2005 East Asian Football Championship

2005 East Asian Football Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	5–13 March, 2005 (Preliminary) 31 July – 7 August, 2005 (Finals)
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	China (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	North Korea
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	81 (5.06 per match)
Best player(s)	Ji Mingyi
Best goalkeeper	Lee Woon-jae
← 2003 2008 →

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 in March 2005.^{[citation needed]}

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.

•  Chinese Taipei
•  Guam
•  Hong Kong
•  Mongolia
•  North Korea

•  China – 2003 East Asian Football Championship third place
•  North Korea – Winners of the preliminary competition
•  Japan – 2006 FIFA World Cup participant
•  South Korea – 2006 FIFA World Cup participant

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)

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Best Goalkeeper	Best Defender	Top Scorer	Most Valuable Player	Fairplay Award
Fan Chun Yip	Jang Sok-chol	Kim Kwang-hyok	Kim Yong-jun	Mongolia

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	China (C)	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Champions
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Runners-up
3	North Korea	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4	Third place
4	South Korea (H)	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2	Fourth place

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

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

• East Asian Cup 2005 at RSSSF