Kwok Ka Ming

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, JP (, born 30 October 1949) is a

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former professional

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and

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Early life

Kwok graduated from

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where he played in the school basketball and table tennis team. He joined the

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junior training course in 1965. Kwok Ka Ming joined Hong Kong first division team

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at the age of 18. He played at the right side of midfield for both Rangers and Hong Kong in the 1970s. He retired from playing in 1980, when he was just 30 years old. He took part in three Asian Cup qualifiers (1972, 1976 & 1980) and two

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(1974 & 1978). He was award the "10 Outstanding Youths of Hong Kong" award in 1977 for his contribution to Hong Kong football after helping Hong Kong reach the final round of World Cup qualifiers, along with Hong Kong movie director

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1985 match against China PR

Kwok later became the coach of the Hong Kong football team, guiding the team to a decisive victory against

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by 2-1 at the

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, China on 19 May 1985, during a 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifying game. Although the two teams drew 0-0 in their first match in Hong Kong, China PR was considered to be stronger and was favoured to win the group. Due to superior goal difference, China only needed a draw to proceed to the next round. However, a 20-yard freekick by Hong Kong's

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(張志德) opened the scoring. China PR replied with Li Hui (李輝)'s goal but another well taken goal by

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(顧錦輝) sealed the win for Hong Kong and sent China PR out of the 1986 World Cup. The loss to Hong Kong delayed China PR's World Cup entry for another 16 years before they finally appeared in Korea Japan 2002. After the game, Chinese fans rioted outside the stadium, while the Hong Kong team received a heroic welcome at the

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. The victory was passionately remembered by Hong Kong football fans as "The 5.19 Victory".

1986 FIFA World Cup Asia Qualifying Playoffs

Hong Kong thus earned the right to play

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for two home-and-away ties in the second qualifying round. Kwok led the team to

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where they lost the first leg 3-0. The return leg at the

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was a complete sell-out but the home side lost 2-1 after missing a penalty The penalty was taken twice by

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but was saved on both occasions by

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and a number of other chances. Japan went through 5-1 on aggregate but then went down 3-1 on aggregate to

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in the final round and missed the chance to qualify for the finals in

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in the following June.

Other tournaments

He has been, for many different tournaments, including the

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and

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, a member of The FIFA Technical Study Group.

References

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