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 – 2 March 2003 (qualifiers)
4–10 December 2003 (finals)
Teams| 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)| 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  South Korea (1st title)
Runners-up|  Japan
Third place|  China
Fourth place|  Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 16
Goals scored| 58 (3.63 per match)
Attendance| 209,530 (13,096 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Tatsuhiko Kubo (2 goals)
Best player(s)|  Yoo Sang-chul
Best goalkeeper|  Seigo Narazaki

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International football competition

The 2003 East Asian Football Championship was the 1st edition of the East Asian Football Championship, an international football tournament for East Asian countries and territories organized by the EAFF. The qualifiers were held in February and March 2003 in Hong Kong and the final was held in December 2003 in Japan. South Korea won the inaugural championship.

China PR, South Korea, and Japan were the direct finalists. The fourth finalist spot was competed among Chinese Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong, Macau and Mongolia. Hong Kong won the qualifiers.

## Participating teams

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### Preliminary

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* Chinese Taipei
* Guam
* Hong Kong
* Macau
* Mongolia

### Finals

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* China – 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

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### Preliminary competition

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| Hong Kong

Hong Kong Stadium
Capacity: 40,000

### Finals

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| Tokyo | Saitama | Yokohama

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National Stadium | Saitama Stadium 2002 | International Stadium
Capacity: 57,363 | Capacity: 63,700 | Capacity: 72,327
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## Preliminary competition

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The Preliminary competition was hosted by Hong Kong. The winner of the group advanced to the finals. North Korea withdrew from the tournament.

All times are local (HKT, UTC+08:00).

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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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

22 February 2003

13:30

Macau | 2–0|  Mongolia

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Che Chi Man 34' (pen.)
Chan Man Hei 82' |  |

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 6,055

Referee: Chan Siu Kee (Hong Kong)

22 February 2003

16:00

Hong Kong | 2–0|  Chinese Taipei

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Kwok Yue Hung 77'
Lee Wai Man 79' |  |

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 6,055

Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)

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24 February 2003

13:30

Mongolia | 2–0|  Guam

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Tugsbayar 52'
Lumbengarav 59' |  |

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 1,602

Referee: Huang Junjie (China)

24 February 2003

16:00

Hong Kong | 3–0|  Macau

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Lee Kin Wo 46' (pen.)
Au Wai Lun 59', 62' |  |

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 1,602

Referee: Park Sang-Gu (Korea Rep.)

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26 February 2003

13:30

Guam | 0–2|  Macau

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|  | Geofredo Cheung 37', 77'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 672

Referee: Cheung Yim Yau (Hong Kong)

26 February 2003

16:00

Chinese Taipei | 4–0|  Mongolia

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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)

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28 February 2003

13:30

Guam | 0–7|  Chinese Taipei

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|  | 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

28 February 2003

16:00

Hong Kong | 10–0|  Mongolia

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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

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2 March 2003

13:30

Macau | 1–2|  Chinese Taipei

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Hoi Man Io 35' |  | Wu Chun-I 43'
Huang Che-ming 53'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 6,862

2 March 2003

16:00

Hong Kong | 11–0|  Guam

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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

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Best Goalkeeper | Best Defender | Top Scorer | Most Valuable Player

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Domingos Chan |  Cheng Yung-jen |  Au Wai Lun |  Cheung Sai Ho

## Finals

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### Squads

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Main article: 2003 East Asian Football Championship finals squads

### Matches

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All times are local (JST, UTC+09:00).

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7
Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7
China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3
Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 0

4 December 2003

16:30

Hong Kong | 1–3|  South Korea

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Akandu 34'
Akandu 40' | Report | Kim Do-heon 23'
Kim Do-hoon 50'
Ahn Jung-hwan 57'

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 14,895

Referee: Jimmy Napitupulu (Indonesia)

4 December 2003

19:15

Japan | 2–0|  China

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Kubo 4', 80'
Nakazawa 10'
Endo 40' | Report | Zheng Zhi 7'
Yang Pu 34'
Liu Jindong 65'

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 41,742

Referee: Santhan Nagalingam (Singapore)

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7 December 2003

16:30

South Korea | 1–0|  China

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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'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 27,715

Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)

7 December 2003

19:16

Japan | 1–0|  Hong Kong

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Alex 37' (pen.)
Kubo 58' | Report | Fan Chun Yip 36'
Man Pei Tak 58'
Szeto Man Chun 63'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 45,145

Referee: Chalach Piromya (Thailand)

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10 December 2003

16:28

China | 3–1|  Hong Kong

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Zhao Xuri 20'
Liu Jindong 21'
Yang Chen 44'
Zhou Haibin 87' | Report | Lo Chi Kwan 75'

International Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 17,400

Referee: Chalach Piromya (Thailand)

10 December 2003

19:16

Japan | 0–0|  South Korea

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Okubo 15' 18'
Motoyama 86' | Report | Choi Jin-cheul 14'
Park Jae-hong 41'
Kim Dong-jin 90+4'

International Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 62,633

Referee: Santhan Nagalingam (Singapore)

## Final standing

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Rank  | Team

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

## External links

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* Official Site
* East Asian Cup 2003 at Rsssf

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