- Hong Kong FA Cup
infobox football tournament
name = Hong Kong FA Cup
caption =
current =Hong Kong FA Cup 2008-09
founded = 1974
number of teams = 15
current champions = Citizen
region = HKG
most successful club = South China
(9 times)Hong Kong FA Cup (zh-t|t=linktext|香|港|足|總|盃) is a knockout cup competition in
Hong Kong football, run by and named afterThe Hong Kong Football Association .The first edition of the competition was held in
1975 , before then the cup was known as the Golden Jubilee Cup. The current season is the 33th edition of the event. Until now, 11 teams have won the cup with 9-time champions South China being the most successful.In the first three years, the semi-finals and the finals were two-legged event. If the aggregate result was drawn, there would be
extra time after the second leg. Drawn after theextra time would be settled by a replay. However, this practice was abandoned in1977 . Since1978 , all the matches have become one-legged, drawn is settled byextra time and penalty shootouts.Moreover, teams from the Second Division and Third Division was allowed to enter the competition before. However, due to the huge difference in playing level between the First Division and the inferior levels below it, the cup has been limited to top flight teams since
1981 . [ [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=4858 足總盃回顧(一)] ,The Hong Kong Football Association website, 2007-04-16]The current HKFA Cup holders are Citizen who beat
Wofoo Tai Po by a 2-0 win in the 2008 final played on18 May ,2008 at theHong Kong Stadium . The match was part of the fund raising activities for the2008 Sichuan earthquake happened on12 May [ [http://www.hkfa.com/includes_files/board_details.php?news_id=5898 HKFA Website] , Lanwa International FA CUP Final & Donation for the earthquake victims] .Competition name due to sponsorship
References
ee also
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The Hong Kong Football Association
*Hong Kong First Division League External links
* [http://www.hkfa.com/en/match_cups.php?league_id=6 FA Cup] ,
The Hong Kong Football Association website.
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesh/hkfacuphist.html RSSSF.com Hongkong - List of FA Cup Winners]
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