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Deutsch1996 Lunar New Year Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Hong Kong |
| Dates | 4 – 7 February |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Sweden (1st title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 9 (2.25 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Takuya Takagi 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
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Hong Kong League XI (host)
Japan
Sweden
Poland
Results
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]Hong Kong League XI  | 0–1 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Alexandersson  65' |
Third place match
[edit]| Hong Kong League XI | 0–1 |  Poland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Śrutwa 27' |
Final
[edit]| Japan | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Omura 65' | Report | Pringle 52' |
| Penalties | ||
Miura  Sōma Takagi  Honda Ihara | 4–5 | Landberg Karlsson R. Nilsson M. Nilsson Alexandersson |
Bracket
[edit]| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 4 February 1996 – Hong Kong | ||||||
| Japan | 5 | |||||
| 7 February 1996 – Hong Kong | ||||||
| Poland | 0 | |||||
| Sweden (pen.) | 1 (5) | |||||
| 4 February 1996 – Hong Kong | ||||||
| Japan | 1 (4) | |||||
| Sweden | 1 | |||||
| Hong Kong League XI | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 7 February 1996 – Hong Kong | ||||||
| Poland | 1 | |||||
| Hong Kong League XI | 0 | |||||
| 1996 Carlsberg Cup Winner |
|---|
 Sweden First Title |
Top scorers
[edit]- 2 goals
- 1 goal