1999 Lunar New Year Cup

The 1999 Lunar New Year Cup (also known as Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday (17 January and 20 January 1999).

1999 Lunar New Year Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Hong Kong
Dates	17–20 January
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	10 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hristo Yovov
← 1998 2000 →

Participating teams

•   Bulgaria
•   Hong Kong League XI (host)
•   Mexico
•   Egypt

Results

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

Semifinals

17 January 1999^{[citation needed]}

Egypt	3–1	Bulgaria
Hassan   11', 31' Emam   81'		Yovov   80'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

17 January 1999^{[citation needed]}

Hong Kong League XI	0–0	Mexico
Penalties
	3–4

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Third place match

20 January 1999^{[citation needed]}

Hong Kong League XI	0–3	Bulgaria
		Stoitchkov   5' Yovov   23', 52'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Final

20 January 1999^{[citation needed]}
20:15

Mexico	3–0	Egypt
Márquez   34' Abundis   43' Hernández   88' (pen.)

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 January 1999 – Hong Kong
	Egypt	3
					20 January 1999 – Hong Kong
	Bulgaria	1
					Mexico	3
	17 January 1999 – Hong Kong
					Egypt	0
	Hong Kong League XI (pen.)	0 (3)
	Mexico	0 (4)
					Third place
					20 January 1999 – Hong Kong
					Hong Kong League XI	0
					Bulgaria	3

1999 Carlsberg Cup Winner
Mexico First Title

Scorers

3 goals

•   Hristo Yovov

2 goals

•   Hossam Hassan

1 goal

•   Luis Hernández
•   Jose Abundis
•   Rafael Márquez
•   Hristo Stoichkov
•   Hazem Imam

See also

• Hong Kong Football Association
• Hong Kong First Division League

References

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