East Asian Football Federation

International governing body of association football in East Asia

East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)

EAFF members
Formation	28 May 2002; 21 years ago (28 May 2002)
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Membership	10 member associations
President	Du Zhaocai
Parent organization	AFC
Website	eaff.com (in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)

The East Asian Football Federation (EAFF), founded on 28 May 2002, is an international governing body of association football in East Asia.

Presidents

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

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	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Chinese Super League
Chinese Taipei	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Taiwan Football Premier League
Guam	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Guam Soccer League
Hong Kong	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Hong Kong Premier League
Japan	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	J1 League
Korea DPR	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	DPR Korea League
Korea Republic	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	K League 1
Macau	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Liga de Elite
Mongolia	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Mongolia Premier League
Northern Mariana Islands	2020	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Marianas Soccer League

Official sponsors
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Official supporters
eaff.com
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Nuarca

FIFA World Rankings

Men's national teams

As of 21 December 2023

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

FIFA Rankings (as of 4 April 2024)^[6]
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

As of 16 December 2023

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

FIFA Rankings (as of 15 March 2024)^[7]
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

Current title holders

Interregional (AFF–EAFF)
Competition	Current	Champions	Details	Runners-up	Dates	Next^[8]
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

References

^ "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

Official website (in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)

East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)

International competitions

E-1 Football Championship (men)
E-1 Football Championship (women)
Futsal Championship
Interregional
- AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy
Defunct

Club competition

Defunct
- A3 Champions Cup

Youth competitions

EAFF U15 Men's Championship
U-15 Youth Festival
U-14 Youth Festival

Member associations

^†AFC member only
Website: EAFF.com

v t e National men's football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Defunct	Malaya Manchukuo North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen
Former	Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA

v t e National football teams of East Asia (EAFF)
Men's	China PR Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands†
Women's	China PR Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands†
^†AFC member only

v t e East Asia
Countries and regions	China Hong Kong Macau Mainland Japan Ryukyu Mongolia North Korea South Korea Taiwan
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Culture	Age reckoning Architecture‎ Art Chinese Japanese Korean Taiwanese Blepharoplasty Buddhism Calligraphy Cinema Cuisine Cultural sphere Dance Decorative knotwork Dragon Fashion Festivals Gardens Han characters Hip-and-gable roof Languages Literature Mādhyamaka Music Mythology Philosophy Religion Scripts Seal Sino-Xenic pronunciations Surnames Television Typography Ming Imitation Song Gothic Yogācāra Zodiac
Environment	East Asia Climate Partnership Monsoon Rainy season Flora
Economy and Politics	China–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit Comprehensive Economic Partnership for East Asia Capitalism East Asia Summit East Asian Bureau of Economic Research East Asian Community Four Asian Tigers Human rights in East Asia Ports Stock exchanges
History	Archaeology Archaeological cultures Bronze Age Iron Age Former countries
Sports	China–Japan–Korea Friendship Athletic Meeting East Asian Football Federation East Asian Games East Asian Judo Championships East Asian martial arts East Asian Youth Games EAFF E-1 Football Championship
Education	Association of East Asian Research Universities CrossAsia East Asian Economic Review East Asia Image Collection East Asia Law Review East Asian studies Journal of East Asian Studies Ludwigshafen East Asia Institute
Military	Horses in East Asian warfare Bansenshūkai Miyamoto Musashi Sun Tzu The Art of War The Book of Five Rings Yi Sun-sin
Science and technology	Needham Research Institute Printing Swords Traditional medicine