The 2008 Lunar New Year Cup, officially known as Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup, is a football

Football (soccer)

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 tournament held in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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 on the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...

 of the Year of Rat

Rat (zodiac)

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 (7 February and 10 February 2008).

Format

The two semi-finals for the four participating teams will be held on the first day of the Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...

 of Rat

Rat (zodiac)

The Rat is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar, the Year of the Rat is associated with the earthly branch symbol 子...

 (7 February 2008). The winning teams will enter the final and the losing teams play the third-place playoff (Both matches on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, i.e. 10 February 2008.) Draw in the semi-finals and third-place playoff would be settled by penalty shootout directly, that means no extra time would be played. For the final, a thirty-minute extra time would be played after a draw. A further draw would lead to the penalty shootout.

Participating teams

Hajduk Split Hong Kong League Selection

Hong Kong League XI

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 (host) Peñarol Ulsan Hyundai

Hajduk Split

• General Manager: Ivica Šurjak
  Ivica Šurjak
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• Sports Director: Tomislav Erceg
  Tomislav Erceg
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• Coach: Robert Jarni
  Robert Jarni
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• Assistant Coach: Saša Glavaš
• Econom: Miro Čolak

Hong Kong League Selection

• Team Managers: Brian H T Leung, Lo Kit Sing, Chow Man Leung
• Administrative Manager: Tsang Wai Chung
  Tsang Wai Chung
  Tsang Wai Chung is a former Hong Kong professional footballer and he was head coach of South China and Hong Kong national football team.On 17 September 2008, Tsang asked to leave due to health reasons. He temporarily left the responsibility of head coach and worked as team adviser...
  
  , Lee Yun Wah
• Coach: Jose Luis
  José Luis
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• Coach Assistant: Rambo Jose Ricardo
• Assistant Coach: Lo Kai Wah, Lee Kin Wo
  Lee Kin Wo
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• Fitness Coach: Chan Hiu Ming
  Chan Hiu Ming
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• Goalkeeper Coach: Lui Chun Fai
• Physio: Lui Yat Hong
• Team Assistant: Kwan Kon Sang

Peñarol

• Coordinator: Juan Pedro Damiani
• Coach: Gustavo Matosas
  Gustavo Matosas
  Christian Gustavo Matosas Paidon is a former Argentine-Uruguayan footballer, currently coaching Mexico's Querétaro F.C.. He played for Peñarol of Uruguay, San Lorenzo de Almagro of Argentina, São Paulo of Brazil and Tianjin Teda of China...
  
  
• Manager: Jorge López
  Jorge López
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Ulsan Hyundai

• Vice President: Kim Hyung-yong
• Coach: Kim Jung-Nam
  Kim Jung-Nam
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• Team Manager: Lee Young-Woo

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Bracket

2008 Lunar New Year Cup Winner
Hong Kong League Selection Fourth Title

Top scorers

2 goals Mladen Bartolović

Mladen Bartolovic

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 (Hajduk Split) Goran Stankovski

Goran Stankovski

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 (Hong Kong League Selection)

1 goal Florin Cernat

Florin Cernat

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 (Hajduk Split) Tales Schutz

Tales Schütz

Tales Schutz is a Brazilian football striker of German descent who is has played for AZAL PFC. He spent a year playing in Hong Kong First Division League with South China during 2006-07 season....

 (Hong Kong League Selection) Chan Siu Ki

Chan Siu Ki

Chan Siu Ki is a Hong Kong professional association football player who currently plays as a striker for South China AA. He is the all-time top scorer for the Hong Kong national football team with 29 goals. As he is capable of playing with either feet, he is sometimes tactically deployed as winger...

 (Hong Kong League Selection) Darío Rodríguez

Darío Rodríguez

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 (Peñarol) José María Franco (Peñarol) Lee Jin-Ho (Ulsan Hyundai) Brasília

Cristiano Pereira de Souza

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 (Ulsan Hyundai)

Ticketing

• Tickets are divided into 5 prices categories: $100(Senior Citizens & Full Time Students ONLY), $150, $200, $280 and $380.

Trivia

• Audience seating in Section 116 (Hong Kong Fans Special Area) are each given a cheering T-shirt.
• All audience who have bought a ticket are given a pair of coupletes.

External links

• Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup, HKFA Website
• Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup Match Information, HKFA Website