HKFC - Standard Chartered Soccer Sevens 2026

Date & Time:

22/05/2026: 4PM to 10PM (Free entry for all)

23/05/2026: 8:30AM to 9PM

24/05/2026: 8:30AM to 8:30PM

The Main Tournament is open age (players must be at least 16) and features youth and academy teams from some of the top clubs in Europe playing against more senior players from clubs and teams around the Asia-Pacific region.

Aston Villa have won a record seven times (2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2023), while Blackburn Rovers (1999), Arsenal (2001), Newcastle (2012, 2018,2019), Leicester (2013, 2017), Brighton (2024) and Manchester City (2014) are the other English clubs to have lifted the Cup.

Hong Kong clubs Kitchee (2011) and Instant Dict (2000), Japan’s Urawa Reds (2005, 2006), Scotland’s Celtic (2009), Spain’s Atletico Madrid (2015) and the Netherland’s AZ Alkmaar (2025) are the tournament’s only non-English champions.

Current and former English Premier League aces Gary Cahill, Glen Johnson, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Jack Grealish, Sammy Ameobi, Anton Ferdinand, David Bentley and Marc Albrighton, plus Scotland internationals Shaun Maloney, Craig Beattie and Chris Burke, are just some of the young players who first made a name for themselves in this tournament.

The Masters Tournament is for players aged 35 and over and features former stars from Europe’s top leagues competing in this entertaining yet hard-fought category.

The roll call of Masters stars includes former internationals Peter Beardsley, John Barnes, Teddy Sheringham, Chris Waddle, Des Walker, Andy Cole, Matt Le Tissier, Gordon Cowans, Mark Walters, Michael Thomas (all England), Jurgen Klinsmann, Pierre Littbarski, Jens Lehmann (Germany), Jari Litmanen (Finland), Aron Winter (Netherlands), Didier Six (France), Luis Boa Morte (Portugal) and Mustapha Hadji (Morocco).

Lorenz All Stars have been the most successful Masters teams with four titles (2000, 2005, 2006, 2007) and three other finals appearances, while Ajax All Stars (2012, 2014), Rangers (2008, 2013) and Philips All Stars (2002, 2004) have each won twice.

USCR won the title in 2015 after edging out Wallsend Boys Club, with PFA All Stars claiming the title for the first time in 2016. 2025 Champions are Ampcontrol Discovery Bay and they will be back to defend their title in 2026.

The Women’s tournament began in 2024, with 8 teams from HK & Macau taking part. In 2025 the Women’s tournament had an international flavour and saw Wrexham AFC (Wales), Chonburi FC (Thailand) and Eastern Thunder (Singapore) battling it out against local HK favourites the HKFC, Kitchee and TSL FC.

In 2026, Wrexham AFC return as well as the Urawa Reds Ladies.