East Asian Football Federation

East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)
	File:EAFF crest.svg
	EAFF members
Formation	28 May 2002; 23 years ago
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Membership	10 member associations
President	Du Zhaocai
Parent organization	AFC
Website	; (in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)

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	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Chinese Super League
Chinese Taipei	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Taiwan Football Premier League
Guam	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Guam Soccer League
Hong Kong	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Hong Kong Premier League
Japan	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	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	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	K League 1
Macau	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Liga de Elite
Mongolia	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Mongolia Premier League
Northern Mariana Islands	2020	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Marianas Soccer League

FIFA World Rankings

Men's national teams

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Colors =

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 from: 31/12/1992 till: 15/03/1994 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR
 from: 15/03/1994 till: 19/04/1994 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color: JPN
 from: 19/04/1994 till: 19/04/1995 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR
 from: 19/04/1995 till: 19/09/1995 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color:JPN
 from: 19/09/1995 till: 17/10/1995 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR
 from: 17/10/1995 till: 15/07/1998 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color:JPN
 from: 15/07/1998 till: 27/01/1999 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR
 from: 27/01/1999 till: 24/02/1999 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color:JPN
 from: 24/02/1999 till: 15/11/2000 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color:KOR
 from: 15/11/2000 till: 14/03/2001 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color:JPN
 from: 14/03/2001 till: 20/06/2001 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR
 from: 20/06/2001 till: 03/07/2002 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color:JPN
 from: 03/07/2002 till: 25/06/2003 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR
 from: 25/06/2003 till: 22/10/2003 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color:JPN
 from: 22/10/2003 till: 04/08/2004 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR
 from: 04/08/2004 till: 07/03/2012 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color:JPN
 from: 07/03/2012 till: 11/04/2012 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR
 from: 11/04/2012 till: 12/02/2015 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color:JPN
 from: 12/02/2015 till: 12/03/2015 shift: (20,-4) text: "South Korea" color: KOR
 from: 12/03/2015 till: 07/02/2015 shift: (20,-4) text: "Japan" color:JPN
 from: 06/08/2015 till: 03/03/2016 shift: (20,-4) text: "South Korea" color: KOR
 from: 03/03/2016 till: 07/04/2016 shift: (20,-4) text: "Japan" color:JPN
 from: 07/04/2016 till: 06/07/2017 shift: (20,-4) text: "South Korea" color: KOR
 from: 06/07/2017 till: 07/06/2018 shift: (20,-4) text: "Japan" color:JPN
 from: 07/06/2018 till: 01/07/2018 shift: (20,-4) text: "South Korea" color: KOR
 from: 01/07/2018 till: end shift:(20,-4) text: "Japan" color:JPN

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As of 21 December 2023

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

FIFA Rankings (as of 19 September 2024)^[6]
EAFF*	FIFA	+/−	National Team	Points
1	16	2	Japan	1639.6
2	23		South Korea	1572.61
3	91	4	China	1253.77
4	111	1	North Korea	1183.02
5	157	2	Hong Kong	1017.66
6	166	1	Chinese Taipei	991.34
7	188	1	Mongolia	883.57
8	193	8	Macau	871.52
9	204		Guam	821.91

Women's national teams

As of 16 December 2023

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

FIFA Rankings (as of 16 August 2024)^[7]
EAFF*	FIFA	+/−	National Team	Points
1	7		Japan	1974.34
2	9	1	North Korea	1944.23
3	18	1	China	1804.37
4	19	1	South Korea	1794.29
5	41		Chinese Taipei	1545.46
6	79		Hong Kong	1279.99
7	100		Guam	1206.27
8	126	2	Mongolia	1103.77
9	173	1	Macau	850.91

Competitions

Current title holders

Interregional (AFF–EAFF)
Competition	Current	Champions	Details	Runners-up	Dates	Next^[8]
AFF–EAFF Cup of Champions	2022	Cancelled				2025
National teams
EAFF E-1 Football Championship	2022	Japan	RR	South Korea		2025
EAFF U15 Men's Championship	2023	China	Final	Japan		TBC
East Asian Youth Games Men's Football Tournament	2023	Chinese Taipei	RR	Hong Kong		2027
EAFF Futsal Championship	2022	Japan		South Korea		2024
Women's national teams
EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women)	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

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)	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

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
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)	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
South Korea	1st	1st	3rd	•	2nd	•	2nd	GS	2nd	•	QF	3rd	QF	3rd	3rd	2nd	QF	SF		15
China	Not an AFC member					3rd	GS	2nd	4th	3rd	QF	4th	2nd	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS		13
Japan	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	×	GS	1st	QF	1st	1st	4th	1st	QF	2nd	QF		10
North Korea	Not an AFC member					••	4th	×	•	GS	×	•	•	×	GS	GS	GS	×		5
Hong Kong	3rd	•	4th	5th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS		4
Chinese Taipei	•	3rd	×	4th	×	×	OFC member			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		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
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)	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
China	2nd	5th	9th	5th	•	8th	10th		6
Japan	7th	•	7th	4th	2nd	•	8th		5
North Korea	•	•	•	9th	9th	•	×		2
Total (3 teams)	2	1	2	3	2	1	2	TBD	13

References

^ "EAFF – East Asian Football Federation Official Website – 10 Football Associations". Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
^ "AFC Congress approves NMIFA's membership". Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
^ Regarding the agenda/ decisions of the 29th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Decisions taken at the 19th EAFF Executive Committee meeting". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
^ Regarding the agenda and decisions from the East Asian Football Federation 4th General Meeting and 25th and 26th Board of Director's meeting
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ "EAFF Competitions". eaff.com. East Asian Football Federation (EAFF). Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

External links

Official website (in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)

[1] "EAFF – East Asian Football Federation Official Website – 10 Football Associations". Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2010-05-02.

[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 Meeting Archived 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

[FIFA_World_Rankings-6] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-7] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 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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