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



Po Chai Pills1-2Sun Hei

Po Chai Pills0 1Happy Valley
Ritchie

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


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

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


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


Rangers1 1 (a.e.t.)Po Chai Pills
Penalties
5 – 3

Semi-finals


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

Third-place match

Instant-Dict3 1South China
Attendance: 3,078

Final

Happy Valley2 1 (a.e.t.)Sun Hei
Carlos 90+'
Chan Chi Hong gold-colored soccer ball 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

References

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