2000 Lunar New Year Cup

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.

Participating teams

Squads

Japan

Coach: Philippe Troussier

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	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

Results

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

Semifinals

Mexico v Japan

5 February 2000

Mexico	1-0	Japan
Zepeda 55'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: -
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Hong Kong League XI v Czech Republic

5 February 2000

Hong Kong League XI	2-2 5-6 (PSO)	Czech Republic
Bajkusa 26' Cheng 48'		Jankulovski 48' Kincl 88'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: -
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Third place match

Hong Kong League XI v Japan

8 February 2000

Hong Kong League XI	0-0 5-6 (PSO)	Japan