2003 A3 Champions Cup

2003 A3 Champions Cup

A3 Mazda Cup 2003
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	16 – 22 February
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kashima Antlers (1st title)
Runners-up	Dalian Shide
Third place	Seongnam Ilhwa
Fourth place	Jubilo Iwata
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	14 (2.33 per match)
Attendance	127,245 (21,208 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hao Haidong (Dalian Shide, 3 goals)
Best player(s)	Yutaka Akita (Kashima Antlers)
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The 2003 A3 Champions Cup was first edition of A3 Champions Cup. It was held from February 16 to 22, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan.

Participants

• Jubilo Iwata – 2002 J. League Champions
• Kashima Antlers – 2002 J. League Cup Winners
• Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma – 2002 K-League Champions
• Dalian Shide – 2002 Chinese Jia-A League Champions

Group table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kashima Antlers	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Dalian Shide	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Jubilo Iwata	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Match Results

All times are Japan Standard Time (JST) – UTC+9

16 February 2003

13:00

Jubilo Iwata	0 – 2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
		Shin Tae-Yong 25' Kim Dae-Eui 56'

Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 20,793

16 February 2003

17:00

Dalian Shide	1 – 3	Kashima Antlers
Wang Sheng 44'		Akita 29' Ogasawara 38' Fernando 53'

Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 23,907

19 February 2003

16:00

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2 – 3	Dalian Shide
Drakulić 16' Shin Tae-Yong 53'		Hao Haidong 26', 44', 55'

Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 9,065

19 February 2003

19:00

Jubilo Iwata	0 – 2	Kashima Antlers
		Euller 8' Yanagisawa 74'

Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 20,176

22 February 2003

13:30

Kashima Antlers	0 – 0	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 25,423

22 February 2003

16:30

Dalian Shide	1 – 0	Jubilo Iwata
Janković 8'

Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 27,881

Awards

Winners

A3 Champions Cup 2003 Winners
Kashima Antlers First title

Individual awards

Top Goalscorers	Most Valuable Player
Hao Haidong (Dalian Shide)	Yutaka Akita (Kashima Antlers)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Hao Haidong	Dalian Shide	3
2	Shin Tae-Yong	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2
3	Zoran Janković	Dalian Shide	1
	Wang Sheng	Dalian Shide
	Yutaka Akita	Kashima Antlers
	Euller	Kashima Antlers
	Fernando	Kashima Antlers
	Mitsuo Ogasawara	Kashima Antlers
	Atsushi Yanagisawa	Kashima Antlers
	Saša Drakulić	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
	Kim Dae-Eui	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

External links

• goal2002.com
• 2003 A3 Champions Cup in RSSSF.com