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.
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.
Participating teams
Preliminary
Finals – 2003 East Asian Football Championship third place – Winners of the preliminary competition – 2006 FIFA World Cup participant – 2006 FIFA World Cup participant
Venues
Preliminary competition Taipei Zhongshan Soccer Stadium Capacity: 20,000
Final Tournament Daejeon Jeonju Daegu Daejeon World Cup Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium Daegu World Cup Stadium Capacity: 40,535 Capacity: 42,477 Capacity: 66,422
Preliminary competition
Matches Macau was suspended by FIFA from entering the competition during the match period. Each countries played against the other 4 countries on a round robin basis.
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts 4 4 0 0 31 0 +31 12 4 3 0 1 26 2 +24 9 4 1 1 2 9 7 +2 4 4 1 1 2 4 13 –9 4 4 0 0 4 1 49 –48 0
All times are local time, National Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Personal Awards Best GoalkeeperBest DefenderTop ScorerMost Valuable PlayerFairplay Award Fan Chun Yip Jang Sok-chol Kim Kwang-hyok Kim Yong-jun
Final tournament
Squads
Matches The final tournament started on 31 July 2005. China won their first ever international title. The next tournament was scheduled for 2008.
Personal awards Best GoalkeeperBest DefenderMost Valuable PlayerFair Play Award Lee Woon-jae Zhang Yaokun Ji Mingyi
Final standings RankTeam12345678
References East Asian Cup 2005 at RSSSF
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