2002–03 Hong Kong League Cup

Hong Kong League Cup 2002–03 is the 3rd staging of the Hong Kong League Cup.

Sun Hei got their first champion in this competition by winning an aggregate 6-4 against Happy Valley in the final. The team got HK$50,000 as championship prize.^[1]

Contents 1 Group stage 1.1 Group A 1.2 Group B 2 Knockout stage 2.1 Bracket 2.2 Semi-finals 2.3 Final 3 Trivia 4 References

Group stage

All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Buler Rangers	7	3	2	1	0	5	1	4
Happy Valley	4	3	1	1	1	3	2	1
Xiangxue Pharmaceutical	3	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2
Fukien	3	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3

2002-11-29[2] 18:00	Buler Rangers	3 – 0	Fukien	Mong Kok Stadium
	Anílton Akosah Kim Pan-Gon	Report (Chinese)

2002-11-29 20:00	Happy Valley	2 – 0	Xiangxue Pharmaceutical	Mong Kok Stadium
	Gerard  86' Leung Shing Kit  90+'	Report (Chinese)

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2002-12-10[2] 18:00	Fukien	1 – 2	Xiangxue Pharmaceutical	Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 620
	Lee Sze Ming	Report (Chinese)	Liu Xing

2002-12-10 20:00	Happy Valley	1 – 1	Buler Rangers	Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 620
	Gerard  41'	Report (Chinese)	Man Pei Tak  57'

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2002-12-14[3] 13:15	Xiangxue Pharmaceutical	0 – 1	Buler Rangers	Mong Kok Stadium
		Report (Chinese)	Akosah

2002-12-14 15:15	Happy Valley	0 – 1	Fukien	Mong Kok Stadium
		Report (Chinese)	So Loi Keung  69'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
South China	9	3	3	0	0	8	1	7
Sun Hei	6	3	2	0	1	10	3	7
Double Flower	1	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4
HKFC	1	3	0	1	2	4	14	-10

2002-12-01[4] 13:15	South China	4 – 1	HKFC	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground Attendance: 367
	Chan Chi Hong Au Wai Lun Chan Ho Man Yeung Ching Kwong  84'		Lai Chun Kit

2002-12-01 15:15	Sun Hei	2 – 1	Double Flower	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground Attendance: 367
	Márcio  76' (pen.) Wong Chun Yue  82'		Tsang Ho Wan  70'

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2002-12-08	Double Flower	0 – 3	South China	Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 690
		Report (Chinese)	Sham Kwok Pui  52'  66' Ng Wai Chiu  64'

2002-12-08	Sun Hei	8 – 1	HKFC	Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 690
	Chu Siu Kei Márcio Cornelius Ricardo		van der Sander

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12 December 2002	HKFC	2-2	Double Flower

12 December 2002	Sun Hei	0-1	South China

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Finals
	A1	Buler Rangers	2
	B2	Sun Hei	4
						B2	Sun Hei (PSO)	2 (4)
						A2	Happy Valley	2 (2)
	B1	South China	1
	A2	Happy Valley	3

Hong Kong League Cup 2002–03 Winner
Sun Hei First Title

Semi-finals

2003-01-23[5] 18:00	Buler Rangers	2 – 4	Sun Hei	Mong Kok Stadium
	Anílton  68' Akosah  81'	Report Report (Chinese)	Cornelius Ricardo  32' Law Chun Bong  48'

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2003-01-23 20:00	Happy Valley	3 – 1	South China	Mong Kok Stadium
	Gerard  28' Leung Shing Kit  83' (pen.) Keith  87'	Report Report (Chinese)	Au Wai Lun  63'

Final

2003-01-26 15:00	Happy Valley	2 –2 (a.e.t.)	Sun Hei	Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 1,093
	Araujo  4' Keith  30'	Report Report (Chinese)	Ricardo  1' Chu Siu Kei  50'
		Penalties
	Lai Kai Cheuk Cheng Siu Chung	2 – 4

Trivia

• Lai Kai Cheuk and Cheng Siu Chung Ricky of Happy Valley were the only players who missed in the penalty shootout of the final. Chan Ka Ki of Sun Hei saved both shots.

References

• www.rsssf.com Hongkong 2002/03
• HKFA website 聯賽盃回顧(三) (in chinese)

1. ^ HKFA Website 聯賽杯晨曦互射十二碼勝愉園封王 (Chinese)
2. ^ ^{a b} [1]
3. ^ (Chinese) [2]
4. ^ (Chinese) [3]
5. ^ [4]

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