The East Asian Cup is a football competition between teams from East Asian countries and territories; see East Asian Cup. The second ever cup was held from 31 July, 2005 to 7 August, 2005 in South Korea, with qualifiers held in March 2005.

China, PR, Korea Rep, Japan are direct finalists. The fourth place is competed among North Korea, Guam, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Mongolia. North Korea was the winner in the qualifiers. Macao had been temporarily barred by the FIFA to enter any international matches because of alleged undue influence of government in forming the committee of its football association. The suspension was subsequently lifted after rectification by Macao.

Qualifying

• Macao was suspended by FIFA from entering the competition during the match period.

Each countries plays against the other 4 countries on a round robin basis.

• 5 March 2005: Hong Kong 6 - 0 Mongolia
• 5 March 2005: Chinese Taipei 9 - 0 Guam
• 7 March 2005: Guam 0 - 15 Hong Kong
• 7 March 2005: Korea DPR 6 - 0 Mongolia
• 9 March 2005: Mongolia 4 - 1 Guam
• 9 March 2005: Chinese Taipei 0 - 2 Korea DPR
• 11 March 2005: Guam 0 - 21 Korea DPR
• 11 March 2005: Chinese Taipei 0 - 5 Hong Kong
• 13 March 2005: Hong Kong 0 - 2 Korea DPR
• 13 March 2005: Chinese Taipei 0 - 0 Mongolia

Table:

Tournament

Matches:

• 31 July 2005: North Korea 1 - 0 Japan (in Daejeon)
• 31 July 2005: South Korea 1 - 1 China (in Daejeon)
• 3 August 2005: Japan 2 - 2 China (in Daejeon)
• 4 August 2005: South Korea 0 - 0 North Korea (in Jeonju)
• 7 August 2005: China 2 - 0 North Korea (in Daegu)
• 7 August 2005: South Korea 0 - 1 Japan (in Daegu)

Table:

China won their first ever international title. The next tournament was scheduled for 2007.

External link

• East Asian Cup 2005 at RSSSF

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