1999 Lunar New Year Cup

1999 Lunar New Year CupTournament 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).

## Participating teams

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

## Results

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

### Semifinals

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1 February 1999[citation needed]

Egypt| 3–1|  Bulgaria

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Hassan 11', 31'
Emam 81' |  | Yovov 80'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

1 February 1999[citation needed]

Hong Kong League XI| 0–0|  Mexico

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Penalties
| 3–4 |

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

### Third place match

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4 February 1999[citation needed]

Hong Kong League XI| 0–3|  Bulgaria

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|  | Stoitchkov 5'
Yovov 23', 52'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

### Final

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4 February 1999[citation needed]
20:15

Mexico| 3–0|  Egypt

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Márquez 34'
Abundis 43'
Hernández 88' (pen.) |  |

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

## Bracket

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

## Scorers

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3 goals

* Hristo Yovov

2 goals

* Hossam Hassan

1 goal

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

## See also

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* Hong Kong Football Association
* Hong Kong First Division League

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