2000 Lunar New Year Cup

2000 Lunar New Year Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Hong Kong
Dates	20–23 February
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	8 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Miguel Zepeda (2 goals)
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The 2000 Lunar New Year Cup (aka Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday.

• Czech Republic
• Hong Kong League XI (host)
• Mexico
• Japan

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Coach: Philippe Troussier

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Eiji Kawashima	(1983-03-20)20 March 1983 (aged 16)		Urawa Higashi High School
2	2DF	Go Oiwa	(1972-06-23)23 June 1972 (aged 27)		Nagoya Grampus Eight
3	2DF	Naoki Matsuda	(1977-03-14)14 March 1977 (aged 22)		Yokohama F·Marinos
6	3MF	Toshihiro Hattori	(1973-09-23)23 September 1973 (aged 26)		Júbilo Iwata
7	3MF	Teruyoshi Ito	(1974-08-31)31 August 1974 (aged 25)		Shimizu S-Pulse
8	3MF	Shigeyoshi Mochizuki	(1973-07-09)9 July 1973 (aged 26)		Nagoya Grampus Eight
9	4FW	Masashi Nakayama	(1967-09-23)23 September 1967 (aged 32)		Júbilo Iwata
10	3MF	Hiroshi Nanami	(1972-11-28)28 November 1972 (aged 27)		Venezia
11	4FW	Kazuyoshi Miura	(1967-02-26)26 February 1967 (aged 32)		Kyoto Purple Sanga
12	3MF	Masaaki Sawanobori	(1970-01-12)12 January 1970 (aged 30)		Shimizu S-Pulse
13	3MF	Shinji Ono	(1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 20)		Urawa Red Diamonds
14	2DF	Takashi Hirano	(1974-07-15)15 July 1974 (aged 25)		Nagoya Grampus Eight
15	3MF	Daisuke Oku	(1976-02-07)7 February 1976 (aged 23)		Júbilo Iwata
16	2DF	Yuji Nakazawa	(1978-02-25)25 February 1978 (aged 21)		Verdy Kawasaki
16	2DF	Kōji Nakata	(1979-07-09)9 July 1979 (aged 20)		Kashima Antlers
17	4FW	Tomoyuki Hirase	(1977-05-23)23 May 1977 (aged 22)		Kashima Antlers
18	1GK	Seigo Narazaki	(1976-04-15)15 April 1976 (aged 23)		Nagoya Grampus Eight
21	3MF	Tomokazu Myojin	(1978-01-24)24 January 1978 (aged 22)		Kashiwa Reysol
23	3MF	Shunsuke Nakamura	(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 21)		Yokohama F. Marinos
24	3MF	Junichi Inamoto	(1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 20)		Gamba Osaka

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

20 February 2000

Mexico	1–0	Japan
Zepeda 55'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: -

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

20 February 2000

Hong Kong League XI	2–2	Czech Republic
Bajkusa 26' Cheng 48'		Jankulovski 48' Kincl 88'
Penalties
	5–6

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: -

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

23 February 2000

Hong Kong League XI	0–0	Japan
Penalties
	5–6

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: -

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

23 February 2000

Mexico	1–2	Czech Republic
Zepeda 80'		Kolomazník 59' Verbíř 55'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: -

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

	Semi-finals				Final
	20 February 2000 – Hong Kong
	Mexico	1
					23 February 2000 – Hong Kong
	Japan	0
					Mexico	1
	20 February 2000 – Hong Kong
					Czech Republic	2
	Hong Kong League XI	2 (5)
	Czech Republic (pen.)	2 (6)
					Third place
					23 February 2000 – Hong Kong
					Hong Kong League XI	0 (5)
					Japan (pen.)	0 (6)

2000 Carlsberg Cup champions
Czech Republic First title

2 goals

• Miguel Zepeda

1 goals

• Marek Jankulovski
• Marek Kincl
• Michal Kolomazník
• Pavel Verbíř
• Cheng Siu Chung
• Alen Bajkusa

• Hong Kong Football Association
• Hong Kong First Division League

• Carlsberg Cup 2000, Rsssf.com
• XVIII. Carlsberg Cup Chinese New Years Tournament 2000 – Details, YANSFIELD