The 2000

Lunar New Year Cup The Lunar New Year Cup, previously known as the Carlsberg Challenge or the Carlsberg Cup, is an annual invitational association football, football tournament organised in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) since 1908. It is usua ...

(''aka Carlsberg Cup'') was a

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tournament held in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

to celebrate the

Chinese New Year Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival (see also #Names, § Names), is a festival that celebrates the beginning of a New Year, new year on the traditional lunisolar calendar, lunisolar Chinese calendar. It is one of the most important holi ...

holiday.

Participating teams

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

Hong Kong League XI The Hong Kong League XI, also known as the Hong Kong XI or Hong Kong League Selection, is a football team which represents the Hong Kong First Division League in exhibition matches, mainly the Lunar New Year Cup. The team is selected from the ...

(host) *

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

Squads

Czech Republic

Hong Kong League XI

Mexico

Japan

Coach:

Philippe Troussier Philippe Omar Troussier,October's ten – Religious conversions
...

Results

''All times given in

Hong Kong Time Hong Kong Time (abbreviation: HKT; ) is the time in Hong Kong, observed at UTC+08:00 all year round. The Hong Kong Observatory is the official timekeeper of the Hong Kong Time. It is indicated as Asia/Hong_Kong in the IANA time zone database ...

(UTC+8).''

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Bracket

Scorers

; 2 goals *

Miguel Zepeda Miguel Ángel Zepeda Espinoza (born 25 May 1976) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Zepeda made his professional debut on November 13, 1996, in 2–2 draw against Chivas. He has played most of hi ...

; 1 goals *

Marek Jankulovski Marek Jankulovski (born 9 May 1977) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender. His most notable achievements include winning the UEFA Champions League with AC Milan and being voted the 2007 Czech Footballer of the Ye ...

Marek Kincl Marek Kincl (born 3 April 1973) is a Czech former footballer who played as a striker. He represented fourteen clubs in a career which began with Slavoj Vyšehrad in 1990 and concluded in 2010 after a stint at Bohemians (Střížkov) Prague, e ...

Michal Kolomazník Michal Kolomazník (born 20 July 1976) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played three matches for the Czech Republic national team. He won the Czech Cup with FK Teplice in 2003. Kolomazník retired from his ...

Pavel Verbíř Pavel Verbíř (born 13 November 1972) is a Czech former professional footballer who spent his entire playing career in the Czech First League with FK Teplice. Verbíř is often referred to by his nickname 'Verba'. Career Verbíř's first profe ...

Cheng Siu Chung Cheng Siu Chung (; born 29 September 1972) is a Hong Kong football manager and former professional footballer. He is currently the technical director of Hong Kong Premier League club Southern. He served as a commentator for the 2010 FIFA Wo ...

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References

Carlsberg Cup 2000
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