2005 East Asian Football Championship

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 on March 2005.

2005 East Asian Football Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Korea
Dates5 March, 2005 - 13 March, 2005(Preliminary)
31 July, 2005 - 7 August, 2005(Finals)
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions China PR (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) Ji Mingyi

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

Preliminary

Finals

Venues

Preliminary competition

Matches

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-huong  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
Kwang-Hyok Kim  18', 39', 66'
Hyok-Chol Ri  22', 30'
Yong-Jo Hong  64'		 Report
Chinese Taipei 0–2 North Korea
Report Chol-Man Choe  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 Yong-Jo Hong  6', 17'
Chol-Man Choe  10', 37', 54'
Kwang-Hyok Kim  21', 43', 61', 63', 71', 76', 77'
Yong-Jun Kim  29', 39', 49'
Jin-Hyok Kang  31', 44', 65', 84', 90+1'
Nam-Chol Pak  83'
Hong Kong 0–2 North Korea
Report Jin-Hyok Kang  43'
Myong-Sam Ri  64'
Chinese Taipei 0–0 Mongolia
Report

Personal Awards
Best Goalkeeper Best Defender Top Scorer Most Valuable Player Fairplay Award
Fan Chun Yip Jang Sok-chol Kim Kwang-hyok Kim Jun-yong  Mongolia

Final tournament

Squads
Main article: 2005 East Asian Football Championship Finals Squads

Matches

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 China PR 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
 Japan 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 North Korea 3 1 1 1 1 2 –1 4
 South Korea 3 0 2 1 1 2 –1 2
South Korea 1–1 China PR
Kim Jin-kyu  73' Report Sun Xiang  52'
North Korea 1–0 Japan
Kim Yong-jun  27' Report
Japan 2–2 China PR
Moniwa  59'
T. Tanaka  87'		 Report Li Jinyu  37'
Zhang Yonghai  43'
South Korea 0–0 North Korea
Report
China PR 2–0 North Korea
Li Yan  13'
Xie Hui  65'		 Report
South Korea 0–1 Japan
Report Nakazawa  86'

Personal awards
Best Goalkeeper Best Defender Most Valuable Player Fair Play Award
Lee Woon-jae Zhang Yaokun Ji Mingyi  Japan

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

Winners
 East Asian Football Championship 2005 Winners 

China PR
First title

References
  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. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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