2003 East Asian Football Championship

2003 East Asian Football Championship
東アジアサッカー選手権2003
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)

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

Finals

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.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hong Kong 4400260+2612
 Chinese Taipei 4301133+109
 Macau 420255+06
 Mongolia 4103216143
 Guam 4004022220

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2003-02-28
16:00 UTC+8
Hong Kong  10 – 0  Mongolia
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'
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,814

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

2003-03-02
16:00 UTC+8
Hong Kong  11 – 0  Guam
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'
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 6,862
Referee: Huang Junjie (China)

Personal awards

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

Final Tournament

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

December 4, 2003
16:30
Hong Kong  1 - 3  South Korea
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
Kubo  4', 80'
Nakazawa  10'
Endo  40'
Report Zheng Zhi  7'
Sun Jihai  34'
Liu Jindong  65'
National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
Attendance: 41,742
Referee: Santhan Nagalingam (Singapore)

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

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

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

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

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

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