2005 East Asian Football Championship
# 2005 East Asian Football Championship

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

* Chinese Taipei
* Guam
* Hong Kong
* Mongolia
* North Korea

### Finals

* China – 2003 East Asian Football Championship third place
* North Korea – Winners of the preliminary competition
* Japan – 2006 FIFA World Cup participant
* South Korea – 2006 FIFA World Cup participant

## 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.

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| North Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | +31 | 12 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 2 | +24 | 9 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | –9 | 4 |
| Guam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 49 | –48 | 0 |

All times are local time, National Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

### Personal Awards

| Best Goalkeeper | Best Defender | Top Scorer | Most Valuable Player | Fairplay Award |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Fan Chun Yip | Jang Sok-chol | Kim Kwang-hyok | Kim Yong-jun | Mongolia |

## Final tournament

### Matches

The final tournament started on 31 July 2005. China won their first ever international title. The next tournament was scheduled for 2008.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China (C) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Champions |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Runners-up |
| 3 | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | Third place |
| 4 | South Korea (H) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | Fourth place |

### Personal awards

| Best Goalkeeper | Best Defender | Most Valuable Player | Fair Play Award |
| - | - | - | - |
| Lee Woon-jae | Zhang Yaokun | Ji Mingyi | Japan |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| 1 | China |
| 2 | Japan |
| 3 | North Korea |
| 4 | South Korea |
| 5 | Hong Kong |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei |
| 7 | Mongolia |
| 8 | Guam |
