EAFF E-1 Football Championship

EAFF E-1 Football Championship
Founded	2003
Region	East Asia (EAFF)
Number of teams	Preliminary: 10 ; Finals: 4
Current champions	South Korea (5th title)
Most successful team(s)	South Korea (5 titles)
Website	EAFF.com
	2019 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 winner of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship qualifies for the AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy.

The most recent edition was held in 2019 in South Korea.

History

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, was invited to take part in the 2013 tournament.^[1]

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".^[2] In December 2015, the new competition name "EAFF East Asian Championship" was approved,^[3] but later changed to "EAFF E-1 Football Championship".^[4]

Results

Edition	Year	Hosts	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
East Asian Football Championship
1	2003	Japan	South Korea	Japan	China PR	Hong Kong
2	2005	South Korea	China PR	Japan	North Korea	South Korea
3	2008	China	South Korea	Japan	China PR	North Korea
4	2010	Japan	China PR	South Korea	Japan	Hong Kong
EAFF East Asian Cup
5	2013	South Korea	Japan	China PR	South Korea	Australia
6	2015	China	South Korea	China PR	North Korea	Japan
EAFF E-1 Football Championship
7	2017	Japan	South Korea	Japan	China PR	North Korea
8	2019	South Korea	South Korea	Japan	China PR	Hong Kong
9	2022

Tournament winners

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total Top Four
South Korea	5 (2003, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2019)	1 (2010)	1 (2013)	1 (2005)	8
China PR	2 (2005, 2010)	2 (2013, 2015)	4 (2003, 2008, 2017, 2019)	–	8
Japan	1 (2013)	5 (2003, 2005, 2008, 2017, 2019)	1 (2010)	1 (2015)	8
North Korea	–	–	2 (2005, 2015)	2 (2008, 2017)	4
Hong Kong	–	–	–	3 (2003, 2010, 2019)	3
Australia	–	–	–	1 (2013)	1

General statistics

Final Round

As of 2019

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	South Korea	8	24	11	10	3	33	17	+16	43
2	Japan	8	24	11	8	5	35	25	+10	41
3	China PR	8	24	8	8	8	35	29	+6	32
4	North Korea	4	12	2	4	6	7	13	–6	10
5	Australia	1	3	0	1	2	5	7	–2	1
6	Hong Kong	3	9	0	0	9	2	26	–24	0

Preliminary round (2003–2017)

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	North Korea	6	20	17	3	0	85	8	+77	54
2	Hong Kong	7	24	15	3	6	97	18	+79	48
3	Chinese Taipei	7	27	11	4	12	65	50	+15	37
4	Guam	7	32	7	4	21	33	160	–127	25
5	Macau	6	18	6	4	8	33	38	–5	22
6	Mongolia	6	19	6	3	10	28	48	–20	21
7	Australia	1	4	3	1	0	19	1	+18	10
8	Northern Mariana Islands	5	13	1	0	12	11	61	–50	3

Awards

Most valuable players

Year	Player
2003	Yoo Sang-chul
2005	Ji Mingyi
2008	Kim Nam-il
2010	Du Wei
2013	Hotaru Yamaguchi
2015	Jang Hyun-soo
2017	Lee Jae-sung
2019	Hwang In-beom

Top scorers

Year	Player	Goals
2003	Tatsuhiko Kubo	2
2005	No Award
2008	Yeom Ki-hun Park Chu-young Koji Yamase Jong Tae-se	2
2010	Qu Bo Lee Dong-gook Lee Seung-ryul Keiji Tamada	2
2013	Yoichiro Kakitani	3
2015	Yuki Muto	2
2017	Kim Shin-wook	3
2019	Koki Ogawa	3

Comprehensive team results by tournaments

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

Nation	2003	2005	2008	2010	2013	2015	2017	2019	Years
China PR	3	1	3	1	2	2	3	3	8
Japan	2	2	2	3	1	4	2	2	8
South Korea	1	4	1	2	3	1	1	1	8
North Korea		3	4			3	4		4
Hong Kong	4			4				4	3
Australia					4				1
Total nations	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

References

^ "Japan wants Australia in East Asian Cup – Yahoo! Eurosport". UK.EuroSport.Yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
^ "35th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. 20 April 2012.
^ "47th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. 28 December 2015.
^ "50th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. 1 September 2016.

External links

[1] "Japan wants Australia in East Asian Cup – Yahoo! Eurosport". UK.EuroSport.Yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-05-11.

[2] "35th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. 20 April 2012.

[3] "47th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. 28 December 2015.

[4] "50th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. 1 September 2016.

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