EAFC2003 -MATCH "Preliminary" -

The Preliminary Competition was held in Hong Kong to determine one qualifier to the first East Asian Football Championship 2003 Final Competition. Chinese-Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong, Macau and Mongolia competed to qualify for the Final Competition. As a result, Hong Kong went through to the Final Competition with 4 convincing wins.

Event Title
EAST ASIAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2003 Preliminary Competition

Organiser
East Asian Football Federation

Organising Association
Hong Kong Football Association

Period
22 Feb - 2 Mar 2003

Venue
Hong Kong Stadium

Participating Teams
Chinese-Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong,
Macau, Mongolia
*Korea DPR did not participate

Format
Single round-robin league system
(each team played 4 matches)

Results

Saturday, 22 Feb.
13:30	Macau	2 - 0	Mongolia
16:00	Hong Kong	2 - 0	Chinese-Taipei

Monday, 24 Feb.
13:30	Mongolia	2 - 0	Guam
16:00	Hong Kong	3 - 0	Macau

Wednesday, 26 Feb.
13:00	Guam	0 - 2	Macau
16:00	Chinese-Taipei	4 - 0	Mongolia

Friday, 28 Feb.
16:00	Guam	0 - 7	Chinese-Taipei
18:30	Hong Kong	10 - 0	Mongolia

Sunday, 2 Mar.
13:30	Macau	1 - 2	Chinese-Taipei
16:00	Hong Kong	11 - 0	Guam

Team	Matches	W	D	L	Goals	GL	Total	Points	Place
Hong Kong	4	4	0	0	26	0	26	12	1
Chinese-Taipei	4	3	0	1	13	3	10	9	2
Macau	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6	3
Mongolia	4	1	0	3	2	16	-14	3	4
Guam	4	0	0	4	0	22	-22	0	5