The 2009 Lunar New Year Cup is a football tournament held in Hong Kong on the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year of the Earth Ox Year (9 February and 12 February 2009).
Format The two semi-finals for the four participating teams will be held on the first day of the Chinese New Year of Ox (26 January 2009). 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. 29 January.) 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 Hong Kong League Selection (host) South China Pegasus Team Sparta Prague Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Squads
Hong Kong League Selection Team Managers: Leung Hung Tak, Pui Kwan Kay, Ken Ng Coaches: Julio Moreno (Kitchee), Chan Ho Yin (NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po) Physical coach: Vianney Selin (Kitchee) Physio: So Chun Lung
HKFA Website, 2009 Lunar New Year Cup
South China Pegasus Team Team Managers: Steven Lo, Wong Wai Shun Head coach: Kim Pan-Gon (South China) Coaches: Liu Chun Fai, Ricardo Assistant coaches: Ku Kam Fai, Leung Cheuk Cheung Management: Lam Kai Tai, Lo Kwun Ming, Lee Yun Wah
HKFA.com, South China Pegasus Team
Sparta Prague Head of Delegation: Jozef Chovanec Technical manager: David Simon Coaches: Martin Hašek, Jan Kmoch Coach Assistant: Jan Stejskal Doctor: Jiří Váchal Masseurs: Tomáš Stránský, Vít Zelenka Kitman: David Matěka Marketing Director: Michal Viktorin
HKFA.com, 2009 Lunar New Year Cup - Team: AC Sparta Praha
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Head coach: Cha Bum-kun Coaches: Lee Lim-saeng, Park Kun-ha Goalkeeper coach: Cho Byung-deuk Official: Kim Jin-hoon Team manager: Yang Dae-hyun Therapist: You Hoan-mo Video analyst: Jin Qingyi Interpreter: Park Sung-jin Kit manager: Kim Si-woong
HKFA.com, 2009 Lunar New Year Cup - Team: Suwon Bluewings FC
Fixtures All times given in Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Bracket
2009 Carlsberg Cup ChampionsSouth China Pegasus TeamFirst Title
Top scorers 1 goal Zamudio Cacá Tales Schütz Kim Yeon-gun Ondřej Kušnír
References
External links 2009 Lunar New Year Cup Match Information, HKFA Website