| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Hong Kong |
| Dates | 20–23 February |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Czech Republic (1st title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 8 (2 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Miguel Zepeda (2 goals) |
| ← 1999 2001 → | |
The 2000 Lunar New Year Cup (aka Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday.
Participating teams
Squads
Czech Republic
Main article: Czech Republic national football team | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (January 2021) |
Hong Kong League XI
Main article: Hong Kong League XI | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (January 2021) |
Mexico
Main article: Mexico national football team | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (January 2021) |
Japan
Main article: Japan national football teamCoach: 
Philippe Troussier
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| 1 | 1GK | Eiji Kawashima | (1983-03-20)20 March 1983 (aged 16) |  Urawa Higashi High School
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| 2 | 2DF | Go Oiwa | (1972-06-23)23 June 1972 (aged 27) | Nagoya Grampus Eight
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| 3 | 2DF | Naoki Matsuda | (1977-03-14)14 March 1977 (aged 22) | Yokohama F·Marinos
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| 6 | 3MF | Toshihiro Hattori | (1973-09-23)23 September 1973 (aged 26) | Júbilo Iwata
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| 7 | 3MF | Teruyoshi Ito | (1974-08-31)31 August 1974 (aged 25) | Shimizu S-Pulse
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| 8 | 3MF | Shigeyoshi Mochizuki | (1973-07-09)9 July 1973 (aged 26) | Nagoya Grampus Eight
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| 9 | 4FW | Masashi Nakayama | (1967-09-23)23 September 1967 (aged 32) | Júbilo Iwata
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| 10 | 3MF | Hiroshi Nanami | (1972-11-28)28 November 1972 (aged 27) |  Venezia
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| 11 | 4FW | Kazuyoshi Miura | (1967-02-26)26 February 1967 (aged 32) | Kyoto Purple Sanga
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| 12 | 3MF | Masaaki Sawanobori | (1970-01-12)12 January 1970 (aged 30) | Shimizu S-Pulse
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| 13 | 3MF | Shinji Ono | (1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 20) | Urawa Red Diamonds
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| 14 | 2DF | Takashi Hirano | (1974-07-15)15 July 1974 (aged 25) | Nagoya Grampus Eight
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| 15 | 3MF | Daisuke Oku | (1976-02-07)7 February 1976 (aged 23) | Júbilo Iwata
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| 16 | 2DF | Yuji Nakazawa | (1978-02-25)25 February 1978 (aged 21) | Verdy Kawasaki
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| 16 | 2DF | Kōji Nakata | (1979-07-09)9 July 1979 (aged 20) | Kashima Antlers
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| 17 | 4FW | Tomoyuki Hirase | (1977-05-23)23 May 1977 (aged 22) | Kashima Antlers
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| 18 | 1GK | Seigo Narazaki | (1976-04-15)15 April 1976 (aged 23) | Nagoya Grampus Eight
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| 21 | 3MF | Tomokazu Myojin | (1978-01-24)24 January 1978 (aged 22) | Kashiwa Reysol
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| 23 | 3MF | Shunsuke Nakamura | (1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 21) | Yokohama F. Marinos
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| 24 | 3MF | Junichi Inamoto | (1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 20) | Gamba Osaka
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Results
All times given in Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).
Semifinals
| Mexico | 1–0 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
Zepeda  55' |
 Hong Kong League XI | 2–2 | Czech Republic |
|---|---|---|
| Bajkusa 26' Cheng 48' |
Jankulovski 48' Kincl 88' |
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| Penalties | ||
| 5–6 | ||
Third place match
| Hong Kong League XI | 0–0 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| Penalties | ||
| 5–6 | ||
Final
| Mexico | 1–2 | Czech Republic |
|---|---|---|
| Zepeda 80' |
Kolomazník 59' Verbíř 55' |
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 20 February 2000 – Hong Kong | ||||||
| Mexico | 1 | |||||
| 23 February 2000 – Hong Kong | ||||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||
| Mexico | 1 | |||||
| 20 February 2000 – Hong Kong | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 2 | |||||
| Hong Kong League XI | 2 (5) | |||||
| Czech Republic (pen.) | 2 (6) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 23 February 2000 – Hong Kong | ||||||
| Hong Kong League XI | 0 (5) | |||||
| Japan (pen.) | 0 (6) | |||||
| 2000 Carlsberg Cup champions |
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 Czech Republic First title |
Scorers
- 2 goals
- 1 goals
See also
References
- Carlsberg Cup 2000, Rsssf.com
- XVIII. Carlsberg Cup Chinese New Years Tournament 2000 – Details, YANSFIELD
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