Hong Kong, China – January 2, 2006. Carlsberg Cup will again be distributed via television worldwide by IEC in Sports.

Top national football teams Croatia, South Korea and Denmark visiting Hong Kong and play in a tournament which marks the sporting centre piece of Chinese New Year for over 1.3 billion Chinese.

The event is Asia’s longest running national team invitational football tournament and takes place in the 40,000 seater Hong Kong National Stadium.

The draw sees Croatia play South Korea and Hong Kong vs. Denmark on January 29th.  The winners and losers play-off in two further matches on February 1st to determine the four team rankings for the 2006 Carlsberg Cup.

“With two FIFA World Cup 2006 qualified teams and Denmark with a long football heritage, we are looking at a highly competitive tournament, perhaps the most competitive in the events’ fifteen year history” said Keith D’Arcy, Director of tournament promoters, KAM Sports International.

“We expect significant interest from football fans around the globe, especially in watching Croatia and South Korea who reached the last four at World Cup ’98 and World Cup ‘2002 respectively” said Jonas Persson, CEO of IEC in Sports.

Past Champions of the Carlsberg Cup have included Honduras (2002) Uruguay (2003) Norway (2004) Brazil (2005)   IEC in Sports have represented the Carlsberg Cup since 2002.

For any further questions or information, please contact:

IEC in Sport – Jonas Persson on +4686660402
IEC in Sport – Guy Horne on +852 90922752