EAFF East Asian Championship

EAFF East Asian Championship

Founded	2003
Region	East Asia (EAFF)
Number of teams	Preliminary: 10 Finals: 4
Current champions	M:  South Korea (3rd title) W:  North Korea (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	M:  South Korea (3 titles) W:  Japan  North Korea (2 titles each)
2015 EAFF East Asian Cup (Men, Women)

EAFF East Asian Championship, known as the East Asian Football Cup for the 2013 and 2015 editions, is an 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 unofficial East Asian Championship. There is a separate competition for both men (first held in 2003) and women (first held in 2005). There was also a combined points competition in 2005, where the results of the men's and women's teams are added together (not including qualifiers).

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 men's 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 Chinese Taipei, 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 April 2012, the competition was renamed to the "EAFF East Asian Cup".^[2]

Men's tournaments

Year	Host	Winner	Runners-Up	Third Place	Fourth Place
2003	Japan	South Korea	Japan	China PR	Hong Kong
2005	South Korea	China PR	Japan	North Korea	South Korea
2008	China	South Korea	Japan	China PR	North Korea
2010	Japan	China PR	South Korea	Japan	Hong Kong
2013	South Korea	Japan	China PR	South Korea	Australia
2015	China	South Korea	China PR	North Korea	Japan
2017	Japan

Men's tournament winners

Team	Titles	Runners-Up	Third Place	Fourth Place
South Korea	3 (2003, 2008, 2015)	1 (2010)	1 (2013)	1 (2005)
China PR	2 (2005, 2010)	2 (2013, 2015)	2 (2003, 2008)	–
Japan	1 (2013)	3 (2003, 2005, 2008)	1 (2010)	1 (2015)
North Korea	–	–	2 (2005, 2015)	1 (2008)
Hong Kong	–	–	–	2 (2003, 2010)
Australia	–	–	–	1 (2013)

Men's 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

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

Women's tournaments

Played in odd years. Next edition is planned 2017 in Japan. Japan and North Korea have each won the tournament two times.^[3]

Year	Host	Winner	Runners-Up	Third Place	Fourth Place
2005	South Korea	South Korea	North Korea	Japan	China PR
2008	China	Japan	North Korea	China PR	South Korea
2010	Japan	Japan	China PR	South Korea	Chinese Taipei
2013	South Korea	North Korea	Japan	South Korea	China PR
2015	China	North Korea	South Korea	Japan	China PR
2017	Japan

Women's tournament winners

Team	Titles	Runners-Up	Third Place	Fourth Place
North Korea	2 (2013, 2015)	2 (2005, 2008)	–	–
Japan	2 (2008, 2010)	1 (2013)	2 (2005, 2015)	–
South Korea	1 (2005)	1 (2015)	2 (2010, 2013)	1 (2008)
China PR	–	1 (2010)	1 (2008)	3 (2005, 2013, 2015)
Chinese Taipei	–	–	–	1 (2010)

Women's awards

Most valuable players

Year	Player
2005	Ho Sun-hui
2008	Homare Sawa
2010	Homare Sawa
2013	Kim Un-ju
2015	Wi Jong-sim

Top scorers

In 2005 five players scored one goal each, no award was given.

Year	Player	Goals
2005	No Award[4]
2008	Shinobu Ohno	3
2010	Han Duan Mana Iwabuchi Lee Jang-mi Yoo Young-a	2
2013	Ho Un-byol	2
2015	Ra Un-sim	3

See also

• Dynasty Cup
• AFC Asian Cup
• AFC Women's Asian Cup
• Football at the East Asian Games

References

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. "East Asian Women's Championship". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
4. EAFF Women's Cup 2005

External links

• EAFF East Asian Cup 2015
• RSSSF Dynasty Cup statistics