East Asian Football Federation Explained

East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)
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Map:	EAFF.PNG
Mcaption:	EAFF members
Type:	Sports organization
Headquarters:	Tokyo, Japan
Leader Title:	President
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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		Chinese Super League
Chinese Taipei	2002		Taiwan Football Premier League
Guam	2002		Guam Soccer League
Hong Kong	2002		Hong Kong Premier League
Japan	2002		J1 League
Korea DPR	2002		DPR Korea League
Korea Republic	2002		K League 1
Macau	2002		Liga de Elite
Mongolia	2002		Mongolia Premier League
Northern Mariana Islands	2020		Marianas Soccer League

Sponsors

Country	Official sponsors
	Aiful
	Credit Saison
	ParadigmｰShift IDNet work's
	Rally Japan
	Sfida
	S&B Foods
None	Brave Software

Country	Official supporters
None	eaff.com
	E-1 NFT
	Nuarca
	Brave Software

FIFA World Rankings

Men's national teams

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Colors = id:JPN value:blue id:KOR value:red

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Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

Women's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

Competitions

See also: List of association football competitions and FIFA International Match Calendar.

Current title holders

See also: FIFA International Match Calendar.

Competition		Current	Champions	Details	Runners-up		Dates	Next^[6]
Interregional (AFF–EAFF)
AFF–EAFF Cup of Champions		2022	Cancelled				<	-- -->	2025
National teams
EAFF M-Cup		2022		RR				2025
EAFF U15 M-Cup	2023		Final			TBC
East Asian Youth Games Men's Football Tournament	2023		RR			2027
EAFF F-Cup	2022					2024
Women's national teams
EAFF W-Cup		2022		RR				2025
East Asian Youth Games Women's Football Tournament	2023		RR			2027

Tournament record

Legend

• – Champions
• – Runners-up
• – Third place
• – Fourth place
• – 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)
• – 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

See main article: National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup.

See also: Asian nations at the 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
align=left		Did not exist			×	GS	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	R16	GS	GS	R16				11
	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	R16	GS	R16	GS	R16	R16				7
	Did not exist			×	×	×	×	QF	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	GS	•	•	×				2
	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	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

See main article: National team appearances in the 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
	GS	QF	GS	GS	GS	1st	2nd	R16	QF	9
	QF	4th	2nd	QF	QF	•	QF	R16	GS	8
	•	•	•	GS	•	•	R16	GS	GS	4
	•	×	GS	GS	QF	GS	×	•	×	4
	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
	1st	1st	3rd	•	2nd	•	2nd	GS	2nd	•	QF	3rd	QF	3rd	3rd	2nd	QF	SF		15
						3rd	GS	2nd	4th	3rd	QF	4th	2nd	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS		13
	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	×	GS	1st	QF	1st	1st	4th	1st	QF	2nd	QF		10
						••	4th	×	•	GS	×	•	•	×	GS	GS	GS	×		5
	3rd	•	4th	5th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS		4
	•	3rd	×	4th	×	×				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		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
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		QF				GS						GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	3rd	QF	5th		11
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF			GS		QF	3rd							GS	QF	GS	GS	4th	GS	4th		11
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS											GS					GS					3
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		GS			GS																	2
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•									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
	2nd	5th	9th	5th	•	8th	10th		6
	7th	•	7th	4th	2nd	•	8th		5
	•	•	•	9th	9th	•	×		2
Total (3 teams)	2	1	2	3	2	1	2	TBD	13

See also

• FIFA
  • Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
    • ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)
    • Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)
    • South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
    • West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: EAFF – East Asian Football Federation Official Website – 10 Football Associations . 2010-05-02 . 2018-07-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041752/http://www.eaff.com/10fa/index.html . live .
2. Web site: AFC Congress approves NMIFA's membership . 2022-09-25 . 2022-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220925065045/https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_congress/afc_congress_2020/news/afc_congress_approves_nmifa%E2%80%99s_membership.html . live .
3. http://www.eaff.com/eanews/release/2009/090905.html Regarding the agenda/ decisions of the 29th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting
4. Web site: Decisions taken at the 19th EAFF Executive Committee meeting . 2014-11-17 . 2014-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033045/http://www.eaff.com/eanews/release/2006/061217.html . live .
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20081215023543/http://www.eaff.com/eanews/release/2008/080930.html Regarding the agenda and decisions from the East Asian Football Federation 4th General Meeting and 25th and 26th Board of Director's meeting
6. Web site: EAFF Competitions . eaff.com . East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) . 20 July 2022 . 20 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220720110318/https://eaff.com/competitions/index.html . live .