| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Hong Kong |
| Dates | 19 – 22 February |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Sweden (1st title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 9 (2.25 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Takuya Takagi Norio Omura (2 goals) |
← 1995 1997 → | |
The 1996 Lunar New Year Cup was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday.
Hong Kong League XI (host) Japan Sweden
Poland| Japan | 5–0 | Poland |
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Yamaguchi  31' Takagi 33', 77' Omura 41' Miura 63' |
Report |
Attendance: 27,456
Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
| Hong Kong League XI | 0–1 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Alexandersson 65' |
Attendance: 27,456
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
| Hong Kong League XI | 0–1 | Poland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Śrutwa 27' |
Attendance: 32,019
Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
| Japan | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Omura 65' |
Report | Pringle 52' |
| Penalties | ||
Miura  Sōma Takagi  Honda Ihara |
4–5 | Landberg Karlsson R. Nilsson M. Nilsson Alexandersson |
Attendance: 31,932
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||
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| 19 February 1996 – Hong Kong | |||||
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| Japan | 5 | ||||
| 22 February 1996 – Hong Kong | |||||
| Poland | 0 | ||||
| Sweden (pen.) | 1 (5) | ||||
| 19 February 1996 – Hong Kong | |||||
| Japan | 1 (4) | ||||
| Sweden | 1 | ||||
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| Hong Kong League XI | 0 | ||||
| Third place | |||||
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| 22 February 1996 – Hong Kong | |||||
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| Poland | 1 | ||||
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| Hong Kong League XI | 0 | ||||
| 1996 Carlsberg Cup Winner |
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 Sweden First Title |
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