2005 East Asian Football Championship

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2005 East Asian Football Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Korea
Dates5–13 March, 2005 (Preliminary)
31 July – 7 August, 2005 (Finals)
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions China (1st title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place North Korea
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored81 (5.06 per match)
Best player(s)China Ji Mingyi
Best goalkeeperSouth Korea Lee Woon-jae
← 2003
2008 →

The 2005 EAFF East Asian Football Championship was a football competition between teams from East Asian countries and territories held from 31 July to 7 August 2005 in South Korea, with the qualifiers held in Taiwan in March 2005.[citation needed]

China PR, South Korea, and Japan were the automatic finalists. The fourth finalist spot was competed among North Korea, Guam, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, and Mongolia. North Korea was the winner in the qualifiers.

Participating teams[edit]

Preliminary[edit]

Finals[edit]

Venues[edit]

Preliminary competition[edit]

Matches[edit]

Macau was suspended by FIFA from entering the competition during the match period.[1][2] Each countries played against the other 4 countries on a round robin basis.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 North Korea 4 4 0 0 31 0 +31 12
 Hong Kong 4 3 0 1 26 2 +24 9
 Chinese Taipei 4 1 1 2 9 7 +2 4
 Mongolia 4 1 1 2 4 13 –9 4
 Guam 4 0 0 4 1 49 –48 0

All times are local time, National Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Chinese Taipei 9–0 Guam
Tu Ming-feng 8'
Kuo Yin-hong 10', 20', 69'
Chiang Shih-lu 56', 70'
He Ming-chan 66', 83', 90+3'		 Report
Hong Kong 6–0 Mongolia
Chu Siu Kei 30'
Law Chun Bong 48'
Wong Chun Yue 50'
Lam Ka Wai 73'
Chan Yiu Lun 90+2', 90+3'		 Report
Guam 0–15 Hong Kong
Report Chan Wai Ho 1'
Chan Siu Ki 8', 18', 28', 30', 36', 42', 87'
Chan Yiu Lun 16', 31'
Wong Chun Yue 24', 43', 45'
Chu Siu Kei 67'
Poon Man Tik 89'
North Korea 6–0 Mongolia
Kim Kwang-hyok 18', 39', 66'
Ri Hyok-chol 22', 30'
Hong Yong-jo 64'		 Report
Chinese Taipei 0–2 North Korea
Report Choe Chol-man 13', 14'
Mongolia 4–1 Guam
Ganbaatar 31', 34'
Davaa 46'
Bold 81'		 Report Pangelinan 69'
Chinese Taipei 0–5 Hong Kong
Report Chan Yiu Lun 7', 45'
Lam Ka Wai 19'
Poon Yiu Cheuk 59'
Cheung Sai Ho 61'
Guam 0–21 North Korea
Report Hong Yong-jo 6', 17'
Choe Chol-man 10', 37', 54'
Kim Kwang-hyok 21', 43', 61', 63', 71', 76', 77'
Kim Yong-jun 29', 39', 49'
Kang Jin-hyok 31', 44', 65', 84', 90+1'
Pak Nam-chol 83'
Hong Kong 0–2 North Korea
Report Kang Jin-hyok 43'
Ri Myong-sam 64'
Chinese Taipei 0–0 Mongolia
Report

Personal Awards[edit]

Best Goalkeeper Best Defender Top Scorer Most Valuable Player Fairplay Award
Hong Kong Fan Chun Yip North Korea Jang Sok-chol North Korea Kim Kwang-hyok North Korea Kim Yong-jun  Mongolia

Final tournament[edit]

Squads[edit]

Main article: 2005 East Asian Football Championship Finals Squads

Matches[edit]

The final tournament started on 31 July 2005. China won their first ever international title. The next tournament was scheduled for 2008.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1  China (C) 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5 Champions
2  Japan 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Runners-up
3  North Korea 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4 Third place
4  South Korea (H) 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2 Fourth place
Source: EAFF.com
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
South Korea 1–1 China
Kim Jin-kyu 73' Report Sun Xiang 52'
North Korea 1–0 Japan
Kim Yong-jun 27' Report
Japan 2–2 China
Moniwa 59'
T. Tanaka 87'		 Report Li Jinyu 37'
Zhang Yonghai 43'
South Korea 0–0 North Korea
Report
China 2–0 North Korea
Li Yan 13'
Xie Hui 65'		 Report
South Korea 0–1 Japan
Report Nakazawa 86'

Personal awards[edit]

Best Goalkeeper Best Defender Most Valuable Player Fair Play Award
South Korea Lee Woon-jae China Zhang Yaokun China Ji Mingyi  Japan

Final standings[edit]

Rank Team
1  China
2  Japan
3  North Korea
4  South Korea
5  Hong Kong
6  Chinese Taipei
7  Mongolia
8  Guam

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Macau suspended by FIFA due to political interference". ESPN. 15 February 2005. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. ^ "FIFA suspends the Macau Football Association". FIFA. 15 February 2005. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

External links[edit]

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