Women's East Asian Cup 2008
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The Second Women's East Asian Cup 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.
[edit] Matches and Results
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Japan |
9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
 Korea DPR |
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
 China PR |
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
 Korea Republic |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 |
- Gold denotes first place, champion
All times, local time
| February 18, 2008 17:00 |
Korea DPR |
2 – 3 |
Japan |
Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Cha (Korea Republic) |
Ri Kum-Suk  37'Ri Un-Gyong 54' |
Ando 3' Miyama 81'Sawa 90+3' |
| February 18, 2008 19:30 |
China PR |
3 – 2 |
Korea Republic |
Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Kamnueng (Thailand) |
| Han Duan 9' 78' Xu Yuan 86' |
Park Hee-Young 59' 66' |
| February 21, 2008 17:00 |
Japan |
2 – 0 |
Korea Republic |
Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Shen (China) |
| Arakawa 16' Ohno 56' |
| February 21, 2008 19:30 |
China PR |
0 – 0 |
Korea DPR |
Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Cha (Korea Republic) |
| February 24, 2008 17:00 |
Korea Republic |
0 – 4 |
Korea DPR |
Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Sachiko (Japan) |
| Kim Yong-Ae 53', 78' Hong Myong-Gum 68'Ri Kum-Suk 69' |
| February 24, 2008 17:00 |
China PR |
0 – 3 |
Japan |
Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Kamnueng (Thailand) |
| Ohno 19', 42' Nagasato 55' |
[edit] Personal Awards
Fair play Team - Japan
Best Goalkeeper - Zhang Yanru China PR
Best Defender - Hong Myong-Gum Korea DPR
Top Scorer - Shinobu Ohno Japan
MVP - Homare Sawa Japan
