Football in Hong Kong for the AFC Cup. There have also been a number of other cup competitions which are no longer run: The [[Hong Kong national football team]] represents Hong Kong in men's international football events. The team competed their first international match in 1947 against [[South Korea]] during the colonial period. Even after 1997 the [[Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong|transfer of sovereignty to China]], it continues to represent Hong Kong separately from the [[People's Republic of China]] as its own national team in international competitions due to the "[[One country, two systems]]" principle. The team has never qualified for the [[FIFA
Handover of Hong Kong leftists' aim was to leave the UK without effective control, or "to Macau us". The conflict that arose at that point of the negotiations ended the possibility of further negotiation. During the reception of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath during his sixth visit to the PRC, Deng Xiaoping commented quite clearly on the impossibility of exchanging sovereignty for administration, declaring an ultimatum: the British government must modify or give up its position or the PRC will announce its resolution of the issue of Hong Kong sovereignty unilaterally. In 1983, Typhoon Ellen ravaged Hong Kong, causing great amounts of damage