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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name =
| year = 2003
| yearr = 
| other_titles = 東アジアサッカー選手権2003
| image = 
| size = 
| caption = 
| country = Japan
| dates = 22 February – 2 March 2003 (qualifiers)<br />4–10 December 2003 (finals)
| num_teams = 8
| confederations = 1 
| venues = 4
| cities = 4
| champion = South Korea
| champion-flagvar = 1997
| count = 1
| second = Japan
| third = China
| fourth = Hong Kong
| matches = 16
| goals = 58
| attendance = 209530
| top_scorer         = {{fbicon|JPN}} [[Tatsuhiko Kubo]] (2 goals)
| player             = {{fbicon|KOR}} [[Yoo Sang-chul]]
| goalkeeper         = {{fbicon|JPN}} [[Seigo Narazaki]]
| updated =
| prevseason = 
| nextseason = [[2005 East Asian Football Championship|2005]]
}}

The '''2003 East Asian Football Championship''' was the 1st edition of the [[EAFF E-1 Football Championship|East Asian Football Championship]], an international [[association football|football]] tournament for [[East Asia]]n countries and territories organized by the [[East Asian Football Federation|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 national football team|South Korea]] won the inaugural championship.

[[China national football team|China PR]], [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]], and [[Japan national football team|Japan]] were the direct finalists. The fourth finalist spot was competed among [[Chinese Taipei national football team|Chinese Taipei]], [[Guam national football team|Guam]], [[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]], [[Macau national football team|Macau]] and [[Mongolia national football team|Mongolia]]. Hong Kong won the qualifiers.

==Participating teams==

===Preliminary===
*{{fb|Chinese Taipei}}
*{{fb|Guam}}
*{{fb|Hong Kong}}
*{{fb|Macau}}
*{{fb|Mongolia}}

===Finals===
*{{fb|China}} – [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] participating team
*{{fb|Hong Kong}} – Winner of preliminary competition
*{{fb|Japan}} – 2002 FIFA World Cup participating team
*{{fb|KOR|1997}} – 2002 FIFA World Cup participating team

==Venues==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Preliminary competition===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Hong Kong]]
|- 
| [[Hong Kong Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''40,000'''
|-
| [[File:HKStadium.jpg|150px]]
|-
|}
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===Finals===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Tokyo]]
! [[Saitama (city)|Saitama]]
! [[Yokohama]]
|- 
| [[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]]
| [[Saitama Stadium 2002]]
| [[Nissan Stadium (Yokohama)|International Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''57,363'''
| Capacity: '''63,700'''
| Capacity: '''72,327'''
|-
| [[File:Kokuritsu Kasumigaoka 20130224 1.JPG|150px]]
| [[File:Saitama stadium.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:NISSANSTADIUM20080608.JPG|150px]]
|}
{{col-end}}

==Preliminary competition==
The Preliminary competition was hosted by Hong Kong. The winner of the group advanced to the finals. [[North Korea national football team|North Korea]] withdrew from the tournament.

''All times are local ([[Hong Kong Time|HKT]], [[UTC+08:00]]).''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align="left"|{{fb|Hong Kong}}
|4||4||0||0||26||0||+26||'''12'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fb|Chinese Taipei}}
|4||3||0||1||13||3||+10||'''9'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fb|Macau}}
|4||2||0||2||5||5||+0||'''6'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fb|Mongolia}}
|4||1||0||3||2||16||&minus;14||'''3'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fb|Guam}}
|4||0||0||4||0||22||&minus;22||'''0'''
|}

{{football box
|date = 22 February 2003
|time = 13:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Macau}}
|score = 2–0
|report = 
|team2 = {{fb|Mongolia}}
|goals1 = [[Che Chi Man]] {{goal|34|pen.}}<br />[[Chan Man Hei]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Hong Kong Stadium]], Hong Kong
|attendance = 6,055
|referee = [[Chan Siu Kee]] ([[The Hong Kong Football Association|Hong Kong]])
}}
{{football box
|date = 22 February 2003
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Hong Kong}}
|score = 2–0
|report = 
|team2 = {{fb|Chinese Taipei}}
|goals1 = [[Kwok Yue Hung]] {{goal|77}}<br />[[Lee Wai Man]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Hong Kong Stadium]], Hong Kong
|attendance = 6,055
|referee = [[Kazuhiko Matsumura]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 24 February 2003
|time = 13:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Mongolia}}
|score = 2–0
|report = 
|team2 = {{fb|Guam}}
|goals1 = [[Ganbaatar Tugsbayar|Tugsbayar]] {{goal|52}}<br />[[Donorov Lumbengarav|Lumbengarav]] {{goal|59}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Hong Kong Stadium]], Hong Kong
|attendance = 1,602
|referee = Huang Junjie ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
}}
{{football box
|date = 24 February 2003
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Hong Kong}}
|score = 3–0
|report = 
|team2 = {{fb|Macau}}
|goals1 = [[Lee Kin Wo]] {{goal|46|pen.}}<br />[[Au Wai Lun]] {{goal|59||62}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Hong Kong Stadium]], Hong Kong
|attendance = 1,602
|referee = [[Park Sang-Gu]] ([[Korea Football Association|Korea Rep.]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 26 February 2003
|time = 13:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Guam}}
|score = 0–2
|report = 
|team2 = {{fb|Macau}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Geofredo de Sousa Cheung|Geofredo Cheung]] {{goal|37||77}}
|stadium = [[Hong Kong Stadium]], Hong Kong
|attendance = 672
|referee = [[Cheung Yim Yau]] ([[The Hong Kong Football Association|Hong Kong]])
}}
{{football box
|date = 26 February 2003
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Chinese Taipei}}
|score = 4–0
|report = 
|team2 = {{fb|Mongolia}}
|goals1 = [[Huang Che-ming]] {{goal|26||54}}<br />[[Chiang Shih-lu]] {{goal|71}}<br />[[Yang Cheng-hsing]] {{goal|90|pen.}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Hong Kong Stadium]], Hong Kong
|attendance = 672
|referee = [[Chan Siu Kee]] ([[The Hong Kong Football Association|Hong Kong]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 28 February 2003
|time = 13:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Guam}}
|score = 0–7
|report = 
|team2 = {{fb|Chinese Taipei}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Tu Chu-hsien]] {{goal|24||34}}<br />[[Sheu Sheau-bao]] {{goal|48||54||90}}<br />[[Hsu Jui-chen]] {{goal|55}}<br />[[Tu Ming-feng]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium = [[Hong Kong Stadium]], Hong Kong
|attendance = 1,814
|referee = 
}}
{{football box
|date = 28 February 2003
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Hong Kong}}
|score = 10–0
|report = 
|team2 = {{fb|Mongolia}}
|goals1 = [[Au Wai Lun]] {{goal|6||53}}<br />[[Yau Kin Wai]] {{goal|10}}<br />[[Chan Ho Man (footballer)|Chan Ho Man]] {{goal|12||40||42}}<br />[[Cheung Sai Ho]] {{goal|13||26|pen.|90}}<br />[[Kwok Yue Hung]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Hong Kong Stadium]], Hong Kong
|attendance = 1,814
|referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 2 March 2003
|time = 13:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Macau}}
|score = 1–2
|report = 
|team2 = {{fb|Chinese Taipei}}
|goals1 = [[Hoi Man Io]] {{goal|35}}
|goals2 = [[Wu Chun-I]] {{goal|43}}<br />[[Huang Che-ming]] {{goal|53}}
|stadium = [[Hong Kong Stadium]], Hong Kong
|attendance = 6,862
|referee = 
}}
{{football box
|date = 2 March 2003
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Hong Kong}}
|score = 11–0
|report = 
|team2 = {{fb|Guam}}
|goals1 = [[Lau Chi Keung]] {{goal|7||35||56}}<br />[[Au Wai Lun]] {{goal|8||61||86|pen.}}<br />[[Chan Chi Hong]] {{goal|40}}<br />[[Poon Yiu Cheuk]] {{goal|42}}<br />[[Chan Ho Man (footballer)|Chan Ho Man]] {{goal|46||58}}<br />[[Lee Wai Man]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Hong Kong Stadium]], Hong Kong
|attendance = 6,862
|referee = Huang Junjie ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
}}

===Personal awards===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!'''Best Goalkeeper'''
!'''Best Defender'''
!'''Top Scorer'''
!'''Most Valuable Player'''
|-
|align=center|{{flagicon|Macau}} [[Domingos Chan]]
|align=center|{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} [[Cheng Yung-jen]]
|align=center|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Au Wai Lun]]
|align=center|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Cheung Sai Ho]]
|}

==Finals==

===Squads===
{{main article|2003 East Asian Football Championship finals squads}}

===Matches===
''All times are local ([[Japan Standard Time|JST]], [[UTC+09:00]]).''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|-bgcolor=gold
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|KOR|1997}}
| 3|| 2|| 1|| 0|| 4|| 1|| +3|| '''7'''
|-bgcolor=silver
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Japan}}
| 3|| 2|| 1|| 0|| 3|| 0|| +3|| '''7'''
|-bgcolor="#cc9966"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|China}}
| 3|| 1|| 0|| 2|| 3|| 4|| –1|| '''3'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Hong Kong}}
| 3|| 0|| 0|| 3|| 2|| 7|| –5|| '''0'''
|}

{{football box
  | date = 4 December 2003|time=16:30
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|Hong Kong}}
  | score = 1–3
  | report = [http://www.eaff.com/2002_2005/eafc2003/match/report/1st.html Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|KOR|1997}}
  | goals1 = [[Lawrance Chimezie Akandu|Akandu]] {{goal|34}}
  | goals2 = [[Kim Do-heon]] {{goal|23}}<br />[[Kim Do-hoon]] {{goal|50}}<br />[[Ahn Jung-hwan]] {{goal|57}}
  | stadium = [[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]], [[Tokyo]]
  | attendance = 14,895
  | referee = [[Jimmy Napitupulu]] ([[Football Association of Indonesia|Indonesia]])
}}
{{football box
  | date = 4 December 2003|time=19:15
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|Japan}}
  | score = 2–0
  | report = [http://www.eaff.com/2002_2005/eafc2003/match/report/2nd.html Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|China}}
  | goals1 = [[Tatsuhiko Kubo|Kubo]] {{goal|4||80}}
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]], [[Tokyo]]
  | attendance = 41,742
  | referee = [[Santhan Nagalingam]] ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])
}}
----
{{football box
  | date = 7 December 2003|time=16:30
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1997}}
  | score = 1–0
  | report = [http://www.eaff.com/2002_2005/eafc2003/match/report/3rd.html Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|China}}
  | goals1 = [[Yoo Sang-chul]] {{goal|45+1}}
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[Saitama Stadium 2002]], [[Saitama (city)|Saitama]]
  | attendance = 27,715
  | referee = [[Halim Abdul Hamid]] ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])
}}
{{football box
  | date = 7 December 2003|time=19:16
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|Japan}}
  | score = 1–0
  | report = [http://www.eaff.com/2002_2005/eafc2003/match/report/4th.html Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|Hong Kong}}
  | goals1 = [[Alessandro dos Santos|Alex]] {{goal|37|pen.}}
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[Saitama Stadium 2002]], [[Saitama (city)|Saitama]]
  | attendance = 45,145
  | referee = [[Chalach Piromya]] ([[Football Association of Thailand|Thailand]])
}}
----
{{football box
  | date = 10 December 2003|time=16:28
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|China}}
  | score = 3–1
  | report = [http://www.eaff.com/2002_2005/eafc2003/match/report/5th.html Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|Hong Kong}}
  | goals1 = [[Zhao Xuri]] {{goal|20}}<br />[[Liu Jindong]] {{goal|21}}<br />[[Yang Chen (footballer, born 1974)|Yang Chen]] {{goal|44}}
  | goals2 = [[Lo Chi Kwan]] {{goal|75}}
  | stadium = [[Nissan Stadium (Yokohama)|International Stadium]], [[Yokohama]]
  | attendance = 17,400
  | referee = [[Chalach Piromya]] ([[Football Association of Thailand|Thailand]])
}}
{{football box
  | date = 10 December 2003|time=19:16
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|Japan}}
  | score = 0–0
  | report = [http://www.eaff.com/2002_2005/eafc2003/match/report/6th.html Report]
  | team2 = {{fb|KOR|1997}}
  | goals1 = 
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[Nissan Stadium (Yokohama)|International Stadium]], [[Yokohama]]
  | attendance = 62,633
  | referee = [[Santhan Nagalingam]] ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])
}}

==Final standing==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!Rank
!Team
|-bgcolor=gold
|align=center|1
|align=center|{{fb|KOR}}
|-bgcolor=silver
|align=center|2
|align=center|{{fb|JPN}}
|-bgcolor="#cc9966"
|align=center|3
|align=center|{{fb|CHN}}
|-
|align=center|4
|align=center|{{fb|HKG}}
|-
|align=center|5
|align=center|{{fb|Chinese Taipei}}
|-
|align=center|6
|align=center|{{fb|Macau}}
|-
|align=center|7
|align=center|{{fb|Mongolia}}
|-
|align=center|8
|align=center|{{fb|Guam}}
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.eaff.com/2002_2005/eafc2003/index.html Official Site]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eastasia03.html East Asian Cup 2003 at Rsssf]

{{2003 in Japanese football}}
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