The qualifying round was played out in two group phases. In a pre-qualification, the three worst teams played for a free place in the second round. The other five teams not seeded for the final round also took part in this. The winner qualified for the final round. The East Asian champions will be determined through group matches.
Each team played once against each other team in the group in the respective group stage. A win was rated with three points, a tie with one point. If two or more teams have the same points, the following criteria are decisive:
better goal difference;
higher number of goals scored;
higher number of points from games between teams with equal points and goals;
better goal difference from these games;
higher number of goals scored from these games;
Drawing of lots.
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The first qualifying matches were played in Yona, Guam . The second qualifying round took place in Hong Kong .
The finals took place in parallel with the women's tournament, with the first four games taking place in the same stadium after the women's games. While Japan competed with the women with the currently best available players, there were only two field players ( Yūzō Kurihara and Hideto Takahashi ) and the two substitute goalkeepers of the Confederation Cup squad in the Japanese men's squad . The Australian and South Korean squads each had eight players who were also in the squads for the last World Cup qualifiers on June 18, 2013, but no players from Europe.
Japan (4th win)
Guam
Macau
Northern Mariana Islands
Australia
North Korea
Hong Kong
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
People's Republic of China
South Korea
