The 2008 EAFF 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
- Winner of Preliminary Competition Stage One
Finals – 2005 East Asian Football Championship Winners – Winner of Preliminary Competition Stage Two – 2006 FIFA World Cup participating team – 2006 FIFA World Cup participating team
Venues
Preliminary Competition Macau Macau Stadium Capacity: 16,000
Final Tournament Chongqing Olympic Sports Center Capacity: 58,680
Preliminary Competition
Stage One
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 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD6220014113 Macau1201117–61201107–7
Group B TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Hong Kong42110162+1442110111+1002002125–24
Playoff for Fifth Place
Playoff for Third Place
Final of Stage Two
Awards Best GoalkeeperBest DefenderTop ScorerMost Valuable PlayerFairplay Award Fan Chun Yip Nam Song-chol Jong Tae-se Mun In-guk
Final Tournament
Squads
Matches Detail TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD5312054+15312032+13310255+02302135–2
All times, local time
Personal Awards Best GoalkeeperBest DefenderTop ScorerMost Valuable PlayerFairplay Award Ri Myong-guk Yuji Nakazawa Yeom Ki-hun Park Chu-young Koji Yamase Jong Tae-se Kim Nam-il
Final standing RankTeam12345678910
External links East Asian Football Championship 2008 Final Competition in China EAFC 2008 Preliminary Competition Results Teams in the East Asian Cup 2008