- East Asian Cup 2005
The East Asian Cup is a football competition between teams from
East Asian countries and territories; see "East Asian Cup ". The second ever cup was held from31 July ,2005 to7 August ,2005 inSouth Korea , with qualifiers held in March 2005.China PR, Korea Rep, Japan are direct finalists. The fourth place is competed among North Korea, Guam, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Mongolia.
North Korea was the winner in the qualifiers. Macau had been temporarily barred by theFIFA to enter any international matches because of alleged undue influence of government in forming the committee of its football association. The suspension was subsequently lifted after rectification by Macau.Qualifying
Qualifying Matches:
* Macau was suspended by FIFA from entering the competition during the match period.Each countries plays against the other 4 countries on a round robin basis.
*5 March 2005 : Hong Kong 6 - 0 Mongolia
*5 March 2005 : Chinese Taipei 9 - 0 Guam
*7 March 2005 : Guam 0 - 15 Hong Kong
*7 March 2005 : Korea DPR 6 - 0 Mongolia
*9 March 2005 : Mongolia 4 - 1 Guam
*9 March 2005 : Chinese Taipei 0 - 2 Korea DPR
*11 March 2005 : Guam 0 - 21 Korea DPR
*11 March 2005 : Chinese Taipei 0 - 5 Hong Kong
*13 March 2005 : Hong Kong 0 - 2 Korea DPR
*13 March 2005 : Chinese Taipei 0 - 0 MongoliaTable:
Personal Awards (Qualification)
FAIR PLAY TEAM -
Mongolia national football team BEST GOALKEEPER -
Fan Chun Yip (Hong Kong national football team )BEST DEFENDER -
Jang Sok Chol (DPR Korea national football team )TOP SCORER -
Kim Kwang Hyok (DPR Korea national football team )MVP -
Kim Jun Yong (DPR Korea national football team )Tournament
The final tournament started on
31 July ,2005 .Matches:
*31 July 2005 : North Korea 1 - 0 Japan (in Daejeon)
*31 July 2005 : South Korea 1 - 1 China (in Daejeon)
*3 August 2005 : Japan 2 - 2 China (in Daejeon)
*4 August 2005 : South Korea 0 - 0 North Korea (in Jeonju)
*7 August 2005 : China 2 - 0 North Korea (in Daegu)
*7 August 2005 : South Korea 0 - 1 Japan (in Daegu)Table:
China won their first ever international title. The next tournament was scheduled for 2008.
Personal Awards
Fair play Team -
Japan national football team Best Goalkeeper -
Lee Woon-Jae (Korea Republic national football team )Best Defender -
Zhang Yaokun (China national football team )MVP -
Ji Mingyi (China national football team )External links
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eastasia05.html East Asian Cup 2005 at RSSSF]
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