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{{about|the men's tournament|the women's tournament|EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women)}}
{{short description|East Asian association football tournament for men's national teams}}
{{Infobox football tournament
| logo                 = 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.png
| imagesize            = 180px
| organiser            = [[East Asian Football Federation|EAFF]]
| founded              = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2003}}
| number of teams      = '''Preliminary:''' 5<br />'''Finals:''' 4
| qualifier for        = [[AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy]]
| region               = [[East Asia]]
| current champions    = {{nowrap|{{fb|JPN}}}}<br>(2nd title)
| most successful team = {{nowrap|{{fb|KOR}}}}<br>(5 titles)
| current              = [[2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship]]
| website              = {{URL|https://eaff.com/competitions/|eaff.com}}
}}
'''EAFF E-1 Football Championship''', known as the '''East Asian Football Championship''' from 2003 to 2010, and the '''EAFF East Asian Cup''' for the 2013 and 2015 editions, is a men's international [[association football|football]] competition in [[East Asia]] for member nations of the [[East Asian Football Federation]] (EAFF). Before the EAFF was founded in 2002, the [[Dynasty Cup]] was held between the East Asian top four teams, and was regarded as the East Asian Championship. There is a separate competition for men (first held in 2003) and women (first held in 2005).

The most recent edition was held in 2022 in [[Japan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=EAFF E-1 Football Championship – Men's Preview |url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/eaff_championship/news/eaff_e-1_football_championship_–_men’s_preview.html |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=the-AFC |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
The [[Dynasty Cup]] is a defunct international association football competition that is regarded as the predecessor to East Asian Football Championship. It was held four times from 1990 to 1998. The purpose of the competition was to improve the quality of football in the East Asia and the national teams in the area participated in the tournament. After the East Asian Football Federation was formed in 2002, the East Asian Football Championship replaced this tournament.

In the tournament, [[China national football team|China]], [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]], and [[Japan national football team|Japan]] have the right to automatically enter the competition, while other participants have to go through a qualifying round. Other participants that take part are [[Chinese Taipei national football team|Chinese Taipei]], [[North Korea national football team|North Korea]], [[Northern Mariana Islands national football team|Northern Mariana Islands]], [[Guam national football team|Guam]], [[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]], [[Mongolia national football team|Mongolia]], and [[Macau national football team|Macau]]. [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]], being a non-member of the EAFF, was invited to take part in the 2013 tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10052012/2/japan-wants-australia-east-asian-cup.html |title=Japan wants Australia in East Asian Cup&nbsp;– Yahoo! Eurosport |publisher=UK.EuroSport.Yahoo.com |access-date=2012-05-11}}</ref>

In 2005 there was also a combined points competition in 2005, where the results of the men's and women's teams were added together (not including qualifiers). In April 2012, the competition was renamed to the "EAFF East Asian Cup".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eaff.com/news/3044.html
|title=35th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting|publisher=EAFF.com|date=20 April 2012}}</ref> In December 2015, the new competition name "EAFF East Asian Championship" was approved,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eaff.com/news/3262.html
|title=47th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting|publisher=EAFF.com|date=28 December 2015}}</ref> but later changed to "EAFF E-1 Football Championship".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eaff.com/news/3415.html
|title=50th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting|publisher=EAFF.com|date=1 September 2016}}</ref>

==Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center; width: 100%;"
|-
! width=5% |Editions
! width=5% |Years
! width=10% |Hosts
! width=15% |Champions
! width=15% |Runners-up
! width=15% |Third place
! width=15% |Fourth place
|-
! colspan="7" |East Asian Football Championship
|-
| 1
| [[2003 East Asian Football Championship|2003]]
| {{flag|Japan}}
| '''{{fb-big|South Korea|1997}}'''
| {{fb-big|Japan}}
| {{fb-big|China}}
| {{fb-big|Hong Kong}}
|- style=background:#D0E6FF
| 2
| [[2005 East Asian Football Championship|2005]]
| {{flag|South Korea|1997}}
| '''{{fb-big|China}}'''
| {{fb-big|Japan}}
| {{fb-big|North Korea}}
| {{fb-big|South Korea|1997}}
|-
| 3
| [[2008 East Asian Football Championship|2008]]
| {{flag|China}}
| '''{{fb-big|South Korea|1997}}'''
| {{fb-big|Japan}}
| {{fb-big|China}}
| {{fb-big|North Korea}}
|- style=background:#D0E6FF
| 4
| [[2010 East Asian Football Championship|2010]]
| {{flag|Japan}}
| '''{{fb-big|China}}'''
| {{fb-big|South Korea|1997}}
| {{fb-big|Japan}}
| {{fb-big|Hong Kong}}
|-
| 5
| [[2013 EAFF East Asian Cup|2013]]
| {{flag|South Korea}}
| '''{{fb-big|Japan}}'''
| {{fb-big|China}}
| {{fb-big|South Korea}}
| {{fb-big|Australia}}
|- style=background:#D0E6FF
| 6
| [[2015 EAFF East Asian Cup|2015]]
| {{flag|China}}
| '''{{fb-big|South Korea}}'''
| {{fb-big|China}}
| {{fb-big|North Korea}}
| {{fb-big|Japan}}
|-
| 7
| [[2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2017]]
| {{flag|Japan}}
| '''{{fb-big|South Korea}}'''
| {{fb-big|Japan}}
| {{fb-big|China}}
| {{fb-big|North Korea}}
|- style=background:#D0E6FF
| 8
| [[2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2019]]
| {{flag|South Korea}}
| '''{{fb-big|South Korea}}'''
| {{fb-big|Japan}}
| {{fb-big|China}}
| {{fb-big|Hong Kong}}
|-
| 9
| [[2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2022]]
| {{flag|Japan}}
| '''{{fb-big|Japan}}'''
| {{fb-big|South Korea}}
| {{fb-big|China}}
| {{fb-big|Hong Kong}}
|- style=background:#D0E6FF
| 10
| [[2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2025]]
| {{flag|South Korea}}
| colspan="4" | TBD
|- 
| 11
| [[2028 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2028]]
| {{flag|China}}
| colspan="4" | TBD
|- style=background:#D0E6FF
| 12
| [[2030 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2030]]
| {{flag|Japan}}
| colspan="4" | TBD
|}

==Tournament winners==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width=15% | Team
! width=15% | Titles
! width=15% | Runners-up
! width=15% | Third place
! width=15% | Fourth place
! width=5% | Total
|-
| {{fb|South Korea}}
| style=background:gold | 5 ([[2003 East Asian Football Championship|2003]], [[2008 East Asian Football Championship|2008]], [[2015 EAFF East Asian Cup|2015]], [[2017 EAFF East Asian Cup|2017]], [[2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2019]])
| 2 ([[2010 East Asian Football Championship|2010]], [[2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2022]])
| 1 ([[2013 EAFF East Asian Cup|2013]])
| 1 ([[2005 East Asian Football Championship|2005]])
| 9
|-
| {{fb|Japan}}
| style=background:gold | 2 ([[2013 EAFF East Asian Cup|2013]], [[2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2022]])
| 5 ([[2003 East Asian Football Championship|2003]], [[2005 East Asian Football Championship|2005]], [[2008 East Asian Football Championship|2008]], [[2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2017]], [[2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2019]])
| 1 ([[2010 East Asian Football Championship|2010]])
| 1 ([[2015 EAFF East Asian Cup|2015]])
| 9
|-
| {{fb|China}}
| style=background:gold | 2 ([[2005 East Asian Football Championship|2005]], [[2010 East Asian Football Championship|2010]])
| 2 ([[2013 EAFF East Asian Cup|2013]], [[2015 EAFF East Asian Cup|2015]])
| 5 ([[2003 East Asian Football Championship|2003]], [[2008 East Asian Football Championship|2008]], [[2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2017]], [[2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2019]], [[2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2022]])
|&nbsp;–
| 9
|-
| {{fb|North Korea}}
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
| 2 ([[2005 East Asian Football Championship|2005]], [[2015 EAFF East Asian Cup|2015]])
| 2 ([[2008 East Asian Football Championship|2008]], [[2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2017]])
| 4
|-
| {{fb|Hong Kong}}
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
| 4 ([[2003 East Asian Football Championship|2003]], [[2010 East Asian Football Championship|2010]], [[2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2019]], [[2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2022]])
| 4
|-
| {{fb|Australia}}
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
| 1 ([[2013 EAFF East Asian Cup|2013]])
| 1 
|}

==Summary==
===Final (2003–2022)===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Rank||width=200|Team||Apps||M||W||D||L||GF||GA||GD||Points
|-
|1||align=left|{{fb|KOR}}||9||27||13||10||4||39||20||+19||'''49'''
|-
|2||align=left|{{fb|JPN}}||9||27||13||9||5||44||25||+19||'''48'''
|-
|3||align=left|{{fb|CHN}}||9||27||9||9||9||36||32||+4||'''36'''
|-
|4||align=left|{{fb|PRK}}||4||12||2||5||5||7||13||–6||'''11'''
|-
|5||align=left|{{fb|AUS}}||1||3||0||1||2||5||7||–2||'''1'''
|-
|6||align=left|{{fb|HKG}}||4||12||0||0||12||2||36||–34||'''0'''
|}

===Preliminary (2003–2025)===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Rank||width=200|Team||Apps||M||W||D||L||GF||GA||GD||Points
|-
|1||align=left|{{fb|HKG}}||9||30||20||4||6||114||21||+93||'''64'''
|-
|2||align=left|{{fb|PRK}}||7||23||19||4||0||91||9||+82||'''61'''
|-
|3||align=left|{{fb|TPE}}||9||32||13||4||15||73||57||+16||'''40'''
|-
|4||align=left|{{fb|GUM}}||8||39||11||5||23||52||171||–119||'''38'''
|-
|5||align=left|{{fb|MGL}}||8||28||9||4||15||50||70||–20||'''31'''
|-
|6||align=left|{{fb|MAC}}||8||22||7||5||10||38||45||–7||'''26'''
|-
|7||align=left|{{fb|AUS}}||1||4||3||1||0||19||1||+18||'''10'''
|-
|8||align=left|{{fb|NMI}}||6||16||1||1||14||12||75||–63||'''4'''
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Most valuable player (MVP)
! Top goalscorer(s)
! Goals
! Best goalkeeper
! Best defender
! Fair play Award
! Best referee
|-
| 2003
| {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Yoo Sang-chul]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tatsuhiko Kubo]]
| align=center |2
| style="text-align: center;" |No award
| style="text-align: center;" |No award
| style="text-align: center;" |No award
| rowspan=8 style="text-align: center;" |No award
|-
| 2005
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ji Mingyi]]
| colspan=2 style="text-align: center;" |No award
| {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Lee Woon-jae]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Yaokun]]
| {{fb|JPN}}
|-
| 2008
| {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Kim Nam-il]]
| {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Yeom Ki-hun]] <br> {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Park Chu-young]] <br> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Koji Yamase]] <br> {{flagicon|PRK}} [[Jong Tae-se]]
| align=center |2
| {{flagicon|PRK}} [[Ri Myong-guk]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuji Nakazawa]]
| {{fb|KOR}} 
|-
| 2010
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Du Wei (footballer)|Du Wei]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Qu Bo (footballer)|Qu Bo]] <br> {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Lee Dong-gook]] <br> {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Lee Seung-ryul]] <br> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Keiji Tamada]]
| align=center |2
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yang Zhi (footballer)|Yang Zhi]]
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Cho Yong-hyung]]
| {{fb|HKG}}
|-
| 2013
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hotaru Yamaguchi]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoichiro Kakitani]]
| align=center |3
| style="text-align: center;" |No award
| style="text-align: center;" |No award
| rowspan=5 style="text-align: center;" |No award
|-
| 2015
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jang Hyun-soo]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuki Muto]]
| align=center |2
| {{flagicon|PRK}} [[Ri Myong-guk]]
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Young-gwon]]
|-
| 2017
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Jae-sung (footballer, born 1992)|Lee Jae-sung]]
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Shin-wook]]
| align=center |3
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jo Hyeon-woo]]
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jang Hyun-soo]]
|-
| 2019
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Hwang In-beom]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Koki Ogawa (footballer)|Koki Ogawa]]
| align=center |3
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Seung-gyu]]
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Min-jae (footballer)|Kim Min-jae]]
|-
| 2022
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuki Soma]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shuto Machino]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuki Soma]]
| align=center |3
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Dong-jun (footballer)|Kim Dong-jun]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shogo Taniguchi]]
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Akhrol Riskullaev
|}

==Winning coaches==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year!!Team!!Coach
|-
| [[2003 East Asian Football Championship|2003]]
| {{fb|KOR}}
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Humberto Coelho]]
|-
| [[2005 East Asian Football Championship|2005]]
| {{fb|CHN}}
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhu Guanghu]]
|-
| [[2008 East Asian Football Championship|2008]]
| {{fb|KOR}}
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Huh Jung-moo]]
|-
| [[2010 East Asian Football Championship|2010]]
| {{fb|CHN}}
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Gao Hongbo]]
|-
| [[2013 EAFF East Asian Cup|2013]]
| {{fb|JPN}}
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alberto Zaccheroni]]
|-
| [[2015 EAFF East Asian Cup|2015]]
| {{fb|KOR}}
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Uli Stielike]]
|-
| [[2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2017]]
| {{fb|KOR}}
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Shin Tae-yong]]
|-
| [[2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2019]]
| {{fb|KOR}}
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Paulo Bento]]
|-
| [[2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2022]]
| {{fb|JPN}}
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hajime Moriyasu]]
|}

==Comprehensive team results by tournaments==
Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective games.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Nations|| width="25" | [[2003 East Asian Football Championship|2003]] ||width=25| [[2005 East Asian Football Championship|2005]] ||width=25| [[2008 East Asian Football Championship|2008]] ||width=25| [[2010 East Asian Football Championship|2010]]||width=25| [[2013 East Asian Cup|2013]]|| width=25| [[2015 East Asian Cup|2015]] ||width=25| [[2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2017]]||width=25| [[2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2019]]||width=25| [[2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2022]]||width=25| [[2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship|2025]]||Years
|-
|align=left| {{fb|CHN}} || bgcolor=cc9966| 3 || bgcolor=gold| 1 || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966| 3 || bgcolor=gold| 1 || bgcolor=silver| 2 || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver| 2 || bgcolor=cc9966| 3 || bgcolor=cc9966| 3 || bgcolor=cc9966| 3 || Q|| '''10'''
|-
|align=left| {{fb|JPN}} || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver| 2 || bgcolor=silver| 2 || bgcolor=silver| 2 || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966| 3 || bgcolor=gold| 1 || 4 || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver| 2 || bgcolor=silver| 2 || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold | 1 ||Q || '''10'''
|-
|align=left| {{fb|KOR}} ||bgcolor=gold| 1 || style="border:3px solid red"| 4 || bgcolor=gold| 1 || bgcolor=silver| 2 || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966| 3 || bgcolor=gold| 1 || bgcolor=gold| 1 || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold| 1 || bgcolor=silver| 2 || style="border:3px solid red"|Q || '''10'''
|-
|align=left| {{fb|PRK}} ||  || bgcolor=cc9966| 3 || 4 ||  ||  || bgcolor=cc9966| 3 || 4 ||  || || || '''4'''
|-
|align=left| {{fb|HKG}} || 4 ||   || 
  || 4 ||   ||   ||   || 4 || 4 ||Q || '''5'''
|-
|align=left| {{fb|AUS}} ||   ||   ||  
  ||   || 4 ||   ||   ||  ||  || || '''1'''
|- 
|align=left| '''Total nations''' || '''4''' || '''4''' || '''4''' || '''4''' || '''4''' ||'''4''' || '''4''' || '''4''' || '''4''' || '''4''' 
|}

==See also==
* [[EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women)]]
* [[ASEAN Championship]]
* [[CAFA Championship]]
* [[SAFF Championship]]
* [[WAFF Championship]]
* [[AFC Asian Cup]]
* [[East Asian Football Federation]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://eaff.com/competitions/eaff2022/index.html EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2022]
* [https://eaff.com/competitions/eaff2019/index.html EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019]
* [https://eaff.com/competitions/eaff2017r1/ EAFF East Asian Cup 2017]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/dynastycup.html RSSSF Dynasty Cup statistics]

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