2008 East Asian Football Championship

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2008 East Asian Football Championship
2008年东亚足球锦标赛
Jong Tae-se
(2 goals each)
Best player(s)South Korea Kim Nam-il
Best goalkeeperNorth Korea Ri Myong-guk
2005

The 2008

East Asian Football Championship
was held between 17 February and 23 February 2008. The preliminary competitions were held from 25 March to 24 June 2007.

Participating teams

Preliminary

Stage One

Stage Two

Finals

Venues

Preliminary Competition

Stage One

Northern Mariana Islands 2–3 Guam
Mark McDonald 57', 75' Report Alan Jamison 9'
Zachary Pangelinan 65', 78'

Guam 9–0 Northern Mariana Islands
Zachary Pangelinan 6', 21', 42', 54', 61'
Marvin Mendoza 56'
Elias Merfalen 57'
Alan Jamison 85'
Edward Calvo 91'
Report[permanent dead link]
Report
Hagåtña
Attendance: 1324

Guam won over Northern Mariana Islands by an aggregate of 12–2 and advanced to stage two of the preliminary competition.

Stage Two

The top team of each group qualifies for the final match. The champion of the Preliminary Competition qualifies for the Final Competition.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 North Korea 6 2 2 0 0 14 1 13
Macau Macau 1 2 0 1 1 1 7 –6
 Mongolia 1 2 0 1 1 0 7 –7

Macau Macau0–0 Mongolia
Report
Donorovyn Lkhümbengarav
Yellow card 65'
Macau Stadium, Macau
Attendance: 300
)



Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Hong Kong Hong Kong 4 2 1 1 0 16 2 +14
 Chinese Taipei 4 2 1 1 0 11 1 +10
 Guam 0 2 0 0 2 1 25 –24




Playoff for Fifth Place

Playoff for Third Place

Final of Stage Two

Awards

Best Goalkeeper Best Defender Top Scorer Most Valuable Player Fairplay Award
Hong Kong Fan Chun Yip
Nam Song-chol
North Korea Jong Tae-se North Korea Mun In-guk  Macau

Final Tournament

Squads

Matches Detail

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 South Korea 5 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1
 Japan 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1
 China 3 3 1 0 2 5 5 +0
 North Korea 2 3 0 2 1 3 5 –2

All times, local time


Japan 1–1 North Korea
Maeda 81' Report Jong Tae-se 5'

China 0–1 Japan
Report Yamase 17'
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Tae Song (North Korea)
South Korea 1–1 North Korea
Yeom Ki-hun 20' Report Jong Tae-se 72'

Japan 1–1 South Korea
Yamase 67' Report
Yeom Ki-Hun
15'
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
China 3–1 North Korea
Zhu Ting 45'
Wang Dong 55'
Hao Junmin 88'
Report Ji Yun-nam 35'
Attendance: 30,500
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Personal Awards

Best Goalkeeper Best Defender Top Scorer Most Valuable Player Fairplay Award
North Korea Ri Myong-guk Japan Yuji Nakazawa
Jong Tae-se
South Korea Kim Nam-il  South Korea

Final standing

Rank Team
1  South Korea
2  Japan
3  China
4  North Korea
5  Hong Kong
6  Chinese Taipei
7  Macau
8  Mongolia
9  Guam
10  Northern Mariana Islands

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