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event held in Hong Kong in

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. The name of this event was changed back to

Lunar New Year Cup The Lunar New Year Cup, previously known as the Carlsberg Challenge or the Carlsberg Cup, is an annual invitational football tournament organised in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) since 1908. It is usually held on the firs ...

after two editions of Asian Challenge Cup were held in 2011 and 2012. 2013LunarNewYearCup ThirdPlaceMatch

Teams

Public Vote of Hong Kong League XI Team

Each First Division League team had nominated at most 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 forwards for the public vote of Hong Kong League XI Team. 10 players with the highest number of vote from different position were selected to the team, while 2 goalkeepers and 6 other players were chosen by the head coach of the team,

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. 10 players with the highest voting in each position of the public vote are as follows:

Squads

Hong Kong League XI

: Honorary Team Manager: Brian Leung : Deputy Honorary Team Manager: Steven Lo,

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, Ken Ng : Coach:

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Shanghai East Asia

:General coach: Xu Genbao :Head coach:

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Muangthong United

:Manager:

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Busan IPark

:Manager: Yoon Sung-Hyo

Fixtures and results

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

References

{{2012–13 in Hong Kong football Lunar New Year Cup

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