2008 in Chinese football explained

These are the details relating to the 2008 Chinese football season.

Overview

Domestic champions

Competition	Winners
Super League	Shandong Luneng
League One	Jiangsu Sainty
League Two	Shenyang Dongjin
League Three	Wuhan Dongfeng Honda
Reserve League	Wuhan Guanggu
U-19 League	Beijing Guoan
U-19 Winners' Cup	Jiangsu FA
U-17 League	Changchun Yatai
U-17 Winners' Cup	Shandong Luneng
U-15 League	Shandong Luneng
U-15 Winners' Cup	Shandong Luneng
University League	Three Gorges University
Women's Super League	Dalian Shide
Women's Championship	Jiangsu Huatai
Women's FA Cup	Shanghai SMG
Women's Super Cup	Dalian Shide
Futsal League	Wuhan Dilong
Futsal FA Cup	Wuhan Dilong
University Futsal League	Wuhan University
Beach Soccer Championship	Beijing Sport University

International results

Competition	Results
AFC Champions League 2008	Changchun Yatai, Group stage Beijing Guoan, Group stage
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)	Did not qualify
2008 Olympics – Men's Football	13th place
2008 Olympics – Women's Football	5th place
2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup	Runners-up
East Asian Cup 2008	3rd place
Women's East Asian Cup 2008	3rd place
2008 Algarve Cup	9th place
2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup	Group stage
AFC U-19 Championship 2008	Quarter-finals (Did not qualify for WC)
AFC U-16 Championship 2008	Group stage (Did not qualify for WC)
AFF U19 Youth Championship 2008	3rd place
AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2009 qualification	Qualified
2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup	Group stage
2008 AFC Futsal Championship	4th place (Qualified for WC)
Kuala Lumpur World Futsal 2008	9th place
AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2008	4th place (Did not qualify for WC)
2008 Asian Beach Games – Beach soccer	Quarter-finals
2008 Paralympics – Football 5-a-side	Silver medal
2008 Paralympics – Football 7-a-side	8th place

Domestic competitions

2008 China League Two

Play-offs

--------Guangdong Sunray Cave won 4–1 on aggregate and promoted to China League One 2009.----Shenyang Dongjin 1–1 China Three Gorges University on aggregate. Shenyang Dongjin won 4–3 on penalties and promoted to China League One 2009.--------

China League Three 2008

Final: Wuhan Dongfeng Honda 6–1 Hunchun Procuratorate

Youth competitions

Competition	Winners
Reserve League	Wuhan Optics Valley
U-19 League	Beijing Guoan
U-19 Winners' Cup	Jiangsu FA
U-17 League	Changchun Yatai
U-17 Winners' Cup	Shandong Luneng
U-15 League	Shandong Luneng
U-15 Winners' Cup	Shandong Luneng
University League	China Three Gorges University

Women's competitions

Competition	Winners
Women's Super League	Dalian Shide
Women's Championship	Jiangsu Huatai
FA Women's Cup	Shanghai SMG
Women's Super Cup	Dalian Shide

Futsal competitions

Competition	Winners
Futsal League	Wuhan Dilong
FA Futsal Cup	Wuhan Dilong
University Futsal League	Wuhan University

Beach soccer competitions

International clubs competitions

AFC Champions League 2008

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Adelaide United	6	4	2	0	9	2	7	14
Changchun Yatai	6	3	3	0	10	3	7	12
Pohang Steelers	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5
Bình Dương	6	0	1	5	4	17	−13	1

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kashima Antlers	6	5	0	1	28	3	25	15
Beijing Guoan	6	4	0	2	14	9	5	12
Krung Thai Bank	6	2	1	3	20	27	−7	7
Nam Dinh	6	0	1	5	4	27	−23	1

National teams competitions

Men's senior team

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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East Asian Cup 2008

All times local (GMT+8)--------

width=165	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD
Korea Republic	5	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1
	5	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
	3	3	1	0	2	5	5	+0
	2	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2

Friendly matches

Date	Venue	Result	Scoreline	China scorers
January 10	Dubai	Drawn	0–0	—
January 20	Zhongshan	Drawn	0–0	—
January 27	Zhongshan	Won	2–1	Qu Bo 64' Zhu Ting 90'
March 15	Kunming	Drawn	3–3	Qu Bo 34' Han Peng 67' Zhu Ting 90'
April 16	Seattle	Lost	0–1	—
April 23	Los Angeles	Drawn	2–2	Xiao Zhanbo 62' pen Qu Bo 63'
May 25	Kunshan	Won	2–0	Hao Junmin 23' pen Li Weifeng 48'
Dec 17	Muscat	Lost	1–3	Qu Bo 58'
Dec 19	Muscat	Lost	0–2
Dec 21	Amman	Won	1–0	Cao Yang 77'

Men's U-23 team

Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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width=150	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"		width=20 abbr="Won"		width=20 abbr="Drawn"		width=20 abbr="Lost"	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	width=20 abbr="Points"
	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9
	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1
	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Men's U-20 team

AFC U-19 Championship 2008

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width=165	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD
	7	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8
	5	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4
	4	3	1	1	1	6	8	−2
	0	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10

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AFF U19 Youth Championship 2008

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width=165	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"		width=20 abbr="Won"		width=20 abbr="Drawn"		width=20 abbr="Lost"	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	width=20 abbr="Points"
Australia	3	2	1	0	5	2	3	7
South Korea	3	2	1	0	2	0	2	7
Thailand	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
China	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Third place match

Men's U-17 team

AFC U-16 Championship 2008

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width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD
Australia	9	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9
	4	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2
	4	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
	0	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11

Women's senior team

Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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width=150	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"		width=20 abbr="Won"		width=20 abbr="Drawn"		width=20 abbr="Lost"	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	width=20 abbr="Points"
	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

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2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup

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width=200	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD
	9	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9
	6	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4
	3	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3
	0	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10

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2008 Algarve Cup

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width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD
	9	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10
	6	3	2	0	1	7	7	0
	3	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2
	0	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8

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Women's East Asian Cup 2008

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width=165	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD
	9	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6
	4	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3
	4	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2
	0	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7

Women's U-20 team

2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Women's U-17 team

AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2009 qualification

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width=165	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20
	9	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15
	6	3	2	0	1	4	7	−3
	3	3	1	0	2	4	4	0
	0	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12

Futsal team

2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup

width=220	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	Diff	width=20	Pts
	4	3	1	0	17	7	10	10
	4	3	1	0	13	5	8	10
	4	2	0	2	14	9	5	6
	4	1	0	3	9	12	−3	3
	4	0	0	4	5	25	−20	0

	5 - 0
	2 - 6
	1 - 10
	4 - 2

2008 AFC Futsal Championship

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width=220	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	Diff	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	34	1	+33	9
	3	2	0	1	19	8	+11	6
	3	1	0	2	6	27	−21	3
	3	0	0	3	4	27	−23	0

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KL World 5's Futsal 2008

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Beach soccer team

AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2008

Group stage

China 4–3 Uzbekistan
UAE 5–0 China

Semi-final

Japan 7–1 China

Third place final

Iran 4–1 China

Beach soccer at the 2008 Asian Beach Games

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width=200	Team	width=25	Pld	width=25	W	width=25	W aet/ pso	width=25	L	width=25	GF	width=25	GA	width=25	Diff	width=25	Pts
	3	3	0	0	19	8	+11	9
	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	5
	3	1	0	2	7	14	−7	3
	3	0	0	3	9	13	−4	0

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Disability teams

Football 5-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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width=150	Team	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	G	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Score
	5	4	1	0	7	1	+6	13
	5	3	2	0	10	1	+9	11
	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5	10
	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2	4
	5	1	0	4	4	15	−11	3
	5	0	1	4	3	10	−7	1

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Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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width=150	Team	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	G	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Score
	3	3	0	0	21	1	+20	9
	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
	3	1	0	2	9	14	−5	3
	3	0	0	3	1	22	−21	0

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