Soccer East Asian Cup 2017

Football East Asian Championship EAFF Football Championship 2017
East Asian Football Federation logo
Number of nations	4  (out of 10 applicants)
East Asian Champion	South Korea (5th title)
venue	Japan
Opening game	December 9, 2017
Endgame	December 16, 2017
Games	6th
Gates	16  (⌀: 2.67 per game)
spectator	107,523  (⌀: 17,921 per game)
Top scorer	Kim Shin-wook (3 goals)
Best player	Lee Jae-sung
yellow cards	15  (⌀: 2.5 per game)
Yellow-red cards	0
Red cards	0

The East Asian Football Championship 2017 (officially EAFF Football Championship 2017 , also called EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 for sponsorship reasons ) was the seventh edition of the tournament and took place in Japan from December 9 to 16, 2017 . Japan hosted the finals for the fourth time.

Ten teams from the East Asian region played for the title of East Asian Champion . The defending champion from South Korea won the tournament for the fifth time and prevailed against the hosts from Japan , China and North Korea .

Venue and mode

The mode remained unchanged from the 2015 tournament . Initially, the four weaker teams from 2015 each played once against each other in the first qualifying round. The group winners qualified for the second qualifying round and met the already seeded teams from Guam, Hong Kong and North Korea. The group winners of the second round complemented the teams of the final round, for which the three strongest associations of the EAFF , China, Japan and South Korea had already been seeded.

The respective hosts were announced at the end of March 2016. Guam hosted the first qualifying round and Hong Kong hosted the second qualifying round. The final round took place in Japan for the fourth time.

qualification

First round

All games took place at the GFA National Training Center in Dededo ( Guam ). Times in local time ( UTC + 10 ).

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	0	013: 300	+10	09
2.	Mongolia	3	1	1	1	010: 400	+6	04th
3.	Macau	3	1	1	1	007: 600	+1	04th
4th	Northern Mariana Islands	3	0	0	3	002:190	−17	00

June 30, 2016, 2:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Macau	-	Mongolia	2: 2 (2: 1)
Chinese Taipei	-	Northern Mariana Islands	8: 1 (4: 0)
July 2, 2016, 2:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Northern Mariana Islands	-	Macau	1: 3 (1: 2)
Mongolia	-	Chinese Taipei	0: 2 (0: 0)
July 4, 2016, 2:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Northern Mariana Islands	-	Mongolia	0: 8 (0: 4)
Chinese Taipei	-	Macau	3: 2 (1: 1)

Awards

• The top scorer in the first round was Lin Chieh-Hsun from Taiwan with seven goals.
• The MVP award for "best player" was given to Lin Chieh-Hsun from Taiwan .

Second round

All games took place at Mong Kok Stadium in Mongkok ( Hong Kong ). Times are given in local time ( UTC + 8 ).

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	North Korea	3	3	0	0	005-000	+5	09
2.	Hong Kong	3	2	0	1	007: 500	+2	06th
3.	Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	004: 600	−2	03
4th	Guam	3	0	0	3	002: 700	−5	00

November 6, 2016, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
North Korea	-	Chinese Taipei	2: 0 (1: 0)
Hong Kong	-	Guam	3: 2 (2: 0)
November 9, 2016, 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Guam	-	North Korea	0: 2 (0: 0)
Hong Kong	-	Chinese Taipei	4: 2 (1: 0)
November 12, 2016, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Guam	-	Chinese Taipei	0: 2 (0: 1)
Hong Kong	-	North Korea	0: 1 (0: 1)

Awards

• Hong Kong's Alex Tayo Akande was the top scorer in the second round with six goals.
• The MVP award for "best player" was given to the North Korean Ri Yong-chol .

Finals

All games took place at the Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu ( Japan ). Times in local time ( UTC + 9 ).

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Korea	3	2	1	0	007: 300	+4	07th
2.	Japan	3	2	0	1	004: 500	−1	06th
3.	China	3	0	2	1	004: 500	−1	02
4th	North Korea	3	0	1	2	001: 300	−2	01

December 9, 2017, 4:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.
South Korea	-	China	2: 2 (2: 1)
Japan	-	North Korea	1: 0 (0: 0)
December 12, 2017, 4:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.
North Korea	-	South Korea	0: 1 (0: 0)
Japan	-	China	2: 1 (0: 0)
December 16, 2017, 4:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.
China	-	North Korea	1: 1 (1: 0)
Japan	-	South Korea	1: 4 (1: 3)

Awards

• The top scorer in the finals was the South Korean Kim Shin-wook with three goals.
• The MVP award for “best player” was given to the South Korean Lee Jae-sung .

Web links

• Official website of the East Asian Football Federation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 48th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting . In: EAFF.com . March 31, 2016. Accessed June 30, 2016.
2. ↑ ^{a b} EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 1 Guam . In: EAFF.com . Retrieved December 17, 2017.
3. ↑ ^{a b} EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 2 Hong Kong . In: EAFF.com . Retrieved December 17, 2017.
4. ↑ ^{a b} EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Final Japan . In: EAFF.com . Retrieved December 17, 2017.