China League Two 2008

The 2008 China League Two started on April 2008 and ended on December 2008. Guangdong Sunray Cave and Shenyang Dongjin finished top-2 and promoted to China League One 2009.

Contents

Final league tables

Southern Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Guangdong Sunray Cave (C) 14 9 4 1 34 16 +18 31 Play-off Semi-finals
2 Tianjin Ciity 14 9 2 3 28 11 +17 29 Play-off First Round
3 Hunan Billows 14 9 1 4 22 12 +10 28 Play-off First Round
4 Guizhou Zhicheng 14 7 5 3 22 17 +5 25 Play-off First Round
5 Suzhou Trips 14 5 5 4 17 15 +2 20
6 Wenzhou Tomorrow 14 2 3 9 7 17 −10 9
7 Ningbo Huaao 14 1 4 9 10 25 −15 7
8 Zhanjiang Tiandi No.1 14 2 1 11 4 31 −27 7

Northern Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Shenyang Dongjin (C)           14 9 5 0 23 7 +16 32 Play-off Semi-finals
2 Hebei Tiangong 14 7 5 2 22 16 +6 26 Play-off First Round
3 Hangzhou Sanchao 14 7 4 3 20 13 +7 25 Play-off First Round
4 Tianjin Locomotive 14 7 2 5 22 12 +10 23 Play-off First Round
5 Xi'an Shiyuan 14 5 4 5 21 17 +4 19
6 Xinjiang Lottery 14 4 5 5 12 19 −7 17
7 Tianjin Dongli 14 2 2 10 7 21 −14 8
8 Nanjing Baotai 14 1 1 12 6 28 −22 4

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored.

Play-offs

First round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Hebei Tiangong 1 – 2 Hunan Billows 0 – 2 1 – 0
Three Gorges Kangtian 6 – 1 Shenzhen University 3 – 0 3 – 1
Tianjin Locomotive 5 – 2 Guizhou Zhicheng 4 – 0 1 – 2
Hangzhou Sanchao 1 – 6 Tianjin Ciity 0 – 2 1 – 4

Second round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Hunan Billows 1 – 5 Tianjin Locomotive 0 – 1 1 – 4
Three Gorges Kangtian  2 – 2 (P 5–4) Tianjin Ciity 0 – 2 2 – 0 (aet)

Promotion finals

All times local (GMT+8)

First leg

2008-12-19
09:30
Shenyang Dongjin 0 – 1 Three Gorges Kangtian Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu
Hu Xi  23'

2008-12-19
15:00
Tianjin Locomotive 0 – 1 Guangdong Sunray Cave Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu
Yin Hongbo  77'

Second leg

2008-12-21
09:30
Guangdong Sunray Cave 3 – 1 Tianjin Locomotive Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu
Referee: Tan Hai
Ye Weichao  4'
Yu Jianfeng  38' (pen.)
Cong Tianhao  54'
(Report) Feng Renliang  43'

Guangdong Sunray Cave won 4–1 on aggregate and promoted to China League One 2009.


2008-12-21
15:00
Three Gorges Kangtian 0 – 1 (aet) Shenyang Dongjin Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu
Deng Li  65'
  Penalties  
3 – 4

Shenyang Dongjin 1–1 Three Gorges Kangtian on aggregate. Shenyang Dongjin won 4–3 on penalties and promoted to China League One 2009.

Third place final

2008-12-23
09:00
Three Gorges Kangtian 2 – 1 Tianjin Locomotive Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu
Qi Zhongxi  29'
Xiao Ze  70'
Shan Tong  78'

Champions final

2008-12-23
11:00
Shenyang Dongjin 1 – 0 Guangdong Sunray Cave Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu
Du Ping  78'

Top Scorer

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ye Weichao Guangdong Sunray Cave 11

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