2008 China League Two

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

China League Two

Season	2008
Champions	Shenyang Dongjin
Promoted	Shenyang Dongjin Guangdong Sunray Cave
← 2007 2009 →

Final league tables

Southern Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guangdong Sunray Cave (Q, P)	14	9	4	1	34	16	+18	31	Qualification for Play-offs semi-final
2	Tianjin Songjiang (Q)	14	9	2	3	28	11	+17	29	Qualification for Play-offs first round
3	Hunan Billows (Q)	14	9	1	4	22	12	+10	28
4	Guizhou Zhicheng (Q)	14	7	4	3	22	17	+5	25
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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Northern Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shenyang Dongjin (Q, C, P)	14	9	5	0	23	7	+16	32	Qualification for Play-offs semi-final
2	Shijiazhuang Tiangong (Q)	14	7	5	2	22	16	+6	26	Qualification for Play-offs first round
3	Hangzhou Sanchao (Q)	14	7	4	3	20	13	+7	25
4	Tianjin Huochetou (Q)	14	7	2	5	22	12	+10	23
5	Shaanxi Star	14	5	4	5	21	17	+4	19
6	Xinjiang Sport 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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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

• The 2007–08 China University Football League winners China Three Gorges University qualified for the play-off first round. Runners-up Hohai University (Nanjing Baotai) and 3rd place Beijing Institute of Technology (Beijing BIT) were already playing in League Two and League One, so 4th place Shenzhen University qualified with Three Gorges University.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shijiazhuang Tiangong	1–2	Hunan Billows	0–2	1–0
China Three Gorges University	6–1	Shenzhen University	3–0	3–1
Tianjin Huochetou	5–2	Guizhou Zhicheng	4–0	1–2
Hangzhou Sanchao	1–6	Tianjin Songjiang	0–2	1–4

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hunan Billows	1–5	Tianjin Huochetou	0–1	1–4
China Three Gorges University	2–2 (5–4 p)	Tianjin Songjiang	0–2	2–0 (a.e.t.)

Promotion finals

All times local (GMT+8)

First leg

19 December 2008

09:30

Shenyang Dongjin	0–1	China Three Gorges University
		Hu Xi 23'

Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu

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19 December 2008

15:00

Tianjin Huochetou	0–1	Guangdong Sunray Cave
		Yin Hongbo 77'

Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu

Second leg

21 December 2008

09:30

Guangdong Sunray Cave	3–1	Tianjin Huochetou
Ye Weichao 4' Yu Jianfeng 38' (pen.) Cong Tianhao 54'	(Report)	Feng Renliang 43'

Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu

Referee: Tan Hai

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

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21 December 2008

15:00

China Three Gorges University	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Shenyang Dongjin
		Deng Li 65'
Penalties
	3–4

Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu

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

Third place final

23 December 2008

09:00

China Three Gorges University	2–1	Tianjin Huochetou
Qi Zhongxi 29' Xiao Ze 70'		Shan Tong 78'

Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu

Champions final

23 December 2008

11:00

Shenyang Dongjin	1–0	Guangdong Sunray Cave
Du Ping 78'

Longquan Football Stadium, Chengdu

Top Scorer

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ye Weichao	Guangdong Sunray Cave	11

External links

• Fixtures, results and tables on RSSSF
• News, fixtures, results and tables on Sohu (in Chinese)