2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women) explained

Tourney Name:	EAFF E-1 Football Championship
Year:	2019
Other Titles:	2019년 EAFF E-1 풋볼 챔피언십
Country:	South Korea
Dates:	10–17 December
Num Teams:	4
Sub-Confederations:	1
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Count:	3
Matches:	6
Goals:	17
Top Scorer:	Mana Iwabuchi (5 goals)
Player:	Moeka Minami
Prevseason:	2017
Nextseason:	2022

The 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship was the seventh edition of the women's tournament of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship, the women's football championship of East Asia. It was held in South Korea in December 2019.

On 30 October 2019, EAFF announced that North Korea, who automatically qualified for the final round, withdrew from the tournament;^[1] Chinese Taipei was chosen as the replacement.^[2]

Teams

Based on FIFA Women's world ranking, ten teams were allocated to their particular stage. Each winner of the preliminary round progressed to the next stage.

width=33%	Final Round	width=33%	Second preliminary round	width=33%	First preliminary round
valign=top	(hosts) (withdrew)	valign=top		valign=top	(hosts) (non-FIFA member)

Venues

Preliminary Round
Dededo	Ulaanbaatar
GFA National Training Center	National Stadium	MFF Football Centre
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 12,500	Capacity: 5,000
Final Round
Busan
Busan Asiad Main Stadium			Busan Gudeok Stadium
Capacity: 53,769		Capacity: 12,459

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.

Matches

• All times are local (UTC+8).

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Awards

Second preliminary round

The second preliminary round was held in December 2018 in Guam from December 1 to 5.^[4]

Matches

• All times are local (UTC+10).

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Awards

Final round

The final competition was held in South Korea from 10 to 17 December 2019.

Squads

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

Matches

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• All times are local (UTC+9).

Awards

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Broadcasting

• : CCTV, PPTV, Guangdong Sports
• : NHK
• : Cable TV, Fantastic Television
• :
• : SPOTV, MBN(South Korean male national team matches only)

External links

• Official website of the first preliminary round
• Official website of the second preliminary round
• Official website of the final round

Notes and References

1. Web site: N Korean women team to skip soccer competition in S Korea. Hyung-Jin Kim. Associated Press. 30 October 2019. 31 October 2019.
2. Web site: Chinese Taipei confirmed for EAFF E-1 Women's Championship. Asian Football Confederation. 30 October 2019. 31 October 2019.
3. Web site: Mode of Competition and Rules for Determining the Winner. EAFF.
4. https://eaff.com/news/3894.html 57th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting
5. Web site: EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 Final Korea Republic.