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: France Philippe Troussier

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Eiji Kawashima (1983-03-20)20 March 1983 (aged 16) Japan Urawa Higashi High School
2 2DF Go Oiwa (1972-06-23)23 June 1972 (aged 27) Japan Nagoya Grampus Eight
3 2DF Naoki Matsuda (1977-03-14)14 March 1977 (aged 22) Japan Yokohama F·Marinos
6 3MF Toshihiro Hattori (1973-09-23)23 September 1973 (aged 26) Japan Júbilo Iwata
7 3MF Teruyoshi Ito (1974-08-31)31 August 1974 (aged 25) Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
8 3MF Shigeyoshi Mochizuki (1973-07-09)9 July 1973 (aged 26) Japan Nagoya Grampus Eight
9 4FW Masashi Nakayama (1967-09-23)23 September 1967 (aged 32) Japan Júbilo Iwata
10 3MF Hiroshi Nanami (1972-11-28)28 November 1972 (aged 27) Italy Venezia
11 4FW Kazuyoshi Miura (1967-02-26)26 February 1967 (aged 32) Japan Kyoto Purple Sanga
12 3MF Masaaki Sawanobori (1970-01-12)12 January 1970 (aged 30) Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
13 3MF Shinji Ono (1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 20) Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
14 2DF Takashi Hirano (1974-07-15)15 July 1974 (aged 25) Japan Nagoya Grampus Eight
15 3MF Daisuke Oku (1976-02-07)7 February 1976 (aged 23) Japan Júbilo Iwata
16 2DF Yuji Nakazawa (1978-02-25)25 February 1978 (aged 21) Japan Verdy Kawasaki
16 2DF Kōji Nakata (1979-07-09)9 July 1979 (aged 20) Japan Kashima Antlers
17 4FW Tomoyuki Hirase (1977-05-23)23 May 1977 (aged 22) Japan Kashima Antlers
18 1GK Seigo Narazaki (1976-04-15)15 April 1976 (aged 23) Japan Nagoya Grampus Eight
21 3MF Tomokazu Myojin (1978-01-24)24 January 1978 (aged 22) Japan Kashiwa Reysol
23 3MF Shunsuke Nakamura (1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 21) Japan Yokohama F. Marinos
24 3MF Junichi Inamoto (1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 20) Japan Gamba Osaka

Results

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

Semifinals

5 February 2000
Mexico Mexico 1-0 Japan Japan
Zepeda  55'
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: -
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

5 February 2000
Hong Kong Hong Kong League XI 2-2
5-6 (PSO) 		Czech Republic Czech Republic
Bajkusa  26'
Cheng  48' 		Jankulovski  48'
Kincl  88'
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: -
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Third place match

8 February 2000
Hong Kong Hong Kong League XI 0-0
5-6 (PSO) 		Japan Japan
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: -
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Final

8 February 2000
Mexico Mexico 1-2 Czech Republic Czech Republic
Zepeda  80' Kolomazník  59'
Verbíř  55'
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: -
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
5 February 2000 – (Hong Kong Stadium)
 Mexico Mexico  1  
 Japan Japan  0  
 
8 February 2000 – (Hong Kong Stadium)
      Mexico Mexico  1
    Czech Republic Czech Republic  2
Third place
5 February 2000 – (Hong Kong Stadium) 8 February 2000 - (Hong Kong Stadium)
 Hong Kong Hong Kong League XI  2(5)(PSO)  Hong Kong Hong Kong League XI  0(5)(PSO)
  Czech Republic Czech Republic  2 (6)     Japan Japan  0(6)
2000 Carlsberg Cup Winner
Czech Republic
First Title

Scorers

2 goals
1 goals

See also

References

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