1985 China v Hong Kong football match

March 2021 19 May Incident五一九事件 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round China PR CHN 30px 1 Hong Kong HKG 1959 30px 2 Hong Kong qualifies for the final round of qualification. 19 May 1985 Workers' Stadium Beijing Melvyn D'Souza (India) 80,000 China v Hong Kong was a 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification match played on 19 May 1985, noteworthy in that the surprise result caused deep dissatisfaction and hooliganism among Mainland Chinese football fans, leading to the match being immortalised as the 19 May Incident or 5.19 incident (五一九事件).https://wildeastfootball.net/2017/10/5-19-incident-chinas-doomed-attempt-qualify-mexico86/ https://web.archive.org/web/20171204172630/https://wildeastfootball.net/2017/10/5-19-incident-chinas-doomed-attempt-qualify-mexico86/ The 5.19 incident: China's doomed attempt to qualify for Mexico '86 usurped 2017-10-05 2017-12-04 wildeastfootball.net Needing a victory to advance, Hong Kong achieved a stunning 2–1 win to eliminate heavily-favoured China, with goals from Cheung Chi Tak in the 19th minute and Ku Kam Fai in the 60th minute. Indian referee Melvyn D'Souza officiated the match, which was described by commentators at the time as being played in an unusually intense (for an Asian World Cup qualifier) manner. After the loss, disgruntled home fans rioted in the Workers' Stadium and the People's Armed Police were needed to restore order. Due to the high stakes, the match was one of the most notable in the rivalry between the China and Hong Kong national football teams. Background July 2011 China were the runners-up of the 1984 AFC Asian Cup and expected to be by far the strongest team in its 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC Zone B first round group. China and Hong Kong had met earlier in the tournament, playing out a scoreless draw in Hong Kong. They entered the final match tied on points; however, China held the advantage in goal differential due to larger margins of victory over the group's other two teams, Brunei and Macau. Thus, in order to advance to the next round, Hong Kong would need an unlikely away win in the Chinese capital. Table before the match 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) After 12 May 1985, the group 4A table was as follows: LegendCannot qualify #TeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1CHN5410220+2292HKG 19595410171+1693MAC colonial6204415−1144BRU6006229−270 China qualifies for second round with win or draw. Hong Kong qualifies for second round with win only. Match Summary The Chinese team began the game on the offensive, determined to achieve a win rather than a draw. However, Hong Kong scored the first goal in the 19th minute, when during a free kick, Wu Kwok Hung backheeled the ball to Cheung Chi Tak, who shot and scored from well outside the penalty area. China equalized twelve minutes later, when Li Hui scored off a rebound from Hong Kong's goalkeeper. In the second half, the Chinese players went on the attack again, and in doing so allowed more chances for Hong Kong to score. This culminated in Hong Kong's second goal, when Ku Kam Fai scored at the 60 minute mark. China took several shots over the game's final half-hour but were unable to score, resulting in a 2–1 victory for Hong Kong.https://supchina.com/2020/08/26/when-hong-kong-football-sparked-a-riot-in-beijing/ The 'May 19 Incident': When Hong Kong football sparked a riot in Beijing SupChina 26 August 2020 Legge James 5 November 2020 21 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521104751/https://supchina.com/2020/08/26/when-hong-kong-football-sparked-a-riot-in-beijing/ dead Details 19 May 1985 20:00 CST UTC+8 CHN 1–2 HKG 1959 Li Hui 31 Cheung Chi Tak 19Ku Kam Fai 60 Workers' Stadium, Beijing 80,000 Melvyn D'Souza (India) _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes _adidasred _color_3_stripes_red FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF China PR _whiteshoulders _whiteshoulders _whiteshoulders _hkg86h _band_white FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Hong Kong GK Lu JianrenRB Zhu BoCB Jia XiuquanCB Lin LefengLB Lü HongxiangCM Lin QiangCM Yang ZhaohuiCM Wang Huiliang 70RF 7 Gu GuangmingCF 10Li Hui 64LF Zuo Shusheng (c) 38Substitutions:FW Li Huayun 38FW Zhao Dayu 70Manager:Zeng Xuelin GK Chan Wan NgokSW 2 Leung Sui Wing (c)CB Lai Law KauCB 19Ku Kam FaiRWB 14Cheung Chi TakLWB Yu Kwok Sum 21RM Lau Wing YipCM Wong Kwok OnCM 13Wu Kwok HungLM Chan Fat Chi 73CF Wan Chi Keung 85Substitutions:DF Tam Yu Wah 73 DF Philip Reis 85 Manager:Kwok Ka Ming Aftermath Result LegendQualified directly for the next round #TeamPts PointsPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1HKG 1959116510192+172CHN96411232+213MAC colonial46204415−114BRU06006229−27 Hong Kong advances to Zone B Second Round. In the AFC Zone B Second Round (AFC semi-finals), Hong Kong faced another heavy favorite in a two-legged matchup with Japan. They quickly allowed two goals in the first leg in Japan, eventually falling 3–0. They performed better in the second leg at home, but missed a penalty and lost 2–1. Japan advanced to the Zone B Final Round, 5–1 on aggregate score. 11 August 1985 JPN 1870 3–0 HKG 1959 Hara 9 pen. Kimura 11 Mizunuma 53 Kobe, Japan Gurkan (Philippines) 1 22 September 1985 HKG 1959 1–2 JPN 1870 Wan Chi Keung 80 Kimura 45 Hara 89 Hong Kong Lee Kok Leong (Singapore) 1 For China, the result represented another frustrating setback in their quest to qualify for their first World Cup finals. In the qualifying tournament for the 1982 edition, they had lost to New Zealand by the same score in a winner-take-all match to qualify for the World Cup Finals. It would not be until 2002 that China would finally qualify for their first FIFA World Cup. Hooliganism incident This match also led to "the first incident of football hooliganism in the history of the People's Republic of China".http://news.ifeng.com/sports/gnzq/detail_2010_10/13/2772754_9.shtml https://archive.today/20120712064959/http://news.ifeng.com/sports/gnzq/detail_2010_10/13/2772754_9.shtml 中国十大球迷冲突:京豫球迷暴力狂? 5·19震惊世界 dead 2010-10-13 2012-07-12 Ifeng.com While Hong Kong's team received a hero's welcome upon their return, disgruntled mainlanders rioted in and around Workers' Stadium after the match. The People's Armed Police were called to restore order, leading to 127 arrests. https://sports.sina.com.cn/n/2005-05-19/ba1568730.shtml 《足球之夜》特别节目：5.19 一个时代的缩影(9)_国内足坛-国家队_NIKE新浪竞技风暴_新浪网 sports.sina.com.cn 2011 25 August 2011 Zeng Xuelin, manager of the Chinese national team, and Li Fenglou, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, both resigned. 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