
On December 21st the final of the 2008 Hana Bank FA Cup championship was played in Korea Rep.’s Cheju Stadium with POHANG STEELERS meeting GYEONGNAM FC.
On December 22nd the J-League post-season ceremony, the "J-League Awards", was held in Tokyo.
On the 21st China PR played an international friendly versus Jordan.
On the 21st of December the FIFA Club World Cup Final and 3rd place play off were held.
On the 13th and 17th the China PR Women’s team played Beijing Olympic gold medalists USA in two international friendly matches, losing both 0-1.
On the 17th the China PR national team played their first competitive match (International Cup of Oman, Muscat) in 6 months since their June 22nd FIFA World Cup South Africa Asian 3rd Round Qualifier versus Australia.
On the 17th of December, the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) announced the latest world rankings.
On the 9th, the China Football Association announced the appointment of YIN Tiesheng, who coached the Beijing Olympic U-23 Men’s team as provisional head coach of the full national team.
On December 9th the “2008 Samsung Hauzen K-League” award ceremony was held with SUWON SAMSUNG BLUEWINGS Korea Rep. national team GK LEE Woon Jae selected for the MVP award, marking the first time a GK has ever been chosen.
The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup was held in Chile from November 20th to December 7th with DPR Korea finishing as runners up.
The K-League championship finals were played on the 3rd and the 7th with SUWON SAMSUNG BLUE WINGS claiming the championship title.
The final round of the J-League was played on the 6th with Kashima Antlers claiming back-to-back championship titles.
The final round of the China Football Association Super League (CSL) was played on the 30th.
On November 30th a play off was held to decide the team to progress to the K-League championship final, with league 2nd place finisher FC SEOUL clashing with league 4th place finisher ULSAN HYUNDAI HORANG-I in Seoul.
Round 33 of the J-League was held on November 29th and 30th.