Great Wall Cup


This tournament succeeded the Beijing International Friendship Tournaments.

Palmares

Year   Winners  
1983   China
1984   Waldhof Mannheim
1985   Romania U-21
1986   Legia Warszawa
1987   Watford
1989   China

Youth Tournament

Year   Winners
1981   Egypt


1st Great Wall Cup 1983

11-23 July in Beijing and Tianjin

Group A (Beijing)
11- 7 Beijing        4-1 Algeria Espoirs
  [Crowd 60000]
13- 7 Hong Kong      1-0 Algeria Espoirs  (1-0 HT)
  [Workers Stadium. Goal: Tang Sai-Fan 32']
15- 7 Beijing        1-1 Hong Kong        (1-0 HT)
  [Li Gongyi 30' / Tsang Wai-Chung 65']

 1.Beijing                2  1  1  0  5- 1  3
 2.Hong Kong              2  1  1  0  2- 1  3
 3.Algeria Espoirs        2  0  0  2  1- 5  0

Group B (Tianjin)
11- 7 GKS Katowice   3-0 Singapore        (2-0 HT)
  [Hongqiao Stadium. Goals: Jozef Luczak 27', ? 41', ?]
13- 7 August 1st     7-1 Singapore        (1-0 HT)
  [Goals: ? / A.R.J. Changatamilmani 86']
15- 7 GKS Katowice   2-1 August 1st       (0-0 HT)
  [Goals: Jan Furtok 55', Marek Biegun 82' / Chi Shangyi 65']

 1.GKS Katowice (Poland)  2  2  0  0  5- 1  4
 2.August 1st             2  1  0  1  8- 3  2
 3.Singapore              2  0  0  2  1-10  0

Group C (Tianjin)
11- 7 OB (Odense)    1-0 Tianjin          (0-0 HT)
  [Minyuan Stadium. Goal: Kim Borge Petersen 51']
13- 7 OB (Odense)    0-0 Thailand
15- 7 Thailand       2-1 Tianjin          (1-1 HT)
  [Goals: Nadaed Tongtaum 34', Piyapong Piew-On 60' / ? 14']

 1.Thailand               2  1  1  0  2- 1  3
 2.OB (Odense) (Denmark)  2  1  1  0  1- 0  3
 3.Tianjin                2  0  0  2  1- 3  0

Group D (Beijing)
11- 7 Japan League   5-3 Iran B
  [Workers Stadium. Goals: Hiroyuki Usui x2, Hiroyuki Tsujiya x3 / Mohammad Nadery Bosheri
4', Reza Nadaf Ahadi 6', Roholahe Ebadzadeh pen]
13- 7 China          5-0 Japan League XI  (1-0 HT)
  [Workers Stadium. Goals: Lin Qiang 24', ?. Crowd 70000]
15- 7 China          2-1 Iran B           (1-0 HT)
  [Goals: Li Hui 35' pen, Shen Xiangfu ?' / Nasser Mohammadkhani 58']

Notes: The Iran team was labelled "Omid", meaning "hope". This refers to
 an "Espoirs" type team, or a B-team. The age of some of the known players
 indicates it was not a youth team.  Japan's team was labelled "All-Stars".

 1.China                  2  2  0  0  7- 1  4
 2.Japan League XI        2  1  0  1  5- 8  2
 3.Iran B                 2  0  0  2  4- 7  0

Quarterfinals (Beijing)
17- 7 Beijing        4-0 OB (Odense)      (1-0 HT)
  [Goals: Lu Xiangbin, ?]
17- 7 GKS Katowice   2-0 Japan League XI  (0-0 HT)
  [Workers Stadium. Goals: Marek Biegun 46', Piotr Piekarczyk 55']
18- 7 Thailand       1-1 Hong Kong        (4-3 pen; 1-1 HT)
  [Goals: Piyapong Piew-On 25' / Lai Wing-Cheong 43']
18- 7 China          2-1 August 1st
  [Workers Stadium.]

Semifinals 9th-12th Places (Tianjin)
17- 7 Tianjin        drw Algeria Espoirs  (7-6 after pens)
17 -7 Iran B         4-1 Singapore

Semifinals 5th-8th Places (Beijing)
19- 7 Japan League   2-1 OB (Odense)
20- 7 August 1st     0-0 Hong Kong        (3-2 pen)

Semifinals (Beijing)
19- 7 Beijing        3-1 GKS Katowice     (AET; 0-1 HT, 1-1 FT)
  [Goals: Tang Pengju 56' ?', Yang Zhaohui 117' / Krzysztof Zajac 17' pen. Crowd 70000.]
20- 7 China          2-1 Thailand         (0-1 HT)
  [Workers Stadium. Goals: Liu Haiguang 64', Zuo Shusheng 66' / Piyapong Piew-On 19'. Crowd 70000]

Eleventh Place Match (Tianjin)
19- 7 Singapore      0-4 Algeria Espoirs

Ninth Place Match (Tianjin)
19- 7 Iran B         3-1 Tianjin

Seventh Place Match (Beijing)
22- 7 OB (Odense)    3-3 Hong Kong        (5-4 pen; 2-1 HT, 2-2 FT)
  [Goals: Kim Boerge Petersen 29' 32' pen ?' / Tsui Kwok ?' 55', Wong Chi-Fai ?']

Fifth Place Match (Beijing)
22- 7 August 1st     2-0 Japan League XI  (0-0 HT)
  [Goals: Zhang Zongben 71', Yang Zuhua ?']

Third Place Match (Beijing)
23- 7 Thailand       3-2 GKS Katowice     (1-1 HT)
  [Workers Stadium. Goals: Pakdee Choyasit 30', Piyapong Piew-On ?' 86' / Marek Biegun 39',
   Krzysztof Hetmanski ?'. Crowd 80000]

Final (Beijing)
23- 7 China          4-1 Beijing           (1-1 HT)
  [Workers Stadium. Goals: ?, Liu Haiguang 61' 63', Zuo Shusheng 90' / ?]

Offical awards:
Best player : Piyapong Piew-On (Thailand).
Best defender : Piotr Piekarczyk (GKS Katowice).
Best shooters : Piyapong Piew-On (Thailand), and Yang Zuhua (August 1st).

Sources: The Times, Xinhua News Agency.
Thanks: "Tanaka"	

2nd Great Wall Cup 1984

19 June-1 July in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Guangzhou

Group A (Beijing)
China          3-1 Beijing	
China          2-0 India			
China          2-1 Algeria Olympic		
Beijing        1-0 India			
Beijing        1-0 Algeria Olympic		
India          1-0 Algeria Olympic		

 1.China                  3  3  0  0  7- 2  6
 2.Beijing                3  2  0  1  3- 3  4
 3.India                  3  1  0  2  1- 3  2
 4.Algeria Olympic        3  0  0  3  1- 4  0

Group B (Shanghai)
Congo          1-2 Shanghai		
Congo          2-0 USA			
Congo          1-0 Zeljeznicar Sarajevo 
Shanghai       1-1 USA			
Shanghai       1-1 Zeljeznicar Sarajevo		
USA            2-1 Zeljeznicar Sarajevo		

 1.Congo                  3  2  0  1  4- 2  4
 2.Shanghai               3  1  2  0  4- 3  4
 3.USA                    3  1  1  1  3- 4  3
 4.Zeljeznicar Sarajevo   3  0  1  2  2- 4  1

Group C (Tianjin)
Poland Youth   1-1 Tianjin		
Poland Youth   1-0 China B	
Poland Youth   5-1 CA Bizertin
Tianjin        0-0 China B	
Tianjin        1-0 CA Bizertin
China B        3-0 CA Bizertin

 1.Poland Youth           3  2  1  0  7- 2  5
 2.Tianjin                3  1  2  0  2- 1  4
 3.China B                3  1  1  1  3- 1  3
 4.CA Bizertin (Tunisia)  3  0  0  3  1- 9  0

Group D (Guangzhou)
Waldhof        2-0 Canada	
Waldhof        6-1 Guangdong	
Waldhof        3-0 Nigeria	
Canada         1-0 Guangdong	
Canada         3-1 Nigeria	
Guangdong      2-0 Nigeria		

 1.Waldhof Mannheim       3  3  0  0 11- 1  6
 2.Canada                 3  2  0  1  4- 3  4
 3.Guangdong              3  1  0  2  3- 7  2
 4.Nigeria                3  0  0  3  1- 8  0

Quarterfinals (Beijing)
China          3-2 Tianjin
Congo          0-2 Canada    
Poland Youth   3-2 Beijing              [aet]
Waldhof        3-0 Shanghai

Semifinals (Beijing)
China          5-1 Canada
Waldhof        1-0 Poland Youth

Seventh Place Match (Beijing)
Shanghai       2-0 Tianjin

Fifth Place Match (Beijing)
Beijing        1-0 Congo

Third Place Match (Tianjin)
Poland Youth   5-1 Canada

Final (Beijing)
China	       0-1 Waldhof Mannheim

3rd Great Wall Cup 1985

16-25 June in Shanghai, Dalian and Beijing

Participants:
   Romania U-21
   China B
   Pyongyang
   Japan University XI
   Beijing
   Shanghai
   Dalian
   China Youth

Group Stage
19- 6 Romania U-21   4-1 Pyongyang

Semifinals
      China B        2-0 Pyongyang
      Romania U-21   3-1 Japan University XI

Third Place Match
      Pyongyang      1-0 Japan University XI

Final
25- 6 China B        2-2 Romania U-21         [aet, 3-5 pen]

4th Great Wall Cup 1986

27 July-4 August in Beijing and Tianjin

Group 1 (Beijing)
China          4-1 Mitsubishi		
Mitsubishi     2-1 Congo		
China          1-1 Congo		

 1.China                  2  1  1  0  5- 2  3
 2.Mitsubishi (Japan)     2  1  0  1  3- 5  2
 3.Congo                  2  0  1  1  2- 3  1

Group 2 (Tianjin)
Legia Warszawa 3-0 Pyongyang	
Tianjin        3-0 Pyongyang		
Legia Warszawa 3-1 Tianjin		

 1.Legia Warszawa         2  2  0  0  6- 1  4
 2.Tianjin                2  1  0  1  4- 3  2
 3.Pyongyang (N.Korea)    2  0  0  2  0- 6  0

Semifinals
Legia Warszawa 4-1 Mitsubishi
China          1-1 Tianjin		[aet, 5-4 pens]

Third Place Match
Tianjin        2-0 Mitsubishi		

Final
Legia Warszawa 2-0 China	

5th Great Wall Cup 1987

23-31 May in Shanghai and Nanjing

Group A (Shanghai)
Romania Youth  0-0 Liaoning		
Romania Youth  1-0 China B		
Romania Youth  1-1 Mitsubishi
Liaoning       1-1 China B			
Liaoning       1-0 Mitsubishi			
China B        1-0 Mitsubishi			

 1.Romania Youth          3  1  2  0  2- 1  4
 2.Liaoning               3  1  2  0  2- 1  4
 3.China B                3  1  1  1  2- 2  3
 4.Mitsubishi (Japan)     3  0  1  2  1- 3  1

Group B (Nanjing)
Watford        2-0 China	
Watford        1-0 April 25th 
Watford        2-0 Hubei		
China          0-0 April 25th		
China          2-0 Hubei	
April 25th     1-0 Hubei	

 1.Watford (England)      3  3  0  0  5- 0  6
 2.China                  3  1  1  1  2- 2  3
 3.April 25th (N.Korea)   3  1  1  1  1- 1  3
 4.Hubei                  3  0  0  3  0- 5  0

Semifinals (Shanghai)
China          1-0 Romania Youth
Watford        1-0 Liaoning		

Third Place Match (Shanghai)
Romania Youth  1-0 Liaoning	

Final (Shanghai)
Watford        2-0 China	        [aet]

6th Great Wall Cup 1989

29 September-3 October in Beijing

China          2-1 Chernomorets 
China          2-0 China Olympic	
China          2-1 Pyongyang 
Chernomorets   3-2 China Olympic	
Chernomorets   1-0 Pyongyang	
China Olympic  3-1 Pyongyang		

 1.China                  3  3  0  0  6- 2  6
 2.Chernomorets Odessa    3  2  0  1  5- 4  4
 3.China Olympic          3  1  0  2  5- 6  2
 4.Pyongyang (N.Korea)    3  0  0  3  2- 6  0

Great Wall Youth Cup 1981

21-25 October in Beijing

Egypt          3-2 China XI		
Egypt          2-0 Australia		
Egypt          1-0 USA		
China XI       1-3 Australia	
China XI       5-1 USA		
Australia      1-2 USA		

 1.Egypt		  3  3	0  0  6- 2  6
 2.China XI		  3  1	0  2  8- 7  2
 3.Australia		  3  1	0  2  4- 5  2
 4.USA			  3  1	0  2  3- 7  2


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Sources: ytyz.8u8.com (Chinese website), [MB 85], [MB 86]

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Last updated: 21 May 2009

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