2000–01 Hong Kong League Cup

Hong Kong League Cup 2000–01 is the 1st staging of the Hong Kong League Cup.

The 8 teams in Hong Kong First Division League participated in the competition and Happy Valley won the first title of this competition by winning 2-1 against Sun Hei under golden goal rule. It received a HK$125,000 champion prize.

Format

The teams were drawn into 2 groups (4 teams in a group). Each team plays 2 matches against the other teams in its group. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals while the bottom two teams entered the 5th to 8th-place position matches.

Group stage

Group A
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Sun Hei 1364111064
Happy Valley 1264021064
Orient & Yee Hope Union 7621389-1
Po Chai Pills 36105293
Orient & Yee Hope Union1 – 2Sun Hei
Attendance: 893
Happy Valley3 – 0Po Chai Pills
Attendance: 893
Happy Valley2-1Orient & Yee Hope Union
Orient & Yee Hope Union3-2Happy Valley
Po Chai Pills1-2Sun Hei
Po Chai Pills0 – 1Happy Valley
Ritchie
Attendance: 661
Sun Hei2 – 2Orient & Yee Hope Union
John Moore
Lau Chi Keung 		Chan Ho Man  83'
Leandro  87'
Attendance: 1,825
Orient & Yee Hope Union0-1Po Chai Pills
Happy Valley2 – 1Sun Hei
Ritchie
Chan Chi Hong 		Cornelius  1'
Sun Hei2 – 0Po Chai Pills
Ricardo  6'
Cornelius  46'
Sun Hei1 – 0Happy Valley
Moore  72'
Attendance: 828
Po Chai Pills0 – 1Orient & Yee Hope Union
Watson  55'
Attendance: 828

Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
South China 16651019613
Instant-Dict 962311495
Rangers 46114517-12
Kitchee 36033612-6
Instant-Dict1 – 1Kitchee
Tam Siu Wai  40' (pen.) Ho Chi Wing  3'
Instant-Dict3-1Rangers
Kitchee0-2South China
Kitchee0 – 1Rangers
Law Chun Bong  90+'
Attendance: 973
Instant-Dict3 – 3South China
Putiray  45+'  51'
Cheung Yiu Lun  70'		 Zinho  7'
Au Wai Lun  23'  53'
Attendance: 973
Kitchee1 – 1Instant-Dict
Lo Chi Fung Cheng Siu Chung
Attendance: 661
Rangers0 – 2South China
Gavrilović
Attendance: 1,825
Rangers0-6Instant-Dict
South China5 – 2Kitchee
Au Wai Lun
Yeung Ching Kwong
Leung Chi Kui  88'		 Ho Chi Wing
Chow Man Ho
South China4 – 1Rangers
Zinho  36'
Gavrilović 		Chan Wai Ho  44'
Rangers2 – 2Kitchee
Attendance: 1,299
South China3 – 0Instant-Dict
Zinho
Ornelas
Attendance: 1,299

Knockout stage

All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).

5th to 8th place position matches
Orient & Yee Hope Union2 – 1Kitchee
Rangers1 – 1 (a.e.t.)Po Chai Pills
Penalties
5 – 3

Semi-finals
Sun Hei0 – 0 (a.e.t.)Instant-Dict
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Penalties
Moore 4 – 2 Kim Pan-Gon
Ng Wai Chiu
Attendance: 4,939
Happy Valley1 – 0South China
Ritchie  54' [2]
Attendance: 4,939

Seventh Place Match
Kitchee1 – 0Po Chai Pills
Cheung Yiu Chung  3' (o.g.) [3]

Fifth Place Match
Orient & Yee Hope Union3 – 0Rangers
Poon Man Chun  2'
Roddie  13'
Luk Koon Pong  18'

Third Place Match
Instant-Dict3 – 1South China
Attendance: 3,078

Final
Happy Valley2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Sun Hei
Carlos  90+'
Chan Chi Hong  100' 		[4] Lo Chi Kwan  49'
Attendance: 3,078

Results
Position Team
1stHappy Valley
2ndSun Hei
3rdInstant-Dict
4thSouth China
5thOrient & Yee Hope Union
6thRangers
7thKitchee
8thPo Chai Pills
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References
  1. [經典香港足球] 晨曦4:2(0:0)快譯通 (00-01 聯賽盃準決賽)
  2. [經典香港足球] 南華0:1愉園 (00-01 聯賽盃準決賽)
  3. 東聯二合大破流浪, Sing Tao Diary
  4. 愉園夠運捧聯賽盃, Sing Tao Diary
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