2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship explained

Tourney Name:	EAFF E-1 Football Championship
Year:	2017
Other Titles:	EAFF E-1 サッカー選手権 2017
Country:	Japan
City:	Tokyo
Dates:	9–16 December
Num Teams:	4
Sub-Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champion:	KOR
Count:	4
Second:	JPN
Third:	CHN
Fourth:	PRK
Matches:	6
Goals:	16
Top Scorer:	Kim Shin-wook (3 goals)
Player:	Lee Jae-sung
Goalkeeper:	Jo Hyeon-woo
Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2019

The 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship^[1] was the 7th edition of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship, the football championship of East Asia. It was held in Japan in December 2017. Through the agreement between EAFF and ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), the winner of the tournament will qualified for the AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy.^[2]

The winner of the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship, South Korea, qualified for the 2019 AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy to meet the winner of 2018 AFF Championship of Vietnam.^{[3] [4]}

Team allocation

Based on their previous edition's results in 2015, the ten teams were allocated to their particular stage. Each winner of the preliminary round progressed to the next stage.

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Venues

Final Round	Preliminary round
Tokyo	Dededo	Hong Kong
Ajinomoto Stadium	GFA National Training Center	Mong Kok Stadium
Capacity: 49,970	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 6,664

First preliminary round

The first preliminary round was held in Guam.^[5]

Matches

• All times are local (UTC+10).

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Awards

Second preliminary round

The second preliminary round was held in Hong Kong.^[6]

Matches

• All times are local (UTC+8).

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Awards

Final tournament

The final competition was held in Japan from 9 to 16 December 2017.^[7]

Squads

See main article: 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final squads.

Matches

• All times are local (UTC+9).

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Goalscorers

3 goals

• Kim Shin-wook

2 goals

• Wei Shihao
• Yu Dabao

• Yu Kobayashi

1 goal

• Yosuke Ideguchi
• Gen Shōji
• Jung Woo-young
• Lee Jae-sung

• Yeom Ki-hun
• Jong Il-gwan

1 own goal

• Ri Yong-chol

Final ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Broadcasting rights

• : CCTV, PPTV and Guangdong Sports
• : Fuji TV
• : SPOTV
• : ViuTV
• : TDM (Macau)
• : Gala Television
• Mongolia: Mongolian National Broadcaster
• Guam: KGTF
• : Korean Central Television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eaff E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 1 Guam.
2. Web site: EAFF signs on advanced partnership with AFF. East Asian Football Federation. 15 December 2018. 31 January 2019.
3. Web site: Korea, Vietnam to Square off in New Regional Football Competition. Seok Nam-jun. Kim Kyeong-pil. Joo Hyung-sik. The Chosun Ilbo. 17 December 2018. 31 January 2019.
4. Web site: Vietnam, S. Korea to clash in first AFF-EAFF Champions Trophy. Dang Khoa. VnExpress. 15 January 2019. 31 January 2019.
5. Web site: 48th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting. EAFF.com. 31 March 2016.
6. Web site: Hong Kong to host EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 2. HKFA. 2016-10-05. 2016-09-30.
7. Web site: EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Final Japan.