2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship explained

Tourney Name:	EAFF E-1 Football Championship
Year:	2019
Other Titles:	2019년 EAFF E-1 풋볼 챔피언십
Country:	South Korea
City:	Busan
Dates:	10–18 December
Num Teams:	4
Sub-Confederations:	1
Venues:	2 (in 1 host cities)
Champion:	KOR
Count:	5
Second:	JPN
Third:	CHN
Fourth:	HKG
Matches:	6
Goals:	14
Top Scorer:	Koki Ogawa (3 goals)
Player:	Hwang In-beom
Goalkeeper:	Kim Seung-gyu
Prevseason:	2017
Nextseason:	2022

The 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship was the 8th edition of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship, an international football tournament for East Asian countries and territories organized by the EAFF. The finals were held in South Korea in December 2019.^[1] It was the nation's third time hosting the tournament.^[2]

Teams

Ten teams were allocated to their particular stage. Each winner of the preliminary round progressed to the next stage.

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Venues

Preliminary Round
Ulaanbaatar	Taipei
MFF Football Centre	Taipei Municipal Stadium
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 20,000
Final Round
Busan
Busan Asiad Main Stadium	Busan Gudeok Stadium
Capacity: 53,769	Capacity: 12,349

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams was determined as follows:^[3]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

First preliminary round

The first preliminary round was held in Mongolia^[4] in September 2018.^[5]

Matches

• All times are local (UTC+8).

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Awards

Second preliminary round

The second preliminary round was held in Taiwan^[4] in November 2018.^[5]

Matches

• All times are local (UTC+8).

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Awards

Final round

The final round was held in Busan, South Korea between 10 and 18 December 2019.^[7]

Squads

See main article: 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final squads.

Matches

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• All times are local (UTC+9).

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Koki Ogawa

2 goals

• Hwang In-beom

1 goal

• Dong Xuesheng
• Ji Xiang
• Zhang Xizhe
• Genta Miura

• Daiki Suga
• Musashi Suzuki
• Kyosuke Tagawa
• Kim Min-jae

• Na Sang-ho

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

• China – CCTV-5+, PPTV
• Guam – KGTF
• Hong Kong – Cable TV, Fantastic Television
• Japan – Fuji TV
• – TDM
• Mongolia – MNB
• NMI – KTGM
• – KCTV
• – SPOTV, MBN (South Korean male national team matches only)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019 동아시안컵, 내년 12월 국내 남부지방 개최. Sportalkorea. 6 December 2018.
2. Web site: Korea Republic to host 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship. The Asian Football Confederation. 11 February 2018.
3. Web site: Mode of Competition and Rules for Determining the Winner. EAFF.
4. Web site: 55th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting. EAFF.com. 30 March 2018.
5. Web site: Grimm. Justin. Mongolia to Host Round 1 of 2019 EAFF Championship Qualificaiton. Mongolian Football Central. 31 March 2018.
6. Web site: Award . East Asian Football Federation . 7 September 2018.
7. Web site: The venue and the match schedule for EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 Final Korea Republic unveiled. EAFF. 5 April 2019.