ING Cup (football)


ING Cup was a pre-Olympics football tournament held at Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong from 30 July to 2 August 2008. The Netherlands, Cameroon, United States and Ivory Coast competed for the ING Cup as part of their teams' final preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Background

The ING Cup was hosted by the Hong Kong Football Association and organised by the Asian Football Confederation's marketing partner World Sport Group.

Format

Since the Netherlands and the United States were in the same group in the Olympic football tournament, they did not face each other in the ING Cup. Therefore, the winner of the ING Cup was be determined by the number of points gained from the matches played.
The point system was different from the regular football scoring system. A win earned 3 points, but a point was awarded for every goal scored. A draw still earned one point, and a loss did not gain or lose points.

Match Day 1

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Match Day 2

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Points table

Goalscorers

The goal scorers from the ING Cup are as follows:
#NameGoals
1 Ryan Babel1
1 Roy Makaay1
1 Urby Emanuelson1
1 Aurélien Chedjou1
1 Gervais Yao Kouassi1
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Live Broadcast

TV Broadcast: TVB Pearl