East Asian Football Federation

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

East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)
Formation28 May 2002 (28 May 2002)
TypeSports organization
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
Membership
10 member associations
President
 Du Zhaocai
Parent organization
AFC
Websiteeaff.com
(in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)

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
  • Men's
    • U23
    • U20
    • U17
    • U15
    • F
    • BS
  • Women's
    • W U23
    • W U20
    • W U17
    		 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
     Japan 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
    As of 21 December 2023

    Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

    FIFA Rankings (as of 20 June 2024)[6]
    EAFF* FIFA +/− National Team Points
    1 17 1  Japan1628.81
    2 22 1  South Korea1572.87
    3 88  China1267.51
    4 110 8  North Korea1183.96
    5 157  Hong Kong1011.91
    6 163 4  Chinese Taipei991.34
    7 186  Macau896.62
    8 190 1  Mongolia884.92
    9 204 1  Guam821.91

    Women's national teams
    As of 16 December 2023

    Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

    FIFA Rankings (as of 14 June 2024)[7]
    EAFF* FIFA +/− National Team Points
    1 7  Japan1975.97
    2 10 1  North Korea1943.66
    3 19  China1804.37
    4 20  South Korea1794.29
    5 41 1  Chinese Taipei1545.46
    6 79  Hong Kong1275.27
    7 100 1  Guam1206.27
    8 128  Mongolia1103.77
    9 174  Macau850.91

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

    Current title holders
    See also: Portal:Current events/Sports, 2024 in association football, 2024 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar
    For events postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, see Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.
    Competition Current Champions Details Runners-up Dates Next[8]
    Interregional (AFF–EAFF)
    AFF–EAFF Cup of Champions 2022 Cancelled 2025
    National teams
    EAFF M-Cup 2022 Japan  RR  South Korea 2025
    EAFF U15 M-Cup 2023 China  Final  Japan TBC
    East Asian Youth Games Men's Football Tournament 2023 Chinese Taipei  RR  Hong Kong 2027
    EAFF F-Cup 2022 Japan   South Korea 2024
    Women's national teams
    EAFF W-Cup 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
    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
     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)    		0000100100001112323222TBDTBDTBD21

    FIFA Women's World Cup
    Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup
    FIFA Women's World Cup record
    Team1991

    (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)    		323432333 26

    AFC Asian Cup
    See also: AFC Asian Cup records and statistics § Comprehensive team results by tournament
    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 1st1st3rd•2nd•2ndGS2nd•QF3rdQF3rd3rd2ndQFSF 15
     China Not an AFC member3rdGS2nd4th3rdQF4th2ndGSGSQFQFGS 13
     Japan ××וו××GS1stQF1st1st4th1stQF2ndQF 10
     North Korea Not an AFC member••4thוGSו•×GSGSGS× 5
     Hong Kong 3rd•4th5th•••••••••••••GS 4
     Chinese Taipei •3rd×4th××OFC member••••••••• 2
    Total
    (6 teams)    		222211323333334444TBD49

    Olympic Games For Men
    See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations
    Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
    Team1900

    (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)    		0000000022011210100212223222TBD28

    Olympic Games For Women
    See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations 2
    Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
    Team1996

    (8)    		2000

    (8)    		2004

    (10)    		2008

    (12)    		2012

    (12)    		2016

    (12)    		2020

    (12)    		2024

    (12)    		Years
     China2nd 5th9th5th•8th10th 6
     Japan7th•7th4th2nd •8th 5
     North Korea•••9th9th•× 2
    Total
    (3 teams)    		2123212TBD13

    See also

    References
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    2. "AFC Congress approves NMIFA's membership". Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
    3. Regarding the agenda/ decisions of the 29th EAFF Executive Committee MeetingArchived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
    4. "Decisions taken at the 19th EAFF Executive Committee meeting". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
    5. Regarding the agenda and decisions from the East Asian Football Federation 4th General Meeting and 25th and 26th Board of Director's meeting
    6. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
    7. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
    8. "EAFF Competitions". eaff.com. East Asian Football Federation (EAFF). Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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