (Hong Kong League Selection)
• URU Darío Rodríguez (Peñarol)
• URU José María Franco (Peñarol)
• KOR Lee Jin-ho (Ulsan Hyundai)
• BRA Brasília (Ulsan Hyundai)

Ticketing

• Tickets are divided into 5 prices categories: $100(Senior Citizens & Full Time Students ONLY), $150, $200, $280 and $380.

Trivia

• Audience seating in Section 116 (Hong Kong Fans Special Area) are each given a cheering T-shirt.
• All audience who have bought a ticket are given a pair of coupletes.

References

References

1. [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
2. [http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=127 HKFA Website], HNK Hajduk Split
3. [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
4. [http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=126 HKFA Website], Hong Kong League Selection
5. [http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=128 HKFA Website], Peñarol
6. [http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=129 HKFA Website], Ulsan Hyundai
7. [http://www.hkfa.com/en/load_page.php?pid=125 HKFA Website], Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup Match Information
8. [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