The Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup () is a

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competition between two teams representing

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and

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Province of

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respectively. It was established in 1979.HKFA website 省港盃回憶錄(一)
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History

In April 1977, the

team visited

for the first time and played two friendly matches. Within its staying period, the officials of Guangdong and Hong Kong football started a discussion on the possibility of establishing an annual competition between them. In June 1978, the

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visited

and finished its trip with a match against the Guangdong team. HKFA chairman Mr. Hui Chun Fui and the official in Guangdong then reached a basic agreement of having a competition between the teams again next year. On 7 December 1978, the contract of establishing Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup was signed. The first competition started on 21 January 1979.

Milestones

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

(1st) – The first Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup concluded with the Guangdong team winning 4–1. *

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

(4th) – The first time Hong Kong's team included foreign players.

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was the first used to decide the winner. *

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

(5th) – The first time the result was decided by

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. *

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

(11th) – The Hong Kong team came back from a 3-goal deficit win 4–3 and ended six consecutive wins for Guangdong. *

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

(12th) – The first Hong Kong consecutive victory. *

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

(15th) – Ross Greer's goal at 1:48 was the quickest goal in the competition's history. *

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

(16th) – The Chinese Jia A League was established. For the first time, Guangdong team included players from outside Guangdong (Xu Hong,

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and

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was sent off during extra time of the second match. He was the first player to be sent off in the competition's history. *

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

(17th) – The rule of "registering a maximum of 4 foreign players, a maximum of 3 players used" was established. *

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

(21st) – No maximum limit of foreign players to be used in the competition was established. *

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

(25th) – Each team was allowed to register a maximum of 5 foreign players, among which only 3 could be played in the match at the same time. *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

(29th) – The Guangdong match was played in Panyu Fo Ying Dong Stadium in remembrance of the death of Henry Fok, who established the Cup in 1979;

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is the home town of Mr. Fok.

Format

The competition is played every year. It is a two-leg competition where each team plays a home match once. The champion is decided by combining the results of both games.

Past winners

Winners table

References

External links

China - Interport matches: Hong Kong vs Guangdong
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