1996 Lunar New Year Cup

Lunar New Year Cup 1996 Hong Kong 4 – 7 February 4 1 1 SWE 1 4 9 Japan Takuya TakagiJapan Norio Omura (2 goals) 1995 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 HKG 1959 Hong Kong League XI (host) Japan Sweden Poland Results Semifinals 4 February 1996 JPN 5–0 Report POL Yamaguchi 31 Takagi 33 77 Omura 41 Miura 63 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27,456 Esfandiar Baharmast (USA) 4 February 1996 Hong Kong League XI HKG 1959 0–1 Report Sweden Alexandersson 65 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 27,456 Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark) Third place match 7 February 1996 Hong Kong League XI HKG 1959 0–1 Report POL Śrutwa 27 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 32,019 Esfandiar Baharmast (USA) Final 7 February 1996 JPN 1–1 y Report SWE Omura 65 Pringle 52 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31,932 Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark) 4–5 Miura Sōma Takagi Honda Ihara Landberg Karlsson R. Nilsson M. Nilsson Alexandersson Bracket 4 February 1996 – Hong Kong Japan 5 Poland 0 4 February 1996 – Hong Kong Sweden 1 HKG 1959 Hong Kong League XI 0 7 February 1996 – Hong Kong Sweden (pen.) 1 (5) Japan 1 (4) 7 February 1996 – Hong Kong Poland 1 HKG 1959 Hong Kong League XI 0 1996 Carlsberg Cup Winner100px|SwedenSwedenFirst Title Top scorers 2 goals Japan Takuya Takagi Japan Norio Omura 1 goal Japan Motohiro Yamaguchi Japan Kazuyoshi Miura Sweden Martin Pringle Sweden Niclas Alexandersson Poland Mariusz Śrutwa See also Hong Kong Football Association Hong Kong First Division League References Carlsberg Cup 1996 at RSSSF XV. Carlsberg Cup Chinese New Years Tournament 1996 – Details, YANSFIELD (Archived) 1997 Category:February 1996 sports events in Asia Category:1995–96 in Hong Kong football Category:1996 in Swedish football Category:1996 in Japanese football Category:1995–96 in Polish football