Hong Kong League Cup
football tournament
Hong Kong Football Association League Cup (Chinese: 香港足球總會聯賽盃) is an annual football competition contested by clubs in the top-tier Hong Kong domestic football league. The cup had been abolished several times before being relaunched in a new format for the 2025–26 season.
The winners of the competition receive HK$80,000 in prize money, while the runners-up receive HK$40,000.
Format
Past Format
All teams in the Hong Kong First Division League (until 2013–14 season) or Hong Kong Premier League (until 2015–16 season) are divided into 2 groups (Group A & B) in the first stage. Each team plays against all other teams in the group once. The top two teams in each group qualify for the semi-finals.
In the semi-finals, the first team in Group A plays against the second team in Group B while the first team in Group B plays against the second team in Group A.
The winners of the semi-finals enter the final, which is usually held in Hong Kong Stadium or Mong Kok Stadium.
Current Format
All teams in the Hong Kong Premier League enter the competition, with no limitation on foreign players.
Except final applies single knockout, other rounds apply double elimination, meaning teams will get a redemption opportunity after one defeat and will be eliminated after two defeats.
Except in the Final where a draw after normal time will lead to 30-minute extra time and a draw after extra time will lead to penalty shootout, for all other Matches a penalty shootout will follow right after a draw in normal time.
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