EAFF members | |
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| Formation | 28 May 2002; 23 years ago (28 May 2002) |
|---|---|
| Type | Sports organization |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Membership | 10 member associations |
President | Chung Mong-gyu |
Parent organization | AFC |
| Website | eaff (in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) |
TheEast Asian Football Federation (EAFF) is an international governing body ofassociation football inEast Asia. It was founded on 28 May 2002.
| President | Years |
|---|---|
| 2002–2005 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2006–2007 | |
| 2008–2010 | |
| 2011–2012 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2014–2015 | |
| 2016–2017 | |
| 2018–2021 | |
| 2022–2023 | |
| 2023–2025 | |
| 2025–present |
EAFF has 10 member associations.[1] All of them are members of theAsian Football Confederation, including theNorthern Mariana Islands Football Association, which is an associate member of the AFC (previously an associated member of theOceania Football Confederation) until its full membership was approved in December 2020.[2] ThePalau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Chinese Super League | ||
| 2002 | Taiwan Football Premier League | ||
| 2002 | Guam Soccer League | ||
| 2002 | Hong Kong Premier League | ||
| 2002 | J1 League | ||
| 2002 | DPR Korea League | ||
| 2002 | K League 1 | ||
| 2002 | Liga de Elite | ||
| 2002 | Mongolia Premier League | ||
| 2020 | Marianas Soccer League |
| Country | Official sponsors |
|---|---|
| Aiful | |
| Credit Saison | |
| ParadigmーShift IDNet work's | |
| Rally Japan | |
| Sfida | |
| S&B Foods | |
| None | Brave Software |
| Country | Official supporters |
|---|---|
| None | |

Rankings are calculated byFIFA.
| EAFF* | FIFA | +/− | National Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | 1650.12 | ||
| 2 | 22 | 1599.45 | ||
| 3 | 93 | 1249.06 | ||
| 4 | 120 | 1151.05 | ||
| 5 | 153 | 1038.14 | ||
| 6 | 174 | 938.21 | ||
| 7 | 185 | 879.75 | ||
| 8 | 193 | 865.29 | ||
| 9 | 201 | 823.08 |
Rankings are calculated byFIFA.
| EAFF* | FIFA | +/− | National Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 1971.05 | ||
| 2 | 10 | 1944.22 | ||
| 3 | 16 | 1807.34 | ||
| 4 | 21 | 1778.85 | ||
| 5 | 42 | 1539.63 | ||
| 6 | 83 | 1270.79 | ||
| 7 | 98 | 1201.91 | ||
| 8 | 148 | 1035.68 | ||
| 9 | 175 | 850.91 |
| Competition | Current | Champions | Details | Runners-up | Next[8] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's national teams | |||||||
| EAFF E-1 Football Championship | 2025 | Japan | RR | 2028 | |||
| East Asian Youth Games | 2023 | RR | 2027 | ||||
| EAFF U-15 Men's Championship | 2023 | China | Final | TBC | |||
| Women's national teams | |||||||
| EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women) | 2025 | RR | 2028 | ||||
| East Asian Youth Games | 2023 | RR | 2027 | ||||
For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
| 1st | Champions | QF | Quarter-finals |
| 2nd | Runners-up | R16 | Round of 16 |
| 3rd | Third place | GS | Group stage |
| 4th | Fourth place | 1S | First knockout stage |
| SF | Semi-finals | Hosts | |
| Q | Qualified for upcoming tournament | ||
| • | Did not qualify | ||
| × | Did not enter, withdrawn, banned, or disqualified | ||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did not exist | × | GS | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4th | GS | R16 | GS | GS | R16 | Q | 12 | |||||
| × | × | × | × | • | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | R16 | GS | R16 | GS | R16 | R16 | Q | 7 | |||
| Did not exist | × | × | × | × | QF | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | × | × | • | GS | • | • | × | • | 2 | |||||
| × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | 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 | 2 | TBD | TBD | 21 |
| Team | 1991 (12) | 1995 (12) | 1999 (16) | 2003 (16) | 2007 (16) | 2011 (16) | 2015 (24) | 2019 (24) | 2023 (32) | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS | QF | GS | GS | GS | 1st | 2nd | R16 | QF | 9 | |
| QF | 4th | 2nd | QF | QF | • | QF | R16 | GS | 8 | |
| • | • | • | GS | • | • | R16 | GS | GS | 4 | |
| • | × | GS | GS | QF | GS | × | • | × | 4 | |
| QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
| Total (5 teams) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1st | 3rd | • | 2nd | • | 2nd | GS | 2nd | • | QF | 3rd | QF | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | QF | SF | 15 | ||
| Not an AFC member | 3rd | GS | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | QF | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | QF | QF | GS | 13 | ||||||
| × | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | GS | 1st | QF | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | QF | 2nd | QF | 10 | ||
| Not an AFC member | •• | 4th | × | • | GS | × | • | • | × | GS | GS | GS | × | 5 | ||||||
| 3rd | • | 4th | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 4 | ||
| • | 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 |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | 3rd | QF | 5th | 11 | |||||||||||
| • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | GS | QF | 3rd | GS | QF | GS | GS | 4th | GS | 4th | QF | 12 | ||||||||||
| • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 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 | 1 | 29 |
| Team | 1996 (8) | 2000 (8) | 2004 (10) | 2008 (12) | 2012 (12) | 2016 (12) | 2020 (12) | 2024 (12) | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 5th | 9th | 5th | • | 8th | 10th | 6 | ||
| 7th | • | 7th | 4th | 2nd | • | 8th | 5 | ||
| • | • | • | 9th | 9th | • | × | 2 | ||
| Total (3 teams) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | TBD | 13 |