The 2009 Lunar New Year Cup is a football tournament held in Hong Kong on the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year of the Earth Ox Year (9 February and 12 February 2009).

Format

The two semi-finals for the four participating teams will be held on the first day of the Chinese New Year of Ox (26 January 2009). 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. 29 January.) 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

Squads

Hong Kong League Selection

South China Pegasus Team

Sparta Prague

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Fixtures

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

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Bracket

Top scorers

1 goal