Hong Kong League Cup

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Hong Kong League Cup is an annual football competition contested by clubs in Hong Kong.

Contents 1 Format 2 History 3 2006-07 Season 4 Finals 5 Past Winners 6 External Links

[edit] Format

• All teams in Hong Kong First Division League are divided in the 2 groups (Group A & B) in first round stage. Each team plays against all other other teams in the group once. The top two teams in each group qualify into the semi-finals.
• In the semi-finals, the first team in Group A plays against second team in Group B while the first team in Group B plays against second team in Group A.
• The winner of the semi-finals enter the final, which is usually held in Hong Kong Stadium.

[edit] History

[edit] 2006-07 Season

Group A: Kitchee*, Hong Kong 08, Lanwa Redbull, Wofoo Tai Po, Xiangxue Sun Hei
Group B: Happy Valley*, Citizen, HKFC, Rangers, South China
note: * seeded teams

The first group match will start on 11 January 2007.

[edit] Finals

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue (Attendance)
2000/01	Happy Valley	2 - 1 (golden goal)	Sun Hei
2001/02	South China	3 - 0	Buler Rangers
2002/03	Sun Hei	2 - 2 (extra time) 4-2 pen	Happy Valley
2003/04	Sun Hei	4 - 2	Happy Valley	Hong Kong Stadium
2004/05	Sun Hei	1 - 0	Happy Valley	Hong Kong Stadium
2005/06	Kitchee FC	4 - 3	Happy Valley	Mong Kok Stadium (1,680)

[edit] Past Winners

Rank	Team	Winning Times	Runners-up Times	Last Winning Season
1	Xiangxue Sun Hei/Sun Hei	3	1	2004/05
2	Happy Valley	1	4	2000/01
3	South China	1	0	2001/02
3	Kitchee	1	0	2005/06(Current Holder)

[edit] External Links

• RSSSF.com Honkong - List of League Cup Finalists

National football league cups v • d • e
England | Finland | France | Germany | Greece | Hong Kong | Iceland | Ireland | Israel | Japan | Northern Ireland | Scotland | South Korea | Spain