The 2003 East Asian Football Championship was the 1st edition of the East Asian Football Championship, an international football tournament for East Asian countries and territories organized by the EAFF. The qualifiers were held in February and March 2003 in Hong Kong and the final was held in December 2003 in Japan. South Korea won the inaugural championship.
China PR, South Korea, and Japan were the direct finalists. The fourth finalist spot was competed among Chinese Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong, Macau and Mongolia. Hong Kong won the qualifiers.
Participating teams
Preliminary
Finals – 2002 FIFA World Cup participating team – Winner of preliminary competition – 2002 FIFA World Cup participating team – 2002 FIFA World Cup participating team
Venues
Preliminary competition Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium Capacity: 40,000
Finals Tokyo Saitama Yokohama National Stadium Saitama Stadium 2002 International Stadium Capacity: 57,363 Capacity: 63,700 Capacity: 72,327
Preliminary competition The Preliminary competition was hosted by Hong Kong. The winner of the group advanced to the finals. North Korea withdrew from the tournament.
All times are local (HKT, UTC+08:00). TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts4400260+26124301133+109420255+064103216−1434004022−220
Personal awards Best GoalkeeperBest DefenderTop ScorerMost Valuable Player Domingos Chan Cheng Yung-jen Au Wai Lun Cheung Sai Ho
Finals
Squads
Matches All times are local (JST, UTC+09:00).
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 3 1 0 2 3 4 –1 3 3 0 0 3 2 7 –5 0
Final standing RankTeam12345678
External links Official Site East Asian Cup 2003 at Rsssf