The East Asian Football Federation (EAFF), founded on 28 May 2002, is an international governing body of association football in East Asia.
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 EAFF members | |
| Formation | 28 May 2002 |
|---|---|
| Type | Sports organization |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
Membership | 10 member associations |
President |  Du Zhaocai |
Parent organization | AFC |
| Website | eaff (in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) |
Presidents edit
| President | Years |
|---|---|
 Shunichiro Okano
|
2002–2005 |
 Chung Mong-joon
|
2006 |
| Xie Yalong
|
2006–2007 |
| Junji Ogura
|
2008–2010 |
| Cho Chung-yun
|
2011–2012 |
| Chung Mong-gyu
|
2013 |
| Zhang Jian
|
2014–2015 |
| Kozo Tashima
|
2016–2017 |
| Chung Mong-gyu
|
2018–2021 |
| Du Zhaocai
|
2022–present (until 2026) |
Member associations edit
EAFF has 10 member associations.[1] All of them are members of the Asian Football Confederation, including the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association, which is an associate member of the AFC (previously an associated member of the Oceania Football Confederation) until its full membership was approved in December 2020.[2] The Palau Football Association was being considered as a possible future member of the association in 2009.[3] Northern Mariana Islands national football team was a provisional member from December 2006[4] to September 2008.[5]
| Association | EAFF affiliation | National team | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| China PR
|
2002 | Chinese Super League | |
 Chinese Taipei
|
2002 | Taiwan Football Premier League | |
 Guam
|
2002 | Guam Soccer League | |
 Hong Kong
|
2002 | Hong Kong Premier League | |
| Japan
|
2002 | J1 League | |
 Korea DPR
|
2002 | DPR Korea League | |
| Korea Republic
|
2002 | K League 1 | |
 Macau
|
2002 | Liga de Elite | |
 Mongolia
|
2002 | Mongolia Premier League | |
 Northern Mariana Islands
|
2020 | Marianas Soccer League |
Sponsors edit
| Official sponsors |
|---|
| Aiful
|
 Brave Software
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| Credit Saison
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| ParadigmｰShift IDNet work's
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| Rally Japan
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| Sfida
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| S&B Foods
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| Official supporters |
| eaff.com
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| E-1 NFT
|
| Nuarca
|
FIFA World Rankings edit
Men's national teams edit
- As of 21 December 2023
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
| EAFF* | FIFA | +/− | National Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | 
|
Japan |
1621.88 |
| 2 | 23 |  1
|
South Korea |
1563.99 |
| 3 | 88 |
|
China |
1275.22 |
| 4 | 118 | 4
|
North Korea |
1160.57 |
| 5 | 157 | 3
|
Hong Kong |
1012.83 |
| 6 | 159 | 6
|
 Chinese Taipei |
1007.3 |
| 7 | 186 |  1
|
Macau |
896.62 |
| 8 | 191 | 1
|
Mongolia |
884.04 |
| 9 | 205 |
|
Guam |
821.91 |
Women's national teams edit
- As of 16 December 2023
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
| EAFF* | FIFA | +/− | National Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 1
|
Japan |
1982.52 |
| 2 | 11 | 2
|
North Korea |
1943.66 |
| 3 | 19 |
|
China |
1803.4 |
| 4 | 20 |
|
South Korea |
1796.68 |
| 5 | 40 | 2
|
Chinese Taipei |
1545.1 |
| 6 | 79 |
|
Hong Kong |
1275.27 |
| 7 | 101 | 8
|
Guam |
1206.27 |
| 8 | 128 |
|
Mongolia |
1103.77 |
| 9 | 174 | 1
|
Macau |
850.91 |
Competitions edit
Current title holders edit
| Competition | Current | Champions | Details | Runners-up | Dates | Next[8] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interregional (AFF–EAFF) | ||||||||
| AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy | 2022 | Cancelled | TBC | |||||
| National teams | ||||||||
| EAFF E-1 Football Championship | 2022 | Japan
|
RR | South Korea
|
2024 | |||
| EAFF U15 Men's Championship | 2023 | China
|
Final | Japan
|
TBC | |||
| East Asian Youth Games Men's Football Tournament | 2023 | Chinese Taipei
|
RR | Hong Kong
|
2027 | |||
| EAFF Futsal Championship | 2022 | Japan
|
South Korea
|
2024 | ||||
| Women's national teams | ||||||||
| EAFF E-1 Football Championship | 2022 | Japan
|
RR | China
|
2025 | |||
| East Asian Youth Games Women's Football Tournament | 2023 | South Korea
|
RR | China
|
2027 | |||
Tournament record edit
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- SF – Semi-finals
- QF – Quarter-finals
- R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
- GS – Group stage (in the 1950, 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages, this refers to the first group stage)
- 1S – First knockout stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
- Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified
- — Hosts
For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
FIFA World Cup edit
| FIFA World Cup record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1930 (13) |
1934 (16) |
1938 (15) |
1950 (13) |
1954 (16) |
1958 (16) |
1962 (16) |
1966 (16) |
1970 (16) |
1974 (16) |
1978 (16) |
1982 (24) |
1986 (24) |
1990 (24) |
1994 (24) |
1998 (32) |
2002 (32) |
2006 (32) |
2010 (32) |
2014 (32) |
2018 (32) |
2022 (32) |
2026 (48) |
2030  (48) |
2034 (48) |
Years |
| South Korea
|
Did not exist | × | GS | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4th | GS | R16 | GS | GS | R16 | 11 | |||||
| Japan
|
× | × | × | × | • | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | R16 | GS | R16 | GS | R16 | R16 | 7 | |||
| North Korea
|
Did not exist | × | × | × | × | QF | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | × | × | • | GS | • | • | × | 2 | |||||
| China
|
× | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||
| Total (4 teams) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | TBD | TBD | TBD | 21 |
FIFA Women's World Cup edit
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1991 (12) |
1995 (12) |
1999 (16) |
2003 (16) |
2007 (16) |
2011 (16) |
2015 (24) |
2019 (24) |
2023  (32) |
Years |
| Japan
|
GS | QF | GS | GS | GS | 1st | 2nd | R16 | QF | 9 |
| China
|
QF | 4th | 2nd | QF | QF | • | QF | R16 | GS | 8 |
| South Korea
|
• | • | • | GS | • | • | R16 | GS | GS | 4 |
| North Korea
|
• | × | GS | GS | QF | GS | × | • | × | 4 |
| Chinese Taipei
|
QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Total (5 teams) |
3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
AFC Asian Cup edit
| AFC Asian Cup record | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team |  1956 (4) |
 1960 (4) |
 1964 (4) |
 1968 (5) |
 1972 (6) |
1976 (6) |
 1980 (10) |
 1984 (10) |
1988 (10) |
 1992 (8) |
 1996 (12) |
 2000 (12) |
2004 (16) |
   2007 (16) |
2011 (16) |
2015 (16) |
2019 (24) |
2023 (24) |
2027 (24) |
Years |
| South Korea
|
1st | 1st | 3rd | • | 2nd | • | 2nd | GS | 2nd | • | QF | 3rd | QF | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | QF | SF | 15 | |
| China
|
Not an AFC member | 3rd | GS | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | QF | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | QF | QF | GS | 13 | |||||
| Japan
|
× | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | GS | 1st | QF | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | QF | 2nd | QF | 10 | |
| North Korea
|
Not an AFC member | •• | 4th | × | • | GS | × | • | • | × | GS | GS | GS | × | 5 | |||||
| Hong Kong
|
3rd | • | 4th | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 4 | |
| Chinese Taipei
|
• | 3rd | × | 4th | × | × | OFC member | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||
| Total (6 teams) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | TBD | 49 |
Olympic Games For Men edit
| Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1900 (3) |
1904 (3) |
1908 (6) |
1912 (11) |
1920 (14) |
1924 (22) |
1928 (17) |
1936 (16) |
1948 (18) |
1952 (25) |
1956 (11) |
1960 (16) |
1964 (14) |
1968 (16) |
1972 (16) |
1976 (13) |
1980 (16) |
1984 (16) |
1988 (16) |
1992 (16) |
1996 (16) |
2000 (16) |
2004 (16) |
2008 (16) |
2012 (16) |
2016 (16) |
2020 (16) |
2024 (16) |
Years | |
 South Korea
|
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | 3rd | QF | 5th | 11 | ||||||||||
 Japan
|
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | GS | QF | 3rd | GS | QF | GS | GS | 4th | GS | 4th | 11 | ||||||||||
 China
|
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Chinese Taipei
|
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
 North Korea
|
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total (5 teams) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | TBD | 28 |
Olympic Games For Women edit
| Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1996 (8) |
2000 (8) |
2004 (10) |
2008 (12) |
2012 (12) |
2016 (12) |
2020 (12) |
2024 (12) |
Years |
| China |
2nd | 5th | 9th | 5th | • | 8th | 10th | 6 | |
| Japan |
7th | • | 7th | 4th | 2nd | • | 8th | 5 | |
| North Korea |
• | • | • | 9th | 9th | • | × | 2 | |
| Total (3 teams) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | TBD | 13 |
See also edit
- FIFA
- Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
- ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)
- Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)
- South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
- West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)
- Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
References edit
- ^ "EAFF – East Asian Football Federation Official Website – 10 Football Associations". Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ "AFC Congress approves NMIFA's membership". Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
- ^ Regarding the agenda/ decisions of the 29th EAFF Executive Committee MeetingArchived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Decisions taken at the 19th EAFF Executive Committee meeting". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
- ^ Regarding the agenda and decisions from the East Asian Football Federation 4th General Meeting and 25th and 26th Board of Director's meeting
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "EAFF Competitions". eaff.com. East Asian Football Federation (EAFF). Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
External links edit
- Official website (in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)