1996 Lunar New Year Cup

1996 Lunar New Year Cup
Tournament details
Host countryHong Kong
Dates4 – 7 February
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Sweden (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored9 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)Japan Takuya Takagi
Japan Norio Omura (2 goals)
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The 1996 Lunar New Year Cup was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday.

Participating teams

Results

Semifinals

Japan 5–0 Poland
Yamaguchi 31'
Takagi 33', 77'
Omura 41'
Miura 63'		 Report
Attendance: 27,456
Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
Hong Kong League XI Hong Kong0–1 Sweden
Report Alexandersson 65'
Attendance: 27,456
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Third place match

Hong Kong League XI Hong Kong0–1 Poland
Report Śrutwa 27'
Attendance: 32,019
Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)

Final

Japan 1–1 (a.e.t.) Sweden
Omura 65' Report Pringle 52'
Penalties
Miura soccer ball with check mark
Sōma soccer ball with check mark
Takagi soccer ball with red X
Honda soccer ball with check mark
Ihara soccer ball with check mark		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Landberg
soccer ball with check mark Karlsson
soccer ball with check mark R. Nilsson
soccer ball with check mark M. Nilsson
soccer ball with check mark Alexandersson
Attendance: 31,932
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 February 1996 – Hong Kong
 
 
 Japan5
 
7 February 1996 – Hong Kong
 
 Poland0
 
 Sweden (pen.) 1 (5)
 
4 February 1996 – Hong Kong
 
 Japan1 (4)
 
 Sweden1
 
 
Hong Kong Hong Kong League XI0
 
Third place
 
 
7 February 1996 – Hong Kong
 
 
 Poland1
 
 
Hong Kong Hong Kong League XI0
1996 Carlsberg Cup Winner
Sweden
Sweden
First Title

Top scorers

2 goals
1 goal

See also

References