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South China Morning Post
12-05-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong Football Festival sells out, city's biggest-ever football crowd
Tickets for July's Hong Kong Football Festival have sold out, tournament organisers announced. Advertisement The event will see a rematch of the 2005 and 2007 Champions League finals when AC Milan take on Liverpool on July 25 before a first-ever North London derby outside the UK when Arsenal and Tottenham six days later. With 48,000 fans watching on, it promises to be the biggest-ever crowd for a football match in the city. More to follow …
RTHK
24-04-2025
- Sport
- RTHK
HK Football Festival tickets to go on sale in May
HK Football Festival tickets to go on sale in May The Hong Kong Football Festival will see four top teams compete at the Kai Tak Stadium in late July. File photo: RTHK Tickets for the Hong Kong Football Festival, set to be held in July at the newly-opened Kai Tak Stadium, will go on sale next month. Tickets for the two matches – the Standard Chartered Trophy between Premier League giants Liverpool and Serie A side AC Milan on July 26, and the first north London derby outside of the UK between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur on July 31 – will be available to the public from May 12 on Cityline, according to organisers on Thursday. Prices for each match will range from HK$399 to HK$2,499. Pre-sales, meanwhile, begin on May 2. In addition to their matches at Kai Tak, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur will each hold open training sessions at the stadium. Ticket prices for open training will cost between HK$99 and HK$299. Details of AC Milan's open training session will be announced later. The new 50,000-seat Kai Tak Stadium has hosted major sporting events such as the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens since its opening earlier this year.
South China Morning Post
01-04-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Manchester United coming to Hong Kong as city stages another football coup
Manchester United will play a match at Hong Kong Stadium at the end of May, multiple sources have told the Post. Advertisement The 20-times English champions are likely to face a Hong Kong Select XI, although a suggested May 31 date for the fixture would clash with the local FA Cup final at Mong Kok Stadium. It was confirmed on Monday that Kai Tak Stadium will stage a Hong Kong Football Festival in July, with Liverpool playing AC Milan on the 26th, and Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur meeting in the first overseas North London derby five days later. The new 50,000-capacity venue is staging JJ Lin concerts on May 24 and 25, leaving an impossibly small window to reconfigure it for Manchester United's visit only days later. In addition, John Sharkey, the Kai Tak Sports Park CEO, said the stadium's playing surface had been taken to a 'turf nursery' after the weekend's Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, to be repaired for the marquee July fixtures. Advertisement Manchester United are expected to play in Malaysia before coming to Hong Kong, with both matches organised by ProEvents, the long-standing promoters who have previously delivered a number of leading European clubs to Hong Kong and multiple other Asian destinations.
BBC News
31-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Arsenal and Tottenham to play first north London derby outside UK
Arsenal and Tottenham will contest the first north London derby to be held outside the UK when the two teams face each other in a pre-season friendly in Hong Kong this summer. The London rivals will play in the newly-opened Kai Tak Stadium on July 31 as part of their preparations for the 2025-26 match, scheduled for 7:30pm local time (11:30am BST), will be the first time that the two teams have met outside the UK. The fixture is part of the Hong Kong Football Festival, which will see Premier League rivals Liverpool take on AC Milan on 26 last toured Hong Kong in 2012, while Spurs visited Japan and South Korea in United are set to play two post-season friendlies in Hong Kong and Malaysia, but they are one of a number of Premier League clubs set to tour the United States as part of their pre-season and Manchester City are yet to make decisions on their pre-season, given both clubs are involved in the Club World Cup that begins on 15 June.
New York Times
31-03-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Arsenal and Tottenham announce Hong Kong friendly as first north London derby outside of UK
Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur will play each other in a pre-season friendly in Hong Kong — the first time in history that a north London derby has been held outside of the United Kingdom. The July 31 fixture is part of the Hong Kong Football Festival (HKFF) and will be held at the 50,000 seater Kai Tak Stadium which only opened at the beginning of March. Advertisement Tottenham regularly travel to Asia in pre-season and last year they visited Japan and South Korea. Arsenal were on tour in the United States last summer and this will be their first visit to Hong Kong since 2012. 'There are few bigger occasions in English football than a north London derby and to play this fixture in Hong Kong will be a huge occasion for our passionate fanbase across Asia, as well as providing ideal preparation for the team ahead of the new season,' Ryan Norys, Tottenham's chief revenue officer, said. 'As is tour tradition, the club will be involved in so much more than the match itself when we visit, supporting charitable causes, celebrating local culture, delivering football clinics for young people and engaging with fans and partners. We cannot wait to visit such a beautiful place once again.' The first north London derby outside of the UK! 🤩 🏟️ Kai Tak Stadium, Hong Kong🗓️ 31 July 2025⏰ 7.30pm (local time) — Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) March 31, 2025 Arsenal's managing director Richard Garlick spoke about the club's 'excitement' at returning to Hong Kong more than a decade after their last trip. 'As well as training hard and playing the match, we cannot wait to connect with our Hong Kong supporters in this wonderful part of the world,' he said. 'Playing against Tottenham Hotspur in the magnificent new Kai Tak Stadium will be a great experience for both teams and supporters, and will be a very important part of our pre-season preparations ahead of the new season.' Liverpool are heading to Hong Kong in the summer too and will face Italian side AC Milan in the Standard Chartered Trophy on July 26 at the same venue as the NLD. (Top photo of Son Heung-min and Declan Rice:)
