East Asian Football Federation

East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)

EAFF members
Formation	28 May 2002;22 years ago (28 May 2002)
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Membership	10 member associations
President	Kozo Tashima
Parent organization	AFC
Website	eaff.com (in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)

The East Asian Football Federation (EAFF), founded on 28 May 2002, is an international governing body of 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	2022–2023
Kozo Tashima	2023–

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 F	Chinese Super League
Chinese Taipei	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	Taiwan Football Premier League
Guam	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	Guam Soccer League
Hong Kong	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	Hong Kong Premier League
Japan	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	J1 League
Korea DPR	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	DPR Korea League
Korea Republic	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	K League 1
Macau	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	Liga de Elite
Mongolia	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	Mongolia Premier League
Northern Mariana Islands	2020	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	Marianas Soccer League

Sponsors

Country	Official sponsors
Japan	Aiful
	Credit Saison
	ParadigmｰShift IDNet work's
	Rally Japan
	Sfida
	S&B Foods
None	Brave Software

Country	Official supporters
None	eaff.com
	E-1 NFT
	Nuarca
	Brave Software

FIFA World Rankings

Men's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

FIFA Rankings (as of 19 December 2024) ^[6]

EAFF*	FIFA	+/−	National Team	Points
1	15		Japan	1652.79
2	23		South Korea	1585.45
3	90		China	1266.38
4	115	1	North Korea	1164.41
5	155	1	Hong Kong	1028.76
6	165		Chinese Taipei	990.56
7	188	1	Mongolia	879.75
8	193		Macau	868.79
9	203		Guam	824.65

Women's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

FIFA Rankings (as of 6 March 2025) ^[7]

EAFF*	FIFA	+/−	National Team	Points
1	5	3	Japan	2001.9
2	9		North Korea	1944.23
3	17		China	1800.6
4	19	1	South Korea	1791.84
5	42		Chinese Taipei	1531.36
6	80		Hong Kong	1276.96
7	96	2	Guam	1206.27
8	126	1	Mongolia	1103.77
9	175		Macau	850.91

Competitions

See also: List of association football competitions and FIFA International Match Calendar

Current title holders

See also: Portal:Current events/Sports, 2025 in association football, 2025 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

For events postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, see Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.

Competition		Current	Champions	Details	Runners-up		Dates	Next [8]
Interregional (AFF–EAFF)
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

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup

See also: Asian nations at the 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	Q			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

Main article: National team appearances in the 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

See also: AFC Asian Cup records and statistics § Comprehensive team results by tournament

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

See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations

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	QF	12
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	1	29

Olympic Games For Women

See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations 2

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

See also

• FIFA
  • Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
    • ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)
    • Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)
    • South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
    • West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)

References

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
6. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
7. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
8. "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)