EAFF E-1 Football Championship

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EAFF E-1 Football Championship
Organising bodyEAFF
Founded2003; 21 years ago (2003)
RegionEast Asia
Number of teamsPreliminary: 10
Finals: 4
Current champions Japan
(2nd title)
Most successful team(s) South Korea
(5 titles)
Websiteeaff.com
2024 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

EAFF E-1 Football Championship, known as the East Asian Football Championship from 2003 to 2010, and the EAFF East Asian Cup for the 2013 and 2015 editions, is a men's international football competition in East Asia for member nations of the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF). Before the EAFF was founded in 2002, the Dynasty Cup was held between the East Asian top four teams, and was regarded as the East Asian Championship. There is a separate competition for men (first held in 2003) and women (first held in 2005).

The most recent edition was held in 2022 in Japan.[1]

History[edit]

The Dynasty Cup is a defunct international association football competition that is regarded as the predecessor to East Asian Football Championship. It was held four times from 1990 to 1998. The purpose of the competition was to improve the quality of football in the East Asia and the national teams in the area participated in the tournament. After the East Asian Football Federation was formed in 2002, the East Asian Football Championship replaced this tournament.

In the tournament, China, South Korea, and Japan have the right to automatically enter the competition, while other participants have to go through a qualifying round. Other participants that take part are Taiwan, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Hong Kong, Mongolia, and Macau. Australia, being a non-member of the EAFF, was invited to take part in the 2013 tournament.[2]

In 2005 there was also a combined points competition in 2005, where the results of the men's and women's teams were added together (not including qualifiers). In April 2012, the competition was renamed to the "EAFF East Asian Cup".[3] In December 2015, the new competition name "EAFF East Asian Championship" was approved,[4] but later changed to "EAFF E-1 Football Championship".[5]

Results[edit]

Editions Years Hosts Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
East Asian Football Championship
1 2003  Japan
South Korea

Japan

China

Hong Kong
2 2005  South Korea
China

Japan

North Korea

South Korea
3 2008  China
South Korea

Japan

China

North Korea
4 2010  Japan
China

South Korea

Japan

Hong Kong
5 2013  South Korea
Japan

China

South Korea

Australia
6 2015  China
South Korea

China

North Korea

Japan
7 2017  Japan
South Korea

Japan

China

North Korea
8 2019  South Korea
South Korea

Japan

China

Hong Kong
9 2022  Japan
Japan

South Korea

China

Hong Kong
10 2024  South Korea TBD TBD TBD TBD

Tournament winners[edit]

Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total
 South Korea 5 (2003, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2019) 2 (2010, 2022) 1 (2013) 1 (2005) 9
 Japan 2 (2013, 2022) 5 (2003, 2005, 2008, 2017, 2019) 1 (2010) 1 (2015) 9
 China 2 (2005, 2010) 2 (2013, 2015) 5 (2003, 2008, 2017, 2019, 2022)  – 9
 North Korea  –  – 2 (2005, 2015) 2 (2008, 2017) 4
 Hong Kong  –  –  – 4 (2003, 2010, 2019, 2022) 4
 Australia  –  –  – 1 (2013) 1

Summary[edit]

Final (2003–2022)[edit]

Rank Team Part M W D L GF GA GD Points
1  South Korea 9 27 13 10 4 39 20 +19 49
2  Japan 9 27 13 9 5 44 25 +19 48
3  China 9 27 9 9 9 36 32 +4 36
4  North Korea 4 12 2 5 5 7 13 –6 11
5  Australia 1 3 0 1 2 5 7 –2 1
6  Hong Kong 4 12 0 0 12 2 36 –34 0

Preliminary (2003–2019)[edit]

Rank Team Part M W D L GF GA GD Points
1  North Korea 7 23 19 4 0 91 9 +82 61
2  Hong Kong 8 27 17 4 6 104 20 +84 55
3  Chinese Taipei 8 30 12 4 14 68 55 +13 40
4  Guam 8 35 8 5 22 38 163 –125 29
5  Mongolia 7 25 8 4 13 45 61 –16 28
6  Macau 7 21 7 5 9 37 43 –6 26
7  Australia 1 4 3 1 0 19 1 +18 10
8  Northern Mariana Islands 6 16 1 1 14 12 75 –63 4

Awards[edit]

Year Most valuable player (MVP) Top goalscorer(s) Goals Best goalkeeper Best defender Fair play Award Best referee
2003 South Korea Yoo Sang-chul Japan Tatsuhiko Kubo 2 No award No award No award
2005 China Ji Mingyi No award South Korea Lee Woon-jae China Zhang Yaokun  Japan
2008 South Korea Kim Nam-il South Korea Yeom Ki-hun
South Korea Park Chu-young
Japan Koji Yamase
North Korea Jong Tae-se
2 North Korea Ri Myong-guk Japan Yuji Nakazawa  South Korea
2010 China Du Wei China Qu Bo
South Korea Lee Dong-gook
South Korea Lee Seung-ryul
Japan Keiji Tamada
2 China Yang Zhi South Korea Cho Yong-hyung  Hong Kong
2013 Japan Hotaru Yamaguchi Japan Yoichiro Kakitani 3 No award No award No award
2015 South Korea Jang Hyun-soo Japan Yuki Muto 2 North Korea Ri Myong-guk South Korea Kim Young-gwon
2017 South Korea Lee Jae-sung South Korea Kim Shin-wook 3 South Korea Jo Hyeon-woo South Korea Jang Hyun-soo
2019 South Korea Hwang In-beom Japan Koki Ogawa 3 South Korea Kim Seung-gyu South Korea Kim Min-jae
2022 Japan Yuki Soma Japan Shuto Machino
Japan Yuki Soma
3 South Korea Kim Dong-jun Japan Shogo Taniguchi Uzbekistan Akhrol Riskullaev

Winning coaches[edit]

Year Team Coach
2003  South Korea Portugal Humberto Coelho
2005  China China Zhu Guanghu
2008  South Korea South Korea Huh Jung-moo
2010  China China Gao Hongbo
2013  Japan Italy Alberto Zaccheroni
2015  South Korea Germany Uli Stielike
2017  South Korea South Korea Shin Tae-yong
2019  South Korea Portugal Paulo Bento
2022  Japan Japan Hajime Moriyasu

Comprehensive team results by tournaments[edit]

Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective games.

Nations 2003 2005 2008 2010 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 Years
 China 3 1 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 9
 Japan 2 2 2 3 1 4 2 2 1 9
 South Korea 1 4 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 9
 North Korea 3 4 3 4 4
 Hong Kong 4 4 4 4 4
 Australia 4 1
Total nations 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "EAFF E-1 Football Championship – Men's Preview". the-AFC. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  2. ^ "Japan wants Australia in East Asian Cup – Yahoo! Eurosport". UK.EuroSport.Yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  3. ^ "35th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. 20 April 2012.
  4. ^ "47th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. 28 December 2015.
  5. ^ "50th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. 1 September 2016.

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