1997 Carlsberg Cup

The 1997 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.

Contents

Participating teams

Results

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

Semifinals

7 February 1997
Russia  1 – 1
6 – 5 (PSO)
 Yugoslavia Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 25,430
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
Popov  62' Drobnjak  40'

7 February 1997
Hong Kong League XI 1 - 4  Switzerland Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 25,430
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Muir  55' Yakin  32' (pen.)
Kunz  38'  70'
Weiler  90'

Third place match

10 February 1997
Hong Kong League XI 1 - 3  Yugoslavia Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 20,167
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Silva  60' Milosevic  7'
Drobnjak  17'  32'

Final

10 February 1997
Russia  2 – 1  Switzerland Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 20,167
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
Simutenkov  23'  25' Thuler  80'

See also

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