Croatia, South Korea and Denmark will visit Hong Kong to play in a tournament that will be the sporting centrepiece of Chinese New Year for more than 1.3 billion Chinese.
The event is Asia's longest running national team invitational football tournament, and takes place in the 40,000-seater Hong Kong National Stadium.
The draw sees Croatia play South Korea and Hong Kong take on Denmark on January 29. The winners and losers play-off in two further matches on February 1.
"With two FIFA World Cup 2006 qualified teams and Denmark, with a long football heritage, we are looking at a highly competitive tournament, perhaps the most competitive in the event's 15-year history," said Keith D'Arcy, director of tournament promoters, KAM Sports International.
"We expect significant interest from football fans around the globe, especially in watching Croatia and South Korea who reached the last four at World Cup '98 and World Cup 2002 respectively," said Jonas Persson, CEO of IEC in Sports.
IEC in Sports have represented the Carlsberg Cup since 2002.
