2008 EAFF Women's Football Championship

The Second EAFF Women's Football Championship was a football competition held from February 18 to February 24, 2008 in Chongqing, China. Japan won the second edition by beating its opponents to finish first, DPR Korea finished second. The winner of the tournament received 50,000 US Dollars, the runner up 30,000, the third placed team 20,000 and the fourth placed team 15,000.

For the men's tournament, see 2008 East Asian Football Championship.
2008 EAFF Women's Football Championship
2008年东亚女子足球锦标赛
Tournament details
Host country China
Dates1–5 July 2007 (Qualification)
18–24 February 2008 (Final)
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runners-up North Korea
Third place China PR
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored49 (4.08 per match)
Top scorer(s) Shinobu Ohno
Best player(s) Homare Sawa

Rounds
Round Participants Host Date
Preliminary Competition Guam, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, South Korea  Guam 1–5 July 2007
Final Round China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea  China 18–24 February 2008

Preliminary Competition

Korea Republic qualified to Final Round.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 South Korea 93300131+12
 Chinese Taipei 63201144+10
 Hong Kong 33102212−10
 Guam 03003113−12
Guam 1–2 Hong Kong
  • Paulino  35'
 Report
  • Kwong Wing Yan  6'
  • He Ying  68'
LeoPalace Resort Main Stadium, Guam
Attendance: 300
Referee: Funano Etsuko (Japan)
Chinese Taipei 1–4 South Korea
  • Lin Yu-hui  70'
 Report
  • Kim Joo-hee  15'
  • Park Hee-young  24'
  • Kim Yoo-mi  29'
  • Jung Hae-in  88'
LeoPalace Resort Main Stadium, Guam
Attendance: 200
Referee: Gani Rita (Malaysia)
South Korea 3–0 Hong Kong
  • Kim Yoo-mi  30'
  • Lee Sae-eun  33'
  • Kim Joo-hee  56'
 Report
LeoPalace Resort Main Stadium, Guam
Attendance: 300
Referee: Kamnueung Pannipar (Thailand)
Guam 0–5 Chinese Taipei
Report
LeoPalace Resort Main Stadium, Guam
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mai Hoang Trang (Vietnam)
Chinese Taipei 8–0 Hong Kong
 Report
LeoPalace Resort Main Stadium, Guam
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kamnueung Pannipar (Thailand)
Guam 0–6 South Korea
Report
  • Cha Yun-hee  1'
  • Kim Joo-hee  23', 26', 33', 49', 59'
LeoPalace Resort Main Stadium, Guam
Attendance: 300
Referee: Funano Etsuko (Japan)

Final round
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 9330082+6
 North Korea 4311163+3
 China PR 4311135−2
 South Korea 0300329−7

All times, local time

North Korea 2–3 Japan
Ri Kum-Suk  37'
Ri Un-Gyong  54'		 Report Ando  3'
Miyama  81'
Sawa  90+3'
Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing
Referee: Cha Sung-Mi (Korea Republic)
China PR 3–2 South Korea
Han Duan  9', 78'
Xu Yuan  86'		 Report Park Hee-young  59', 66'
Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing
Attendance: 23,000
Japan 2–0 South Korea
Arakawa  16'
Ohno  56'		 Report
Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Shen Huangying (China)
China PR 0–0 North Korea
Report
Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Cha Sung-Mi (Korea Republic)
South Korea 0–4 North Korea
Report Kim Yong-Ae  53', 78'
Hong Myong-Gum  68'
Ri Kum-Suk  69'
Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Baba Sachiko (Japan)
China PR 0–3 Japan
Report Ohno  19', 42'
Nagasato  55'
Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing
Attendance: 25,000

Personal Awards

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080516063406/http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2008/match_result_w.html
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