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| Organiser(s) | EAFF |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003; 22 years ago (2003) |
| Region | East Asia |
| Teams | Preliminary: 5 Finals: 4 |
| Qualifier for | AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy |
| Current champions |  Japan(3rd title) |
| Most championships |  South Korea(5 titles) |
| Website | eaff.com |
 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship | |
EAFF E-1 Football Championship, known as theEast Asian Football Championship from 2003 to 2010, and theEAFF East Asian Cup for the 2013 and 2015 editions, is a men's internationalfootball competition inEast Asia for member nations of theEast Asian Football Federation (EAFF). Before the EAFF was founded in 2002, theDynasty 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 2025 inKorea.[1]
TheDynasty 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, andJapan have the right to automatically enter the competition, while other participants have to go through a qualifying round. Other participants that take part areChinese Taipei,North Korea,Northern Mariana Islands,Guam,Hong Kong,Mongolia, andMacau.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]
| Editions | Years | Hosts | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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| 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 |
| EAFF East Asian Cup | ||||||
| 5 | 2013 | South Korea | Japan | China | South Korea |  Australia |
| 6 | 2015 | China | South Korea | China | North Korea | Japan |
| EAFF E-1 Football Championship | ||||||
| 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 | 2025 | South Korea | Japan | South Korea | China | Hong Kong |
| 11 | 2028 | China | TBD | |||
| 12 | 2030 | Japan | TBD | |||
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 5 (2003,2008,2015,2017,2019) | 3 (2010,2022,2025) | 1 (2013) | 1 (2005) | 10 |
| Japan | 3 (2013,2022,2025) | 5 (2003,2005,2008,2017,2019) | 1 (2010) | 1 (2015) | 10 |
| China | 2 (2005,2010) | 2 (2013,2015) | 6 (2003,2008,2017,2019,2022,2025) | – | 10 |
| Hong Kong | – | – | – | 5 (2003,2010,2019,2022,2025) | 5 |
| North Korea | – | – | 2 (2005,2015) | 2 (2008,2017) | 4 |
| Australia | – | – | – | 1 (2013) | 1 |
In this ranking3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided inextra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided bypenalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.
| Rank | Team | Apps | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 10 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 57 |
| 2 | South Korea | 10 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 55 |
| 3 | China | 10 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 39 |
| 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 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 45 | –42 | 0 |
| Rank | Team | Apps | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 9 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 114 | 21 | +93 | 64 |
| 2 | North Korea | 7 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 91 | 9 | +82 | 61 |
| 3 |  Chinese Taipei | 9 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 73 | 57 | +16 | 43 |
| 4 |  Guam | 8 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 52 | 171 | –119 | 38 |
| 5 |  Mongolia | 8 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 50 | 70 | –20 | 31 |
| 6 |  Macau | 8 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 45 | –7 | 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 |
Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective games.
| Nations | 2003 | 2005 | 2008 | 2010 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2025 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Japan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| South Korea | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| North Korea | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Australia | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total nations | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Year | Most valuable player (MVP) | Top goalscorer(s) | Goals | Best goalkeeper | Best defender | Fair play Award | Best referee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Yoo Sang-chul | Tatsuhiko Kubo | 2 | No award | No award | No award | No award |
| 2005 | Ji Mingyi | No award | Lee Woon-jae | Zhang Yaokun | Japan | ||
| 2008 | Kim Nam-il | Yeom Ki-hunPark Chu-youngKoji YamaseJong Tae-se | 2 | Ri Myong-guk | Yuji Nakazawa | South Korea | |
| 2010 | Du Wei | Qu BoLee Dong-gookLee Seung-ryulKeiji Tamada | 2 | Yang Zhi | Cho Yong-hyung | Hong Kong | |
| 2013 | Hotaru Yamaguchi | Yoichiro Kakitani | 3 | No award | No award | No award | |
| 2015 | Jang Hyun-soo | Yuki Muto | 2 | Ri Myong-guk | Kim Young-gwon | ||
| 2017 | Lee Jae-sung | Kim Shin-wook | 3 | Jo Hyeon-woo | Jang Hyun-soo | ||
| 2019 | Hwang In-beom | Kōki Ogawa | 3 | Kim Seung-gyu | Kim Min-jae | ||
| 2022 | Yūki Sōma | Shūto MachinoYūki Sōma | 3 | Kim Dong-jun | Shōgo Taniguchi |  Akhrol Riskullaev | |
| 2025 | Ryo Germain | Ryo Germain | 5 | Keisuke Ōsako | Kim Moon-hwan | No award | |
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