2003 East Asian Football Championship

2003 East Asian Football Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	22 February 2003 - 2 March 2003 (qualifiers) 4 December 2003 - 10 December 2003 (finals)
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	China PR
Fourth place	Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	58 (3.63 per match)
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The 2003 EAFF East Asian Football Championship is a football competition for East Asian countries and territories. The qualifiers were held in February and March 2003 in Hong Kong and the final was held in December 2003 in Japan. South Korea was the winner with Japan as runner-up.

China PR, Korea Rep, and Japan are direct finalists. The fourth finalist spot is competed among Chinese Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong, Macau and Mongolia. Hong Kong was the winner in the qualifiers.

Participating teams

Preliminary

• Chinese Taipei
• Guam
• Hong Kong
• Macau
• Mongolia

Finals

• China PR - 2002 FIFA World Cup participating team
• Hong Kong - Winner of Preliminary Competition
• Japan - 2002 FIFA World Cup participating team
• South Korea - 2002 FIFA World Cup participating team

Venues

Preliminary Competition

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Stadium
Capacity: 40,000

Final Tournament

Tokyo	Saitama	Kanagawa
National Stadium	Saitama Stadium 2002	Nissan Stadium
Capacity: 57,363	Capacity: 63,700	Capacity: 72,327

• ^1 As the International Stadium Yokohama.

Preliminary Competition

Matches Detail

The Preliminary Competition was hosted by Hong Kong. The winner of the group advanced to the Final Competition.

• North Korea withdrew.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hong Kong	4	4	0	0	26	0	+26	12
Chinese Taipei	4	3	0	1	13	3	+10	9
Macau	4	2	0	2	5	5	+0	6
Mongolia	4	1	0	3	2	16	−14	3
Guam	4	0	0	4	0	22	−22	0

2003-02-22 13:30 UTC+8	Macau	2 – 0	Mongolia	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 6,055 Referee: Chan Siu Kee (Hong Kong)
	Che Chi Man  34' (pen.) Chan Man Hei  82'

2003-02-22 16:00 UTC+8	Hong Kong	2 – 0	Chinese Taipei	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 6,055 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)
	Kwok Yue Hung  77' Lee Wai Man  79'

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2003-02-24 13:30 UTC+8	Mongolia	2 – 0	Guam	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 1,602 Referee: Huang Junjie (China)
	Tugsbayar  52' Lumbengarav  59'

2003-02-24 16:00 UTC+8	Hong Kong	3 – 0	Macau	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 1,602 Referee: Park Sang-Gu (Korea Rep.)
	Lee Kin Wo  46' (pen.) Au Wai Lun  59', 62'

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2003-02-26 13:30 UTC+8	Guam	0 – 2	Macau	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 672 Referee: Cheung Yim Yau (Hong Kong)
			Geofredo Cheung  37', 77'

2003-02-26 16:00 UTC+8	Chinese Taipei	4 – 0	Mongolia	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 672 Referee: Chan Siu Kee (Hong Kong)
	Huang Che-ming  26', 54' Chiang Shih-lu  71' Yang Cheng-hsing  90' (pen.)

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2003-02-28 13:30 UTC+8	Guam	0 – 7	Chinese Taipei	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 1,814
			Tu Chu-hsien  24', 34' Sheu Sheau-bao  48', 54', 90' Hsu Jui-chen  55' Tu Ming-feng  64'

2003-02-28 16:00 UTC+8	Hong Kong	10 – 0	Mongolia	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 1,814
	Au Wai Lun  6', 53' Yau Kin Wai  10' Chan Ho Man  12', 40', 42' Cheung Sai Ho  13', 26' (pen.), 90' Kwok Yue Hung  79'

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2003-03-02 13:30 UTC+8	Macau	1 – 2	Chinese Taipei	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 6,862
	Hoi Man Io  35'		Wu Chun-I  43' Huang Che-ming  53'

2003-03-02 16:00 UTC+8	Hong Kong	11 – 0	Guam	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 6,862 Referee: Huang Junjie (China)
	Lau Chi Keung  7', 35', 56' Au Wai Lun  8', 61', 86' (pen.) Chan Chi Hong  40' Poon Yiu Cheuk  42' Chan Ho Man  46', 58' Lee Wai Man  90'

Personal awards

Best Goalkeeper	Best Defender	Top Scorer	Most Valuable Player
Domingos Chan	Cheng Yung-jen	Au Wai Lun	Cheung Sai Ho

Final Tournament

Squads

Main article: 2003 East Asian Football Championship Finals Squads

Matches Detail

Finals matches held in Japan, all times local time.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Japan	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
China PR	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	3
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0

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December 4, 2003 16:30	Hong Kong	1 - 3	South Korea	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Attendance: 14,895 Referee: Jimmy M. R. Napitupulu (Indonesia)
	Akandu  34' Akandu  40'	Report	Kim Do-Heon  23' Kim Do-Hoon  50' Ahn Jung-Hwan  57'

December 4, 2003 19:15	Japan	2 – 0	China PR	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Attendance: 41,742 Referee: Santhan Nagalingam (Singapore)
	Kubo  4', 80' Nakazawa  10' Endo  40'	Report	Zheng Zhi  7' Yang Pu  34' Liu Jindong  65'

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December 7, 2003 16:30	South Korea	1 – 0	China PR	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan Attendance: 27,715 Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
	Ahn Jung-Hwan  40' Choi Jin-Cheul  44' Yoo Sang-Chul  45+1' Lee Eul-Yong  60'	Report	Zheng Zhi  28' Zhou Ting  40' Li Yi  60'

December 7, 2003 19:16	Japan	1 – 0	Hong Kong	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan Attendance: 45,145 Referee: Chalach Piromya (Thailand)
	Alex  37' (pen.) Kubo  58'	Report	Fan Chun Yip  36' Man Pei Tak  58' Szeto Man Chun  63'

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December 10, 2003 16:28	China PR	3 – 1	Hong Kong	International Stadium Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Chalach Piromya (Thailand)
	Zhao Xuri  20' Liu Jindong  21' Yang Chen  44' Zhou Haibin  87'	Report	Lo Chi Kwan  75'

December 10, 2003 19:16	Japan	0 - 0	South Korea	International Stadium Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Attendance: 62,633 Referee: Santhan Nagalingam (Singapore)
	Okubo  15', 18' Motoyama  86'	Report	Choi Jin-Cheul  14' Park Jae-Hong  41' Kim Dong-Jin  90+4'

Final standing

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

Winners

East Asian Football Championship 2003 Winners
South Korea Second title

External links

• Official Site
• East Asian Cup 2003 at Rsssf