{{Infobox international football competition | tourney_name = A3 Champions Cup | year = 2003 | other_titles = A3 Mazda Cup 2003 | image = | size = | caption = | country = Japan | dates = 16 – 22 February | confederations = 1 | num_teams = 4 | venues = 1 | cities = 1 | champion_other = {{flagicon|JPN}} Kashima Antlers | count = 1 | second_other = {{flagicon|CHN}} Dalian Shide | third_other = {{flagicon|KOR}} Seongnam Ilhwa | fourth_other = {{flagicon|JPN}} Jubilo Iwata | matches = 6 | goals = 14 | attendance = {{#expr: +20793 + 23907 + 9065 + 20176 + 25423 + 27881}} | top_scorer = {{flagicon|CHN}} Hao Haidong <br> (Dalian Shide, 3 goals) | player = {{flagicon|JPN}} Yutaka Akita <br> (Kashima Antlers) | prevseason = | nextseason = 2004 }}
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== *{{flagicon|JPN}} Jubilo Iwata – 2002 J. League Champions *{{flagicon|JPN}} Kashima Antlers – 2002 J. League Cup Winners *{{flagicon|KOR}} Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma – 2002 K-League Champions *{{flagicon|CHN}} Dalian Shide – 2002 Chinese Jia-A League Champions
==Group table== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_positions=y
|team1=KAS|name_KAS={{flagicon|Japan}} Kashima Antlers |team2=DAL|name_DAL={{flagicon|China}} Dalian Shide |team3=SEO|name_SEO={{flagicon|South Korea}} Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |team4=JÚB|name_JÚB={{flagicon|Japan}} Júbilo Iwata |win_KAS=2|draw_KAS=1|loss_KAS=0|gf_KAS=5|ga_KAS=1|status_KAS=C |win_DAL=2|draw_DAL=0|loss_DAL=1|gf_DAL=5|ga_DAL=5 |win_SEO=1|draw_SEO=1|loss_SEO=1|gf_SEO=4|ga_SEO=3 |win_JÚB=0|draw_JÚB=0|loss_JÚB=3|gf_JÚB=0|ga_JÚB=5
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/a3mazda03.html RSSSF] }}</onlyinclude>
===Match Results=== All times are Japan Standard Time (JST) – UTC+9 {{Football box |date= 16 February 2003 |time = 13:00 |team1= Jubilo Iwata {{flagicon|JPN}} |score= 0 – 2 |report= |team2= {{flagicon|KOR}} Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |goals1= |goals2= Shin Tae-Yong {{goal|25}} <br> Kim Dae-Eui {{goal|56}} |stadium= Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo |attendance= 20,793 |referee= }} ---- {{Football box |date= 16 February 2003 |time = 17:00 |team1= Dalian Shide {{flagicon|CHN}} |score= 1 – 3 |report= |team2= {{flagicon|JPN}} Kashima Antlers |goals1= Wang Sheng {{goal|44}} |goals2= Akita {{goal|29}} <br> Ogasawara {{goal|38}} <br> Fernando {{goal|53}} |stadium= Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo |attendance= 23,907 |referee= }} ---- {{Football box |date= 19 February 2003 |time = 16:00 |team1= Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma {{flagicon|KOR}} |score= 2 – 3 |report= |team2= {{flagicon|CHN}} Dalian Shide |goals1= Drakulić {{goal|16}} <br> Shin Tae-Yong {{goal|53}} |goals2= Hao Haidong {{goal|26||44||55}} |stadium= Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo |attendance= 9,065 |referee= }} ---- {{Football box |date= 19 February 2003 |time = 19:00 |team1= Jubilo Iwata {{flagicon|JPN}} |score= 0 – 2 |report= |team2= {{flagicon|JPN}} Kashima Antlers |goals1= |goals2= Euller {{goal|8}} <br> Yanagisawa {{goal|74}} |stadium= Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo |attendance= 20,176 |referee= }} ---- {{Football box |date= 22 February 2003 |time = 13:30 |team1= Kashima Antlers {{flagicon|JPN}} |score= 0 – 0 |report= |team2= {{flagicon|KOR}} Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |goals1= |goals2= |stadium= Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo |attendance= 25,423 |referee= }} ---- {{Football box |date= 22 February 2003 |time = 16:30 |team1= Dalian Shide {{flagicon|CHN}} |score= 1 – 0 |report= |team2= {{flagicon|JPN}} Jubilo Iwata |goals1= Janković {{goal|8}} |goals2= |stadium= Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo |attendance= 27,881 |referee= }}
==Awards==
===Winners=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;" |- ! A3 Champions Cup 2003 Winners |- |{{flagicon|JPN|size=100px}} <br> '''Kashima Antlers <br> First title''' |}
===Individual awards=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;" |- !Top Goalscorers !Most Valuable Player |- |{{flagicon|CHN}} Hao Haidong (Dalian Shide) |{{flagicon|JPN}} Yutaka Akita (Kashima Antlers) |}
== Goalscorers == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |- !width=30 abbr="Position"|Pos !Player !width=200|Team !Goals |- |1 |align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Hao Haidong |align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Dalian Shide |3 |- |2 |align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Shin Tae-Yong |align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |2 |- |rowspan=9|3 |align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} Zoran Janković |align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Dalian Shide |rowspan=9|1 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Sheng |align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Dalian Shide |- |align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Yutaka Akita |align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kashima Antlers |- |align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Euller |align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kashima Antlers |- |align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Fernando |align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kashima Antlers |- |align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Mitsuo Ogasawara |align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kashima Antlers |- |align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Atsushi Yanagisawa |align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kashima Antlers |- |align=left|{{flagicon|SCG}} Saša Drakulić |align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |- |align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Dae-Eui |align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081012131739/http://www.goal2002.com/2003/a3.html goal2002.com] *[http://rsssf.com/tablesa/a3mazda03.html 2003 A3 Champions Cup in RSSSF.com]
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