Soccer East Asian Championship

Soccer East Asian Championship
Full name	East Asian Football Cup
Association	East Asian Football Federation
First edition	1990 (as Dynasty Cup)
Teams	4th
Game mode	Round tournament (1 group of 4 teams)
Title holder	South Korea (6th title)
Record winner	South Korea (6 wins)
Record scorer	Takuya Takagi , Hisashi Kurosaki , Li Bing (4 goals each)
Website	www.eaff.com

The East Asian Football Championship ( Engl. : East Asian Football Championship ) is one of the East Asian Football Federation be transmitted (EAFF) football tournament. The ten member associations of EAFF are eligible to participate: China , Guam , Hong Kong , Japan , Macau , Mongolia , North Korea , South Korea , Taiwan and the Northern Mariana Islands .

history

The forerunner tournament was the Dynasty Cup, which was played four times between 1990 and 1998 . The aim of the event was to promote the quality of East Asian football and the competitiveness of the national teams through the competition. Four countries each took part in the tournament. PR China , South Korea and Japan participated in all tournaments. North Korea was the fourth participating country in 1990 and 1992 and Hong Kong in 1995 and 1998 . The four participants each played three games in the league mode everyone against everyone. The group first then played against the runner-up in a final for the tournament victory. In 1995, a game for third place was also played between the third and fourth placed. When the EAFF was founded on May 28, 2002, the Dynasty Cup was discontinued in favor of the East Asian Championship.

Since 2005 there has also been a women's championship , which takes place parallel to the men's tournament.

In 2010, the winner received $ 500,000 in prize money, the runner-up $ 300,000, the third $ 200,000 and the fourth $ 150,000.

mode

Four teams take part in the final round. Japan, PR China and South Korea are set. The fourth team will be determined in two qualifying rounds from the remaining six member associations. In 2012, Australia participated as a guest in the 2013 qualifiers and was able to qualify for the finals. The East Asian Championship has so far been played five times, each in league format. that is, there were no finals or 3rd place games.

First participations

Below are all national teams that have taken part in this tournament so far.

• Teams in bold became East Asian champions when they first played.
• Teams in italics were hosts when they first participated.
• Teams in brackets participated for the first time under a different name.

Year (s)	First time participant
1990	Japan	North Korea	South Korea	China
1992	no first-time participants
1995	Hong Kong First Division League
1998	no first-time participants
2003	( Hong Kong )
2005-2010	no first-time participants
2013	Australia
2015-2019	no first-time participants

The tournaments at a glance

Dynasty Cup

year	host		final				3rd place match
			winner	Result	Second place		third place	Result	fourth place
1990 details	China		South Korea	1: 1 n.v. 5: 4 i. E.	China		North Korea	(League system)	Japan
1992 details	China		Japan	2: 2 n.v. 4: 2 i. E.	South Korea		North Korea	(League system)	China
1995 details	Hong Kong		Japan	2: 2 n.v. 5: 3 i. E.	South Korea		Hong Kong League XI	1: 1	China
1998 details	Japan		Japan	(League system)	China		South Korea	(League system)	Hong Kong League XI

East Asian Championship

year	host		winner	Result	Second place		third place	Result	fourth place
2003 details	Japan		South Korea	(League system)	Japan		China	(League system)	Hong Kong
2005 details	South Korea		China	(League system)	Japan		North Korea	(League system)	South Korea
2008 details	China		South Korea	(League system)	Japan		China	(League system)	North Korea
2010 details	Japan		China	(League system)	South Korea		Japan	(League system)	Hong Kong
2013 details	South Korea		Japan	(League system)	China		South Korea	(League system)	Australia
2015 details	China		South Korea	(League system)	China		North Korea	(League system)	Japan
2017 details	Japan		South Korea	(League system)	Japan		China	(League system)	North Korea
2019 details	South Korea		South Korea	(League system)	Japan		China	(League system)	Hong Kong

Ranking list

The titles at the Dynasty Cup are in italics .

rank	country	title	Year (s)	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place
1	South Korea	6th	1990 , 2003, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2019	3	2	1
2	Japan	4th	1992 , 1995 , 1998 , 2013	5	1	2
3	China	2	2005, 2010	4th	4th	2
4th	North Korea				4th	2
5	Hong Kong				1	4th
6th	Australia					1
Respective record

Web links

• Dynasty Cup at RSSSF .com (English)
• East Asian Championship at RSSSF .com (English)