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A3 Champions Cup (also known as East Asian Champions Cup) is an annual football (soccer) event involving the league champions of China, Japan and South Korea. The host nation also invites an additional team, making this a four team tournament.

It has been suggested that the league champion from Australia, North Korea may be added to the cup in the future.^[1] However, it has been reported that Japan's champion may not participate in the 2008 edition, since Urawa were not paid their appearance fee in 2007.^[2] ^[3]

Past results

Season	Venue	Champions	Runners-up	3rd	4th
2003	Tokyo	Kashima Antlers†	Dalian Shide	Ilhwa Chunma	Jubilo Iwata
2004	Shanghai	Ilhwa Chunma	Yokohama F. Marinos	Shanghai Shenhua	Shanghai Chanba†
2005	Jeju	Suwon Bluewings	Pohang Steelers†	Yokohama F. Marinos	Shenzhen Kingway
2006	Tokyo	Ulsan Hyundai	Gamba Osaka	JEF United†	Dalian Shide
2007	Jinan	Shanghai Shenhua†	Shandong Luneng	Urawa Red Diamonds	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

† = did not qualify as league champions.

Records

Top Scorer : Nadson (2005) , Lee Chun-Soo (2006) - 6 goals

External links

A3 Champions Cup (Official site: Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages)

References

[1] Aussies Could Turn A3 Into A4

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 '''A3 Champions Cup''' (also known as East Asian Champions Cup) is an annual [[football (soccer)]] event involving the league champions of [[Chinese Super League|China]], [[J. League|Japan]] and [[K-League|South Korea]]. The host nation also invites an additional team, making this a four team tournament.
-It has been suggested that the league champion from [[A-League|Australia]] may be added to the cup in the future.<ref>[http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/49485,aussies-could-turn-a3-into-a4.aspx Aussies Could Turn A3 Into A4]</ref> However, it has been reported that Japan's champion may not participate in the 2008 edition, since [[Urawa Red Diamonds|Urawa]] were not paid their appearance fee in 2007.<ref>[http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/f-sc-tp0-20080105-303482.html]</ref> <ref>[http://www.sponichi.co.jp/soccer/news/2008/01/06/05.html]</ref>
+It has been suggested that the league champion from [[A-League|Australia]], North Korea may be added to the cup in the future.<ref>[http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/49485,aussies-could-turn-a3-into-a4.aspx Aussies Could Turn A3 Into A4]</ref> However, it has been reported that Japan's champion may not participate in the 2008 edition, since [[Urawa Red Diamonds|Urawa]] were not paid their appearance fee in 2007.<ref>[http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/f-sc-tp0-20080105-303482.html]</ref> <ref>[http://www.sponichi.co.jp/soccer/news/2008/01/06/05.html]</ref>
 == Past results ==