1999 Lunar New Year Cup

1999 Lunar New Year Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Hong Kong
Dates	1–4 February
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	10 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hristo Yovov
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The 1999 Lunar New Year Cup (also known as Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday (1 February and 4 February 1999).

• Bulgaria
• Hong Kong League XI (host)
• Mexico
• Egypt

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

1 February 1999^{[citation needed]}

Egypt	3–1	Bulgaria
Hassan 11', 31' Emam 81'		Yovov 80'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

1 February 1999^{[citation needed]}

Hong Kong League XI	0–0	Mexico
Penalties
	3–4

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

4 February 1999^{[citation needed]}

Hong Kong League XI	0–3	Bulgaria
		Stoitchkov 5' Yovov 23', 52'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

4 February 1999^{[citation needed]}
20:15

Mexico	3–0	Egypt
Márquez 34' Abundis 43' Hernández 88' (pen.)

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 February 1999 – Hong Kong
	Egypt	3
					4 February 1999 – Hong Kong
	Bulgaria	1
					Mexico	3
	1 February 1999 – Hong Kong
					Egypt	0
	Hong Kong League XI (pen.)	0 (3)
	Mexico	0 (4)
					Third place
					4 February 1999 – Hong Kong
					Hong Kong League XI	0
					Bulgaria	3

1999 Carlsberg Cup Winner
Mexico First Title

3 goals

• Hristo Yovov

2 goals

• Hossam Hassan

1 goal

• Luis Hernández
• Jose Abundis
• Rafael Márquez
• Hristo Stoichkov
• Hazem Imam

• Hong Kong Football Association
• Hong Kong First Division League

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