Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship

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The Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship (Chinese: 滬港球會盃) is a competition between two clubs representing Hong Kong and Shanghai respectively. It was established in 2005.

History

The origin of Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship comes from Hong Kong–Shanghai Cup, a competition first established in 1908. It was then held for 21 times in 40 years. It started to halt in 1948 until 1987 when the competition was re-established. The competition was then held consecutively for another 15 years until 2002 when various reaons including the outbreak of SARS made the competition halted again.

In 2005, the competition was held again and featured two club teams, Kitchee from Hong Kong and Shanghai Shenhua from Shanghai. It was the first time the competition was played between two club teams.

In 2006, the name Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship was officially adopted to reflect the club nature of the competitors. However, it is unclear whether the 2005 or 2006 version is regarded as the first staging of Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship.

In 2010, it was the first time the competition was in a two-leg format.

References

Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship Wikipedia

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