Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup

The Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup (simplified Chinese: 省港杯; traditional Chinese: 省港盃) is a football competition between two teams representing Hong Kong and Guangdong Province of China respectively.

[1] In April 1977, the Guangdong team visited Hong Kong for the first time and played two friendly matches.

Within its staying period, the officials of Guangdong and Hong Kong football started a discussion on the possibility of establishing an annual competition between them.

HKFA chairman Mr. Hui Chun Fui and the official in Guangdong then reached a basic agreement of having a competition between the teams again next year.

On 7 December 1978, the contract of establishing Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup was signed.