China League Two 2008

The 2008 China League Two started on April 2008 and ended on December 2008. Guangdong Sunray Cave and Shenyang Dongjin finished top-2 and promoted to China League One 2009.

Final league tables

Southern Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guangdong Sunray Cave (C)	14	9	4	1	34	16	+18	31	Play-off Semi-finals
2	Tianjin Ciity	14	9	2	3	28	11	+17	29	Play-off First Round
3	Hunan Billows	14	9	1	4	22	12	+10	28	Play-off First Round
4	Guizhou Zhicheng	14	7	5	3	22	17	+5	25	Play-off First Round
5	Suzhou Trips	14	5	5	4	17	15	+2	20
6	Wenzhou Tomorrow	14	2	3	9	7	17	−10	9
7	Ningbo Huaao	14	1	4	9	10	25	−15	7
8	Zhanjiang Tiandi No.1	14	2	1	11	4	31	−27	7

Northern Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shenyang Dongjin (C)	14	9	5	0	23	7	+16	32	Play-off Semi-finals
2	Hebei Tiangong	14	7	5	2	22	16	+6	26	Play-off First Round
3	Hangzhou Sanchao	14	7	4	3	20	13	+7	25	Play-off First Round
4	Tianjin Locomotive	14	7	2	5	22	12	+10	23	Play-off First Round
5	Xi'an Shiyuan	14	5	4	5	21	17	+4	19
6	Xinjiang Lottery	14	4	5	5	12	19	−7	17
7	Tianjin Dongli	14	2	2	10	7	21	−14	8
8	Nanjing Baotai	14	1	1	12	6	28	−22	4

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored.

Play-offs

• The 2007-08 China University Football League winners China Three Gorges University qualified for the play-off first round. Runners-up Hohai University (Nanjing Baotai) and 3rd place Beijing Institute of Technology (Beijing Aigo) were already playing in League Two and League One, so 4th place Shenzhen University qualified with Three Gorges University.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hebei Tiangong	1 – 2	Hunan Billows	0 – 2	1 – 0
Three Gorges Kangtian	6 – 1	Shenzhen University	3 – 0	3 – 1
Tianjin Locomotive	5 – 2	Guizhou Zhicheng	4 – 0	1 – 2
Hangzhou Sanchao	1 – 6	Tianjin Ciity	0 – 2	1 – 4

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hunan Billows	1 – 5	Tianjin Locomotive	0 – 1	1 – 4
Three Gorges Kangtian	2 – 2 (P 5–4)	Tianjin Ciity	0 – 2	2 – 0 (aet)

Promotion finals

All times local (GMT+8)

First leg

2008-12-19 09:30	Shenyang Dongjin	0 – 1	Three Gorges Kangtian	Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu
			Hu Xi  23'

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2008-12-19 15:00	Tianjin Locomotive	0 – 1	Guangdong Sunray Cave	Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu
			Yin Hongbo  77'

Second leg

2008-12-21 09:30	Guangdong Sunray Cave	3 – 1	Tianjin Locomotive	Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu Referee: Tan Hai
	Ye Weichao  4' Yu Jianfeng  38' (pen.) Cong Tianhao  54'	(Report)	Feng Renliang  43'

Guangdong Sunray Cave won 4–1 on aggregate and promoted to China League One 2009.

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2008-12-21 15:00	Three Gorges Kangtian	0 – 1 (aet)	Shenyang Dongjin	Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu
			Deng Li  65'
		Penalties
		3 – 4

Shenyang Dongjin 1–1 Three Gorges Kangtian on aggregate. Shenyang Dongjin won 4–3 on penalties and promoted to China League One 2009.

Third place final

2008-12-23 09:00	Three Gorges Kangtian	2 – 1	Tianjin Locomotive	Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu
	Qi Zhongxi  29' Xiao Ze  70'		Shan Tong  78'

Champions final

2008-12-23 11:00	Shenyang Dongjin	1 – 0	Guangdong Sunray Cave	Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu
	Du Ping  78'

Top Scorer

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ye Weichao	Guangdong Sunray Cave	11

External links

• Fixtures, results and tables on RSSSF (English)
• News, fixtures, results and tables on Sohu (Chinese)