Football East Asian Cup 2008

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Football Championship East Asia 2008
2008 East Asian Football Championship
Number of nations 10 (4 finalists)
East Asian Champion South Korea
venue Chongqing , China
opening February 17, 2008
Endgame February 23, 2008
Gates 16 (Ø: 2.67 per game)
Top scorer JapanJapan Kōji Yamase , Jong Tae-se , Park Chu-young , Yeom Ki-hun , 2 goals each
Korea NorthNorth Korea
Korea SouthSouth Korea
Korea SouthSouth Korea

The third edition of the East Asian Football Championship , officially East Asian Football Championship in 2008 , was from 17 to 23. February 2008 in Chongqing in China held. Four teams from the East Asian region have qualified for the finals. Of these, South Korea , PR China and Japan were already set. In qualifying in Macau could North Korea prevail. South Korea became East Asian champions in 2008 . For the first time there was a pre-qualification.

In the pre-qualification the two worst teams played in order to qualify for the qualification. The qualifying round was played in a group stage and a knockout round. The winner of the qualification took part in the final round. The East Asian champions were determined through group matches.

The tournament winner received $ 500,000 as a prize. The second got $ 300,000, the third got $ 200,000 and the last group got $ 150,000.

venue

The Olympic Sports Center in Chongqing in the People's Republic of China was the venue for all final tournament games . It was the first hosting of the East Asian Championship in China, with which all seeded teams played the East Asian Championship once. China already hosted the Dynasty Cup in 1990 and 1992.

The venue for the qualifying games was the Macau Olympic Complex in Macau . The pre-qualification games took place at the Oleai Sports Complex in Saipan ( Northern Mariana Islands ) and at the Guam National Football Stadium in Hagåtña , Guam .

competition

Pre-qualification

March 25, 2007 in Saipan
Mariana Islands NorthernNorthern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands - GuamGuam Guam 2: 3
April 1, 2007 in Hagåtña
GuamGuam Guam - Mariana Islands NorthernNorthern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands 9-0

Guam thus qualified for the qualification of the East Asian Football Championship. The Northern Mariana Islands took 10th place in the overall tournament ranking.

qualification

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea  2  2  0  0 014: 100 +13 06th
 2. MacauMacau Macau  2  0  1  1 001: 700  −6 01
 3. MongoliaMongolia Mongolia  2  0  1  1 000: 700  −7 01
June 17, 2007
Macau - Mongolia 0-0
June 19, 2007
North Korea - Mongolia 7-0
June 21, 2007
North Korea - Macau 7: 1

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong  2  1  1  0 016: 200 +14 04th
 2. Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)  2  1  1  0 011: 100 +10 04th
 3. GuamGuam Guam  2  0  0  2 001:250 −24 00
June 17, 2007
Guam - Taiwan 0:10
June 19, 2007
Hong Kong - Taiwan 1: 1
June 21, 2007
Hong Kong - Guam 15: 1

Placement games

Play for 5th place
June 23, 2007
GuamGuam Guam - MongoliaMongolia Mongolia 2: 5
3rd place match
June 24, 2007
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Taiwan - MacauMacau Macau 7: 2
Qualifying finals
June 24, 2007
Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea - Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong 1-0
Best goalkeeper Best defender Top scorer Most valuable player Fair Play Award
Hong KongHong Kong Fan Chun Yip Korea NorthNorth Korea Nam Song-chol Korea NorthNorth Korea Jong Tae-se
(8 goals) 		Korea NorthNorth Korea Mun In-guk MacauMacau Macau

Finals

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea  3  1  2  0 005: 400  +1 05
 2. JapanJapan Japan  3  1  2  0 003: 200  +1 05
 3. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China  3  1  0  2 005: 500  ± 0 03
 4th Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea  3  0  2  1 003: 500  −2 02
February 17, 2008
China - South Korea 2: 3
Japan - North Korea 1: 1
February 20, 2008
China - Japan 0: 1
South Korea - North Korea 1: 1
February 23, 2008
Japan - South Korea 1: 1
China - North Korea 3: 1
Best goalkeeper Best defender Top scorer Most valuable player Fair Play Award

Korea NorthNorth Korea Ri Myong-guk

JapanJapan Yūji Nakazawa

JapanJapan Kōji Yamase Jong Tae-se Park Chu-young Yeom Ki-hun (2 goals each)
Korea NorthNorth Korea
Korea SouthSouth Korea
Korea SouthSouth Korea

Korea SouthSouth Korea Kim Nam-il

Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea


East Asian Champion 2008 South Korea
Korea SouthSouth Korea

Overall rating

  1. Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
  2. JapanJapan Japan
  3. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
  4. Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea
  5. Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong
  6. Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Taiwan
  7. MacauMacau Macau
  8. MongoliaMongolia Mongolia
  9. GuamGuam Guam
  10. Mariana Islands NorthernNorthern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2008/competiton_m.html