2000–01 Hong Kong League Cup

Hong Kong League Cup 2000–01 is the 1st staging of the Hong Kong League Cup.

The 8 teams in Hong Kong First Division League participated in the competition and Happy Valley won the first title of this competition by winning 2-1 against Sun Hei under golden goal rule. It received a HK$125,000 champion prize.

Format

The teams were drawn into 2 groups (4 teams in a group). Each team plays 2 matches against the other teams in its group. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals while the bottom two teams entered the 5th to 8th-place position matches.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Sun Hei 1364111064
Happy Valley 1264021064
Orient & Yee Hope Union 7621389-1
Po Chai Pills 36105293

2000-11-30
17:45
Happy Valley 3 0 Po Chai Pills
Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 893



20 December 2000
Po Chai Pills 1-2 Sun Hei

2000-12-24
13:00
Po Chai Pills 0 1 Happy Valley
Ritchie

2000-12-24
15:15
Sun Hei 2 2 Orient & Yee Hope Union
John Moore
Lau Chi Keung
Chan Ho Man  83'
Leandro  87'
Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 1,825

27 December 2000
Orient & Yee Hope Union 0-1 Po Chai Pills


2001-01-02
Sun Hei 2 0 Po Chai Pills
Ricardo  6'
Cornelius  46'

2001-02-03
15:15
Sun Hei 1 0 Happy Valley
Moore  72'
Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 828

2001-02-03
13:00
Po Chai Pills 0 1 Orient & Yee Hope Union
Watson  55'
Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 828

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
South China 16651019613
Instant-Dict 962311495
Rangers 46114517-12
Kitchee 36033612-6

2000-11-30
20:00
Instant-Dict 1 1 Kitchee
Tam Siu Wai  40' (pen.) Ho Chi Wing  3'

16 December 2000
Instant-Dict 3-1 Rangers

16 December 2000
Kitchee 0-2 South China

2000-12-19
Kitchee 0 1 Rangers
Law Chun Bong  90+'
Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 973

2000-12-19
Instant-Dict 3 3 South China
Putiray  45+'  51'
Cheung Yiu Lun  70'
Zinho  7'
Au Wai Lun  23'  53'
Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 973

2000-12-24
15:15
Kitchee 1 1 Instant-Dict
Lo Chi Fung Cheng Siu Chung

2000-12-24
13:00
Rangers 0 2 South China
Gavrilović
Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 1,825

27 December 2000
Rangers 0-6 Instant-Dict

2000-12-28
South China 5 2 Kitchee
Au Wai Lun
Yeung Ching Kwong
Leung Chi Kui  88'
Ho Chi Wing
Chow Man Ho


2001-02-02
Rangers 2 2 Kitchee
Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 1,299

2001-02-02
South China 3 0 Instant-Dict
Zinho
Ornelas
Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 1,299

Knockout stage

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

5th to 8th place position matches


2001-02-08
Rangers 1 1 (a.e.t.) Po Chai Pills
  Penalties  
5 – 3

Semi-finals

2001-02-08
Sun Hei 0 0 (a.e.t.) Instant-Dict
[1]
  Penalties  
Moore 4 – 2 Kim Pan-Gon
Ng Wai Chiu
Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 4,939

2001-02-08
Happy Valley 1 0 South China
Ritchie  54' [2]
Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 4,939

Seventh Place Match

2001-03-13
Kitchee 1 0 Po Chai Pills
Cheung Yiu Chung  3' (o.g.) [3]

Fifth Place Match

Third Place Match

2001-04-15
13:00
Instant-Dict 3 1 South China
Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 3,078

Final

2001-04-15
15:15
Happy Valley 2 1 (a.e.t.) Sun Hei
Carlos  90+'
Chan Chi Hong  100'
[4] Lo Chi Kwan  49'
Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 3,078

Results

Position Team
1stHappy Valley
2ndSun Hei
3rdInstant-Dict
4thSouth China
5thOrient & Yee Hope Union
6thRangers
7thKitchee
8thPo Chai Pills

References

External links

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