2005 East Asian Football Championship
The 2005 EAFF East Asian Football Championship is a football competition between teams from East Asian countries and territories held from 31 July, 2005 to 7 August, 2005 in South Korea, with the qualifiers held in Taiwan during March 2005.
China PR, Korea Rep, and Japan are direct finalists. The fourth finalist spot is competed among North Korea, Guam, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Mongolia. North Korea was the winner in the qualifiers. Macau had been temporarily barred by the FIFA to enter any international matches because of alleged undue influence of government in forming the committee of its football association. The suspension was subsequently lifted after rectification by Macau.
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