2002 Lunar New Year Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Hong Kong
Dates	13 – 16 January
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Honduras (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	9 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Saul Martínez (5 goals)
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The 2002 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.

Participating teams

• China
• Honduras
• Hong Kong League XI (host)
• Slovenia

Squads

Some of the players include:

China

Coach: Bora Milutinović

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
2	2DF	Gao Yao	(1978-07-13)13 July 1978 (aged 23)		Shandong Luneng
4	2DF	Wu Chengying	(1975-04-21)21 April 1975 (aged 26)		Shanghai Shenhua
5	3MF	Zhao Junzhe	(1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 22)		Liaoning Bird
6	3MF	Song Lihui	(1974-11-15)15 November 1974 (aged 27)		Shandong Luneng
8	3MF	Li Tie	(1977-09-18)18 September 1977 (aged 24)		Liaoning Bird
9	3MF	Ma Mingyu	(1972-08-10)10 August 1972 (aged 29)		Sichuan Dahe
10	4FW	Yu Genwei	(1974-01-07)7 January 1974 (aged 28)		Tianjin Teda
12	4FW	Su Maozhen	(1971-10-23)23 October 1971 (aged 30)		Shandong Luneng
13	2DF	Chen Gang	(1972-03-09)9 March 1972 (aged 29)		Qingdao Hademen
14	2DF	Li Weifeng	(1978-12-01)1 December 1978 (aged 23)		Shenzhen Ping'an Insurance
15	3MF	Shen Si	(1973-05-01)1 May 1973 (aged 28)		Shanghai COSCO Huili
16	4FW	Qu Bo	(1981-07-15)15 July 1981 (aged 20)		Qingdao Hademen
17	2DF	Du Wei	(1982-02-09)9 February 1982 (aged 20)		Shanghai Shenhua
18	3MF	Li Xiaopeng	(1975-06-20)20 June 1975 (aged 26)		Shandong Luneng
19	3MF	Qi Hong	(1976-06-03)3 June 1976 (aged 25)		Shanghai COSCO Huili
21	2DF	Xu Yunlong	(1979-02-17)17 February 1979 (aged 22)		Beijing Guoan
22	1GK	Jiang Jin	(1968-10-07)7 October 1968 (aged 33)		Tianjin Teda
23	1GK	Liu Yunfei	(1979-05-08)8 May 1979 (aged 22)		Tianjin Teda
26	4FW	Zhang Yuning	(1977-05-25)25 May 1977 (aged 24)		Liaoning Bird
27	3MF	Shao Jiayi	(1980-04-10)10 April 1980 (aged 21)		Beijing Guoan
30	4FW	Li Yi	(1979-06-20)20 June 1979 (aged 22)		Shenzhen Ping'an Insurance

Honduras

Coach: Ernesto Luzardo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Victor Coello	(1974-07-29)29 July 1974 (aged 27)		Marathón
3		David Cárcamo
4	2DF	Samuel Caballero	(1974-12-24)24 December 1974 (aged 27)		Udinese
5	2DF	Sergio Mendoza	(1981-05-23)23 May 1981 (aged 20)		Real España
6	2DF	Jaime Rosales	(1978-06-08)8 June 1978 (aged 23)		Marathón
7		Robel Bernandez
8	3MF	José Luis Pineda	(1975-03-19)19 March 1975 (aged 26)
10	3MF	Julio César de León	(1979-09-13)13 September 1979 (aged 22)		Reggina
11	3MF	Emil Martínez	(1982-09-17)17 September 1982 (aged 19)		Marathón
14		Ronny Morales
16		Cristián Martínez
18	4FW	Saul Martínez	(1976-01-29)29 January 1976 (aged 26)		Nacional
19	3MF	Edgar Álvarez	(1980-01-09)9 January 1980 (aged 22)		Platense
20		Amado Alvarez
21	2DF	Limber Perez	(1976-07-26)26 July 1976 (aged 25)

Hong Kong League XI

Coach: Wong Yiu Shun

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
2	2DF	Yau Kin Wai	(1973-01-04)4 January 1973 (aged 29)		South China
3	2DF	Cristiano Cordeiro	(1973-08-14)14 August 1973 (aged 28)		South China
5	2DF	André Hartwig			Sun Hei
7	4FW	Au Wai Lun	(1971-08-14)14 August 1971 (aged 30)		South China
11	3MF	Gary McKeown	(1970-10-19)19 October 1970 (aged 31)		Sun Hei
17	4FW	Keith Gumbs	(1972-09-11)11 September 1972 (aged 29)		Happy Valley
20	2DF	Poon Yiu Cheuk	(1977-09-19)19 September 1977 (aged 24)		Happy Valley
26	1GK	Fan Chun Yip	(1976-05-01)1 May 1976 (aged 25)		Happy Valley
	2DF	Luk Koon Pong	(1978-08-01)1 August 1978 (aged 23)		South China
	3MF	Lo Kai Wah	(1971-01-27)27 January 1971 (aged 31)		Happy Valley
	3MF	Gerard Ambassa Guy	(1978-09-21)21 September 1978 (aged 23)		Happy Valley
	3MF	Aderbal Filho
	4FW	Cornelius Udebuluzor	(1974-08-27)27 August 1974 (aged 27)		Buler Rangers
	4FW	Cheng Siu Chung	(1972-09-29)29 September 1972 (aged 29)		South China

Slovenia

Coach: Srečko Katanec

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Marko Simeunović	(1967-12-06)6 December 1967 (aged 34)		Etimesgut Şekerspor
2	2DF	Goran Sankovič	(1979-06-18)18 June 1979 (aged 22)		Slavia Prague
3	2DF	Željko Milinovič	(1969-10-12)12 October 1969 (aged 32)		JEF United Ichihara
4	3MF	Amir Karić	(1973-12-31)31 December 1973 (aged 28)		Maribor
5	2DF	Marinko Galič	(1970-04-22)22 April 1970 (aged 31)		Koper
6	2DF	Bekim Kapič	(1979-01-02)2 January 1979 (aged 23)		Koper
7	3MF	Džoni Novak	(1969-09-04)4 September 1969 (aged 32)		SpVgg Unterhaching
8	3MF	Aleš Čeh	(1968-04-07)7 April 1968 (aged 33)		Grazer AK
9	3MF	Nastja Čeh	(1978-01-26)26 January 1978 (aged 24)		Club Brugge
10	3MF	Zlatko Zahovič	(1971-02-01)1 February 1971 (aged 31)		Benfica
11	3MF	Miran Pavlin	(1971-10-08)8 October 1971 (aged 30)		Porto
12	1GK	Mladen Dabanovič	(1971-09-13)13 September 1971 (aged 30)		Lokeren
13	4FW	Mladen Rudonja	(1971-07-26)26 July 1971 (aged 30)		Portsmouth
14	3MF	Saša Gajser	(1974-02-11)11 February 1974 (aged 28)		Gent
15	3MF	Rajko Tavčar	(1974-07-21)21 July 1974 (aged 27)		1. FC Nürnberg
16	4FW	Ermin Rakovič	(1977-09-07)7 September 1977 (aged 24)		Hapoel Petah Tikva
17	3MF	Zoran Pavlovič	(1976-06-27)27 June 1976 (aged 25)		Austria Wien
18	3MF	Milenko Ačimovič	(1977-02-15)15 February 1977 (aged 24)		Olimpija
19	4FW	Senad Tiganj	(1975-08-28)28 August 1975 (aged 26)		Olimpija

Results

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

Semi-finals

13 January 2002

Honduras	5–1	Slovenia
S. Martínez 39', 58', 69', 72' C. Martínez 90'		Zahovic 52' (pen.)

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 26,244

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

13 January 2002

Hong Kong League XI	1–1	China
Filho 70'		Yu 64'
Penalties
	4–3

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 26,244

Referee: Kim Tae-young (South Korea)

Third place match

16 January 2002

China	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Slovenia
Penalties
	3–4

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 30,329

Referee: Kim Tae-young (South Korea)

Final

16 January 2002

Hong Kong League XI	0–1	Honduras
		S. Martínez 67'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 30,329

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 January 2002 – Hong Kong
	Honduras	5
					16 January 2002 – Hong Kong
	Slovenia	1
					Honduras	1
	13 January 2002 – Hong Kong
					Hong Kong League XI	0
	Hong Kong League XI (pen.)	1 (4)
	China	1 (3)
					Third place
					16 January 2002 – Hong Kong
					Slovenia (pen.)	0 (4)
					China	0 (3)

2002 Carlsberg Cup champions
Honduras First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 9 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.25 goals per match.

5 goals

1 goal