Third edition.
Seeded for final tournament: China, Japan, South Korea.
Participants: Guam, Hongkong, Macao, Mongolia, North Korea, 
              Northern Marianas (also listed as Saipan), Taiwan.
Preliminary Playoff (home/away)
25- 3-2007 N.Marianas    2-3 Guam
  [Mark McDonald 57, 75; Alan Jamison 9, Zachary Pangelinan 65, 78; in Saipan]
 1- 4-2007 Guam          9-0 Northern Marianas
  [Zachary Pangelinan 6, 21, 42, 54, 61, Mendoza 56, Merfalen 57,
   Alan Jamison 85, Edward Calvo 90; in Hagatna; att: 1324]
Qualifying Tournament in Taipa, Macao.
Group A 
17- 6-2007 Macao         0-0 Mongolia
19- 6-2007 North Korea   7-0 Mongolia
21- 6-2007 Macao         1-7 North Korea
 1.North Korea      2  2  0  0 14- 1  6
 2.Macao            2  0  1  1  1- 7  1
 3.Mongolia         2  0  1  1  0- 7  1
Group B
17- 6-2007 Guam         0-10 Taiwan
19- 6-2007 Hongkong      1-1 Taiwan
21- 6-2007 Hongkong     15-1 Guam
 1.Hongkong         2  1  1  0 16- 2  4
 2.Taiwan           2  1  1  0 11- 1  4
 3.Guam             2  0  0  2  1-25  0
Fifth Place Match
23- 6-2007 Guam          2-5 Mongolia
Third Place Match
24- 6-2007 Taiwan        7-2 Macao
Final
24- 6-2007 Hongkong      0-1 North Korea
  [Mun In-guk 82]
In Chongqing, China, February 2008 17- 2-2008 China 2-3 South Korea 17- 2-2008 Japan 1-1 North Korea 20- 2-2008 China 0-1 Japan 20- 2-2008 North Korea 1-1 South Korea 23- 2-2008 Japan 1-1 South Korea 23- 2-2008 China 3-1 North Korea Table: 1.South Korea 3 1 2 0 5- 4 5 2.Japan 3 1 2 0 3- 2 5 3.China 3 1 0 2 5- 5 3 4.North Korea 3 0 2 1 3- 5 2 General Table (combined men's and women's tables) 1.Japan 6 4 2 0 11- 4 14 (men's 5 + women's 9) 2.China 6 2 1 3 8-10 7 (3+4) 3.North Korea 6 1 3 2 9- 8 6 (2+4) 4.South Korea 6 1 2 3 7-13 5 (5+0)
Date: Feb 17-23, 2008
Venue: Chongqing, China
Stadium: Olympic Sports Center
[Feb 17]
China 2 (Zhou Haibin 47, Liu Jian 61)
South Korea 3 (Park Chu-young 43, 65, Kwak Tae-hwi 90+2)
HT: 0-1. Att: 25,000. Ref: Mohsen Torky (Iran).
CHN: 1-Zong Lei; 2-Zhang Shuai, 3-Sun Xiang, 5-Li Weifeng ©, 18-Xu
     Yunlong; 6-Wang Dong, 7-Qu Bo (23-Lu Zheng 90+2), 8-Du Zhenyu
     (21-Jiang Ning 78), 15-Liu Jian (14-Li Yan 78), 16-Zhou Haibin,
     11-Zhu Ting.
Coach: Vladimir Petrovic.
KOR: 18-Jung Sung-ryong; 16-Kwak Tae-hwi, 4-Cho Yong-hyung, 13-Park
     Won-jae, 15-Kwak Hee-ju; 2-Lee Jong-min, 3-Cho Won-hee, 5-Kim
     Nam-il ©, 7-Lee Keun-ho (22-Ko Ki-gu 75), 11-Yeom Ki-hun (21-Koo
     Ja-cheol 63), 10-Park Chu-young.
Coach: Huh Jung-moo.
Booked: CHN - Sun Xiang 2, Du Zhenyu 20, Qu Bo 52, Liu Jian 61,
              Weifeng 75.
Japan 1 (Ryoichi Maeda 69)
North Korea 1 (Jong Tae-se 5)
HT: 0-1. Att: 15,000. Ref: Choi Myung-yong (South Korea).
JPN: 23-Eiji Kawashima; 25-Atsuto Uchida (3-Yuichi Komano 77), 22-Yuji
     Nakazawa, 15-Hiroki Mizumoto, 21-Akira Kaji; 13-Keita Suzuki ©,
     7-Yasuhito Endo, 8-Naotake Hanyu, 9-Satoru Yamagishi (5-Michihiro
     Yasuda 64); 12-Yuzo Tashiro, 11-Ryuji Bando (17-Ryoichi Maeda 64).
Coach: Takeshi Okada.
PRK: 1-Ri Myong-guk; 3-Ri Jun-il, 5-Ri Kwang-chon, 13-Pak Chol-jin,
     14-Han Song-chol ©, 16-Nam Song-chol; 4-Pak Nam-chol (17-Choe
     Chol-man 78), 9-An Yong-hak, 11-Mun In-guk, 15-Kim Yong-jun
     (22-Kim Kum-il 68); 12-Jong Tae-se.
Coach: Kim Jong-hun.
Booked: JPN - Kaji 81.
        PRK - Pak Nam-chol 36.
[Feb 20]
China 0
Japan 1 (Koji Yamase 17)
HT: 0-1. Att: 38,000. Ref: O Tae-song (North Korea).
CHN: 1-Zong Lei; 2-Zhang Shuai, 18-Xu Yunlong, 5-Li Weifeng ©, 3-Sun
     Xiang; 6-Wang Dong (10-Zhao Junzhe 53), 8-Du Zhenyu, 15-Liu Jian
     (23-Lu Zheng 59), 16-Zhou Haibin (9-Hao Junmin 76); 7-Qu Bo,
     11-Zhu Ting.
Coach: Vladimir Petrovic.
JPN: 18-Seigo Narazaki; 25-Atsuto Uchida, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 2-Yasuyuki
     Konno, 3-Yuichi Komano (21-Akira Kaji 46), 13-Keita Suzuki ©,
     14-Kengo Nakamura, 7-Yasuhito Endo, 10-Koji Yamase (24-Hideo
     Hashimoto 90+1), 5-Michihiro Yasuda (8-Naotake Hanyu 58), 12-Yuzo
     Tashiro.
Coach: Takeshi Okada.
Booked: CHN - Xu Yunlong 46, Zong Lei 55, Li Weifeng 82, Zhu Ting 89.
        JPN - Uchida 79, Suzuki 82.
North Korea 1 (Jong Tae-se 73)
South Korea 1 (Yeom Ki-hun 21)
HT: 0-1. Att: 20,000. Ref: Hiroshi Takayama (Japan).
PRK: 1-Ri Myong-guk; 3-Ri Jun-il, 5-Ri Kwang-chon, 13-Pak Chol-jin,
     14-Han Song-chol © (2-Cha Jong-hyok 69), 16-Nam Song-chol (8-Ji
     Yun-nam 46); 4-Pak Nam-chol (22-Kim Kum-il 46), 9-An Yong-hak,
     11-Mun In-guk, 15-Kim Yong-jun; 12-Jong Tae-se.
Coach: Kim Jong-hun.
KOR: 1-Kim Yong-dae; 12-Lee Sang-ho, 16-Kwak Tae-hwi, 14-Kang Min-soo,
     15-Kwak Hee-ju (13-Park Won-jae 54); 3-Cho Won-hee, 5-Kim Nam-il ©
     (19-Hwang Ji-soo 46), 8-Lee Kwan-woo (20-Oh Jang-eun 60); 7-Lee
     Keun-ho, 11-Yeom Ki-hun, 22-Ko Ki-gu.
Coach: Huh Jung-moo.
Booked: PRK - Tae-se 16, Chol-jin 47, 48, In-guk 69, Myong-guk 90+2.
        KOR - Sang-ho 30.
Sent off: PRK - Chol-jin 48.
[Feb 23]
Japan 1 (Koji Yamase 68)
South Korea 1 (Yeom Ki-hun 15)
HT: 0-1. Att: 29,000. Ref: Tan Hai (China).
JPN: 1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi ©; 25-Atsuto Uchida, 22-Yuji Nakazawa,
     2-Yasuyuki Konno, 21-Akira Kaji; 14-Kengo Nakamura (5-Michihiro
     Yasuda 62), 13-Keita Suzuki, 24-Hideo Hashimoto (20-Kisho Yano
     78), 10-Koji Yamase (11-Ryuji Bando 86), 7-Yasuhito Endo, 12-Yuzo
     Tashiro.
Coach: Takeshi Okada.
KOR: 1-Kim Yong-dae; 4-Cho Yong-hyung, 16-Kwak Tae-hwi, 14-Kang Min-soo,
     2-Lee Jong-min, 13-Park Won-jae, 3-Cho Won-hee, 20-Oh Jang-eun,
     5-Kim Nam-il © (21-Koo Ja-cheol 58), 11-Yeom Ki-hun, 9-Cho Jin-soo
     (7-Lee Keun-ho 66).
Coach: Huh Jung-moo.
Booked: KOR - Nam-il 40, Won-jae 89.
China 3 (Zhu Ting 45+1, Wang Dong 55, Hao Junmin 83)
North Korea 1 (Ji Yun-Nam 34)
HT: 1-1. Att: 30,500. Ref: Mohsen Torky (Iran).
CHN: 1-Zong Lei; 2-Zhang Shuai, 19-Wang Xiao, 4-Feng Xiaoting, 3-Sun
     Xiang; 6-Wang Dong, 8-Du Zhenyu ©, 15-Liu Jian, 9-Hao Junmin; 7-Qu
     Bo (18-Xu Yunlong 69), 11-Zhu Ting (21-Jiang Ning 58; 14-Li Yan
     90+3).
Coach: Vladimir Petrovic.
PRK: 1-Ri Myong-guk; 2-Cha Jong-hyok, 3-Ri Jun-il, 5-Ri Kwang-chon,
     8-Ji Yun-nam, 14-Han Song-chol © (22-Kim Kum-il 37), 16-Nam Song-
     chol (21-Kim Song-chol 66), 9-An Yong-hak (20-Ryang Yong-gi 83),
     11-Mun In-guk, 15-Kim Yong-jun; 12-Jong Tae-se.
Coach: Kim Jong-hun.
Booked: CHN - Zhang Shuai 29, Wang Dong 35, Du Zhenyu 43, 56, Liu Jian
              63, Zong Lei 65, Wang Xiao 90+3, Hao Junmin 90+3.
        PRK - Yong-jun 43, Nam Song-chol 61.
Sent off: CHN - Du Zhenyu 56, Xu Yunlong 90+1.
     Final standings        P   W   D   L   F   A  Pts
     1.South Korea          3   1   2   0   5   4   5 - Champions
     2.Japan                3   1   2   0   3   2   5
     3.China                3   1   0   2   5   5   3
     4.North Korea          3   0   2   1   3   5   2
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GOALSCORERS:
2 - Park Chu-young (South Korea), Jong Tae-se (North Korea), Koji
    Yamase (Japan), Yeom Ki-hun (South Korea).
1 - Zhou Haibin (China), Liu Jian (China), Kwak Tae-hwi (South Korea),
    Ryoichi Maeda (Japan), Zhu Ting (China), Wang Dong (China), Hao
    Junmin (China), Ji Yun-nam (North Korea).
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HONOURS:
Champions   -  South Korea   (US$500,000)
Runner-ups  -  Japan         (US$300,000)
Third       -  China         (US$200,000)
Fourth      -  North Korea   (US$150,000)
AWARDS:
Topscorers: Koji Yamase (JPN), Jong Tae-se (PRK), Park Chu-young (KOR),
            Yeom Ki-hun (KOR) - all 2 goals.
Best Goalkeeper: Ri Myong-guk (PRK).
Best Defender: Yuji Nakazawa (JPN).
Fair Play Award: South Korea.
MVP (Most Valuable Player): Kim Nam-il (KOR).
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SQUAD LISTS:
CHINA
Coach: Vladimir Petrovic.
Captains: Li Weifeng, Du Zhenyu.
GK: 1-Zong Lei (Changchun Yatai), 12-Chen Dong (Dalian Shide), 22-Song
    Zhenyu (Changsha Jinde).
DF: 2-Zhang Shuai (Beijing Guoan), 3-Sun Xiang (Shanghai Shenhua),
    4-Feng Xiaoting (Dalian Shide), 5-Li Weifeng (Shanghai Shenhua),
    13-Zhang Yonghai (Beijing Guoan), 18-Xu Yunlong (Beijing Guoan),
    19-Wang Xiao (Tianjin Teda), 20-Zhang Xiaofei (Changchun Yatai).
MF: 6-Wang Dong (Changchun Yatai), 8-Du Zhenyu (Changchun Yatai), 9-Hao
    Junmin (Tianjin Teda), 10-Zhao Junzhe (Changsha Jinde), 14-Li Yan
    (Xi'an), 15-Liu Jian (Qingdao), 16-Zhou Haibin (Shandong Luneng),
    17-Wang Song (Chengdu Shefield), 21-Jiang Ning (Qingdao).
FW: 7-Qu Bo (Qingdao), 11-Zhu Ting (Dalian Shide), 23-Lu Zheng
    (Shandong Luneng).
JAPAN
Coach: Takeshi Okada.
Captains: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Keita Suzuki.
GK: 1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata), 18-Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya
    Grampus Eight), 23-Eiji Kawashima (Kawasaki Frontale).
DF: 3-Yuichi Komano (Jubilo Iwata), 4-Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers),
    5-Michihiro Yasuda (Gamba Osaka), 15-Hiroki Mizumoto (Gamba Osaka),
    21-Akira Kaji (Gamba Osaka), 22-Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F.Marinos),
    25-Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers).
MF: 2-Yasuyuki Konno (FC Tokyo), 7-Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka),
    8-Naotake Hanyu (FC Tokyo), 9-Satoru Yamagishi (Kawasaki Frontale),
    10-Koji Yamase (Yokohama F.Marinos), 13-Keita Suzuki (Urawa Reds),
    14-Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale), 24-Hideo Hashimoto (Gamba
    Osaka).
FW: 11-Ryuji Bando (Gamba Osaka), 12-Yuzo Tashiro (Kashima Antlers),
    17-Ryoichi Maeda (Jubilo Iwata), 20-Kisho Yano (Albirex Niigata).
NORTH KOREA
Coach: Kim Jong-hun.
Captain: Han Song-chol.
GK: 1-Ri Myong-guk (Pyongyang), 18-Kim Myong-gil (Amrokgang).
DF: 2-Cha Jong-hyok (Amrokgang), 3-Ri Jun-il (Sobaeksu), 5-Ri Kwang-
    chon (4.25), 6-So Hyok-chol (Pyongyang), 8-Ji Yun-nam (4.25),
    13-Pak Chol-jin (Amrokgang), 14-Han Song-chol (4.25), 16-Nam Song-
    chol (4.25).
MF: 4-Pak Nam-chol (4.25), 9-An Yong-hak (Suwon Samsung/KOR), 11-Mun
    In-guk (4.25), 15-Kim Yong-jun (Pyongyang), 20-Ryang Yong-gi
    (Vegalta Sendai/JPN), 21-Kim Song-chol (Kigwancha).
FW: 7-Kim Myong-won (Amrokgang), 12-Jong Tae-se (Kawasaki Frontale/JPN),
    17-Choe Chol-man (4.25), 19-An Chol-hyok (Rimyongsu), 22-Kim Kum-il
    (4.25), 23-Pak Chol-min (Rimyongsu).
SOUTH KOREA
Coach: Huh Jung-moo.
Captain: Kim Nam-il.
GK: 1-Kim Yong-dae (Gwangju Sangmu), 18-Jung Sung-ryong (Pohang
    Steelers), 23-Yeom Dong-gyun (Chunnam Dragons).
DF: 3-Cho Won-hee (Suwon Samsung), 4-Cho Yong-hyung (Jeju Utd), 6-Cho
    Sung-hwan (Pohang Steelers), 12-Lee Sang-ho (Jeju Utd), 13-Park
    Won-jae (Pohang Steelers), 14-Kang Min-soo (Jeonbuk Hyundai),
    15-Kwak Hee-ju (Suwon Samsung), 16-Kwak Tae-hwi (Chunnam Dragons).
MF: 2-Lee Jong-min (Ulsan Hyundai), 5-Kim Nam-il (Vissel Kobe/JPN),
    8-Lee Kwan-woo (Suwon Samsung), 11-Yeom Ki-hun (Ulsan Hyundai),
    19-Hwang Ji-soo (Pohang Steelers), 20-Oh Jang-eun (Ulsan Hyundai),
    21-Koo Ja-cheol (Jeju Utd).
FW: 7-Lee Keun-ho (Daegu FC), 9-Cho Jin-soo (Jeju Utd), 10-Park
    Chu-young (FC Seoul), 22-Ko Ki-gu (Chunnam Dragon
Thanks to Aleks Priadko
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