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Hong Kong–Macau Interport ...
Hong Kong Macau Interport is an annual association football match between Hong Kong and Macau national teams. The matches are hosted by the two alternatively each year. Results Winners Table The rivalry Men's matches Only full international matches. See also * Hong Kong national football team results – unofficial matches References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hong Kong-Macau Interport Hong Macau Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
The 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA FIFA#Structure, confederations. Each confederation — the Asian Football Confederation, AFC (Asia), Confederation of African Football, CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), Oceania Football Confederation, OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe) — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. 174 teams entered the qualification rounds, while two places were reserved for France national football team, France and Brazil national football team, Brazil as host nation and defending champions, respectively. Qualified teams * Norway was eliminated from the group stage of the 1994 World Cup, while they exited the 1938 tournament in the first round of what was then a pure knockout tournament. Qualification process The distribution by confederation for the 1998 FIFA World Cup was: * Asian Football Confederation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong–Macau Interport ...
Hong Kong Macau Interport is an annual association football match between Hong Kong and Macau national teams. The matches are hosted by the two alternatively each year. Results Winners Table The rivalry Men's matches Only full international matches. See also * Hong Kong national football team results – unofficial matches References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hong Kong-Macau Interport Hong Macau Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong National Football Team Results – Unofficial Matches
This is a list of the Hong Kong national football team The Hong Kong national football team (; recognised as Hong Kong, China by FIFA) represents Hong Kong in international association football, football and is controlled by the Football Association of Hong Kong, China, the governing body for foot ... results from 1952 to the present day that, for various reasons, are ''not'' accorded the status of official internationals. 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hong Kong national football team results - unofficial matches Unofficial Lists of national association football team unofficial results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline along the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest. It spans an area of , dominated by a low-lying plain and the confluence of the Mekong river and Tonlé Sap, Southeast Asia's largest lake. It is dominated by a tropical climate and is rich in biodiversity. Cambodia has a population of about 17 million people, the majority of which are ethnically Khmer people, Khmer. Its capital and most populous city is Phnom Penh, followed by Siem Reap and Battambang. In 802 AD, Jayavarman II declared himself king, uniting the warring Khmer princes of Chenla Kingdom, Chenla under the name "Kambuja".Chandler, David P. (1992) ''History of Cambodia''. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, . This marked the beginning of the Khmer Empire. The Indianised kingdom facilitated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification
The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification process was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA FIFA#Structure, confederations to decide 31 of the 32 teams which would play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, with Russia national football team, Russia qualifying automatically as hosts. All 210 remaining FIFA member associations were eligible to enter the FIFA World Cup qualification, qualifying process, and for the first time in World Cup history, all eligible national teams registered for the preliminary competition, but Zimbabwe national football team, Zimbabwe and Indonesia national football team, Indonesia were disqualified before playing their first matches. Bhutan national football team, Bhutan, South Sudan national football team, South Sudan, Gibraltar national football team, Gibraltar and Kosovo national football team, Kosovo made their FIFA World Cup qualification debuts, while Myanmar national football team, Myanmar participated after successfully appealing against a ban fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong National Under-23 Football Team
The Hong Kong Olympic Football Team (also known as Hong Kong under-23 or Hong Kong U-23) represents Hong Kong in international football competitions in the Olympic Games, the Asian Games, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments. In the past the team also represented Hong Kong in the East Asian Games until termination of the Games. It is committed by the Hong Kong Football Association. Competition history :''Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.'' Olympic Games record :''Before 1992, see Hong Kong national football team'' AFC U-23 Asian Cup Asian Games record :''Before 2002, see Hong Kong national football team'' † Excluding 1998 backwards East Asian Games record Results and fixtures 2023 2025 Coaching staff Current squad The following 22 players were named in the final squad for friendly matches against and on 4 and 7 June 2025 in preparation for the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2026 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SARS
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the virus SARS-CoV-1, the first identified strain of the SARS-related coronavirus. The first known cases occurred in November 2002, and the syndrome caused the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak. In 2004, Xue Wu Zhang and Yee Leng Yap found that the Spike 2 (S2) protein of SARS is structurally similar to HIV-1 gp41 subunit, suggesting an analogous membrane fusion mechanism between the two. In the 2010s, Chinese scientists traced the virus through the intermediary of Asian palm civets to cave-dwelling horseshoe bats in Xiyang Yi Ethnic Township, Yunnan.The locality was referred to be "a cave in Kunming" in earlier sources because the Xiyang Yi Ethnic Township is administratively part of Kunming, though 70 km apart. Xiyang was identified on * For an earlier interview of the researchers about the locality of the caves, see: SARS was a relatively rare disease; at the end of the ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of North American cities by population, fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. As of 2024, the census metropolitan area had an estimated population of 7,106,379. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multiculturalism, multicultural and cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong National Football Team
The Hong Kong national football team (; recognised as Hong Kong, China by FIFA) represents Hong Kong in international association football, football and is controlled by the Football Association of Hong Kong, China, the governing body for football in Hong Kong. Hong Kong hosted the first AFC Asian Cup in 1956 and won third place, also reaching the semifinals in 1964. Hong Kong did not qualify for another AFC tournament until 2023 AFC Asian Cup, 2023. They had never qualified for the FIFA World Cup but have qualified for the EAFF E-1 Football Championship five times, in 2003, 2010, 2019, 2022 and 2025. History Establishment and pre-WWII era Before Hong Kong became a member of FIFA in 1954, Hong Kong began playing in the Hong Kong–Macau Interport tournament in 1937, which was one of the oldest competitions co-held by Hong Kong as well as continuously played. There were other interport tournaments in the past, such as the Shanghai-Hong Kong Interport which was first held in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coventry City F
Coventry ( or rarely ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centuries. Founded in the early Middle Ages, its city status was formally recognised in a charter of 1345. The city is governed by Coventry City Council, and the West Midlands Combined Authority. Historic counties of England, Formerly part of Warwickshire until 1451, and again from 1842 to 1974, Coventry had a population of 345,324 at the 2021 census, making it the tenth largest city in England and the 13th largest in the United Kingdom. It is the second largest city in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, after Birmingham, from which it is separated by an area of Green belt (United Kingdom), green belt known as the Meriden Gap; it is the third largest in the wider Midlands after Birmingham and Leicester. The city is part of a larger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 AFC Asian Cup Qualification
This 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification phase started in December 1978 while other qualification matches took place in early 1979. A total of 18 teams participated. Eight teams from the top two of each group advance to the final tournament, joining hosts Kuwait and defending champions Iran. Groups * * Withdrew * qualified as defending champions * qualified as hosts Qualification Group 1 *All matches played in the United Arab Emirates. ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 2 *All matches played in Bangladesh. *Iraq were originally drawn in this group but they withdrew before the start of the qualifiers. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 3 *All matches played in Thailand. ---- ;Allocation matches to determine groups * received a bye ---- ---- ---- Group 3A ---- ---- Group 3B ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- Third place play-off Final and qualified for the final tournament Group 4 *All matches played in the Philippines. ---- - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
